SpecEagle review · Nokia

Nokia 6300 (2007) review: A slim stainless-steel S40 feature phone that sold in the tens of millions.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jan 2007·$200
Overall
38/100
Class rank
#1 of 1
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

The slim steel S40 best-seller.

The Nokia 6300 was one of the defining S40 feature phones — a slim, light stainless-steel candybar with a music player and FM radio that sold in the tens of millions. It epitomised the elegant simplicity of late-2000s Nokia.

01Display

38/100

38/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2007.

TypeTFT LCD, 16M colours
Size2.0 inches
Resolution320 × 240 px (QVGA)

02Camera

36/100

36/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2007.

Main2 MP, fixed focus
VideoQCIF

03Performance

34/100

34/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2007.

ChipsetNokia S40 platform
RAM
Storage7.8 MB · microSD

04Battery

72/100

72/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2007.

Capacity860 mAh (BL-4C, removable)
Standby~300 hours

05Build

76/100

76/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2007.

06Value

60/100

60/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2007.

What works
  • Slim stainless-steel build felt premium.
  • Light 91 g.
  • microSD + music player + FM radio.
  • A best-selling S40 classic.
What doesn't
  • 2G only.
  • Tiny 2" screen.
  • 2 MP fixed-focus camera.
  • No 3.5 mm jack.

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 1-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .