Nokia
6300
Announced in 2006, the 6300 combines steel and plastic with a 2-inch QVGA screen, physical keypad and 2 MP camera. Original tri-band GSM, Mini-USB data and 2.5 mm audio are recorded apart from later phones sharing the name.
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- Platform
- Series 40 feature phone
- Operating system
- Series 40 3rd Edition
Overview
Announced in 2006, the 6300 combines steel and plastic with a 2-inch QVGA screen, physical keypad and 2 MP camera. Original tri-band GSM, Mini-USB data and 2.5 mm audio are recorded apart from later phones sharing the name.
Period and variants
Nokia announces the 6300 on 28 November 2006 with a Q1 2007 shipping plan. Its steel plates, black plastic sections and physical keypad belong to the Series 40 feature-phone period. The later 6300i and 6300 4G remain separate models; a globally verified first retail day is left open.
The European RM-217 uses 900/1800/1900 MHz GSM; the Americas variant replaces 900 with 850 MHz. These are separate tri-band versions, without 3G. Mini-USB transfers data, while a separate bottom socket charges the battery. The 2.5 mm headset connector, removable BL-4C and hot-swappable microSD also differ from later connector conventions. Headphone stereo does not turn the single rear speaker into stereo speakers.
The launch sheet lists 106.4 × 43.6 × 13.1 mm, while the contemporary GSMArena sample is listed at 106 × 44 × 12 mm. Reviewed usable storage of about 7.5 MB or 9 MB is distinct from RAM. Issue1 Bluetooth profiles and PhoneArena omit A2DP, whereas GSMArena reports it; an exact firmware mapping remains unverified. Retail camera observations supersede the early sheet’s conflicting dedicated-shutter and image-resolution wording.
Sources
- Nokia — original 6300 announcement, 28 November 2006
- Nokia — 6300 user guide, 9253345 Issue 1, preserved by A1
- GSMArena — Jan Horalík’s original 6300 hardware review, 2 April 2007
- GSMArena — original 6300 display and Series 40 interface
- GSMArena — original 6300 camera and regional GSM tests
- GSMArena — original 6300 music and connectivity tests
- PhoneArena — Nanko R.’s own original 6300 review
- Nokia — original planned 6300 data sheet, public Scribd transcription
Image credits
Nokia 6300 silver-and-black handset lying horizontally with original screen — Behnam mancini, CC BY-SA 4.0; source file unchanged by this archive.
Nokia 6300 front and digital clock; source identifies the Americas version — Lachezar ‘Larry’ Atanasov, Public domain; source file unchanged by this archive.
Optimized display images on this page have been proportionally resized (maximum dimension 1600 px) and compressed to WebP, without cropping or retouching. Statements above about unchanged files refer to the preserved collected originals; attribution, sources and original licenses still apply. Originals: 1, 2.
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