Key features and review of the NEC N342i

NEC N342i has a very standard design phone comes with very basic features what is most looking by low end user. The phone has received mixed response from the user. The phone is 47 x 86 x 24 mm in size and weighs 90g, relatively light weight phone that easily fit into your hand and slipped into your pockets. The phone has beautiful designed that easily hold your attention.

The NEC N342i comes with STN 65K colors display with the resolution of 128 x 160 pixels, which are considered in medium range resolution. It has Second external STN mono display of resolution of 96 x 64 pixels to intimate you for any received call before actually receiving call. The other things you will notice is the phone has flip to prevent any accidental dialing when store in the pocket. Its keypad is soft, so pressing a numeric key is now comfortable and also its keypad has ergonomically designed so that you can take maximum use out of its keypad. It also has specious navigation button to further add value to the phone.

NEC N342i supports for Tri-band GSM 900/GSM 1800/GSM 1900 MHz for connectivity, which is the second best quality phone and will work in most countries. Its other functions includes; GPRS, UBS for connecting your phone to the PC, SMS, EMS, MMS, Email, Java Doja 1.5, 40-channels polyphony, a voice memo, Vibration alert, Alarm, Clock, Games, Calculator, Organizer, Currency converter and phonebook, where you can store up to 250 records.

The NEC N342i is also equipped with a VGA, 640 x 480 pixels camera supports for capturing favorite moments and the phone also has 2 MB shared memory to store your favorite application. The phone is powered by 780 mAh Li-ion standard batteries, which has capacity to work up to 200 hours in standby mode and talk time up to 3 hours, which is not upto the mark.