Nokia C3-01 Review and Specifications

Nokia C3-01 is a touchscreen phone with 3G of 10.2 Mbps of High Speed Downlink Packet Access and 2 Mbps High Speed Uplink Packet Access, the screen size is of 2.4 inches with a resolution of 240 * 320, with 262k colors, TFT resistive touchscreen, its dimensions are 111 * 47.5 * 11 mm, 100 g in weight. The phone has a memory of 30 MB which is further extendable to 32 GB using microSD card.

The phone has 5 MP camera with zoom up to 4x (digital), Extended Depth of Focus (EDOF), LED flash, with JPEG as still image format, you can also upload your image on facebook using WLAN and 3.5G. It captures video in QVGA (Quarter Video Graphics Array) with 30 frames per second, with 15 frames per second using VGA and has 3gp video file format.

The other features of the phone include Stereo FM Radio with RDS, customisable radio theme, media player, has music codecs like MP3, WMA, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, it is a speaker phone with 3.5 mm audio jack, voice commands, Wi-Fi with IEEE 802.11 b/g/n, dual transfer mode GPRS, EDGE, Stereo Bluetooth v2.1 with enhanced data rate, Flight mode, has full web browsing using touchscreen control, access to facebook and twitter, nokia mobile search, Adobe Flash Lite 3.0, RSS Reader, messaging using MMS, SMS, SMTP, Email, IMAP4, POP3, nokia express audio messaging, flash messaging and etc.,

The battery of the phone is of 1050 mAh Li-Ion battery with talk-time power of 4 h, stand-by power of 440 h, 20 h of music playback. The phone comes in three colors such as silver, khaki gold and warm grey. The expected price of Nokia C3-01 is $110.

Nokia C3-01 Specifications :

3G : 10.2 Mbps of High Speed Downlink Packet Access and 2 Mbps High Speed Uplink Packet Access

Dimensions : 111 * 47.5 * 11 mm

Weight : 100 g

Screen size : 2.4 inches

Resolution : 240 * 320, with 262k colors, TFT resistive touchscreen

Memory : 30 MB which is further extendable to 32 GB using microSD card

Camera : 5 MP camera with zoom up to 4x (digital), Extended Depth of Focus (EDOF), LED flash, with JPEG as still image format, It captures video in QVGA (Quarter Video Graphics Array) with 30 frames per second, with 15 frames per second using VGA and has 3gp video file format

Stereo FM Radio with RDS, customisable radio theme

Media player, has music codecs like MP3, WMA, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, speaker phone with 3.5 mm audio jack

Voice commands

Wi-Fi with IEEE 802.11 b/g/n

Dual transfer mode GPRS

EDGE

Stereo Bluetooth v2.1 with enhanced data rate

Flight mode

Full web browsing using touchscreen control

Access to facebook and twitter, nokia mobile search

Adobe Flash Lite 3.0

RSS Reader

Messaging using MMS, SMS, SMTP, Email, IMAP4, POP3, nokia express audio messaging, flash messaging and etc.,

Battery : 1050 mAh Li-Ion battery with talk-time power of 4 h, stand-by power of 440 h, 20 h of music playback

Color : silver, khaki gold and warm grey

Nokia C3 Review, Specifications and Comparison

Nokia C3 is a new kid in the Nokia stable, targeting the customers who are planning to upgrade to a smartphone from a basic phone.With a very low price the phone is an must buy  for anyone looking to have low cost QWERTY phone. Having proven to be top notch and high user friendliness in the QWERTY space, C3  is a useful addition to Nokia’s QWERTY range.  Currently the phone is available for $128 in Amazon and Rs 5500 in India.

Nokia C3 is a smartphone with 2G network, Series 40 software platform and Firmware update over the air application. The phone weighs 114 g, dimensions 115.5 * 58.1 * 13.6 mm, 2.4 inches, TFT (Thin Film Transistor technology) display screen, 262,000 colors, resolution 320 * 240 pixels, landscape QVGA (Quarter Video Graphics Resolution – term used for computer display with 320 * 240) and QWERTY keyboard. It has 55 MB memory, 64 MB RAM, 128 MB ROM, micro SD memory card slot memory extendable upto 8 GB, hot swappable.

The battery is 1320 mAh Li-Ion standard battery with a standby power of 800 h, talk-time power of 7 h and music playback time of 30 h maximum with offline mode. It has video ringtones, other ringtones like MP3, WMA, MIDI, AAC, eAAC+. It has music player, 3.5 mm audio jack. The camera is of 2 MP, zoom upto 4x digital, can capture video in MPEG-4, QCIF max.

The other features of the phone are stereo FM radio, RDS (Radio Data System – communication protocol where small amount of digital information is embedded in conventional FM broadcasts)., voice commands, Games, GPRS, EDGE, IEEE 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi with maximum speed of 11 Mbps/ 54 Mbps, High-speed USB 2.0, Bluetooth v2.1, support for local synchronization, serves as data modem, TCP/IP support, Flight mode, Automatic switching between GSM bands, SMS, MMS, Email, IM, Push, . The phone comes in three colors such as golden white, pink and slate grey.

Nokia C3 Specifications and Comparison with Nokia E5, Nokia E72 and Nokia E63 :

Dimensions : 115.5 * 58.1 * 13.6 mm, 2.4 inches, TFT (Thin Film Transistor technology) display screen, 262,000 colors, resolution 320 * 240 pixels, landscape QVGA

comparison :

  • Nokia E5 – dimensions are 115 * 58.9 * 12.8 mm, 2.36 inches, TFT screen, 256,000 colors, resolution 320 * 420 pixels
  • Nokia E72 – dimensions are 114 * 58 * 10 mm, 2.36 inches, TFT screen, 16 M colors, 320 * 240 pixels resolution
  • Nokia E63 – dimensions are 113 * 59 * 13 mm, 2.36 inches, TFT screen, 16 M colors, 320 * 240 pixels resolution

Weight : 114 g

comaprison :

  • Nokia E5 – 126 g
  • Nokia E72 – 128 g
  • Nokia E63 – 126 g

QWERTY keyboard

Memory : 55 MB memory, 64 MB RAM, 128 MB ROM, micro SD memory card slot memory extendable upto 8 GB, hot swappable

comparison :

  • Nokia E5 – 250 MB, 256 MB RAM, micro SD memory extendable to 32 GB
  • Nokia E72 – 250 MB, 128 MB RAM, micro SD memory extendable to 16 GB
  • Nokia E63 – 120 MB, micro SD memory extendable to 16 GB

Series 40 software platform and Firmware update over the air application

Battery : 1320 mAh Li-Ion standard battery with a standby power of 800 h, talk-time power of 7 h and music playback time of 30 h maximum with offline mode

comparison :

  • Nokia E5 – 1200 mAh Li-Ion standard battery with a standby power of 670 h, talk-time power of 6 h
  • Nokia E72 – 1500 mAh Li-Po standard battery with standby power of 576 h, talk-time power of 6 h
  • Nokia E63 – 1500 mAh Li-Po standard battery with standby power of 480 h, talk-time power of 5 h

Music player, 3.5 mm audio jack

Video ringtones, other ringtones like MP3, WMA, MIDI, AAC, eAAC+

Camera : 2 MP, zoom upto 4x digital, can capture video in MPEG-4, QCIF max

comparison :

  • Nokia E5 – 5 MP, LED flash
  • Nokia E72 – 5 MP, LED flash, auto focus
  • Nokia E63 – 2 MP, LED flash

Stereo FM radio, RDS

Voice commands

Games

GPRS

EDGE

IEEE 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi with maximum speed of 11 Mbps/ 54 Mbps

High-speed USB 2.0

Bluetooth v2.1

Support for local synchronization

Serves as data modem

TCP/IP support

Flight mode

Automatic switching between GSM bands

SMS, MMS, Email, IM, Push

Nokia OSS web browser

Web browsers/pages like yahoo mail, gmail, messengers like gtalk, yahoo messenger, Ovi chat and etc for mails and chat,live feeds fron facebook, twitter etc.,

Flash Lite v3.0

Colors : golden white, pink and slate grey