Nokia C3-00 Review - Nokia C3 - Full phone specifications

This was bound to happen - "Indian" phone makers like Micromax, MVL, Karbonn, Lemon etc. have heavily bred countless number of inexpensive QWERTY phones into the Indian market, and it was high time the big guys took notice. These cheap QWERTYs are good value for money as they let you use mobile internet to accomplish basic tasks like chatting on Gtalk, posting Facebook/Twitter updates and listening to music (although not all at once). Most of them also have the capability to operate two SIM cards.




So, like I said before, the alpha cellphone makers have taken notice to this new market and are reacting as well. For example, LG's got their GW300, Motorola has the dual-SIMed EX115 and from Nokia's stable we have the Nokia C3 that we're going to test today. A Series 40, non-Symbian, non-smartphone that seems to accomplish most of the tasks that the above-mentioned Indo-Chinese models do. Let's see whether the King can still get his respect back in the sub Rs. 5,000 range.

The front of the Nokia C3 is mostly all plastic, with a good amount of gloss, which contrasts very nicely with the Matt finish of the area above the keyboard. This gloss does make it a bit of a fingerprint magnet though, but it’s easy enough to clean and wipe away.

The screen is a 2.4 Inch Landscape 256K color display at 320×240 pixel QVGA resolution. The Image quality on the display is actually quite good, the same for legibility in sunlight. Under the screen, you will find the D-pad which has good enough tactile feedback to it. There’s the Red and Green Calling (and Call end) keys on either side, with a left and right selection key on top.