When it comes to making budgetary phones, there are few makers in the market which can match Nokia. With Nokia C3-01 Touch And Type, the Finnish mobile phone manufacturer has once again tried to prove this point. In a highly crowded smartphone market , Nokia C3-01 Touch And Type is the phone for users who want to have smartphone experience at a cost effective price point. As per Nokia, the phone is aimed for users who want access to easy messaging. Read on the Nokia C3-01 Touch and Type Review To Know more about the device.
Nokia C3-01 Touch And Type – Design, Display And Looks
The phone boasts of great looks with sleek curved lines and solid metallic back. The device looks pretty much similar to Nokia 6300 and 6700 classic with standard keypad located at the bottom. The phone feels solid to grip and the buttons of the keypad are quite responsive. Nokia C3-01 Touch and Type dimension measures 111 x 47.5 x 11 mm and the phone is quite light weighing just 100 grams. You can find two call control buttons at the top of the keypad and the volume rocker, lock and the switch buttons are located on the right side of the phone.
The device sports a 2.4 inches TFT resistive touch-screen display capable of displaying 256K colors of resolution measuring 240×320 pixels. Though the display is decent considering the budget of the phone, yet we found the touch-screen to be a bit resistive. We felt that it could have been more responsive and transition within the screen is sometimes jerky. The on-screen buttons of the phone are big and overall we were quite impressed by the build and construction of the device.
Nokia C3-01 Touch And Type – Networking, Connectivity And Multimedia
The device provides excellent connectivity options which make it one of the great budgetary smartphones. The phone supports both 2G (GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 ) and 3G networks ( HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100). Presence of GPRS (Class 10), EDGE (Class 10) further enhances connectivity of the phone. Local connectivity is boosted by the presence of Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.1 with support for A2DP profile.
Connectivity is further boosted by the presence of 3.5mm audio jack. Web browsing experience is pleasant thanks to the presence of HSDPA and Wi-Fi. The phone, however, lacks flash support despite support for Adobe Flash Lite 3.0.
The phone comes with a stereo FM equipped with RDS which supports a wide range of music and video formats such as MP3, WMA, WAV, eeAAC+ etc. The music and the audio player of the phone gives decent performance.
Nokia C3-01 Camera
The phone comes with a 5 mega-pixel camera which lets you click photographs of resolution measuring 2592×1944 pixels. The camera is equipped with LED flash and the overall performance of the camera is relatively alright. However, the video recording of the phone is far from impressive as the phone allows you to record videos @15 fps.
Nokia C3-01 Touch And Type – Technical Specifications
The internal memory of the phone measures 30MB and the memory can be increased to 32GB with the help of microSD card slot.
Nokia C3-01 Touch And Type – Colors
The phone is available in various colors such as Silver, Golden Khaki and Warm grey.
Nokia C3-01 Touch And Type Price and Battery
Nokia C3-01 Touch And Type Price in India is approximately Rs 9000 while the price of the phone in the USA is around $200. The phone is powered by a standard Li-Ion 1050 mAh battery which offers a decent talk time and a standby time.
Nokia C3-01 Touch And Type Verdict
The phone has nothing extraordinary to boast about but is laden with value rich features. If you are looking for a smartphone experience at a cost effective price point then, Nokia C3-01 is the phone for you.
