Nokia C3
The Nokia C3 is Nokia’s newest messaging phone aimed at those who find the company’s business-orientated E-series handsets too stuffy. Packed with social-networking features and sporting a full QWERTY keyboard, the handset aims to provide you with everything you need to stay up-to-date with your social circle.
Similar to a BlackBerry?
Instead of its low price, the Nokia C3 feels remarkably solid. It’s available in three different colors: grey, gold and lurid pink. The front of the phone has a classy-looking glossy finish, while the battery cover on the rear is made from aluminum, which is a surprisingly upmarket touch for a phone in this price range.
The Nokia C3 is reminiscent of a BlackBerry in terms of its design, with a landscape screen sitting above a full QWERTY keyboard. The screen’s 320×240-pixel resolution isn’t exactly earth-shattering, but, as it’s only a 61mm (2.4-inch) display, the pixels are packed quite closely together, so the text and graphics still look pretty sharp.
Finger-friendly keyboard
The screen may be something of a conciliation, but the same can’t be said of the keyboard. It has the same bubble-style keys as those found on Nokia’s more expensive E-series handsets and it’s an absolute pleasure to use. The keys have enough travel to give you a decent amount of feedback as you type and their layout is fantastic. Usually used punctuation marks have their own dedicated keys and there’s also a generously sized spacebar. As a result, you can speedily tap out emails and input Web addresses, for example.
The phone is built around Nokia’s Series 40 operating system, rather than the Series 60 OS that’s used on the company’s higher-end mobiles. The Series 40 user interface looks quite dated now and the OS isn’t always as intuitive as it could be. However, the home screen has been updated so it has three panels. The top one shows your favorite contacts, the middle one displays updates from Facebook and Twitter, and the bottom one provides shortcuts to a range of applications, such as the email client, Web browser and camera.
Conclusion
The Nokia C3 certainly has its strengths. Its keyboard is excellent, it has a good range of social-networking features and its battery life isn’t bad. But it’s let down by its dated operating system and lack of 3G support. So I am suggesting you to buy Nokia C3.