Nokia C5-03 with 5MP Camera and ovi amp

 Introduction:
 Nokia has had a tough time coming up with a hugely successful high-end device and instead has taken the path to cheaper and more affordable smartphones for the masses. The Nokia C5-03 finds its place at this exact spot as it fits in the mid-range segment of Symbian smartphones. The phone is a close copy of the Nokia C6-01 spec-wise and promises a full connectivity package with 3G on board and free navigation and maps by Ovi. On the negative side, however, the Nokia C5-03 saves on both capacitive screen in favor of resistive and on Symbian^3 in favor of the now officially ancient Symbian^1 aka Symbian S60 5th edition.

The Nokia C5-03 comes with a 2GB microSD card, but you can use cards with up to 16GB of memory. Included in the retail package is also a charger, user guides and one of the shortest microUSB cables we have seen so far.


Design:

The Nokia C5-03 is light on your pocket. And we mean it light as light in money, and light as 93-gram light in weight, which puts it somewhere in the top of our list of flyweight smartphones. The phone comes in a variety of color combinations with black or white choices for the body, which can be then paired with different colors for the bottom part. The variety of looks comes bundled with eco-friendly materials – 80 per cent of the body is recyclable, while half of the packaging is made from recyclable materials.

One thing you might not notice in the beginning is that around the edges, where the screen meets the casing, seems to be a minimal distance, just enough to collect all sorts of garbage. Apart from this issue, the phone feels a bit like a toy, but still with no moving parts and good build quality for a mid-range device.

And speaking of affordable handsets, the screen is where budget played big and Nokia went with resistive technology. This undeniably ruins some of the fun of the otherwise pretty 3.2-inch screen, which boasts a resolution of 360x640 pixels. We pumped up the brightness to its highest level, but that still did not help much in direct sunlight where legibility suffered seriously.
On the back you will see a glossy plastic cover, which is a fingerprint magnet and you will find yourself wiping it out every now and then. What really defines the phone is the bottom part which stands out with its color and three physical buttons. We appreciate that Nokia sticks with physical keys, which give a solid phone feel to the device, something we have been missing even on high-end handsets.

Just behind the plastic back cover lies a 1000 mAh battery, which promises up to 11.5 hours of talk time.

Video review C5-03

                              General

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• 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• 3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
• Announced 2010, October
• Status Available. Released 2010, December

Size 

• Dimensions 105.8 x 51 x 13.8 mm, 65 cc
• Weight 93 g

Display

• Type TFT resistive touchscreen, 16M colors
• Size 360 x 640 pixels, 3.2 inches
• - Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
• - Handwriting recognition

Sound 

• Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
• Loudspeaker Yes
• 3.5mm jack Yes, check quality

Memory 

• Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
• Call records Detailed, max 30 days
• Internal 40 MB storage, 128 MB RAM
• Card slot microSD, up to 16GB, 2GB included, buy memory

Data 

• GPRS Class 32
• EDGE Class 32
• 3G HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
• WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology
• Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
• Infrared port No
• USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB

Camera

• Primary 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, check quality

Features

• Geo-tagging
• Video Yes, VGA@15fps
• Secondary No
• Features OS Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5
• CPU 600 MHz ARM 11 processor
• Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
• Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds
• Radio Stereo FM radio
• Games Yes + Java downloadable
• Colors Graphite Black, Lime Green, Petrol Blue, Aluminum Grey, Pink/black
• GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps
• Java Yes, MIDP 2.1
• - MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
• - MP3/WAV/еAAC+/WMA player
• - Photo editor
• - Organizer
• - Voice command/dial
• - Flash Lite 3.0
• - Predictive text input

Battery 

• Standard battery, Li-Ion 1000 mAh
• Stand-by Up to 600 h (2G) / Up to 576 h (3G)
• Talk time Up to 11 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)
• Music play Up to 35 h
• Misc 
• SAR US 1.36 W/kg (head) 0.89 W/kg (body)
• SAR EU 1.29 W/kg (head)
• Price group [About 140 EUR]