Nokia C3 is equipped supports the Ovi Chat and Ovi Mail features for an mail, messaging and mail experience. It comes in an attractive Blackberry type design with QWERTY key pad with dedicated messaging and contact keys that gives an upscale look. C3 is available in Slate Grey, Hot Pink and Golden White colors.
This Symbian S40 phone has a 115.5 x 58.1 x 13.6 mm dimension and weighs 114 g (with the battery). Its 2.4 inches TFT display with 320 x 240 pixels resolution and 262,000 colors has Landscape QVGA too. The C3 is powered by a BL-5J 1320 mAh Li-Ion battery that gives a talktime of up to 7 hours and a standby time of up to 800 hours. You can play music up to 30 hours on this handset.
Its 2 megapixel camera (1600 x 1200 pixels) can zoom up to 4x and captures images in JPEG format. The camera also has a fullscreen viewfinder, self timer and special effects. Nokia C3 can also record video with its 2 megapixel camera in MPEG-4, QCIF with maximum resolution of 320 x 240. It can also store and play H.263, H.264, AVI, MPEG-4 (stored as .mpg or .3gp files) and WMV formats.
For music lovers, the C3 can play MP3, WMA, AAC, eAAC and eAAC+ audio formats. It uses the regular 3.5 mm stereo headphone plug so you can use it with earphones or sub-woofer systems as well. Its 55 MB built in storage space can be expanded up to 8GB using microSD card. For connectivity, C3 has Wi-Fi, bluetooth, GPRS, EDGE and a microUSB v2.0 port.
Other features of the Nokia C3 includes a stereo FM radio with RDS, WAP 2.0 browser using Opera Mini, SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email and IM for messaging and Photocall etc. All these upscale look, feel and features for a price less than Rs. 6000/- is a big-time cool deal for sure. For those who want more features and great looks for less budget with an uncompromising functionality, the Nokia C3 should be their next phone.