Nokia’s latest C-series phone Nokia C3 is a QWERTY phone featuring a 2.0 Megapixel camera, 3.5mm headset jack, Memory card support upto 16gigs and more. The phone lacks support which is natural for a phone at this price point but features WiFi which is really a surprise. This is also first phone in this Series 40 line to get a full QWERTY keyboard, going by Nokia’s own announcement of it along with the C6 and E5 on the 13th.
India price is Rs 5,317, Nokia had quoted EUR 90 before taxes at the announcement, and it should be in stores as early as May. Correction to the line above: Nokia’s 13th April announcement says microSD upto 8GB, not 16. Sorry about that. WiFi at this money is unheard of here, till now you had to spend above Rs 10,000 for it, so thats the real news !! No 3G means you are on EDGE, but theres Ovi Mail and Ovi Chat which you can set up on the phone itself without a PC.
Screen is 2.4 inch QVGA, the homescreen pulls your Facebook and Twitter updates, and you get Opera Mini along with the Webkit browser. Nokia’s Anssi Vanjoki says people want the best messaging and social networking experience on an affordable device, and with Micromax and Spice already selling QWERTY at this price he isnt wrong. We’ll get our hands on one soon, so stay tuned.
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