Nokia Asha 303

Nokia Asha 303 Specifications

General

• Touch Screen
  Yes, Capacitive Touch Screen
• SIM Network Type
  GSM
• Announced
  2011, October
• Status
  Available. Released 2011, December
• Operating Frequency / Network Type
  GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / WCDMA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 MHz

Dimensions

• Display Size
  2.6 inches
• Display Type
  320 x 240 pixels,TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors
• Dimensions - HxWxD
  116.5 x 55.7 x 13.9 mm
• Weight
  99 g

Memory

• Internal Memory
  Yes, Internal Memory : 100MB, 256 MB ROM, 128 MB RAM
• Expandable Memory Slot
  Yes, Up to 32GB
• Memory Card Type
  Yes, Micro SD Card

Camera

• Primary Camera
  3.2 Mega Pixels
• Secondary Camera
  No
• Camera Resolution
  2048 x 1536 Pixels
• Video Recording
  Yes, VGA@15fps
• Zoom
  Yes, Digital Zoom
• Other Camera Features
  Face detection

Multimedia

• FM
  Yes, Stereo FM Radio with RDS
• Music player
  Yes, Music Formats : MP3, MP4, AAC, AAC LC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, NRT, MXMF, WAV, NB AMR, WB AMR, MIDI with Loud Speaker and 3.5mm Audio Jack, Music Playback Time : Up to 47 hours
• Loudspeaker
  Yes
• Video Player
  Yes, Video Formats : MP4, H.263, H.264, AVC, WMV

Features

• CPU
  Yes, 1 GHz Processor
• Java
  Yes, MIDP 2.1
• OS
  Symbian OS, Series S40
• Colors
  Red, Graphite, Silver White, Aqua, Green, Purple

Connectivity & Internet

• Wifi
  Yes
• Browser
  Yes, WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
• WLAN with
  Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
• GPRS
  Yes, Class 33
• 3.5 mm Jack
  Yes
• GPS
  No
• Bluetooth
  Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
• USB
  Yes, Micro USB v2.0, HS, USB On-the-go support, USB OTG 1.3
• 3G
  Yes, HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps

Battery

• Capacity
  Li-ion 1300 mAH
• Standby
  Up to 30 days (2G), 35 days (3G
• Talktime
  Up to 8 hours 10 minutes (2G), 7 hours 10 minutes (3G)

Messaging

• MMS
  Yes
• E-MAIL
  Yes, Supports IMAP4, POP3, SMTP, Push Email
• SMS
  Yes, Threaded View

Additional Features

• Received Calls
  Yes
• Phone Book
  Yes, Photocall
• Missed Calls
  Yes
• Dialed Calls
  Yes

Nokia Asha 303 Review

Finnish Manufacturer has come up with Asha series with an "asha" or "hope" to revamp Nokia in Indian Mobile market. The four new devices in the Nokia Asha series include the Nokia 303, Nokia 300, Nokia 201 and Nokia 200. Artistically designed, Nokia Asha 303 is available in metallic finishes with an exceptionally responsive 2.6-inch capacitative touch screen offering great experience of browsing, scrolling and opening apps. Nokia Asha 303, a non slider phone, supports both 2G and 3G netwourk bands.

Life becomes easy with the QWERTY keypad, especially for those who have developed a habit of it over the years. Nokia is offering QWERTY keypad in this phone at an affordable price range. The smartphone is driven by a robust 1GHz processor, making it as powerful as other smartphones. This powerful engine also plays a major role in delivering high speed internet connection through 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity. Another promising factor the phone adorns is the upgraded Nokia Browser that can compress the web for mobile as much as 90 per cent, offering an unbeatable surfing experience.

The bright screen of Nokia Asha 303 is readable in direct sunlight. Also to click the golden moments, the phone comes with 3.2 MP camera along with an option of video recording. Although the phone does not feature a secondary camera used for video chatting and video calling.

The Nokia Asha 303 features a dedicated music key for instant access to the favorite songs and built-in Shazam app to check the song names and artist. It is possible to use internet radio and built-in speakers to blast new song loud and clear. Nokia Asha 303 comes with preloaded famous gaming app like Angry Birds Lite. To add on to this, thousands of games and apps can be accessed from the Nokia Store.

Nokia has made an effort to offer what is actually required by the customers. The Nokia Asha 303 comes preinstalled with favorite social networking site Facebook Chat, Whatsapp and even Nokia Maps for Series 40. The home screen can be personalized by adding a favorite contacts bar, or add app shortcuts for those apps which are used more often like the camera, app Store, and Nokia Browser to get to them just with one touch. There is an option of adding a push email bar to see if any new mail has arrived or add a social networking bar for live Facebook updates.

Another specialty of the phone is that it works in landscape for games and portrait for chat. With an internal memory of 170 MB, effective free user space is 100 MB. But the phone can support upto 32 GB with microSD memory card. It also supports GPRS and EDGE connectivity along with high speed USB connector to avail data transfer between devices.