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GSMArena team, 17 December 2010

Green cadet


Nokia C5-03 review: Green cadet

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  • User reviews
  • C5-03

1. Introduction
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Unboxing, 360-degree spin, design and construction
  3. 3. User interface
  4. 4. Phonebook, telephony, messaging
  5. 5. Image gallery, music and video players, FM radio, audio quality
  6. 6. Camera, connectivity, web browser
  7. 7. Organizer and apps, Ovi Store, GPS navigation
  8. 8. Final words
  9.  
  10. Nokia C5-03 specification
  11. User opinions and reviews
  12. Review comments (113)

Nokia Symbian Touch UI

Introduction

When touchscreen became affordable its popularity skyrocketed – affordable smartphones are all the rage now. The Nokia C5-03 is the result of both these trends and while it borrows a lot from the C6-01 in terms of design, its pricing is a good deal lower.

Designed for a lower price bracket than its Symbian^3 lookalike, the Nokia C5-03 has some of its specs taken down a notch.

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Nokia C5-03 official photos

The Nokia C5-03 is a grandson of the best-selling Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and though it might be the last hurrah for Symbian^1 (or Symbian S60 as old-timers call it) it tries to deliver the same level of satisfaction on the bang for buck meter.

Key features

  • Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
  • Tri-band 3G with 10.2 Mbps HSDPA and 2 Mbps HSUPA support
  • 3.2" 16M-color TFT LCD resistive touchscreen of 640 x 360 pixel resolution
  • 5 megapixel fixed-focus camera and VGA video @ 15fps recording; geotagging
  • Symbian S60 OS
  • 600 MHz ARM 11 CPU and 128 MB RAM
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g; UPnP
  • GPS receiver with A-GPS support and free lifetime voice-guided navigation; free city guides and traffic information
  • Digital compass
  • 40MB on-board storage, microSD expandable up to 16GB; 2GB card included
  • Built-in accelerometer
  • Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
  • Stereo FM Radio with RDS
  • microUSB port (charging)
  • Flash and Java support in the web browser
  • Stereo Bluetooth 2.0
  • Very good audio quality
  • Voice commands

Main disadvantages

  • Symbian S60 hasn’t aged well
  • Relatively limited 3rd party software availability
  • Screen has poor viewing angles and behaves badly in the sun
  • The camera is a fixed-focus unit with no flash, shutter key or lens protection
  • No office document editing (without a paid upgrade); No PDF viewer
  • No proximity and ambient light sensors
  • No DivX or XviD video support out of the box
  • No video-call camera
  • No smart dialing

The C5-03 is a very eco-friendly gadget – 80% of the phone body is recyclable, while half of the packaging comes from recycled material (and all of it is recyclable in turn).

It’s a low-price phone with some high-speed connectivity with 10.2Mbps HSDPA and 2Mbps HSUPA. The C5-03 also packs the fastest CPU available on a Nokia S60 device – at 600MHz the old but efficient Symbian just flies.

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Nokia C5-03 live shots

The free voice-guided navigation is the single biggest advantage of Symbian-powered Nokias, one that is still unmatched by any other brand or platform. The Nokia C5-03 is a trusty SatNav unit, which will work anywhere in the world and free of charge – you can download all the maps you need (won’t cost you a thing) and Ovi Maps don’t need a data connection to work.

Navigate to the next page for a tour of the Nokia C5-03 hardware – but first, we make a stop at the retail box and the 360-degree showroom.

Next Page » 2. Unboxing, 360-degree spin, design and construction
1. Introduction
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Unboxing, 360-degree spin, design and construction
  3. 3. User interface
  4. 4. Phonebook, telephony, messaging
  5. 5. Image gallery, music and video players, FM radio, audio quality
  6. 6. Camera, connectivity, web browser
  7. 7. Organizer and apps, Ovi Store, GPS navigation
  8. 8. Final words
  9.  
  10. Nokia C5-03 specification
  11. User opinions and reviews
  12. Review comments (113)

Reviews Nokia C5-03 review
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  • User reviews
  • C5-03

Nokia C5-03 review: Green cadet - Reader comments

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  • Sonu
  • gMJ
  • 25 Oct 2018

Is it suport whats app

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  • Anonymous
  • a3H
  • 30 Jul 2017

hi,my nokiac5-03 dont work good.just send and call public,in web working like a shet.im good in making new machine ofcource just mecanicall,good with the anything with wood and perfect in bilt with the simpel tooles and damages mashin meny kind of we...

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  • ram
  • uu7
  • 12 Jul 2016

nokia c5-03 wifi connected or not

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