Nokia C5 is a low-cost Symbian smartphone launched by Nokia.
It provides almost all the basic features that you will expect in smartphones other than Wi-Fi.
It has a good hardware specification and is one of the cheapest smartphones people can buy.
In terms of price, no one can beat Nokia in any way.
Nokia C5 specification design (2 out of 5)
The Nokia C5 is a very small smartphone in size of 112x46x12.
3mm, weighing about 90 grams.
Its design is simple and the construction quality is also very good. The 2.
The 2 inch display covers most of the front with the keyboard.
Below the display is the D drive and soft key-left and right select, menu, clear, call and end.
The camera is above the display.
Volume rocker and microSD slot on the right, microousb port on the top, 3.
5mm audio jack and charger slot.
The house behind 3.
15 MP camera with LED flash and battery cover. The 2.
The 2 inch TFT display has a resolution of 240x320 pixels and supports up to 16 m of color-the standard for Symbian smartphones.
The display is of good quality, but not comparable to the excellent AMOLED display Samsung offers on high-end Android phones.
However, considering the price, the c5 display is quite good.
Even the easy sunlight of the sun is great. User interface (3 out of 5)
Nokia C5 runs on Symbian OS v9.
3 with function Pack 2.
The user interface is exactly the same as that of almost all Nokia smartphones-fast, intuitive, and easy to use.
It has an improved active standby screen that allows you to access contacts, emails, calendar entries and add shortcuts to the app.
C5 has a 600 MHz ARM 11 processor with 128 MB of RAM and 50 mb of memory.
It also features a 2 gb micro SD card that supports up to 16 gb.
It also comes with the Ovi Store, Nokia's answer to the iPhone App Store and the Android Market, which you can use to download, purchase and install the app.
Multimedia function (3 out of 5)
Nokia C5 is pretty good at multimedia.
The default video player can handle 3GP and MP4 videos.
However, since it's a Symbian smartphone, you can install apps like core players, smart movies, and play almost all the popular video formats on your phone. The small 2.
However, the 2 inch screen is not very good for watching movies.
It has excellent sound quality, and the performance is as good as the audio player.
It can be doubled easily as PMP.
It also comes with a 3.
5mm headphone jack so you can plug in your favorite headphones.
It has a great music player app that works directly with MP3, WAV, eAAC, WMA files.
It also features an FM radio with RDS.
The picture gallery is also good, allowing you to view all the images on your phone and zoom in on them.
It comes with a 3.
15 MP camera without autofocus, images can be taken at the maximum resolution of 2048x1536 pixels.
It also has a small LED flash that helps to shoot at night.
Good quality camera, suitable for leisure shooting.
The camera interface provides basic custom settings such as timer, night mode, contrast, sensitivity, etc.
It can also record VGA videos at 15 FPS.
Connection function (3 out of 5)
It comes with a full set of connectivity options-GPRS, EDGE, 3g HSDPA and Bluetooth 2. 0 with A2DP.
The only missing feature is Wi-Fi.
But this is understandable considering the price.
Because the Nokia C5 display is small, it is not suitable for web browsing.
Webkit browser (
Flash support)
Thanks to the help of the fast processor and RAM, Opera did a great job in this regard.
It also has a GPS transceiver with-GPS.
It comes with Ovi Map 3.
It's free now.
It also has free voice navigation enabled, which is really good.
It is equipped with email features and Ovi Contacts that allow you to sync contacts with Ovi cloud.
The reception of the Nokia C5 is very good-it is better than the iPhone 4 in this regard.
The quality of the call was excellent with no dropped issues.
It is bundled with a 2 gb micro SD card and a micro USB cable that can be used to transfer data to a computer.
It also comes with a regular charger, headphones and a user manual.
It is powered by a standard 1050 mAh Li-
Even with a lot of use, ion batteries can easily last for a day. The Verdict (3 out of 5)
In general, the Nokia C5 is a very good cheap smartphone with good performance in all aspects.
It has only two major defects-small display and no Wi-Fi.
This is a very good option if you can do it, it offers a good value for money.