Nokia had announced C5-03 in October and this phone is now set for release in India at 10k price point. For long, 5800XM has been one of the best low-midrange Symbian handset. After Nokia 5235 (8k retail price), the next best Symbian touch device is X6 which retails for 15k, and it doesn’t really justify the 14k+ price tag. C5-03 should fill that gap, which was taken care by old horse 5800XM. C5-03 doesn’t boast of any new features. Consider it as 5800XM v2.
First, let’s take a quick look at specifications:
Dimensions:
- Size: 105.8 x 51 x 13.8 mm
- Weight (with battery): 93 g
- Volume: 65 cc
Display and user interface:
- Screen size: 3.2″ 16M resisitve touch
- Resolution: 640 x 360 (nHD)
- Symbian S60v5
Camera:
- 5 megapixel camera
- Video resolution: 640×480, 15fps
CPU/Memory:
- ARM 11 600MHz
- Internal memory: 40 MB
- MicroSD memory card slot, hot swappable, up to 16 GB
Data network:
- GPRS/EDGE class B, multislot class 32, maximum speed 296 kpbs downlink/177.6 kbps uplink
- HSDPA category 9, maximum speed up to 10.2 Mbps
- HSUPA category 5, maximum speed up to 2 Mbps
Connectivity:
- 802.11 b/g
- Bluetooth 2.0
- USB 2.0
- 3.5mm AV
Battery:
- 1000mAh Li-Ion battery BL-4U
- 11.5hrs (2G), 4.7hrs (3G) talktime
- 25days standby (2G)
- 35hrs music playback
- 7.5hrs video playback
GPS:
- Integrated with A-GPS
- Digital compass
- Ovi Maps 3.0, lifetime free navigation license
When compared to 5800XM (which it is going to replace), C5-03 has:
- thinner and lighter and better looking build
- faster 3G
- better processing speed
- triband HSDPA
- less onboard memory
- no proximity sensor
- inferior camera, no camera flash and poor video recording quality
- smaller battery
When comapared to 5230, C5-03 has:
- thinner and lighter build
- faster 3G
- better processing speed
- faster triband HSDPA
- better camera
- 802.11 b/g (wi-fi)
- less onboard memory
- no proximity sensor
- smaller battery
As one can see, this phone is slightly inferior when compared to 5800XM but a better phone than 5230 in features. If priced at 9k, this phone can give a touch competition in the low-mid range market and it’s main competitors will be:
- Samsung Galaxy 5
- Samsung Wave 525
- LG GT540 Optimus
- Samsung Galaxy 3
- HTC Smart
