Overview

Excellent Value for Money

Nokia C5-05 is a mid-range priced mini-SIM smartphone from Nokia that was unveiled in October 2011.

Nokia C5-05 Design and Build Quality

Nokia C5-05 bears that trendy and attractive look that we have come to associate with smartphones. It is available in a variety of colors such as black, white lilac, black lilac, graphite grey, white and aluminium grey. It comes with a high-resolution 3.2-inch resistive TFT screen that can display a staggering 16 million different colors. The phone measures 105.8 x 51 x 13.8 mm and weighs 93g, which is quite low for a Smartphone. Nokia C5-05 uses a 1000 mAh battery, capable of supporting eleven and half hours of talk time and 600 hours standby time. It has a 1000 mAh battery, which is small for a Smartphone. The phone operates on a Quad-Band GSM network of 850/ 900/1800/1900 MHz frequency bandwidth.

User Interface and Comfort to Use Nokia C5-05

Nokia C5-05 uses a Symbian OS v 9.4 and has a 600 MHz CPU .Its user interface is exciting and comfortable to work with. It has a 128MB RAM and a storage memory of 40MB but it can accommodate up to 16GB external MicroSD card.

Telephone and Phonebook

Nokia C5-05 can support 1000 phonebook entries and store up to 2000 SMSs.

Messaging and Email

This phone supports a wide range of messaging platforms including SMS and MMS and IM. The handset support both email and Push Email.

Gallery and Photo Viewer and Video Player

This phone has a good-quality 640 x 480 Pixels video camera that records video at 15 fps and a 2X digital zoom. Video playback is at 15 fps and yields good quality pictures. Video features include video streaming as well as video sharing.

Nokia C5-05 Music Player and FM Radio

This phone has both an MP3 and MP4 music players that deliver high quality sound. It also comes with a good-quality stereo FM Radio player with RDS.

Nokia C5-05 Camera and Image Quality

Nokia C5-05 has a good quality 1600 x 1200 Pixels (2 Megapixels) primary camera that gives good quality pictures.

Nokia C5-05 Connectivity Options

The connectivity options for this phone include:

• Class 32 GPRS
• Class 32 EDGE
• Bluetooth v 2.0
• USB v2.0

The handset runs Java (MIDP 2.0).

Organizer and Other Utility Tools

Nokia C5-05 comes with all the standard organizer tools such as Calendar, Currency Converter, Calculator, and World Clock, among others.

Web Browser and Applications

Nokia C5-05 comes with 3 web browsers namely:

• WAP 2.0/ xHTML
• Adobe Flash Lite
• HTML

Nokia C5-05 comes with Nokia Maps as well as a host of Nokia Apps.

Google Maps and GPS

This phone has both Google Maps and GPS (A-GPS).

Distinctive Features of Nokia C5-05

Nokia C5-05 supports Java. Its display screen has a handwriting-recognition feature.

Value for Money

Nokia C5-05 offers excellent value for money at its average retail price of Rs. 6,349 (approx., may vary).

Verdict

This phone is no doubt a winner. It offers the user a choice of 3 web browsers, has a handwriting recognition feature in its display screen and offers support for Java. Its downsides are 2G internet speeds and a rather weak battery. Overall, it is an excellent phone and offers good value for money.