At first, it felt strange, but a few minutes into it, we
knew we were with a friend. The Asha 303 offers the familiar convenience of
Touch and Type phones, but comes with a slightly bigger screen and – most
importantly – a full QWERTY keyboard. With a connectivity set that borders on
premium and a powerful 1GHz processor, the Asha 303 is ready to lead a Nokia
return to markets the Finns like to call their own..
Key features
- Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
- Penta-band 3G with 10Mbps HSDPA and 2Mbps HSUPA
- Asha S40 Touch and Type platform
- Four-row hardware QWERTY keyborad
- 2.6" QVGA 256K-color capacitive TFT touchscreen
- 1GHz processor
- 128MB RAM, 256MB ROM
- 3 megapixel fixed-focus camera
- VGA video recording at 15fps
- Wi-Fi b/g/n
- Stereo FM radio with RDS
- Bluetooth v2.1 (with A2DP)
- Standard microUSB port (charging enabled)
- USB On-The-Go support
- microSD card slot (32 GB supported, 2GB included)
- 3.5mm audio jack
- Angry Birds is Asha 300/303 exclusive
Save for the 3.2 megapixel camera (it’s fixed-focus across the range), the Asha 303 is the best equipped handset of the lineup. Not only is it the first QWERTY/touchscreen S40 phone, the capacitive display is a debut for the platform. The penta-band 3G support along with Wi-Fi and USB-on-the-go are worthy of a smartphone.
The Asha 303 is not a smartphone of course and the biggest omission is multitasking. Nokia’s S40 have never had that and it seems a shame that the 1GHz processor will never be really tested. Smart dialing is another No on the list – would’ve been a nice thing to have on a QWERTY phone.
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