Nokia C5 Disadvantages

Nokia C5 review: Smart and trusty

Introduction

If you are on the hunt for a stylish smartphone but you run a tight budget, chances are the Nokia C5 is on your radar already. The compact Symbian-running handset looks well, costs little and can give you all the smart you need in a phone

Key features

·                 Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support

·                 Dual-band 3G (900/2100) with 10Mbps HSDPA and 2Mbps HSUPA

·                 Neat and well built, metal on the body

·                 2.2" 16M-color QVGA display, excellent sunlight legibility

·                 Symbian OS, S60 3.2 user interface

·                 ARM11 600 MHz CPU, 128 MB RAM

·                 3 megapixel fixed-focus camera with LED flash

·                 VGA video recording at 15fps

·                 GPS receiver and free lifetime voice-guided navigation license

·                 Stereo FM radio with RDS, Visual radio

·                 Bluetooth (with A2DP)

·                 Standard microUSB port (with charging support)

·                 microSD card slot (16 GB supported, 2GB included)

·                 Smart dialing

·                 3.5mm audio jack

·                 Great audio quality

·                 Document viewer preinstalled

Main disadvantages

·                 No WLAN

·                 Small screen

·                 No accelerometer (hence no auto screen rotation)

·                 Fiddly memory card slot

·                 Document viewer doesn't support editing

Last week we reviewed the Nokia 6700 slide and while it wasn’t a revelation, it did well to reassure us Nokia still have it when it comes to neat, compact and affordable smartphones.

The Nokia C5 is not so much a rival of the 6700 slide, but a partner in the lower end of non-touch smartphones. We won’t get tired of saying that giving the user a choice is a good thing – you can have (and pay for) only the features that you do need.