Manufacturer | Nokia |
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Slogan | Be connected. Be social. Be entertained. |
Series | Touch & Type |
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Availability by country | China, Eurasia, Europe, India, Latin America and Middle East |
Predecessor | Nokia X3 Touch and Type |
Successor | Nokia Asha 311 |
Related | Nokia Asha 300 |
Form factor | Qwerty candybar |
Dimensions |
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Weight | 99 g |
Operating system | Nokia Asha Series 40 OS |
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Memory |
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Storage |
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Removable storage | up to 32 GB microSDHC |
Battery |
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Data inputs |
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Display | transmissive LCD 320 x 240 px (QVGA), 2.6" (66 mm), 18 bits |
Rear camera | 3.2 MP (CMOS sensor) EDoF |
Front camera | No |
Connectivity |
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Development status | Released 2012 |
The Nokia Asha 303 is a QWERTY messenger phone powered by Nokia's Series 40 operating system. It was announced at Nokia World 2011 in London along with three others Asha phones - the Nokia Asha 200, 201 and 300. The 303 is considered to be the flagship of the Asha family. Its main features are the QWERTY keyboard and capacitive touchscreen, the pentaband 3G radio, SIP VoIP over 3G and Wi-Fi and the ability to play Angry Birds which were all never seen before on a Series 40 phone. Nokia Asha 303 is available in a number of languages depending on which territory it is marketed for. Models sold in South Asia support at least eight languages: English, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam.
The Nokia Asha 303 was announced at Nokia World 2011 in London. It will be available shortly in China, Eurasia, Europe, India, Latin America, Middle East and Southeast Asian markets. The phone will be sold at a price of €115 subject to taxes and subsidies.
The Nokia Asha 303 is powered by the same 1 GHz ARM11 processor found in Symbian Belle phones such as the Nokia 500, 600 and 700 but lack the dedicated Broadcom GPU which is not supported by the Nokia Series 40 operating system. The system also has 128 MB of low power single channel RAM (Mobile DDR).
The Nokia Asha 303 has a 2.6-inch (66 mm) transmissive LCD capacitive touchscreen (1 point) with a resolution of 320 × 240 pixel (QVGA, 154 ppi). In contrast with the Nokia C3-00, the screen of the Asha 303 is taller than wider (portrait). According to Nokia it is capable of displaying up to 262 thousands colors. The device also has a backlit 4-row keyboard with regional variant available (QWERTY, AZERTY, etc. ...).