The Nokia C3 Touch and Type, also known as the C3-01, is a mobile telephone handset produced by
Nokia
Nokia Corporation (natively Nokia Oyj, referred to as Nokia) is a Finnish multinational corporation, multinational telecommunications industry, telecommunications, technology company, information technology, and consumer electronics corporatio ...
. It is the second mobile handset released by Nokia that possesses a
touchscreen
A touchscreen or touch screen is the assembly of both an input ('touch panel') and output ('display') device. The touch panel is normally layered on the top of an electronic visual display of an information processing system. The display is ofte ...
in a "candy bar" phone form factor that runs the
Series 40
Series 40, often shortened as S40, is a software platform and application user interface (UI) software on Nokia's broad range of mid-tier feature phones, as well as on some of the Vertu line of luxury phones. It was one of the world's most wi ...
operating system. The C3-01 was announced on 15 September 2010. It has a stainless steel body (like
Nokia 6700 classic
The Nokia 6700 classic is a mobile phone made by Nokia and successor of the 6300 and 6500 classic. It was announced in January 2009 and arrived on the European market in June that year. It has a stainless steel body and a chrome-covered keypad ...
), a 2.4" display, featuring a 5-megapixel camera with flash, Wi-Fi and 3G.
There is also an hardware-upgraded version of the phone introduced on 23 July 2011, which can be identified from RM-776 and C3-01.5 codes in the sticker which can be found under the battery. The C3-01.5 (RM-776) differences compared to C3-01 (RM-640) are: 1GHz CPU vs 680 MHz CPU, 256 MB ROM vs 128 MB ROM and 128 MB RAM vs 64 MB RAM.
A luxury version of handset, known as C3-01 Gold Edition, was introduced on 23 August 2011. Technically and feature wise it is the same as C3-01.5
Features
The phone has touchscreen and ITU-T (12 keys) keyboard but no navigation or soft keys. Other main features include: WLAN, HSPA,
VoIP
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with
HD Voice
Wideband audio, also known as wideband voice or HD voice, is high definition voice quality for telephony audio, contrasted with standard digital telephony "toll quality". It extends the frequency range of audio signals transmitted over telephone ...
, a 5.0-megapixel camera with flash,
WebKit
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open source browser, Flash Lite 3.0, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR and MIDP Java 2.1 with additional Java APIs. This phone also supports the
USB On-the-Go
USB On-The-Go (USB OTG or just OTG) is a specification first used in late 2001 that allows USB devices, such as Tablet computer, tablets or smartphones, to act as a host, allowing other USB devices, such as USB flash drives, digital cameras, co ...
function, which enables the phone to act as a USB host.
Forum Nokia - Device Specifications
Specification sheet
Issues
As the phone has no softkeys, it is unable to support many applications.
References
External links
Nokia C3-01 Product page
Nokia C3-01 Device specification at Forum Nokia
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Mobile phones introduced in 2010
C3 Touch and Type