When touchscreen became affordable its popularity skyrocketed – affordable smartphones are all the rage now. The Nokia C5-03 is the result of both these trends and while it borrows a lot from the C6-01 in terms of design, its pricing is a good deal lower.

Designed for a lower price bracket than its Symbian^3 lookalike, the Nokia C5-03 has some of its specs taken down a notch

The Nokia C5-03 is a grandson of the best-selling Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and though it might be the last hurrah for Symbian^1 (or Symbian S60 as old-timers call it) it tries to deliver the same level of satisfaction on the bang for buck meter.

Full spec:
2G Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network: HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
Announced : 2010, October
Status: Available. Released 2010, December
SIZE: Dimensions 105.8 x 51 x 13.8 mm, 65 cc
Weight: 93 g
DISPLAY: TFT resistive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size: 360 x 640 pixels, 3.2 inches
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Handwriting recognition
SOUND: Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone: Yes
- 3.5 mm audio jack
MEMORY: Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records: Detailed, max 30 days
Internal: 40 MB storage, 128 MB RAM
Card slot: microSD, up to 16GB, 2GB included, buy memory
DATA: GPRS, Class 32
EDGE: Class 32
3G: HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology
Bluetooth: Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
USB: Yes, v2.0 microUSB
CAMERA: Primary 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, check quality
Features: Geo-tagging
Video: Yes, VGA@15fps
Secondary: No
OS: Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5
CPU: ARM 11 600 MHz processor
Messaging: SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Browser: WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds
Radio: Stereo FM radio
Games: Yes + Java downloadable
Colors: Graphite Black, Lime Green, Petrol Blue, Aluminum Grey
GPS: Yes, with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps
Java: Yes, MIDP 2.1
- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
- MP3/WAV/еAAC+/WMA player
- Photo editor
- Organizer
- Voice command/dial
- Flash Lite 3.0
- T9
BATTERY: Standard battery, Li-Ion 1000 mAh
Stand-by: Up to 600 h (2G) / Up to 576 h (3G)
Talk time: Up to 11 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)
Music play: Up to 35 h

The C5-03 is a very eco-friendly gadget – 80% of the phone body is recyclable, while half of the packaging comes from recycled material (and all of it is recyclable in turn).

It’s a low-price phone with some high-speed connectivity with 10.2Mbps HSDPA and 2Mbps HSUPA. The C5-03 also packs the fastest CPU available on a Nokia S60 device – at 600MHz the old but efficient Symbian just flies.

Full Info & Review: http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_c5_03-review-548.php

-- I have also just bought this C5-03 yesterday @ The Mines Shopping Fair - RM750 Avaxx set. So far it's performance are ok... Just the camera doesn't have AF & Flash... Using old OS S60...

This post has been edited by sanderz: Dec 31 2010, 09:22 PM

My current C5-03 picture:

Wow ...c5 -03

bro,,which part of mines u ask??
i ask at d middle o lvel 4..seriously xpensive..rm 850..

LPS mega comunication there... Free 4GB memory card...

stil can nego not u think??

price..?

around rm 700 +- i think..

That time I buy lowest price is RM750. Now I am not sure still RM750 or not. Maybe lower already.

Got LED flash ?

hopefully lower..i wanna buy this around rm 600..
still collecting money now..

no flash there. but sure, it is a good budget touchscreen phone. the colour looks simple and i like! haha

wat do u think if its compared to x6??
any comments??

Better processor
Cheaper than x6

ok..means respon faster rite??

Yes ~

Any review from the user ?

Hmm... For me it is better than my last time C510. Such as in the file manager section. No lagging at all. Just sometimes when rotate the screen, the respons are slow.

U will get use to it ...

This post has been edited by Dlim88: Jan 1 2011, 05:12 PM

waa..like itouch la that one..

Which wan

woots not bad not bad

the rotate function..he3..
didn know much as i nver xprience using touch phone xcep for my ipod touch..

If i am not mistaken, C5-03 qwerty keyboard is much different from other nokia S60V5 right?

y u said so??

why u say like that?

N8 keyboard ?

Just put my phone GPS to the test. It is accurate!

nve tried dat..

Garmin

sanderz,,while sms-ing,,d pad is qwerty or num pad like usual??
i feel dat d screen is to small to appear qwerty..

Hmm , u mean qwerty in potrait mode ?

Portrait mode use D-Pad, Landscape mode it will auto switch to QWERTY keypad.

Ooo...
Mine can choose landscape in D-pad or full qwerty

D-pad is??sory..noob question..

Keypad lurhh

Nokia 5800 only have 434Mhz processor speed, but this phone has 600Mhz. This phone can perform better if it is equipped with more RAM.

The price is cheaper than Nokia 5800 or X6. But i still prefer to go and get either these 2 phone models if i have sufficient money.

But this phone only has 40Mb phone memory

Which two phone o ?

Does it comes with a memory card?

Since Nokia 5800 is already withdrawn form the market, I think Nokia X6.

Yes, it comes with a 2Gb card

Ooo , but tis phone dun have flash ?
U dun mind ?

I thought it has LED flash for the camera use?

Look at the back pic ~
Seem lik dun have o

Ya, this phone don't have any flash... Memory size... Depends on shop lo. I buy that time the shop give me 4GB + 2GB original, so I get total 6GB.

Why u dun get urself a 8GB

My budget is limited... Don't have so much money lo... Before that my budget just enough for 5530XM + 8GB card...

600mhz arm processor who care bout the flash...nokia camera always been suck in low light condition...so why bother...i say this is better than X6 who's with me...

Ooo ...
Nvm ...can get it later

Depends on budget lo...

Haha, my 4GB still left 2GB free...

4GB + 2GB, but you only have 1 slot right?

Guys, should I get C5-03 or 5530 Xpress Music, or C6-00?

Are there protective covers available for C5-03? I'm scared of damaging it.

TY.

If you have more budget. You can try Nokia C6... For C5-03 it comes with screen protector on it... Protective covers I am not sure... I just put it in a pouch when I am not using it.

C6 compare with C5-03:
-C5-03 is lighter than C6,
-C6 int. memory is larger than C5-03,
-Both are 5MP camera, C6 have AF & Flash,
-C5-03 processor are faster than C6.

This post has been edited by sanderz: Jan 3 2011, 07:56 PM

I did not take a real good look at the pictures.

TS, does the phone simply restart when using it?

No la... But the problem that I am facing now is when opened too much tab in Opera 10, it will appears memory low message. If you ignore it it will starting to lag...

So C6-00 is prone to lag, and C5-03 has a faster/better processor, weighs less too.

Apart from less important/useful things (camera etc), major differences are the QWERTY for C6-00, and 150g...

Price is about the same?

I see. Looks like this is something you have to live on. Have you always try to remove those cache and cookies for the Opera browser?

Opera mini is ram eater for me
I use also sometimes appears memory low message wan

When i use the opera Mobile in my N97 also having the same problem.

Just hard reset the phone would solve it.

How much free memory left in the phone memory after the hard reset?

Hmm , which phone ?

Nokia C5-03.

Sanderz will have the answer

Sanderz,

Made in where?
Can u put more pics?

huh

Nokia handphones now are made in China already.

You mean the real pictures?

Ya. Correct made in China. Hmm... I don' know how to check free RAM leh. How? Sorry currently I don't have any camera with me...

oic.
yea. real pictures.
Hv u own it?

Yeah.

Use ram blow or mem spy

Ok, my phone RAM memory left 35.6MB free after restart.

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Added on January 4, 2011, 7:47 pmAfter cleaning I get 41.45MB free.

This post has been edited by sanderz: Jan 4 2011, 07:47 PM

Not bad
Good ram management

I hope that Nokia can really be generous with their RAM.

After use few day ur free ram still left how many ?

If closed all application... Still have 30MB+

Hmm , not bad

30/128*100= 23% RAM free after closing all application???

Yup, i gets lower and lower day by day even though u had close all apps
also try closing unwanted running apps using KillMe

Nokia is like tat wan
Consider very good d

Then i need restart the phone like every 1 week

5800 old fw tat time left around 10 mb of ram oni

My 1 left about 23 to 25 like that after 1 week
And some heavy apps cannot open liao

Opera mini cannot open

Don't have to. Use apps like SoftRAMBlow to clear the RAM.

Some can open, after open, all the background running apps all closed.

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Added on January 5, 2011, 7:55 pmAlthough i clear it, i still cannot get back the no. of free ram just restart the phone...

This post has been edited by boonwuilow: Jan 5 2011, 07:55 PM

Then restart larh. That's the problem in Nokia (especially Symbian perhaps) coz I'm not facing such issues on the N900

Another cause, the crappy amount of 128Mb Ram...

The V51 or V52 firmware left how much RAM for users?

How was that?

Dint use ori fw alredi since c6 port to 5800 Xm

wow RM750 for this phone? ori set sum more... >.> sayang no flash...

Carry a torch light

Too expensive or cheap?

Flash? buy the external flash light for photography if you are not willing to spend another additional RM 800-900 for N8.

Lol... Now my C5-03 will not responding few times... Will need to restart the phone. Any app. select already won't open, but luckily didn't hang, still able to switch off the phone.

Not responding ?

The application select already cannot open. Home screen sometimes all blank... Need to restart.

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Added on January 7, 2011, 7:48 pmDunno whether is it installed wrong app. or what else... So far I know the Jbaktaskman isn't compatible with this phone.

This post has been edited by sanderz: Jan 7 2011, 07:48 PM

Ooo ...How often u restart ur phone ?

When lagging lo... 1 week...

got N8... juz wanna get tiz for my dad...