Nokia C503 specifications

Nokia C503

Nokia C503 specifications

The Nokia C5-03 is a budget resistive touchscreen smartphone with WLAN from the Cseries that was released in December 2010. The phone has Shazam music identification software and social networking software included or available for download.

It has Assisted GPS, and Ovi Maps 3.0 integrated.

The Nokia C5-03 is a S60 5th Edition device with a single tap interaction UI and a resistive touch screen with tactile feedback. The device has a 3.2", bright nHD (640 x 360 pixels and 16:9 aspect ratio) display with a customizable home screen. Input methods include full screen QWERTY, alphanumeric keypad and handwrite recognition. Other features include a 5 megapixel camera, WLAN, A-GPS and Ovi maps 3.0, Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR, and USB 2.0 High-Speed. Supported WCDMA frequencies vary based on region where the device is available:

- RM-697 for Global as well for China markets: WCDMA 2100/1900/900 and EGSM 850/900/1800/1900
- RM-719 for Latin Americas. WCDMA 850/1900/2100 and EGSM 850/900/1800/1900

Nokia C503 full phone specifications

Technical Specs

Developer Platform: S60 5th Edition   
Operating System: Symbian OS v9.4
Screen Resolution: 360 x 640 pixel

Development Frameworks: Qt[1], Web Runtime, Java, Symbian C++, Flash, Open C/C++

Screen Resolution: 360 x 640 pixels
Screen Color Depth: 24 bits
Screen Size: 3.2 inches
Display Technology: LCD transmissive
Device Size: 105.8 x 51 x 13.8 mm
Volume: 65 cc
Weight: 93 g
Display Touch Technology: Resistive Single-Touch
Input Method: Touch Screen
Other Keys: Call Creation Key, Call Termination Key, Lock Switch, Menu Key, Volume Keys

Frequency Bands: GSM 1800, GSM 1900, GSM 850, GSM 900, WCDMA Band I (2100), WCDMA Band II (1900), WCDMA Band VIII (900)

Data Bearers: Dual Transfer Mode (MSC 32), EDGE Class B, GPRS, HSDPA Cat9 10.2 Mbps, HSUPA Cat5 2.0 Mbps, WLAN IEEE 802.11 b/g

Regional Availability: BRAZIL, CHINA, Eurasia, Europe, INDIA, Latin America, Middle East, North America, SEAP

CPU Count: Single CPU
CPU Type: ARM 11
CPU Clock Rate: 600 MHz
Notes: 1 Qt content can be published to Ovi Store.

Extra Features: Accelerometer Sensor, Flight Mode, FOTA Firmware over the Air, Nokia Maps 3.0, Nokia Music, Nokia Store, Ovi Contacts, Software Updates, Themes
Positioning: A-GPS, GPS

APIs

Java Runtime: Java Runtime 1.4 for S60   
Java Technology:

    JSR 139 Connected, Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) 1.1
    JSR 118 MIDP 2.1
    JSR 248 Mobile Service Architecture Subset for CLDC
    JSR 75 FileConnection and PIM API 1.0
    JSR 82 Java™ APIs for Bluetooth 1.1
    JSR 172 J2ME™ Web Services Specification 1.0 (RPC package)
    JSR 172 J2ME™ Web Services Specification 1.0 (XML Parser package)
    JSR 177 Security and Trust Services API for J2ME™ 1.0 (SATSA-CRYPTO package)
    JSR 177 Security and Trust Services API for J2ME™ 1.0 (SATSA-PKI package)
    JSR 179 Location API for J2ME™ 1.0
    JSR 184 Mobile 3D Graphics API for J2ME™ 1.1
    JSR 205 Wireless Messaging API 2.0
    JSR 226 Scalable 2D Vector Graphics API for J2ME™ 1.1
    JSR 234 Advanced Multimedia Supplements 1.1 (audio3d)
    JSR 234 Advanced Multimedia Supplements 1.1 (music)
    JSR 256 Mobile Sensor API
    IAP Info API 1.0
    eSWT UI API 1.0.3
    Nokia UI API 1.2
    JSR 135 Mobile Media API 1.2

Java API Access Permissions: Java API Access Permissions   
Other APIs: Open C APIs: Open C++ APIs 

Sensor API Channels: Accelerometer Double Tap, Accelerometer XYZ, Magnetic North, Magnetometer XYZ, Orientation, Rotation
Certificates: Symbian A, Symbian B, Symbian C, Symbian D, UTI Root

Browser, Flash and Web Technologies

Browser Version: 7.3  

Example User Agent Header: 

Mozilla/5.0 (SymbianOS/9.4; Series60/5.0 NokiaC5-03/10.0.031; Profile/MIDP-2.1 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 ) AppleWebKit/525 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.0 BrowserNG/7.2.6.9 3gpp-gba
    

Mozilla/5.0 (SymbianOS/9.4; Series60/5.0 NokiaC5-03/20.0.024; Profile/MIDP-2.1 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 ) AppleWebKit/533.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) NokiaBrowser/7.3.1.25 Mobile Safari/533.4 3gpp-gba
Browser Details
    

    HTML over TCP/IP
    OSS Browser
    WAP 2.0
    XHTML over TCP/IP

Flash Technology: Flash Lite 3.1
Flash Lite Features: Flash Video
Web Runtime: Web Runtime 7.3[1]   
Notes: 1 From device software version 20.0.024 onwards. Update your device with Nokia Software Updater.

Multimedia

Camera Resolution: 2592 x 1944 pixels
CMOS Sensor: 5.0 Megapixels
Camera Digital Zoom: 4 x
Camera F-Stop/Aperture:  f/2.4
Camera Focus range: 30 cm to infinity
Camera Image Formats: JPEG/Exif
Camera Features: Auto Exposure, Full Screen Viewfinder, Self Timer, Sequence Mode, Still Image Editor

Video Recording Resolution: 640 x 480 pixels
Video Recording Frame Rate: 15 fps
Video Digital Zoom: 2 x
Video Recording Formats: H.263, MPEG-4
Video Features: Video Player, Video Recorder, Video Ringtones, Video Sharing, Video Streaming
Video Playback Formats: 3GPP formats (H.263), Flash Video, H.264/AVC, MPEG-4, RealVideo 8, RealVideo 9, WMV 9
Video Playback Frame Rate: 30 fps

Graphic Formats: BMP, EXIF, GIF87a, GIF89a, JPEG, JPEG 2000, MBM, OTA, PNG, TIFF, WBMP, WMF

Audio Features: Audio Equalizer, Audio Recording AAC, Audio Streaming, Bluetooth Stereo, Handsfree Speaker, Loudness, Music Player, Stereo FM Radio

Audio Formats: AAC, AAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, AU, AWB, HE-AAC v2, M4A, MIDI Tones (poly 64), Mobile XMF, MP3, MP4, RealAudio 8, RMF, SP-MIDI, True tones, WAV, WMA

Speech Codecs: AMR-NB, EFR, GSM FR, GSM HR

Memory Functions

Maximum User Storage: 40 MB
ROM Memory: 256 MB
RAM Memory: 128 MB
Memory Card type:  Micro SD
Memory Card Features:  Hot Swap
Maximum Memory Card Size: 16 GB
Maximum Heap Size: Unlimited
Maximum JAR Size: Unlimited

Connectivity

Local Connectivity:

    Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR
    Bluetooth Stereo Audio
    Micro USB
    MTP (Multimedia Transfer Protocol)
    Nokia AV 3.5mm
    Nokia microUSB Cable CA-101D
    USB 2.0 High-Speed
    USB Mass Storage

Bluetooth Profiles: A2DP, AVRCP 1.0, BIP, DUN, FTP, GAP, GOEP, HFP, HSP, OPP, PBAP 1.0, SAP, SDP, SPP 1.0

WLAN support: 802.11b/g, WEP, WPA, WPA2 (AES/TKIP)

Messaging

Messaging: MMS+SMIL, SMS
Messaging Features: OMA Multimedia Messaging Service v1.3
Email Solutions:  Nokia Messaging;  OMA E-mail Notification v1.0, Ovi Mail 

Supported Email Protocols:  IMAP4, IMAP4 IDLE, POP3, SMTP
Supported Document Formats:  Excel, PDF, Powerpoint, Word, Zip

Power Management

Power Management:  USB Charging
Battery model:  BL-4U 3.7V 1000mAh
GSM Talk Time: up to 11.5 hours
WCDMA Talk Time: up to  4.7 hours
GSM Standby Time: up to 600.0 hours
WCDMA Standby Time: up to  590.0 hours
Video Playback Time: up to 7.5 hours   
Music Playback Time: up to 35.0 hours

Other

OMA Device Management:
    OMA Client Provisioning v1.1
    OMA Device Management v1.1.2

Synchronization
    OMA Data Synchronization v1.2
    SyncML

Digital Rights Management
    OMA DRM Forward Lock
    OMA DRM v1.0
    OMA DRM v2.0
    Windows Media DRM 10

DRM Delivery Method

    HTTP Download
    MMS
    OMA Download v1.0

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Nokia C503 review

Nokia C503

Nokia C5-03 review

This Nokia C5-03 has a very small screen comparing to US made touch screen cellpohone. May be I have used to look at the bigger screen from HTC, Samsung, LG, IPhone. OVI online game/apss selections are poor. I like the Offline Map, you can download offline and use it. Sound, Color is good.

Thru the years I found Nokia to make some of the best phones and this one is not an exception. I bought it because it is a 4 band (world) unlocked GSM, very light and small indeed, full touchscreen, responsive, quick and accurate typing, overall the phone works fast, has a bit slow GPS (when not assisted) with free maps and nice voice navigation, good WiFi, working radio, good loud speaker and call quality, decent email (old style) and normal camera, also the battery supposed to last longer. 

Overall, it does well what it supposed to do for the price of $180. There is one important thing, the US model has UMTS (3G bands) 900/1900/2100, so the 1900 works with AT&T, but no 850 AT&T or 1700 T-mobile. Strange, but the box label and some of the Amazon description are both wrong as they show 1700. I confirmed that with Nokia as well and the phone is working fast on AT&T 3G on 1900. The phone is made in Mexico, that's fine. It has the plastic look, but it is the simple clean design and the cute shape that makes it look neat too. I am not sure why there is no variety of colors on the US market like elsewhere, that is rather frustrating. The operating system is the typical Nokia, no news there.

A decent low end smart phone with good sound and an easy to use virtual keyboard that makes texting a breeze. The GPS has led me exactly where I wanted to go. Calendar entries and to-do lists show up right on the home screen. On the negative side: You kind of need a magnifying glass to read email and facebook. The touch screen is not always responsive and downloading of apps often stops midway through even when connected to wi-fi. Also, there are not that many apps available, but if that's important to you, you'd probably go with an android or iphone anyway. I bought this phone because it's unlocked so I don't have to pay through the nose for an expensive monthly plan that's much more than I need. Also, I can take it overseas and just buy a sim card for use there with local rates. Overall, I'm reasonably happy with this phone, since I didn't expect it to be top notch.

The good:

- Cute phone

- Nice call quality

- Great Wifi reception

- Pre-installed Nokia Maps

- Good speakers (sound is loud and clear than other high end smart phones)

- Camera 5MP (I made lot of videos with this and they came out to be of good quality)

- Microsoft Exchange

- Chat client (Yahoo/google/hotmail)

The Bad:

- The screen size of 3.2 inch (should have been 3.5 inch). This makes browsing hard.

- Resistive Touch screen- Response to touch is not as good as capacitive. You might have to press hard.

- Internal memory is very less (my phone always runs under 15MB) and hence cannot use microsoft exchange for office mails (If I use Exchange email, phone complains of low memory and close few open applications)

- Phone kept hanging and had to be restarted. 

I have had more problems with this phone than the sum total combined of all other phones that I have owned for the past 15 years. I only wish that I could give it a 0 star rating. This is the email that I had to send to Vodafone about this phone. 

I recently received an upgrade (!) to a Nokia C5-03. I can only assume that I am being used to test this phone before Nokia decide not to make any more of them, in fact based on this phone Nokia should stop making any more mobile phones.

"This phone is completely and utterly unfit for purpose.

Here is a list of the problems that I am aware of and I don't even use most of the features on the phone and don't even use the phone that much because it is so awful to use (when it does actually work).

Firstly, when I was advised to take this phone I was told that the camera had a flash, it does not have a flash.

I am constantly being reminded that the memory is low on the phone even after deleting all of the emails on the phone. This takes forever because the feature does not work properly, emails simply do not delete or just reappear after they have been deleted. It beeps repetitively saying that the emails cannot be deleted without giving a reason or it just stops deleting them and gets stuck. I have nothing else stored in the phone memory, therefore the internal phone memory is not large enough to accomodate the factory installed software / updates.

The alarm clock will not switch off when the alarm is ringing, the only way to get rid of it is to use sleep and then to go into alarms and turn off the alarm.

Periodically the phone screen just randomly turns white and also the orientation just changes even when the phone is not moved.

The touch screen is as reactive as a lump of steel, even when using a stylus which is pretty much essential. More often than not even if you manage to press the right icon and the phone reacts it will not actually do the required command. I miss phonecalls often just because the stupid thing will not react.

The top of the screen is already faded.

On top of the actual faults with the phone it is stunningly user unfriendly and Nokia REALLY need to do something about their multitudes of accounts / log ins / websites. If I want to manage my phone I want one website and one log in.

Ideally instructions should not be needed with a new phone but this phone is so useless it really

should come with instructions (and an apology) because the online help seems to be woefully inadequate." (Robert Smith coment on cnet.co.uk)

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