REVIEW: Nokia 603 - Features Fun, Attractive Prices

Amid fierce competition smartphone operating system, Nokia presents the latest products based on Symbian Belle. Equipped with qualified specifications such as 3.5-inch screen, 1GHz processor and a 5MP camera capable of recording high definition video, the range of the price of the Nokia 603 is around USD200, making it an attractive alternative in the medium segment. So what are the advantages?

Design

Dimensions: 5.71 x 11:35 x 1:27 cm; weighs 109 grams; full touchscreen; plastic material; microUSB port, 3.5 mm audio port; the lock; volume rocker, shutter button; (around phones from the top side) .3 buttons (call, menu , end / power)

Physically felt the resemblance between the Nokia 603 with other Nokia smartphones running on different systems, Lumia 710. It's just that Nokia 603 has a slightly smaller dimension than cousins ​​are.

At the front, available in black and white color options, while there are more options for the back cover include fuchsia, green, yellow, blue, black and white.

Screen

IPS LCD capacitive touch screen, 16 million colors, HVGA (360x640 pixel) 3.5-inch, Nokia ClearBlack display

Although not as extensive, screen Nokia 603 has a number of advantages. Among smartphone uses IPS LCD panel with brightness level (brightness) up to 1000 nits which is owned Nokia 701.

ClearBlack display technology in a typical Nokia phone also minimizes reflections on the screen so that it remains convenient to use under the sun light.

Nokia 603 screen also has a high contrast and wide viewing angles. The only drawback to the phone screen is only on the resolution, new and even then it will feel when the user wants to read a small article such as opening an internet site.

Operating System and UI

Symbian 3 Belle

By default Symbian on Nokia 603 Belle has 4 pieces homescreen with different wallpaper on each homescreen. Users can add up to 6 homescreen to overwhelmed by the number of shortcuts and widgets. Similar to Android, Symbian Belle also has some sort of notification tray that can be accessed by pulling from the side of the screen with the touch of a finger.

Navigation a bit confusing at the beginning, because the Nokia 603 only has a home button to return to the main menu. This button can also be used to display any application that is running in the background and allows the user to terminate the application.

For other purposes navigation back to the previous example are a virtual button back left corner of the screen.

The main menu appears much better than the previous Symbian filled with folders and subfolders are confusing. All applications are held at the Nokia 603 presented directly in the main menu. Users can integrate multiple applications in a folder by pressing the menu if the chill right corner of the screen.

Hardware

1 GHz processor, GPU 2D/3D graphics HW accelerator with OpenVG1.1 and OpenGL ES 2.0, Memory: 2 GB internal, external microSSD up to 32GB, 512 MB RAM, 1 GB ROM

With a processor speed 1GHz and 512MB RAM, Symbian Belle runs smoothly on the Nokia 603. Nokia 603 has 2GB of internal storage space, but only 340 MB are available to users.

To expand memory, microSD slot available for expansion up to 32GB. MicroSD cards are available free of charge with a capacity of 2GB on the sales package.

Default Applications

Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja, Nat Geo, Bounce Boing Battle, Youtube, Vlingo, Shazam, Quickoffice, Nokia Drive.

This list does not include several other applications that are not less interesting. Nokia Drive for example, functions like a GPS application. Users can also do the editing on photos taken with the camera Nokia 603 using photo editor application. To add another application, available market the Nokia Store.

Camera Photo

5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, fixed focus, Geo-tagging, face detection

To maximize the catch, the Nokia 603 provides six scene selection modes 4 color effect options. Users also can adjust contrast, exposure, white balance, light sensitivity (ISO) and the sharpness.

The zoom control is located on the left of the screen, is to capture the moment the user can press the shutter physical or virtual viewfinder available on the right.

Color representation on the Nokia 603 camera fairly accurate. It's just the lack of auto focus feature allows the camera produces images that lack of focus when photographing objects within a certain range (below 40cm).

The camera phone also has a good dynamic range to prevent objects visible deficiency or excess light.

Video Recorder

The maximum resolution of 720p @ 30fps

From camera images, the user can switch to video recording mode using the switch on the top right corner of the viewfinder. As in the photo camera mode, you can apply one of four color effects options.The most interesting, of course the ability of this phone that can record high definition video (HD).

Internet Browser

Multi-tabs, Flash Lite 4.0, bookmarks, history, downloads, feed, send the link.

With a high specification and operating systems that have been optimized, surfing the internet with the Nokia 603 to be an interesting experience, especially compared with the previous series Nokia.

Unfortunately this phone does not support Adobe Flash so that users can not play videos or playing games on a particular site. The phone is only equipped with Flash Lite 4.0 which makes it even capable of displaying flash-based ads.

Connectivity

GPRS Class 33, EDGE Class 33, HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n, Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP, microUSB v2.0 NFC, USB On-the-go support

Another advantage lies in the connectivity, the Nokia 603. The phone is equipped with NFC technology (Near Field Communication) which will allow users to exchange data between devices that have similar features, paired with accessories such as Bluetooth headsets, and even later to make payment.

Nokia also packed in an interesting feature by connecting it to the game Angry Birds, where a certain level can only be played after the user uses NFC to connect to other Nokia phones or accessories.

(+)

• Symbian Belle

• complete connectivity

• Hardware qualified

• Many congenital Applications

(-)

• Minus Adobe Flash

• fixed focus camera

Conclusion

With a variety of color options for the back cover, the price of the middle class, and a number of interesting applications default game, it looks like the Nokia 603 targeting the youth segment. Qualified specification of the phone is capable of properly supporting the performance of Symbian Belle.

Also owned the NFC technology makes this phone more attractive and viable alternative seems a touch-screen smartphone with a relatively more affordable price.

DETAILS SPECIFICATION:

GENERAL

Network          : GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900, 3G HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100

SCREEN

Type                : IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size                 : 360 x 640 pixels, 3.5 inches (~210 ppi pixel density), multitouch, Scratch-resistant glass, Nokia ClearBlack display

DIMENSION

Type                : 113.5 x 57.1 x 12.7 mm, 74 cc / 109.6 g

AUDIO

Fixtures           : Vibration, MP3 Ringtones

Output             : 3.5mm jack audio

Speakerphone  : Yes

MEMORY

Internal            : 2 GB (340 MB user available), 512 MB RAM, 1 GB ROM

External           : Slot Micro SD card up to 32GB

DATA

3G                   : HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps

EDGE             : Class 33

GPRS              : Class 33

WLAN                        : Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n

Bluetooth        : v 3.0 with A2DP

Infrared           : Unavailable

USB/Port        : microUSB v2.0, HS, USB On-the-go support

CAMERA

Primary            : 5 MP, 2592?1944 pixels, fixed focus, Geo-tagging,

Secondary       : VGA

Video Record : 720p@30fps

BATTERY

Type                : Standard battery, Li-Ion (BP-3L)

Standby           : Up to 460 h (2G) / Up to 490 h (3G)

Talk Time        : Up 16 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G)

FEATURES

OS                   : Symbian Belle OS, upgradeable to Belle FP1

CPU                : 1 GHz, GPU 2D/3D graphics HW accelerator with OpenVG1.1 and OpenGL ES 2.0

Browser           : WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite

GPS                 : A-GPS support

Messaging       : SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM

Other               : MIDP 2.1, Fitur Lain: Stereo FM radio with RDS, music recognition, - MicroSIM card support only - SNS integration - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - Dolby Digital Plus (via FP1 update) - Photo editor - Organizer - Quickoffice document editor - Adobe PDF Reader - Voice command/dial - Predictive text input

OTHER FEATURES

Multiple SIM  : Unavailable

Video Player   : P4/WMV/H.263/H.264 player

MP3 Player     : P3/WAV/AAC+ player

Audio Record : Yes

TV                   : Unavailable