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Welcome to the 2013 Nokia Asha 311 mobile phone review. The Nokia Asha 311 was released in 2012 and comes with the latest version of S40 Nokia OS. It's one of the most fully featured regular mobile phone you can buy at the moment. It's not a 'smart phone' but something that sits in-between the basic ones with a regular keypad. The 311 is one of the cheapest touch screen mobile phones priced around $129 at the time this was posted.
The build quality of the Asha 311 is is good but its not exactly premium with a shiny plastic rear panel. The screen is quite responsive and looks pretty good for the price and no complaints. The bonus of having Wi-Fi makes life a little cheaper too assuming you wouldn't be getting a decent data plan at this price point.
In terms of use and compared with the cheapest Android phones for the same price the Asha 311 is our choice. It's fast by comparison and does virtually everything you need. Mind you it is better at notifications for all your social networks like Facebook and Twitter rather than inputting which really requires a bigger screen to be faster. However for talk and text it works perfectly and reliability without any lags. The free 40 EA games are a nice bonus too.
In the end the Asha 311 is a good cheap mobile phone. It is better than the 308 version without the dual SIM functionality. The 311 is also better than the cheapest Android phones at this price point as we have yet to find one comparably priced that works without significant lags. It may not have GPS or a proper web browser but the basics are full covered and if that is all you need than its a great little phone.
Specifications
- Nokia Asha 301
- Network
Quad-band GSM 900/1900 and 850/1800
Penta-band 3G 850/900/1700/1900/2100
Mini-SIM
- Design
Touch screen
- L106 x W52 x D13 mm
Weight 95 grams
- Display/s
3 inch TFT 240 x 320
- Camera
3.2MP
- Video Camera
640 x 480 pixel video camera 25FPS
- Connectivity
Wi-Fi
Bluetooth V2.1
Micro-USB
- CPU
1Ghz
- Memory
Up to 100MB available to user
MicroSD up to 32Gig
- Ring tones
MIDI, MP3, Video, vibration and others
- Features
Accelerometer/Pr0ximeter/Ambient Light senors
JAVA Apps Inc. Angry Birds
Music and Media player
Organiser/Calender
SMS, MMS, IM, Email
JAVA MIDP 2.0
FM radio with RDS
Speaker Phone/Hands free
3.5mm AV/headset
BL-4U 3.7V 1110mAh
Up to 32 days Standby
Up to 14 hours Talk Time
- Price history
Under $129 AUS early-2013 (Outright)
