gadgetshow.channel5.com Updated: 2013-05-01 08:50:42
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Meet the Nokia Asha 311, Nokia’s attempt to end the war between smartphones and “dumbphones”. This 3-inch touchscreen phone packs a 1GHz processor, 3G and Wi-Fi for location skills, but it’s running Nokia’s power sipping S40 operating system, which you...
For an operating system that has its roots in early 2000s feature phones, it’s remarkable what you can do with S40 on the Nokia Asha 311. You can browse the web, get email, peruse Facebook and Twitter, chat over instant messaging or even with smartphone-owning mates using the popular WhatsApp. You can even use Nokia Maps, and it’ll make a good stab at showing where you are using network positioni...
That’s the good: the bad is that this is still an operating system from the early 2000s. It may mean a long battery life of days rather than hours, but it also means slow loading times, and more pop-ups than a children’s picture book. “Error this”, “Problem that”. It should just work these days.Those problems spill into the hardware too. Yes, there’s a 1GHz processor, but it’s tied to a tiny 3-in...
Given the age and low power requirements of S40, it’s incredible what Nokia’s pulled off here: it can do just about anything a smartphone can in a pinch. But here’s the thing. The UK mobile market is so heavily subsidized by the networks, there’s just...
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Nokia’s smartphone sales may be in the toilet at the moment but it still flogs a fair number of handsets under the Asha brand of feature phones. Newest to the ranks is the Asha 311 which looks and behaves a bit like a smartphone but has a far lower pur...
As a tonic to these all-singing, all-dancing smartphones – that cost too much and consume power like there is no tomorrow – the Asha 311 has much to appreciate. It’s cheap, well made, does many of the basic things a fully fledged smartie will do, is e...
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With budget Android handsets now available for as little as £70 on Pay As You Go, is anyone really interested in cheap as chips, non-Android smartphones? Nokia certainly seems to think so, as this is exactly the type of handset that the Nokia Asha 311 wi...
Full Touch user interface is the best yet on a Series 40 handset, Relatively low price tag...
Small, compact design, Poor web browser, No GPS, Limited range of apps...
Specs As you would expect, the Nokia Asha 311 is driven primarily via its touchscreen. This is pretty small, measuring just 3.0-inches across the diagonal and its resolution is quite low too at just 240 x 400 pixels. That said, the small size of the displ...
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Released at the same time as its even lower-priced cousin, the 306, Nokia's Asha 311 is another low-cost, few-frills workhorse feature phone that aims to cover the basics and little else, with 3G, Wi-Fi and a 3.2 megapixel camera, but no smartphone fle...
Basic but solidly built, 3G, WiFi, free EA games, capacitive touch screen, low price...
No GPS, camera not great...
For an extra £20 the Asha 311 throws in quite a few advantages over the cheaper 306, with a better screen, faster processing power and 3G connectivity -- if you must have a budget feature phone rather than an Android, it's worth the extra.Specification...
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At the high-end and midrange smartphone spectrum Nokia competes against the likes of the iPhone and Galaxy S3 with its Windows Phone-based smartphones. When it comes to the low end of the smartphone market however, Nokia uses its Asha feature phone ran...
Great battery life; 40 free EA Games voucher; snappy performance; FM Radio; 2 GB memory card included in retail package...
Resistivelike touchscreen experience on a capacitive display; and paltry internal storage.
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Nokia is one of those manufacturers with a penchant for visual design.Regardless of the overall strengths or weaknesses of a handset the company produces, design is consistently on the positive side of the checklist and even the worst of its portfolio loo...
Looks good, Fast performance, Free EA games...
Small size, Poor camera, Annoying interface, Small and fuzzy screen, Low memory, Proprietary charger...
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whatmobile.net Updated: 2014-04-04 04:44:12
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While Nokia’s Lumia Windows Phone smartphones get the lions share of press for the Finnish firm these days, its Nokia Asha feature-phones are the unsung heroes that are quietly shifting plenty of units throughout the world.Packing easy usability, eye-catc...
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At the high-end and midrange smartphone spectrum Nokia competes against the likes of the iPhone and Galaxy S3 with its Windows Phone-based smartphones. When it comes to the low end of the smartphone market however, Nokia uses its Asha feature phone range...
Great battery life; 40 free EA Games voucher; snappy performance; FM Radio; 2 GB memory card included in retail package...
Resistivelike touchscreen experience on a capacitive display; and paltry internal storage...
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tbreak.ae Updated: 2016-11-27 01:39:28
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I remember when mobile phones used to be simple little devices that we would just use to make phone calls and send the occasional text message. Now our phones talk to us, give us directions, keep track of our appointments, and feed us a constant stream...
Affordable, plenty of free games, clean UI, variety of colors, decent battery life...
No GPS, no LED flash...
So what exactly have Nokia got on their hands with the Asha 311? Well as said before, it’s a phone for anyone who’s not quite ready to splurge on a smartphone, but still would like a touchscreen phone that can pull off a few tricks. For its low price p...
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It has finally reached the TP Hideout! The much-anticipated and ultra-cute Nokia Asha 311 has finally landed on Philippine shores! This 'smartphone lite' , which comes in five colors - namely, Blue, Dark Grey, Rose Red, Brown, and Sand White - is now...
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TechPinas Exclusive! Earlier this week, at the Nokia Maps Event held at Greenbelt 2 ( and Glorietta and Ayala Ave. and Paseo de Roxas and Makati Avenue; It was fun! I'll talk about it in a future entry. ), I got the chance to talk to Mr. Rhomel Marcojos...
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