HMD Global went official with the Nokia C2
mobile phone in March this year. The entry-level smartphone made its entrance
barely three months after the Nokia C1 was launched, that is in December 2019.
Five months after, the company has now launched the Nokia C3 in China. The
model is already listed on Jingdong and is available to preorder right away.
The Nokia C3 was spotted on the database
of benchmarking app Geekbench over the weekend showing the presence of a Unisoc
processor codenamed “GamoraPlus”. The entry-level mobile phone indeed makes an
entry with an octa-core Unisoc processor clocked at 1.20GHz onboard. The
processor is paired with 3GB of RAM and there is 32GB of storage which can be
expanded via microSD card.
The Nokia C3 features a 5.99-inch LCD
display with HD+ resolution of 1440 x 720 pixels. The display doesn’t have any
form of notch design but utilises the traditional bezels at the top and bottom
edges which are trimmed down considerably. The top bezel holds the selfie
camera and front speaker while the bottom bezel has the Nokia logo imprinted.
At the rear, the mobile phone packs a
detachable plastic rear panel which has a single 8MP main camera housed in the
same module with the LED flash. The phone equally has a rear-mounted
fingerprint sensor just under the camera. The phone runs on Android 10 OS and
has the traditional micro-USB port for charging and data transfer. Other
features onboard include a removable battery, 3.5mm audio jack, WiFi,
Bluetooth, FM radio, dual SIM? dual standby, OTG support.
The Nokia C3 is priced at 669 yuan (US$ 95)
and is available in Nordic blue and sand gold color schemes. There is no
official word yet on when it will be released in other markets.
