The Nokia has announced a mid range candy bard hand set Nokia 6303. It  is a compact little candy bar phone, measuring in at 108.8mm x 46.2mm x 11.7mm and weighing in at a very pocket friendly 96g. The handset is Tri Band GSM, so will work in most areas around the world where there is a GSM network, with the Americas the notable exception.

There is no 3G or high speed Mobile Broadband support here; with the 6303 data transfer is catered for either by GPRS or EDGE. There is support for Bluetooth 2.0 for local connectivity, and this can also support wireless stereo headphones for music playback. Despite having no high speed connectivity on board, the Nokia 6303 Classic is equipped with the excellent web browser normally found on S60 smartphones. This is a great move by Nokia, they have one of the best native web browsers and inclusion on a variety of non smartphones is a real bonus. The screen on the phone is similar to most Nokia models, a TFT screen 240 x 320 QVGA measuring in at a nice 2.2 inches and supporting up to 16 million colors.

Internally there is an acceptable memory available of 64MB which can be enhanced with the addition of Micro SD memory cards, with the 6303 Classic supporting up to 4GB in size. This is going to be more than enough to hold a few hundred songs and pictures.

Talking of pictures, the camera on the 6303 Classic is a perfect cameraphone level of 3.2 megapixels, with autofocus and flash. When it comes to cameraphones there is often a misunderstanding that leads people to believe that more megapixels is better. This would be true if your intention was to be blowing up the size of the picture on a PC and printing out large prints of photos taken. And if this is your intention, you may find that a bespoke imaging package is going to be more beneficial to you. For a mobile phone, a 3.2 megapixel camera is always going to suffice, where usage consists of fun snaps when out with friends and family which will either be stored on the phone, sent via MMS or Email, or uploaded to websites  such as Flickr or Facebook.

Music wise, the Nokia 6303 is well catered for. Here we find included a stereo FM radio with RDS support and a music player with support for MP3, AAC and eAAC formats. A real bonus for music fans is the inclusion of a 3.5mm audio output jack so you will be able to listen to your music with your own favourite personal headset. Personally, I would like to see more manufacturers include a 3.5mm connector on all mid and high range phones and I am glad to see Nokia picking this up. Surprisingly, it has nokia map without GPS on the board as they are supposed to use with Network assistance to find out your approximate locating.

Specifications

Network

·         GSM 900, 1800, 1900

Screen

·         TFT 16M colors

·         240 x 320 pixels, 2.2 inches

Weight & Dimension

·          108.8 x 46.2 x 11.7 mm, 57 cc

·          96 g

Memory

·         Micro SD Trans Flash upto 4 GB

·         64 MB  On Board

Data Service & Connectivity

·         GPRS Class 32

·         EDGE Class 32 296 kbps

·         Bluetooth v2.0 With A2DP

·         microUSB

Ringtones

·         MP3, Polyphonic

·         Vibration

Camera                                                                                  

·        3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus, LED flash

Battery

·         Standard battery, Li-Ion 1050 mAh (BL-5CT)Others

·         Symbian OS, S40

·         Stereo FM radio with RDS

·         SMS, MMS, Email

·         MP3/MP4/eAAC+/WMA player

·         Nokia Maps

·         Hands free

·         T9 text feature

·         HTML

·         Organizer

Bottom Line

Its a pleasure to see, hold, and use Nokia 6303 Classic that combines enduring design with up-to-date features to give you a compact yet smart and stylish mobile phone