It’s a cheap phone alright, nothing too flashy, nothing to shout about. But the Nokia C2-01 deserves some credit for squeezing a number of nice little features into its budget. 3.2MP still imaging does sound refreshing after reviewing a VGA primary camera recently. Data speeds top EDGE and a microSD card slot means there’s more than enough room for your music collection. A 3.5mm audio jack too perhaps is better than expected for the price you pay.
Key features
Entry level phone with decent features
Quad-band GSM/EDGE connectivity
Tri-band 3G connectivity
2.0" 256K-color QVGA TFT display
3.2MP fixed-focus camera
QVGA@15fps video recording
Series 40 UI, 6th edition
Stereo FM radio with RDS
Bluetooth 2.1 (with EDR)
Standard microUSB port (charging)
microSD card slot (16GB supported)
3.5mm audio jack
Dedicated Facebook app
Main disadvantages
Poor video recording
No smart dialing
Miserable display (almost no such thing as a viewing angle for this one)
Relatively poor audio reproduction quality
We have some complaints (seriously, it’s 2011 and S40 still lacks smart dialing) but other than that the C2-01 looks pretty decent. Arguably, you can hold the lack of dual SIM support against the Nokia C2-01. This feature though is obviously left to the most basic of handsets in the C-series. The C2-01 is a budget phone but not that much of a penny pincher.
