Nokia C1

alaTest has collected and analyzed 840 reviews from magazines and websites. Reviews about the value for money and camera are overall positive. The reception and screen are also mentioned favorably. Many are less positive about the connectivity and features.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Cell phones the Nokia C1 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 87/100 = Very good quality.

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Nokia C1-00 review: Dual SIM-phony

 

After years of watching their rivals introduce one dual SIM phone after another, a few months back Nokia finally decided to join them and unveiled its first mobile phones capable of accommodating two SIM cards cards at the same time. Eager to see...

Entry level dual SIM feature phone ; Dual-band GSM support (GSM 900/1800 MHz), no dual standby ; 1.8" 65K-color display of 128-by-160-pixel resolution ; FM radio ; Flashlight ; Low price ; Promising 1020mAh battery

Only one SIM card is active at a time ; Keypad not comfy enough ; No memory card slot ; No support for GPRS, EDGE or Bluetooth

The last dual SIM phone we reviewed came with features like a touchscreen, Wi-Fi support and a 5-megapixel camera on board and this little fella, the Nokia C1-00, doesn’t even have a web browser. Or a memory card slot. But it’s cheap. And that seems to...

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Nokia C1-01 Review

 

This review covers the design and user interface of the Nokia C1-01 and discusses what makes it such a great budget phone with a host of multimedia and messaging features.

You can compare the Nokia C1-01 with other Nokia C-Series phones such as the mid-level Nokia C3 and the high end Nokia C7.

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Nokia C1-00 Review

 

Not everyone is into full-featured, high-end phones. That's why there are basic, low-end ones in every price range below PhP 4,000. Nokia has recently released an array of low-end affordable phone models and brings us its first ever dual SIM phones:...

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Nokia C1-00

 

By "double SIM" we mean that the C1-00 has two internal SIM slots, but only one is active at any one time and the user can swap between them by using a menu. This is different from "dual SIM" where there are two active SIM cards at any one time, such...

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Nokia C1-01 and C1-02

 

Before we look at these handsets in more detail, we have to say that we think that the model names indicate the mess that Nokia have made with their new naming conventions. The C1-01 is the one with the camera, the C1-02 is the one without.. although...

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It uses very simple interface & Is just Awesome!

 

For those who do not want to waste money because they don't know anything about tech then I can "recommend" this set to those people. And one extra advantage is that, In case it's body panel get damaged it can be renewed with the spare panel that are...

1.Call quality is good ; 2.Can handle large number of contacts, messages & have the option to backup them ; 3.Included Nokia Money, Mini Opera 4. Internet surfing is much faster using GPRS ; 4.Have all basic features & capable of playing 320x240 vide

I have found only one i.e. Camera is extremely poor or we can say It is just buried "Dead" in these sets

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great with its cheap price

 

wide display, clear speaker of sound, very compact

poor camera,can't sending contact

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Amazon review summary for the Nokia C1

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 88 user reviews of the Nokia C1 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.5/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.5/5 for other products on Amazon.com.

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61% of reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

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Flimsy terrible phone

 

I wanted this phone to replace my older, super simple Nokia phone. I have the 1600b, which I love, except that it doesn't recieve group MMS messages, so all my friends with iPhones think they have texted me, but they haven't.

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Nokia not the same...

 

I am a Nokia girl. Every phone I have had in the last ten years has been a Nokia so when my trusty flip phone started dropping every other call, I had to upgrade. In between ordering and receiving my new Nokia, I used a wretched Samsung, which I hated,...

Product Specifications

Camera

Autofocus:No / Not Applicable
Built-in Camera:No / Yes
Built-in Flash:No / Not Applicable
Video Resolution in Pixel:640 x 480 (VGA) / Not Applicable

Configuration

Audio Formats :No / Yes
Audio Playback:No / Yes
Dual SIM Card: No
GPS Receiver: No
I-Mode: No
Integrated Radio:FM Radio
Integrated TV Tuner: No
Java:No / Yes
Multi SIM Card:No / Yes
Push to Talk: No
Realtone:No / Yes
User Interface for Text:Telephone Keyboard
Video Client:No / Yes

Connectivity

A2DP:No / Not Applicable
Bluetooth:No / Yes
Memory Card Slot:No / Yes
Multi SIM Card:No / Yes
Near Field Communication: No
USB:No / Yes
WiFi Data Exchange: No

Data Transfer

EDGE:No / Yes
GPRS:No / Yes
HSCSD: No
HSDPA: No
Technology:GSM/PCN

Display

Display Technology:TFT Display
Number of Display Colours:65.536
Number of Displays:1

General Features

Design:Bar
EASY USE PHONE: No
Elderly Friendly Phone: No
Operating System:Proprietary
Operator:3 / ASDA / EE / MVNO / O2 / Orange / Sim Free / T-MOBILE / Talk mobile / Tesco MB / Virgin / Vodafone
Product Type:Mobile Phone
Way of Buying:Contract / Prepay Pack / Sim Free

Messaging

E-Mail Functionality:No / Yes
Instant Messaging:No / Yes
Push email: No
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