Nokia Asha 503 Mobile Price List in India

Nokia Asha 503 is a latest handset released by Microsoft which is mainly known for exclusive series of power packed and low cost devices. This smartphone is a slight up gradation of Asha 501 version with default social integration and a better camera. The product is mainly for the consumers seeking amarginally intellectual device that will not form a big hole in their wallets. Though the phone is not so powerful, yet Nokia expects that consumers will embrace the product because of its affordable price and its simplicity to use.

Features and specifications

Nokia Asha 503 is well built and provides comfortable experience of quality hardware, picture sharing, social networking and other in built applications. It works on Asha operating system and promises to fulfill all the extensive usage requirements of the users within anaffordable range. It comes with a 5MP camera, 3G support, and runs on the extended platform of Nokia’s Meego software.

Design and Quality

Though the smartphone is small yet it’s quite attractive. The right side of the device contains power buttons and volume rocker. You will find a capacitive back button on the front side. A circular button located in the back allows you to pop the device away from actual cover and provides accessibility to the slots of SIM card, micro-SD and removable battery. Surprisingly the outstanding feature of this elegant phone is its touchpad itself. The design of the smartphone depicts it to be encased in an ice block which itself is quite cool. The phone comes with scratch proof Gorilla glass and offers a decent touch performance. In bright light the phone does a decent job but you must not expect it to deliver the same in direct sunlight.

OS and Tech

The smartphone features Asha operating system which is actually an extended carry-over version of Nokia’s Meego software. The operating system enables comfortable swiping around for accessing regularly used shortcuts and applications. However, its overall performance is quite sluggish which is sometimes very difficult to bear. The smartphone contains popular pre-installed applications like Weather Channel, Twitter, Whatsapp, Facebook that cater to the normal requirements of all people who purchase smartphone for such purpose. These apps are not completely upgraded and appear to have been built many years back.However, users having 3G connection can enjoy fast working of the web apps because of high internet speed. Facebook and Twitter experience becomes speedy and you will enjoy super smooth WhatsApp while sharing images and voice.

Camera and multimedia

The most remarkable thing about the smartphone is its onboard camera. Though it is quite short to provide razor sharp images, the 5MP primary camera provides you a way for capturing short videos and snaps with sufficient clarity. Compared to Asha 502, Asha503 comes with 3X zoom.You can quickly access the camera while the screen is locked through swiping in upward direction and for changing the setting you can easily access white balance, timer, effect and flash. You can also swipe to shift from picture to video mode and to view recently shot pictures you need to swipe in the right direction. The smartphone has dedicated Video and Audio Players and more music users can tune on to the FM radio. It supports audio recording in formats like AAC, MIDI, NB, MP3 and audio recording in formats like 3 GP, AVC, H.264, and so on.

Battery and memory

Physical storage of the smartphone need to be improved a lot. On board it arrives only with 174.2 MB of which 50MB is only available for the users. However, it has much required micro SD card for expanding memory up to 32 GB. It comes with a micro-SD card of 4GBof as a freebie with the handset. The 1200mAh removable battery last can last up to 2 days, but might drain a bit more when 3G connectivity is used.However, an aggressive use can make it last up to 10 hours while listening to music only.

Pros and Cons

PROS

·         Affordable price.

·         5 MP primary camera

·         Quite simple to use.

CONS

·         Absence of front camera.

·         Absence of GPS.

·         Small apps selections

Verdict

Nokia Asha 503 is a budget smartphone which is quite ideal for users having a tight budget. It offers a decent product quality and an average music playback experience. However, the battery life is something which could appeal to a basic smartphone user. It would definitely face competition from products like Motorola Moto E, Micromax Canvas Spark and other smartphone offer by brands like Karbonn or Xolo.