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Nokia intros C6, C3 and E5 Qwerty Phones

During this afternoon’s virtual event, Nokia introduced 3 new messaging devices, two of which are members of the new C-series of handsets.

The Nokia C6 is a 3.2-inch touchscreen phone with a full qwerty slide-out keyboard and 3G/HDSP 7.2Mbps, WiFi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth 2.0, 5MP AF camera, and GPS running Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 release 5. This one looks like a cross between the 5800XM and the E75.

The Nokia C3 is a full-qwerty phone with WiFi, Blueooth, 2 MP camera, FM stereo and GPS. This one is looking to be a cheaper version of the popular Nokia E63. The absence of 3G or even EDGE connectivity is intriguing though.

The Nokia E5 is another full-qwerty smartphone that could easily be an upgrade to the E72 model. It’s got 3G/HSDPA 10.2Mbps, WiFi 802.11 b/g. Bluetooth 2.0, a 5MP fixed-focus camera, stereo FM tuner, and GPS running Symbian OS v9.3, Series 60 release 3.2.

The C-series phones will be released this 2nd quarter while the E5 will come out in the 3rd quarter. The Nokia C6 will have a suggested retail price of $299 (Php13,500), the Nokia C3 will be about $122 (Php5,500) and the Nokia E5 is around $245 (Php11,00).

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

107 Responses

  1. Avatar for Ceska Ceska says:

    This phone is perfect for the price. The phone has all the features on the E71 and E72 with a few new features preinstalled due to having a recent build. The ear piece volume and speakerphone needs to be adjusted upwards. The speakerphone volume is really too low. Nokia must have purposely lowered the volume 2 allow the device to consume less energy. The case or housing for the Nokia E5-00 is not well constructed as the E72 with the metal crome outlining the exterior.
    Where this device pays for itself is with the navagation. Its free for the life of the hand set.
    For an unlocked price this device wins my heart.

  2. Avatar for JV JV says:

    I wish for a nokia c3 because that was so nice… hope my dad buy it for me…

    by the way what the current price of c3 here in bulacan??

    reply please,….

  3. Avatar for Josephus T. Josephus T. says:

    i wish na sana magkaroon ako ng nokia c3.. kc ang ganda ng specs. at qwerty pa! 2mp camera.. saan ka pa!pero, sana bilhan ako ng tito koh..:(

  4. Avatar for argie argie says:

    ask q lng qng nkkpgdownload b ng videos on youtube ang c6?

  5. Avatar for Albert Albert says:

    can someone tell me what’s the price of it in the philippines now??

  6. Avatar for mark mark says:

    i Wish for a c3 because it’s nice and it fits to me,hope my mom will buy it for me!

    by the way,what is it’s current price here in cavite?

  7. Avatar for Alex Alex says:

    Is the phone’s priced lowered in the Philippines? kasi may ads na nagsasabi na imbis 7 thousand naging 5 thousand nalang? at tsaka by none-multi tasking does it mean i cannot play music while texting?Greatly appreciated if someone would reply

  8. Avatar for tootzkie tootzkie says:

    i bought my c3 two months ago for 5900 dito sa cotabato. the only thing i don’t like about it is, the communities doesn’t work as expected. but otherwise it is a great fone. kahit hindi sya 3g at gprs lang, ang na observe ko is, mabilis pa rin internet ko kahit nasa bundok ako (doon kasi ako nagtuturo)as long as may signal ang smart kaya panay update ko status ko FB na ipinagtataka ng mga kaguro ko sa ibaba hehehe. mabilis mag load, around 5 secs at mas mabilis pa sa bayan kasi 3g ang signal doon. my conclusion: kahit gprs lang sya, basta malakas ang signal at mas lalo na 3g, hindi na gaanong kailangan na hsdpa o 3g fone mo. tama ba ako kuya Abe?

  9. Avatar for ken ken says:

    @ LtGara Where did you bought your C3? it seems you’ve got it for a cheaper price.

  10. Avatar for LtGara LtGara says:

    I just bought my C3 last week for P5990 and I really like it..

  11. Avatar for LarryWorld LarryWorld says:

    i have been using the E5 for almost 2months now.. I’m loving it, though the battery drains faster than expected..(“longest battery life out there as the reviews said”) but nonetheless, it’s still an all in one kinda fone..^^

  12. Avatar for izna_vera izna_vera says:

    you guys should check c7

  13. Avatar for Mr. Whut Whut Whut Mr. Whut Whut Whut says:

    Wenks sana pala inintay ko na tung E5 bnili tong e63. Anyway maganda rin ung C6. Bagay na bagay sa gustong magtry ng both qwerty at touch =3 Next year nalang aq bibili!

  14. Avatar for Feelistardatkom Feelistardatkom says:

    like the C6 or E5! :)

  15. Avatar for chard chard says:

    i’m waiting for the release of E5..sana nga hindi maxadong mahal..

  16. Avatar for renz renz says:

    san ko pwedeng bilin ung c3…. i need it now…

  17. Avatar for ann_ime ann_ime says:

    waiting for the E5 to be release. ang tagal lumabas. hope na di siya masyadong mahal. i really want it..

  18. Avatar for FBaddict FBaddict says:

    meron na bang nakabili ng C6? gusto ko kasing bilin yun eh.tnx :)

  19. Avatar for blakvat blakvat says:

    Jesus christ! Ang tagal ng e5! So far eto palang yung non touch s60 that really packs a punch, imagine 600mhz processor + 256mb ram (nevermind the absence of 3D Hardware accelerator, I could bear it, I’m not onto 3D stuff din naman :D ), omfg, I wan’t eeeetttt!!! I can’t wait to land it on my hands! And I wish it’ll only cost not more than 13k php. *fingers crossed*

  20. Avatar for Biomaxxfirre Biomaxxfirre says:

    Gusto ko sana ang C3, kaso series 40 lng eh..pro affordable din ang presyo..hmmm….if i had an 15k i’ll go for E5.

  21. Avatar for Kenth Kenth says:

    kelan po kya baba-ba price ng c3,

  22. Avatar for Tyron Tyron says:

    how durable is the C6? Thinking of getting one. Meron na po ba nakalaglag nito at buhay pa naman? Preferably yung maraming beses na nalaglag :P

  23. Avatar for florencebeegeez florencebeegeez says:

    I just bought a nokia c3 today at SM. P6,600.00 sya. Medyo cheap sya for me the fact na newly launched. The thing is the radio doesn’t work kahit anong gawin ko. So I need to take it to the shop where I bought it

  24. Avatar for Karen Karen says:

    Hi! How much does C3 costs today? Does it lowered its price since its first released or its price is still the same? I want to buy one. The pink one is really cute!

  25. Avatar for maxigirl maxigirl says:

    i jus bought nokia e5 in singapore jus dis wik and in our currency it amounts to php12500 tax included.its worth d price considering it’s alrdy a smartphone plus when conncted 2 d internet it runs smoothly.

  26. Avatar for thevictorlazo thevictorlazo says:

    Still waiting for E5. Ang tagal. Amp!

  27. Avatar for joanne joanne says:

    yeah! i love my c3! i bought it last august 10 in MOA.. :)

  28. Avatar for jenn jenn says:

    I got my nokia C3 just a week ago! it’s my first qwerty phone and i have no trouble typing! even with one hand!! for only 7k it’s worth it :-)

  29. Avatar for me me says:

    anyone knows if there’s a proxy settings for c3? thanks much

  30. Avatar for Jundo Jundo says:

    well C3 pink is really cute , when I saw it on sm Clark, oohh I really want to buy it! and I think 7,300 is just a good price..

  31. Avatar for Mark Mark says:

    Can C3 play music while using built-in browser or opera with Wi-fi turned on? I mean, some s40 can do that, I’m just not sure with C3 though. I wanted this phone than the old e63, although OS wise, I’d go with e63 ;)

  32. Avatar for rhay rhay says:

    I’ve bee waiting for this Nokia C3 and finally it is here…

    Too bad there is no 3G on it, but i guess the Wi-Fi feature is really great..

    Im longing to have a Qwerty phone, and I love the HOT PINK color of this model… Hehehe!

  33. Avatar for fN14 fN14 says:

    When will E5 be launch in the market? I’m waiting for it and I want it badly. I’m gonna buy it in its launch date. I read that its August 2010 but please anybody know what’s the specific date?

  34. Avatar for joanne joanne says:

    magkano nokia c3 ngayon?? wanna buy one.. :)

  35. Avatar for gee gee says:

    haha i love my c3 din na pink sooooooooooooo inlove with it.:D

  36. Avatar for haru haru says:

    Gusto ko yung E5!!

    I’m currently using Nokia E71 and it’s a good thing that E5 is an upgraded version of E series phones..

    I can’t wait for it…

    E5 would be the most perfect E series phone.. a 5mp camera, animated icons, amazing interface, image editor, homescreen widgets.. name it.. sh*t.. I really can’t wait for it..

  37. Avatar for mimi mimi says:

    i love my pink c3. i just knew about it on july 31st din. i rushed to the nearest nokia branch.
    it’s so cute. walang 3g nga lang. ayaw gumana ng communities.

  38. Avatar for gee gee says:

    just had my c3:) perfect!

  39. Avatar for owen owen says:

    turn off nga walang 3G. pero nice na rin for 7,300.

  40. Avatar for chintao chintao says:

    laki naman ng tax na pinataw nila. pero ok narin. antayin nalng natin ung release for the final thoughts.. :-l

  41. Avatar for ana28 ana28 says:

    nokia source, srp of c3 is php7300, to be launched on 31july. too bad, no 3g.

  42. Avatar for steelballs steelballs says:

    well.. estimated lng naman daw un..
    and i read some article somewhere, around 7,500 daw..

    ndi ko n nga hinintay yang C3 eh.. bumili nlng ako LG GW300 heheheh… ok naman.. :D

  43. Avatar for steelballs steelballs says:

    well.. estimated lng naman daw un..
    and i read some article somewhere, around 7,500 daw..

    ndi ko n nga hinintay yang C3 eh.. bumili nlng ako LG GW300 heheheh… ok naman…

  44. Avatar for Owen Owen says:

    grabe nmn 10k? then im dropping my need to buy it

  45. Avatar for steelballs steelballs says:

    nakakita daw yung officemate ko sa isang magazine, and what the hell, ang price nya 10k lol

    big LOL

    ang layo sa orig price… patong patong na tax and other charges.. hehe

  46. Avatar for Owen Owen says:

    it’s already out (C3) saw it sa mga cellphone shops at robinsons manila and they have all the colors including the pink one. but if ull ask how much, wala pa daw advise. funny.

  47. Avatar for steelballs steelballs says:

    Sana magpost na sila kung kelan marerelease ung NOKIA C3… dami na naghihintay (isa na ko dun).. hehehe :D

  48. Avatar for choyits choyits says:

    totoo ba ung spec ni2 sa taas na may gps ang c3?..

  49. Avatar for NEL TOLENTINO NEL TOLENTINO says:

    Hi gud day, i’m from the Philippines and interested in the NOKIA C3, i called some stores here but the unit still not available. Please let me know thru my email and cellfone number (090643*****) where i can avail this unit. Thank you and hope to hear from you the soonest possible time.

  50. Avatar for em vale em vale says:

    cant wait for the hot pink c3! shet super tagal naman marelease nito. sa singapore 5k lang c3 eh!! hay i uber cant wait!

    kelan ba release date? :)

  51. Avatar for Mist Mist says:

    Nokia C6 will be released on July 30. :)

  52. Avatar for oweness oweness says:

    Would you have idea where they sell C3 or E5? It will really be helpful. Thanks!

  53. Avatar for JK JK says:

    HELLO YUGATECH

    ARE THESE PHONES OUT IN THE MARKET ALREADY?
    I’M HOPING FOR YOUR REPLY :)

  54. Avatar for dada dada says:

    Nreleased nb um nokia c3?

  55. Avatar for VG VG says:

    how much is the C6 and where can i get it in QC?

  56. Avatar for laurence laurence says:

    paliwanag lang po..may nokia c5 na talaga….
    here’s the link
    http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_c5-3122.php

  57. Avatar for laurence laurence says:

    exact date of availability in our country??

  58. Avatar for Aqua Aqua says:

    what is the date the nokia c3 will be release in the philippines? specifically in Cebu City
    thank you

  59. Avatar for TheRohan TheRohan says:

    Was checking out the specs of the X2, looks pretty impressive on the outside as well as inside. Let me know what you guys think.

    The Nokia X2 is very affordable music device on Series 40 6th Edition, supporting quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900. Key features include 5Mpix EDOF camera, stereo speakers, internal FM radio antenna, MP3 player and support for up to 16 GB memory card. Other features include Flash Lite 3.0, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR and MIDP Java 2.1 with additional Java APIs.

    For more info on specs check out http://bit.ly/bqNfnw

    Cheers.

  60. Avatar for Camille Camille says:

    hi. i’m planning to purchase a C3 before the sem starts. i wanna know when will this be avail in the country?

  61. Avatar for sebastian sebastian says:

    i like c3 but as of now i’ll still stick with my motozine zn5.

  62. Avatar for Christian Dale Christian Dale says:

    natawa ako sa Villar’s C5 phone.. cool!

    sana nga ganun ung price..

    i need a new phone and i still find e63 pricey..

    woohooo!

  63. Avatar for lalabell lalabell says:

    im thinking on buying the C6. asides from the look i really like the features. how much is it? please reply ASAP
    THANKS NOKIA! im really inteerested on buying it.

  64. Avatar for rhylai rhylai says:

    Im rooting for the E5 and I hope it would release earlier than the target time. Nokia’s own version of blackberry. Love the specs!

  65. Avatar for ros ros says:

    maganda ung nokia c3 kumpara sa mga katumbas nito sa LG at Samsung…bawi ang nokia dito kasi sulit ang phone na ito sa presyo nito kesa sa mga katumbas niya na qwerty phones sa ibang brands.
    Good job nokia!

  66. Avatar for jeffreyj jeffreyj says:

    @yuga: what do you think will be the price of the nokia c3? will it really cost 5,500 pesos? or more? pls. reply asap..Thanks!

  67. Avatar for Kenneth Kenneth says:

    This new line of mobile phone released by Nokia seems great! Hopefully, this would be available at a latter time since I’m still saving up money. :-D

  68. Avatar for Cool Cool says:

    I can’t wait for C3 to be sold here. My Samsung Star isn’t really useful, so.. Hoorah for the C3!!

  69. Avatar for IC DeaDPiPoL IC DeaDPiPoL says:

    @yuga Is that press kit the local one? Expecting it like the 1st release of Asus eee (est price was 13k but retailed around 18k~20k)

    • Avatar for Abe Olandres Abe Olandres says:

      @IC DeaDPiPoL – it’s from global PR. Local PR only forwarded the invite for the virtual event.

  70. Avatar for Kinny Kinny says:

    I’m thinking the C3 will be good for a SUN phone while the E5 would be great for my Smart. My main Globe sim will still stay with the E72. Or might just cave one day and get myself a blackberry! Gah!!!

  71. Avatar for etonaetona etonaetona says:

    totoo ba ung price? baka kasi tumaas eh.

  72. Avatar for salingkit salingkit says:

    does the c3 comes in a blue color? i saw a picture of it having the back panel in blue color. That color is what really attracts me to it. thanks!

  73. Avatar for limuel limuel says:

    i like e5

  74. Avatar for limuel limuel says:

    i like e5,

  75. Avatar for Abe Olandres Abe Olandres says:

    Got all the figures from the Nokia Press Kit.

  76. Avatar for asdf asdf says:

    are you sure that the c3 is only Php 5,500?

  77. Avatar for IC DeaDPiPoL IC DeaDPiPoL says:

    C3’s S40 may not be a hindrance since this OS’ performance is faster than S60 IIRC although adding apps & multitasking may be a problem.

    alternate colors:
    http://europe.nokia.com/PRODUCT_METADATA_0/Products/Phones/C-Series/C3-00/images/nokia_c3_front_slate_604x604.png
    http://europe.nokia.com/PRODUCT_METADATA_0/Products/Phones/C-Series/C3-00/images/nokia_c3_front_HotPink_604x604.png

    specs:
    http://europe.nokia.com/find-products/devices/nokia-c3/specifications

    Data network

    * GPRS class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed 85.6/64.2 kbps (DL/UL)
    * EGPRS class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed 236.8/118.4 kbps (DL/UL)
    * WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g, maximum speed up to 11 Mbps/54 Mbps
    * TCP/IP support
    * Capability to serve as data modem

    Memory

    * MicroSD memory card slot, hot swappable, up to 8 GB
    * Internal memory: 55 MB

    Browsing and internet

    * Web browsing of real web pages through Nokia OSS web browser
    * JavaScript version 1.3 and 1.5
    * ECMAScript support
    * CSS support
    * OMA DRM version 2.0
    * Supported mark-up languages: HTML, XHTML, WML
    * Supported protocols: HTTP, WAP
    * TCP/IP support
    * Included Opera Mini browser optimises web page rending for mobile devices
    * Web Search
    * Communities widget on home screen shows live feeds from Facebook and Twitter

    Camera

    * 2 megapixel camera (1600 x 1200 pixels)
    * Still image formats: JPEG
    * Zoom up to 4x (digital)
    * Fullscreen viewfinder
    * Self timer
    * Effects in viewfinder: greyscale, sepia and negative

    Video camera

    * 2 megapixel
    * Video clip length: up to capacity of memory card
    * Settings for scene, video light, white balance, colour tone
    * Zoom up to 4 x digital

    Video codecs & formats

    * Video capture in MPEG-4, QCIF max. resolution 320 x 240
    * Video file format: H.263, H.264, AVI, MPEG-4 (stored as .mpg or .3gp files), WMV

    Music features

    * Nokia Music Player
    * Music codecs: .MP3, WMA, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+
    * 3.5 mm stereo headphone plug
    * Ringtones: mp3, aac, 64-tone polyphonic

    Radio

    * Stereo FM radio (87.5-108 MHz/76-90 MHz), RDS

  78. Avatar for Carlfinity Carlfinity says:

    Tingin niyo may impact ba sa bilis ng wifi internet kung S40 lang ang C3?

  79. Avatar for RaGe Einzeln RaGe Einzeln says:

    i thought nokia already put symbian into open source and focus on android OS?

    kung series 40 yung C3…i’ll pass

  80. Avatar for drealmarlon drealmarlon says:

    @manong
    c5 phone double features?double din price niyan..

    samsung omnia lite B7300 kailan ba lalabas sa market?

  81. Avatar for manong manong says:

    i’ll wait for the manny villar fone by nokia… C5. they say it has double the features…

  82. Avatar for CBDS09 CBDS09 says:

    Is the price tax inclusive already?

  83. Avatar for tnt tnt says:

    i think the E5 will coexist with the E72. E5 is more on the consumer side of the market and a possible replacement for E63 rather than E72. E5 does look like a centro, isn’t it?

  84. Avatar for ben ben says:

    wow querty handsets for the masses. i like this c series!

  85. Avatar for kinny kinny says:

    It’s C3 or E5 for me. I love candy bar Qwerty phones. The fact that they are both wifi and look expensive are major pluses for me. Still have to see them up close though. How it looks ‘in person’ is usually a deal breaker.

  86. Avatar for markmarcelo0210 markmarcelo0210 says:

    wow! nice new phones from Nokia! I like the new Nokia C6!

  87. Avatar for ron ron says:

    the c6 looks great. Its like the n97 mini only cheaper by almost half the price

  88. Avatar for rjca rjca says:

    The C3 seems like it would be a very good second phone! If the SRP is 5,500 then I imagine it would be around 5,000 or 4,500 at our friendly neighbourhood cellphone stores. :)

  89. Avatar for Jam Jam says:

    I am planning to buy a Samsung Jet but I think i’ll postpone it for now. I’ll just wait for the Nokia C6 to come out. It has great features I guess.

  90. Avatar for Andre Marcelo-Tanner Andre Marcelo-Tanner says:

    i wonder if flooding the market with phones really works? are they just trying to have more phones out there than anyone else?

  91. Avatar for simplynice93 simplynice93 says:

    C3 look great and nicely priced. But the qwerty keypad looks small for my big fingers.

  92. Avatar for Jon Jon says:

    Wow. If the SRP you gave sir Abe is accurate, that’s very cheap! I’m glad to see smartphones getting cheaper and very affordable lately. Several years ago, 15k would get you a “dumbphone” since smartphones cost an arm and leg that only the very rich could afford.

    The C6 is almost tempting. I’m a sucker for qwerty phones. If only it weren’t running Symbian, I’d consider buying one.

  93. Avatar for Pedro Pedro says:

    yeah… it seems cellphones with alot of features (wifi,3g, etc) are getting cheaper… yeah for poor me…

  94. Avatar for mcv mcv says:

    The C3 is really cheap because it’s just a Series 40 phone. (i.e. non-smartphone, as opposed to the E63/71/72/5 which are all running Symbian)

    Quite unfortunate that the C6 is still running Symbian S60v5 (Symbian^1) instead of the newly introduced Symbian^3, which promises to be more stable and touch-friendly.

    I think Nokia’s strategy is to feed us with all these QWERTY solutions until they can finally release a bunch of touch screen phones running Symbian^3.

  95. Avatar for sylv3rblade sylv3rblade says:

    Wow. P5,500 for the C3? I’m impressed.

  96. Avatar for Karl Mac Karl Mac says:

    E5 = Palm Centro

  97. Avatar for razorous razorous says:

    What does the fixed-focus do? Is it better than auto focus in a way?

  98. Avatar for The Teknisyan The Teknisyan says:

    new sets of gadgets!

  99. Avatar for Lance Lance says:

    Nothing new here :( what’s happening Nokia? To me its as if they just tweaked the color and put some different notations there just to expand their portfolio.

  100. Avatar for MobilePinas MobilePinas says:

    last year more on touchscreen phones, this year puro querty phone ang lumalabas. pero i like the nokia C3 its cute.

  101. Avatar for RaGe Einzeln RaGe Einzeln says:

    is C3 for real? i’ll really grab one if that’s the price..provided that the firmware is very stable..

  102. Avatar for Pipo Pipo says:

    C6 is nicey. C3 looks elegant. ^_^

  103. Avatar for CarloBlogg Online 3.0 CarloBlogg Online 3.0 says:

    tlga? C3 will be cheaper than the E63? if that’s the case, tingin ko maraming bibili nito sa market; personally, mukang ok to, alhough the lack of 3G is really intriguing, parang kulang. :D But if there’s wi-fi naman, ok na lng din, free pa (if you’re in a free wi-fi zone, of course :D)

  104. Avatar for Garnet Garnet says:

    Ooops.. I meant C3. :)

  105. Avatar for Garnet Garnet says:

    The E5 could be Nokia’s response to cheap qwerty phones like LG GW300 and that of Samsung’s.

  106. Avatar for Dan Dan says:

    nice,…

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