Nokia Asha 305: Features, technical specifications & overview
In this article, I am going to give you the features, technical specifications and an overview of Nokia Asha 305. Read this article to know more details.
Introduction
Nokia Asha 305 is a touch phone. It runs on Nokia's Series 40 operating system. It is a dual SIM smartphone with a 3-inch resistive TFT touchscreen. Its screen is LCD resistive and a vibration is experienced by the users whenever a button is tapped. This resistive touchscreen is made of 3 layers. It requires a little extra pressure by the user to sense the area touched. This type of touch screen works well with pointing devices like pen, stylus and nail. In fact, the touchscreen works more accurately if a pointing device is used.
The Asha 305 has a 2 megapixel camera with digital zoom. The camera records videos at high speed. The camera of this phone comes with tools like Auto Exposure, White Balance and Image Editor which help in the effective usage of camera and make your cherished memories more memorable. 
This phone serves as the best music player whenever you feel like listening to music. This phone supports almost all audio formats. It has 2G GPRS which would keep you online and updated always.
You can check your e-mails any time you want because the phone is integrated with e-mail apps like Gmail, Yahoo Mail, & Nokia e-mail. It has GPS & navigation features to help you know your present location in map. This timely innovation by Nokia is configured with a lot of entertainment features for you and will take you to an exciting world of technology to explore.Features and specifications
The Nokia Asha 305 is in a bar shape. It has a nominal 32 MB of RAM, 10 MB internal memory which supports up to 32 GB expansion with micro SD card slot, music player, video player and recorder, Stereo FM radio with RDS, audio recorder and SNS integration. The phone has connectivity features like USB, EDGE and Bluetooth. Nokia Asha 305 is equipped with 1110 mAh BL-4U Li-Ion battery which gives 528 hours of standby time, 40 hours of music playback time, 14 hours of talk time and 9.5 hours of video playback time. Let's go through its features and specs in detail.Sensors
The Nokia Asha 305 has only 1 sensor. This limits the users' experience. The accelerometer sensor helps in positioning the view (horizontal or vertical) of the screen. This device also helps the apps development team for configuring games, videos and other programs.Design
The Nokia Asha 305 has a beautiful design in bar-shape. It is just 98 grams and is very lightweight & slim. It has dimensions of 110.3 x 53.8 x 12.8mm.
Display
The Nokia Asha 305 has a resistive 3.0-inch TFT touchscreen with a screen resolution of 240 x 400 pixels (QVGA). It has a pixel density of 155 ppi. The most commonly used TFT (Thin Film Transistor) LCD technology is relatively less economical and more effective. The screen of the phone can be read only in normal lighting conditions and it is difficult to read anything in sunlight. Nokia claims that the phone can display up to 65 thousand colors.Camera
The Nokia Asha 305 has a 2 megapixel camera with advanced features like 4x Digital zoom, Landscape orientation, Still-image editor, Multi color tone modes, Full screen viewfinder, Fixed Focus, 2.8f aperture, Exposure compensation, White balance, Auto & manual white balance and Self-timer Video Recording. The camera resolution gets doubled while making video recordings. Multimedia
The Nokia Asha 305 helps you listen to your favorite music and watch videos any time and at any place. The phone has a standard FM radio and an additional camera of 2MP for making movies. The phone has multimedia features like Nokia Music Store (on selected market), Music player, Camera, Flash Lite 3.0 (for YouTube video), Video player and Photos.Storage
The Nokia Asha 305 has only 10 MB of internal memory with a backup of 64 MB ROM. Users get an additional storage by means of a swappable Micro SD card socket certified for supporting around 32 GB of additional storage. Software
The Nokia Asha 305 runs on Nokia Series 40 OS and comes with a variety of applications like Phonebook with Picture ID, Ring ID and Caller groups. The phone has Nokia browser of series 40 and instant messaging & email facilities like Nokia messaging service, MMS & SMS. Social networking apps like MySpace, Yahoo Mail, Facebook, Flickr, Orkut, Hot Mail, Instant Messaging, Google Mail, Windows Live, Nokia Email, Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger and Twitter are also present.
In addition, the phone is configured with general features like Audio and Video Streaming, FOTA (Firmware Over the Air), Internet Radio, Detailed contact information, MMS Enabled, Audio Equalizer, Video Ringtones, Calculator, Wallpapers, Swipe, Audio Recorder, Flight Mode, Calendar and Games.
Networks
Nokia Asha 305 supports networks like Edge/ 2G, GSM and GPRS for an enhanced user experience. Connectivity features
This small device is packed with a lot of connectivity features. The Nokia Asha 305 has a pre-installed browser called WAP browser and has GPRS and EDGE technology for surfing internet on the 2G network. You can exchange files and documents via the micro USB port or Bluetooth. It also features a navigation tool called Nokia Maps which works on GPS technology.
Battery and dual SIM
It uses an 1100 mAh battery which gives 14 hours of talk time, 528 hours of standby time and 40 hours of music playback. The main SIM card is situated beneath the battery and can be accessed by removing the back panel of the device. No tool is required for removing the back panel. There's a second SIM card slot situated at the edge of the phone.
Price and Availability
The price of this beautiful, well featured and wonderful gadget is just Rs. 3899. It can be ordered online from Nokia online shops or from local Nokia showrooms. This is available on online shops like flipkart.com and amazon.com.Warranty
There is a 1 Year manufacturer warranty for the handset and 6 months warranty for packed accessories like battery, charger and headset.
These were the features, reviews, speculations, price and availability of Nokia Asha 305 released recently. I hope that this would be useful for buyers.
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