A lot was expected of the Nokia C2-02 and to its credit it delivers a lot as well. The Finnish mobile phone veteran indeed as innovated and brought out the Nokia C2-02 that does carry a couple of firsts to its name. It is easily one of the more no nonsense smartphone handset that comes with the best of both the world – touch sensitive screen as well as a QWERTY key pad on which the users can manually input text.

The other big advantage the users can look forward to with the Nokia C2-02 is the fact that with it y ou have dual SIMs. Many users all across the UK mobile phone market place have appreciated the availability of dual SIM phones as these devices allow them to have two numbers – one for their work and one they can use for their personal contacts.

The network service providers, particularly, Orange, T-Mobile and Talkmobile have welcomed the Nokia C2-02 with both hands and got out a set of mobile phone deals that demand only rock bottom prices from the buyer. You can have this handset for free against as low as below £ 5 per month contract pan for 24 months. This we feel is indeed great value for money.

Here now let us take a closer look at some of the features that the Nokia C2-02 possesses.
But before doing so, let us talk about the shortcomings first. Here we go –

•    The Nokia C2-02 despite being a touch and type smartphone handset, lacks the Document Viewer option, This, we felt is something that Nokia could have very easily avoided as even a couple of its other C type smartphones very much have this feature.
•    There is no 3G. Today, it is very much to talk with any conviction about any smartphone that is not 3G network enabled.
•    It is time, Nokia started building touchscreens that are capacitive in nature
Now, let us look at the individual features

Design and Form Factor

Though Nokia has most certainly given the mobile phone world a dexterously designed Touch and Type phone in the Nokia C2-02 that with its metallic frame and plastic casing really looks and works fabulously

Nokia has made some vital improvements in the Series 40 Symbian operating system. These upgradations include – inclusion of Symbian Anna type of icons and also, more importantly, Swype gestures on the homescreen is now possible

Touchscreen and Display

The 2.6 inches wide resistive touch screen could have worked real magic had it been aided a capacitive display. But otherwise, the contrast, the sharpness , and colour registration are all very fine indeed.

Internet Connectivity

It is really superb. The much enhanced Nokia browser shows its prowess in the swiftness with which the web pages load and close. It has to be said, had there been 3G as well, the net browsing would have been up to the level you get to see in likes of Apple iPhones , Samsung, HTC and Nokia etc.

Camera

The two mega pixel camera is good enough to return you crisp and bright photos as well as video footage. The resolution is high enough and there are couple of photography related features to support the user in his or her creative endeavours.

Memory

The on board memory given is not much but you do have 32 GB of expandable memory through the use of microSD card.
Conclusion

The Nokia C2-02 is a great phone that does carry out efficiently most of the functions expected of a smartphone. At this price, it is most certainly good value for money.