Nokia Asha 311 – a ‘very attractive option’

Published by Tom Hall on August 22, 2012

A ‘first impressions’ post is always a good way to get a handle on what someone thinks of a phone ‘out of the box’, so I thought I’d bring you one looking at the Nokia Asha 311.

Nilabh Jha reckons that the Asha 311 gives the user ‘a smartphone-like experience’ in his review on IBN Live, and goes on to add that ‘the colour combinations available will appeal to most’. He also highlights the new download manager which will suspend a download when the phone leaves a WiFi network, and restart when the phone comes back into range. Neat. Nilabh also compares the Asha 311 to similar phones on the market, and reckons that the 1 GHz processor running this phone would be faster than a smartphone. Anyone tested this theory?

And as an added bonus, how about this unboxing video and first impressions from (long time friend of Nokia Connects) Cj:

In other news, The Times Of India reports that Nimbuzz will soon be preinstalled on the Nokia Asha 311, along with the EA games and the Nokia Music tunes that are already offered.

Have you had your hands on the Nokia Asha 311? Have you seen the ‘Me and My Asha’ series of video stories? Let me know in the comments, or drop me a link to your thoughts Fakhre on Symbian Tweet

Comments

  • Lovrena

    Asha 311 seems like a wll priced and quite powerful product. The only missing features are a Skype client (that can run in the background), a document viewer and at least a pedestrian navigation (with external GPS module) when there’s no internal one.

    These are all software limitations and on a real smartphone one can go and download or buy such softwares. On the Asha Touch line Nokia may need to consider to provide them as an update. Especially since Skype and Office are developed by Microsoft, and it is a close partner…

  • Srikanth K

    Hi,

    Just had hands-on on Asha 311.Superb phone

    • http://conversations.nokia.com/category/connects TomH

       Thanks Srikanth – posted any thoughts online yet?

  • chris_t610

    I’ve been patiently waiting for this phone to arrive on our side of the planet. I plan to give it to my son :-)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jill-Dasani/818900286 Jill Dasani

    I have used this phone & it works like a charm.

    There is a sincere request to Nokia .. If possible please release a GPS enabled version of the same phone. It would be a delight. And yes a display with better color density would be great. Not to mention but a bigger screen with better resolution would be even more helpful :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/vicvanceind Sushant Kadam

    Please put more emphasis on Indian consumers when writing about Asha series.This will enhance Indian traffic here.

  • santha

    Battery backup up is not gud

  • http://www.facebook.com/cadmieljared Jared Cadz

    I bought my asha 311 last november, I must say that it really is an attractive option. Mine is dark grey. Impressive phone.