Nokia C3 – Cheap QWERTY phone at Price of Rs.5500 with Wi-Fi

Nokia seems to have a launched a fully loaded phone – the Nokia C3 , at a very affordable price.  It’s the world’s first QWERTY phone based on the S40 platform. Till now S40 phones had only T9 keypads which were not comfortable to type a lot. The C3  brings messaging and social networking to the masses. It comes with Nokia Messaging tailored for Series 40 meaning that you can open an email account without having to logon to a PC if you are those parts of the world where PCs don’t exist.

The phone comes with OVI Chat and Conversational SMS Chat. And guess what  the phone has Wi-Fi capability , 2 Megapixel Camera and 2.4 inch display, 8 GB microSD card support

The Nokia C3 is the first device to bring a full QWERTY keyboard to the world’s most popular mobile phone platform – Series 40 – and is the first in the range to enable access to social networks directly on the homescreen. People can view, comment, update their status and share pictures to their favorite social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.

Nokia C3 Promo Video

Watch the video below which shows the main features of the phone.

Nokia C3 Price and Availability

The phone is expected to cost just Rs.5500 approx and such a price would make this phone a great value for money device. The C3 is expected to go on sale in Q2 2010 and will be available in various colors including Golden white, slate grey and hot pink.