Nokia 603 starts shipping, packs a 1000 nit screen on the cheap

21 October, 2011
Flaunting most of the same features as the 701, the Nokia 603 offers Belle, NFC and 1GHz CPU on a budget.

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AnonD-4340, 21 Oct 2011You are wrong, we dont hate symbian coz its old, but coz of... moreEvery advanced thing has some cons. Do u know cortex A8 processor is a very power hungry processor compared to ARM11. And dont u think that i doesnt make any sense for symbian like os to run on cortex? My nokia E52 phone has just 600mhz ARM11 processor but its very fast and works pretty smooth than a similar android cortex based phone. For symbian 1Ghz ARM Processor is very fast and it operates butter smooth. After all upon all that we get a good battery back up which is very essential. I dont like charging my phone every 8 hours. I want my phone to run for atleast 36 hours wit 1 charge.

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    • salmander
    • utY
    • 21 Oct 2011

    Anonymous, 21 Oct 2011Nokia phones are best in budget. But microsim is disgustinglack of autofocus is even worse. nokia phones suck.

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      • Ashura
      • MA1
      • 21 Oct 2011

      AnonD-11450, 21 Oct 2011Then buy nokias windows phone whats wrong with it eh:-). Wi... moreSurpass Android...no.Be as good as Android...yes.Do not forget Android is not going to sit still watching other OS improve and do nothing about it

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        • 21 Oct 2011

        AnonD-6860, 21 Oct 2011noone is goin to buy a old is gold symbian dead os ... i... moreYou better go to any mobile store and check for new nokia phones then you ll know what changes ve come to nokia and its os:-). You are still living in 2008 i guess

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          • YTK
          • 21 Oct 2011

          AnonD-6860, 21 Oct 2011maan i really dnt have any prb wid symbian .. ... Seriously... moreThen buy nokias windows phone whats wrong with it eh:-). Windows 7.5 is a very good os and as time passes it will surpass android also:-).

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            • gFx
            • 21 Oct 2011

            Pls change ur local os

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              • 21 Oct 2011

              AnonD-24476, 21 Oct 2011By reading all the comments wat i notice is Some people hav... moreYou are wrong, we dont hate symbian coz its old, but coz of its severe limitations.

              A. 360 x 640 pixels still! Dont you see how big a problem this is??

              B. Arm11 processors, even at 1GHz its the slowest there is. Its seriously bad.

              A + B = Useless, waste of money, utter crap.

              Android is also bad, but dont have those limitations. MeeGo is my choice, but N9 will be my last nokia, i will never, ever have a winmo phone.

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                • sadmanh
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                • 21 Oct 2011

                sort of cautious about this phone because looking at how much cheaper it is compared to 701 & almost the same hardware, Nokia might have made sneaky cuts in some places

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                  • Ashura
                  • MA1
                  • 21 Oct 2011

                  [deleted post]First of all if you are going to comment here at least use proper english.Second not everyone wants or even NEEDS front facing cameras(me included i have no need for one of those)
                  Lastly Symbian is a dieing/dead OS it is not better than Android

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                    • 21 Oct 2011

                    By reading all the comments wat i notice is Some people have become literally sick of Nokia. They dont want to open there eyes towards new symbian belle whic has been revamped so beautifully. What they just know is symbian is old os. Guys tell me one thing is ter anything in this world that stays new all the time? You people are not even giving a try to symbian belle. I think in next 2 to 3 years u people will ditch andro saying that its a old os... praise the beauty of android but at the same time dont try to downgrade symbian belle operating system. Its on par with android and i can bet u all that Nokia symbian belle phone will last more than a samsung or HTC Android phone. Nokias are designed to last for a minimum period of 3 to 4 years. We can see many people who are still using 6600 but have u guys ever heard of a person using his 6 year old samsung or LG?

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                      • Anonymous
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                      • 21 Oct 2011

                      This is good stuff. The 603 has a great many features that some other "high end" phonrs do not. It would be great if symbian could get a foothold in the USA again.
                      My N8 is pretty snappy for 680MHz. 1GHz proc would make it fly! The beauty of a true open scorce, lightweight OS.
                      Folks, don't forget that Symbian^3 has only been on the sceen for a year. I'd say it's making pretty good progress with the updates and changes Belle brings. Yes, the Nokia Store has less content, but once popularity raises, it'll get better.

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                        • 21 Oct 2011

                        its just like that as Elop said in an interview with Steve Ballmer that its a diversion process for users to shift users from symbian to wp7 from now till the end of symbian os...

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                          • 21 Oct 2011

                          Nice great nokia :) we are waiting for this long time , today me updated my nokia 5800 :) 3years older , android is failed only high end devices is good , but against symbian belle android is not so good ,

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                            • 21 Oct 2011

                            AnonD-6860, 21 Oct 2011maan i really dnt have any prb wid symbian .. ... Seriously... moreMayby you should really "TRY SOMETHING NEW"!

                            The world has moved on since your E71.

                            It's not Nokia that is stuck in 2008. It is you with your 2008 E71. Symbian Belle is totally different. Try it first.

                            You are not judging Androit either with 2008 Android 1.0 standards, are you? Or iPhone of 2008 which was just as primitive.

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                              • 21 Oct 2011

                              Android is yesterday, 21 Oct 2011"try something new. hehehehe" Compared to what... moreYeah but compare to IOS and android symbian app store is crap total crap bcoz ive already experienced it when i bought Nokia c7 and the OVI store has only 10-20 HD games and all other are JAVA crap games and apps !!!!!

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                                • Anonymous
                                • TqC
                                • 21 Oct 2011

                                microsim why???

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                                  • 21 Oct 2011

                                  dead this and that, 21 Oct 2011come on, symbian is not dead by any means. nokia keeps publ... moremaan i really dnt have any prb wid symbian .. ... Seriously

                                  Bt plz look da percentage of ppl usin symbian now oct 2011 ...

                                  Nokia use to ruleeeee in 2008 .... Wid dis os ..

                                  Why nt dis tym ???

                                  Bcoz ppl bcame aware nw ... Dey will alwaz shift to oder platformss if dey r giving u more features n good performance n apps in dat brice bracket ...

                                  U knw i m writting dis review wid my Nokia E71 ... seriously sayin i dnt habe any prb wid symbian bt it hurts to seee nokia bcame so down nw a dayz just for dre old os :(

                                  I m a true nokia fan .. N alwaz been , i dnt own an iphone nor an android device ... Bt i think my nxt phone wont be nokia if dey dnt change dre os .

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                                    • 21 Oct 2011

                                    AnonD-6860, 21 Oct 2011noone is goin to buy a old is gold symbian dead os ... i... moreLet's see how your precious Android Rice Scream Sandwich is going to function in this price range Android phones...

                                    Oh, wait. You ain't gonna get any updates at all. Instead, you are stuck with prehistoric Android if you buy _any_ Anrdoid phone at this price point.

                                    Is that better then? Dead Android OS with limited memory and substandard camera.

                                    At least Nokia is bringing true and affordable smartphones that keep getting the latest and greatest updates.

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                                      • niy
                                      • 21 Oct 2011

                                      AnonD-6860, 21 Oct 2011noone is goin to buy a old is gold symbian dead os ... i... morecome on, symbian is not dead by any means. nokia keeps publishing cool new symbian phones for year to come. what's your problem with having choise, other than android and iphone?

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                                        • niy
                                        • 21 Oct 2011

                                        Mhz don't matter, 21 Oct 2011Any nokia with 1Ghz will be faster than any Android with 500Mhz.True. And actually any 1ghz nokia will beat the hell out of every other platform at 1ghz. Symbian is so much more effective, even the old Symbians. And even more so with Belle.