Nokia announced the entry-level C30, alongside a modernized 6310 because nostalgia is now part of HMD’s playbook in the highly competitive smartphone space. Of course, the C30 picks all the features that Nokia has packed in its budget phones before, which include a big battery and a mostly vanilla Android experience.
The Nokia C30 is competing with some very good devices from Infinix, Tecno, Xiaomi and even Huawei. This is a very competitive price segment with very good phones from established brands and even some good ones for the lesser-known brands.
The C30 is a solid phone as you will find out by looking at the specifications below.
Nokia C30 Full Specifications
| Price In Kenya | KSh16,000 |
| NETWORK | |
| 2G | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) |
| 3G | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 |
| 4G | 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41 |
| DESIGN | |
| Dimensions | 177.7 x 79.1 x 9.9 mm (7.00 x 3.11 x 0.39 in) |
| Material | plastic body/frame |
| Weight | 237 g |
| SIM | Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
| DISPLAY | |
| Technology | IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen |
| Size | 6.52 inches, 102.6 cm2 |
| Screen resolution | 720 x 1600 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~269 ppi density) |
| Display protection | – |
| Other display features | – |
| STORAGE | |
| RAM | 2/3GB |
| Internal | 32/64GB |
| Card Slot | microSDXC (dedicated slot) |
| PLATFORM | |
| Operating System | Android 11 (Go edition) |
| Chipset | Unisoc SC9863A (28nm) |
| Processor | Octa-core (4×1.6 GHz Cortex-A55 & 4×1.2 GHz Cortex-A55) |
| GPU | Mali-G52 MC2 |
| FRONT CAMERA | |
| Single | 5MP |
| Features | LED flash |
| Video Recording | 720p |
| REAR CAMERA | |
| Dual | 8MP 2MP |
| Features | LED flash, HDR |
| Video Recording | 720p@30fps |
| COMMS | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS |
| Bluetooth | 4.2, A2DP |
| NFC | No |
| Infrared port | No |
| USB | microUSB 2.0 |
| Radio | Yes |
| SOUND | |
| Loudspeaker | Yes |
| 3.5mm headphone jack | Yes |
| More features | – |
| BATTERY | |
| Type | removable Li-lon |
| Capacity | 5850mAh |
| Charging | Charging 10W |
| MISCELLANEOUS | |
| Sensors | Fingerprint (rear-mounted) Accelerometer Proximity |
| Available colors | Black; other colors |
Just like all other Nokia smartphones, when you buy the Nokia C30, you are guaranteed to get at least 2 major Android updates and up to 3 years of monthly security updates.
