History and availability
The Nokia Asha 305 was announced at Bangkok by Nokia, and the announcement offered global availability from 3Q of 2012. The phone's suggested price was €63 subject to taxes and subsidies.Hardware
Screen and input
The Nokia Asha 305 has a 3.0-inch resistive touchscreen (multi point) with a resolution of 240 x 400 pixels ( QVGA). According to Nokia, it is capable of displaying up to 65 thousand colors. The back camera has an extended depth of field feature (no mechanical zoom), no flash and has a 4× digital zoom for both video and camera. The sensor size of the back camera is 2-megapixel, has a f/2.8 aperture and a to infinity focus range. It is capable of video recording at up to 176 x 144 px at 10 fps with mono sound.Buttons
On the front of the device, there are the answer/call keys, on the right side of the device there are the volume rockers and the lock/unlock button.Battery and SIM
The battery life of the BP-4U (1100 mAh) as claimed by Nokia is 14 hours of talk time, from 528 hours of standby and 40 hours of music playback depending on actual usage. The main SIM card is located under the battery, which can be accessed by removing the back panel of the device. No tool is necessary to remove the back panel. A second SIM card slot ( hot swappable) is located in the edge of the phone.Storage
Located on the left side of the phone below the SIM2 socket, additional storage is available via a hot swappable microSDHC card socket, which is certified to support up to 32 GB of additional storage.Software
The Nokia Asha 305 is powered by Nokia Series 40 Full Touch operating system and comes with a variety of applications: * Web: Nokia (proxy) Browser for Series 40 * Conversations: Nokia Messaging Service 3.2 (instant messaging and e-mail) and SMS, MMS * Social: Facebook, Twitter,See also
*References
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20140330060859/http://press.nokia.com/2012/06/06/nokia-accelerates-the-journey-to-mobile-internet-with-the-introduction-of-asha-touch-device-range/ * http://www.nokia.com/global/products/phone/asha305/specifications/ * https://www.webcitation.org/6HzyWPIZd?url=http://www.developer.nokia.com/Devices/Device_specifications/Asha_305/ {{Nokia phones Asha 305 Mobile phones introduced in 2012 Series 40 devices