HMD Global went official with the Nokia C2 mobile phone in March this year. The entry-level smartphone made its entrance barely three months after the Nokia C1 was launched, that is in December 2019. Five months after, the company has now launched the Nokia C3 in China. The model is already listed on Jingdong and is available to preorder right away.

The Nokia C3 was spotted on the database of benchmarking app Geekbench over the weekend showing the presence of a Unisoc processor codenamed “GamoraPlus”. The entry-level mobile phone indeed makes an entry with an octa-core Unisoc processor clocked at 1.20GHz onboard. The processor is paired with 3GB of RAM and there is 32GB of storage which can be expanded via microSD card.Nokia C3

The Nokia C3 features a 5.99-inch LCD display with HD+ resolution of 1440 x 720 pixels. The display doesn’t have any form of notch design but utilises the traditional bezels at the top and bottom edges which are trimmed down considerably. The top bezel holds the selfie camera and front speaker while the bottom bezel has the Nokia logo imprinted.

At the rear, the mobile phone packs a detachable plastic rear panel which has a single 8MP main camera housed in the same module with the LED flash. The phone equally has a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor just under the camera. The phone runs on Android 10 OS and has the traditional micro-USB port for charging and data transfer. Other features onboard include a removable battery, 3.5mm audio jack, WiFi, Bluetooth, FM radio, dual SIM? dual standby, OTG support. nokia c3

The Nokia C3 is priced at 669 yuan (~$95) and is available in Nordic Blue and Sand Gold colour schemes. There is no official word yet on when it will be released in other markets.