The Astound is a generic quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) and UMTS (850/900/1700/2100 MHz) smartphone, which means only 3G speeds are on board, unlike many T-Mobile handsets that are already using "4G" speeds.
The smartphone also features a GPS for location based services, Bluetooth 3.0 and 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, as well as an NFC chip. Ovi Maps comes with a new look and features free voice-guided navigation in over 70 countries, in case you're planning to travel abroad.
Another new feature found with the Astound but is not available with the C7 is the tab browsing experience with the Symbian^3 web browser. Switch between multiple tabs way easy, although the overall web browsing experience is not the same with competitive offers. We could also notice a slow rendering of complex web sites, so we were not very impressed with the performance of Flash Lite, especially since it is touchscreen device.
The best part about the Nokia Astound is its fantastic calling quality with voices on both ends of the line sounding natural and distinctive, and a great speakerphone performance. Wi-Fi calling is also available, coming in handy when necessary.
Moreover, no major changes in signal strength or dropped calls were experienced in high coverage areas.
The battery, rated at 9.5 hours of talk and 555 hours of standby time, has proven better than average in the smartphone category: two days of normal usage.
In case you get tired of the usual smartphones out there and want to experience Symbian^3, the Nokia Astound might be what you are looking for. The device sports a fantastic looking design assisted with various features (mostly met with high-end devices).
Its balanced performance and affordable cost will certainly help the device in the fierce competition of the mid-range market.
Specifications:
| General | 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
|---|---|---|
| 3G Network | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 2100 | |
| Announced | 2011, March | |
| Status | Available. Released 2011, April 6th | Size | Dimensions | 117.3 x 56.8 x 10.5 mm, 64 cc |
| Weight | 130 g | |
| Display | Type | AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 360 x 640 pixels, 3.5 inches | - Proximity sensor for auto turn-off - Multi-touch input method - Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate - Scratch resistant Gorilla glass display |
| Sound | Alert types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
| Loudspeaker | Yes | |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes | |
| Memory | Phonebook | Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall |
| Call records | Detailed, max 30 days | |
| Internal | 350 MB internal memory, 256 MB RAM, 8 GB storage | |
| Card slot | microSD, up to 32GB | |
| Data | GPRS | Class 33 |
| EDGE | Class 33 | |
| 3G | HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n | |
| Bluetooth | Yes, v3.0 with A2DP | |
| Infra port | No | |
| USB | Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support | |
| Camera | Primary | 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, fixed focus, dual-LED flash |
| Features | Geo-tagging, face detection | |
| Video | Yes, 720p@25fps, video stabilization | |
| Secondary | Yes, VGA | |
| Features | OS | Symbian^3.1 OS |
| CPU | 680 MHz ARM 11 processor, Broadcom BCM2727 GPU | |
| Messaging | SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM | |
| Browser | WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds | |
| Radio | Stereo FM radio with RDS, FM transmitter | |
| Games | Yes + downloadable | |
| Colors | Frosty metal | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps 3.0 | |
| Java | Yes, MIDP 2.1 | |
| - NFC support - Web TV - TV-out - Digital compass - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player - DivX/XviD/MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player - Quickoffice document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) - Adobe Reader - Flash Lite 4.0 - Voice memo/dial/command - Predictive text input | ||
| Battery | Standard battery, Li-Ion 1200 mAh (BL-5K) | |
| Stand-by | Up to 555 h (2G) / Up to 656 h (3G) | |
| Talk time | Up to 9 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 5 h (3G) | |
| Music play | Up to 54 h |
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