What number of smartphones can boast that?
For a very long time, dumb telephones have been positioned as a substitute for smartphones and their app abundance. However Nokia is making it very clear that its new 300 Cost can truly be your different telephone’s greatest pal, because the machine additionally doubles as a transportable powerbank.
At first look, the 300 Cost seems to be like several old school Nokia dumb telephone, however fairly shortly you will discover that there is a bit extra chunk on present right here. That is as a result of the telephone homes a 3,700mAh battery that guarantees to ship as much as 37 hours of speak time and 40 hours of standby.
The actually attention-grabbing half, although, is “powerbank mode,” which prompts 10W reverse-wired charging by way of the included 4-in-1 cable. Adapters for Micro USB, USB-C and USB-A are included. The 300 Cost in all probability does not have the juice to be your predominant powerbank if you happen to journey with lots of gear, but it surely must be helpful in a pinch.
Including to its good-gadget-to-have-around vibe is the high-power built-in LED flashlight, which Nokia says is as much as 4x brighter than the one within the Nokia 105. Another excuse to seek out room for it in your bag.
Nokia describes the 300 Cost as each “rugged” and “smooth,” and solely the second of these phrases is contentious, due to the textured grip across the again and sides, which ought to make the telephone each robust and straightforward to grip onto.
In any other case, the 300 Cost is a really primary telephone. It employs a Unisoc SC6531E chipset and has 4GB of each RAM and inner storage. The QVGA digicam won’t take spectacular pictures, and you are not going to be doing rather a lot on the two.4-inch show. Nonetheless, there’s a 3.5mm jack, which is greater than you possibly can say for lots of far costlier telephones available on the market.
There’s presently no phrase on a US launch, however anticipate a sub-$50 price ticket if it does arrive sooner or later sooner or later.
