Best Cell Phones - 2 to 5 Hours Talk Time, IM Messaging Formats, XHTML Data Formats

a budget smartphone in every sense

The Nokia Asha 503 brings a more robust 5MP camera (be it fixed-focus) and 3G to a package we already liked, and that's what we can safely call a good start.

Very compact handset

Beautifully crisp and responsive ClearBlack screen

Comprehensive video support

Decent functionality

Slim and stylish flip-phone design

Great voice quality

Admirable call quality

Large QWERTY keyboard given the svelte form factor.

Processor is extremely laggy

Narrow viewing angle, the processor is sluggish

Cheap feeling construction

Mediocre call quality, Poor camera