Looking back at the 2011 Nokia Asha 300, a basic essential candy bar cell phone with a fun and exciting 5MP rear camera worth talking about.
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I rummaged through my storage boxes looking for anything worthwhile that could be salvaged or restored to working order a few years back and came across a dusty Nokia Asha 300 that looked like it still had some life in it. The feature phone, an economically priced basic essential launched by Nokia in 2011, turned on readily after its battery was charged, the camera works without needing a SIM card, and test images were as sharp and clear with no sign that it was taken with a camera that has been lounging in storage for quite some time. That was in 2018.
The ultra-compact and handy camera, which measures 112.8 x 49.5 x 12.7mm, and weighs 75 grams, makes for a very convenient point-and-shoot camera with a sharp lens. The minuscule size slides easily into the pocket, and takes up no space in the shoulder bag. I got hooked on using the camera as my go-to for short dashes out of the door and have continued using it for a couple of years.
For use as a camera only, the candy bar features a fixed-focus 5MP rear camera with 4x digital zoom, a 2.4-inch touch screen, 140MB of internal memory, a MicroSD memory card slot, powered by a removable Li-Ion 1110 mAh (BL-4U) battery.
While point shooting was easy and convenient, saving images on the 112-image capacity internal memory is an exasperating wait of up to 4 seconds. Image transfers from the camera to the desktop image editor are straightforward with a standard USB cable link.
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Looking back, I had a lot of fun and exciting moments with the camera, took it everywhere I went, used it from the break of dawn to the middle of the night, and was always pleased with the images captured. Fast forward to 2025, the cameras (I had a pair actually, one for the missus) are back in storage, with me not definitely sure whether it is the camera itself, the battery, or the charger that is failing.
For what it was, the Nokia Asha 300 was a fun and excitable point-and-shoot, and for when it was, 2018 was a nostalgic year with the camera.
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