Nokia Asha 300

The Nokia Asha 300 is shaping up to be a solid bet if you want a simple, small and cheap phone. The 5-megapixel camera and fast processor are plus points, but a resistive touchscreen could make this mobile fiddly to use. The Asha 300 doesn't offer a great deal in terms of looks. In fact it's a pretty basic blower -- there's a touchscreen sat above an alphanumeric keypad, and that's about it. The bottom of the phone is rounded, and it looks reasonably classy.

The keys themselves are pleasingly spaced out, so you shouldn't have too much trouble tapping out texts, and if you're used to typing on this kind of keyboard then you'll probably be rattling out messages really quickly in no time.

At 12.7mm thick, the Asha 300 isn't the slimmest phone we've ever encountered, but you'd hardly call it bulky -- this blower will slide into your jeans pocket or handbag with no complaint. It weighs a mere 85g too, so you'll hardly notice you're carrying it.

The Nokia 300, a candy-bar form factor handset with a resistive touch screen albeit apparently very responsive, along with a numeric keypad below, 3G with HSPA, 5 megapixel camera, and price wise comes in at a reasonable €85, roughly $118 without contract.

Then there’s the Nokia Asha 303, with a capacitive touch screen, full QWERTY keyboard, curved back with metal battery cover, 3.2 megapixel camera, and is set to release this quarter with a price of €115 or $160.

So with all that said, I’ll leave it right there and let you Nokia fans head on down to check out Nokia’s new Asha S40 handsets.