Nokia Asha 311 features:

Nokia Asha 311 is the best touchscreen phones which pack a 3-inch low-res capacitive display and a 1GHz processor, both working in concert to bring the best out of the revamped interface of Series 40. The Asha 311 is a touchscreen phone and one of the best in its family.

It’s a thick little phone with a good build quality, with no creaky moving parts. It comes in five different colors showing most in the fully colored back cover and less in the matte inward chin on the front. Fingerprints are definitely an issue with the glossy back cover. The screen (more on it later) is encircled with a hefty bezel that looks almost unusual for those accustomed to the narrower framing on smartphones.

The 3-inch LCD display with a resolution of 240x400 pixels is capacitive and much more responsive than the one on the younger Asha sibling, the 305. It comes with Gorilla Glass protection, which is great news.

In the box, you get the usual pair of horrid Nokia ear buds that distort sound so much we wouldn’t even try listening to music on them. Unlike the front buttons, the side keys we just couldn’t get used too - they were too rigid, too hard to press to the point of inconvenience. Also on board is a 1,110mAh battery, which Nokia reckons is good for up to 6 hours of 3G talktime, 40 hours of music playback or 744 hours on standby.

The 311 features a 3.2-megapixel camera on the back .Charging is done via either a proprietary Nokia port which is on top or a microUSB port right next to it. On top, there is also a 3.5mm headphone jack.

Finally, the phone does feature an ambient light and proximity sensor that kick in during calls to dim the screen. Overall, the phone has a very plasticky feel and -- thanks to its high-shine curved backplate -- a habit of tumbling out of your hands at inopportune moments.

In India, Nokia Asha 311 price is Rs.6034 from Sulekha mobiles.