Nokia 515 - cheap and reliable with great battery life

Nokia 515 phone review - price, specifications and full review of the affordable Nokia 515

Nokia 515 in white

Today, at our consumer blog we are reviewing one of the budget phones offered by Nokia. The 515 is offered in three color choices (white, black, gold) and its main selling points would be the nice clean design and very good battery life.

Of course with the 515 Nokia is not targeting any of the high-end devices offered at the phone market but rather those consumers looking for a stylish device offered at a reasonable price. On the other hand Nokia 515 doesn't have any cutting edge technology that may impress those technology geeks looking for the latest hardware and software features. Probably the biggest market for this phone would be Eastern Europe and Russia where phones with physical keyboards are still taking very big piece of the phone market.

For me probably the stuff that is particularly good in this phone are the Corning Gorilla Glass 2 that is used to protect the display, the strongly performing 1200 mAh battery and good call quality. And here you can check all main features and specifications of the Nokia 515:

Display  

Display size: 2.4-inch

Display resolution: QVGA (320 x 240) 

Display features: Brightness control, Corning Gorilla Glass 2, RGB Stripe

Display colors: HighColor (18-bit/262k) 

Aspect ratio: 4:3 

Pixel density: 166 ppi

Display technology: LCD Transmissive

Connectivity

SIM card type: Micro SIM 

Charging connectors: Micro-USB 

AV connectors: 3.5 mm audio connector 

System connectors: Micro-USB-B 

USB: USB 2.0, USB mass storage

Bluetooth: Bluetooth 3.0 

WCDMA network: 900 MHz, 2100 MHz

WCDMA max data speed DL: HSDPA - 7.2 Mbps 

WCDMA max data speed UL: HSUPA - 5.76 Mbps 

GSM network: 850 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 1900 MHz

GSM max data speed DL: EGPRS 236.8 kbps 

GSM max data speed UL: EGPRS 236.8 kbps 

Memory

RAM: 64 MB 

Expandable memory card type: MicroSD 

Maximum memory card size: 32 GB

Camera

Main camera sensor: 5 MP 

Camera resolution: 2592 x 1944 pixels

Main camera focus type: Full focus technology (EDoF) 

Camera digital zoom: 3 x

Main camera f-number/aperture: f/2.4 

Camera image formats: JPEG, JPEG/Exif

Flash type: LED flash 

Flash modes: Off, Automatic, On

Battery

Battery model: BL-4U 

Battery capacity: 1200 mAh

Battery voltage: 3.7 V

Removable battery: Yes 

Maximum standby time: 33 days

Maximum talk time (2G): 10.4 h

Maximum talk time (3G): 5.3 h

Dimensions

Height: 114 mm

Width: 48 mm

Thickness: 11 mm

Weight: 101.1 g

Nokia 515 display covered with Corning Gorilla Glass 2

With average daily use we managed to achieve over one week of battery lifetime which is a great result.

So this was our quick phone review of the affordable Nokia 515. You can check the rest of our phone reviews and learn more about some of the newest models on the market along with real world tests with images and videos.

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