Nokia has just launched their flagship smartphone, the Lumia 925 globally and seeing the importance India has always held in the Finnish company’s lineup, the smartphone will soon make its way to the Indian roads as well. So to make way for the next flagship, the current flagship needs to be re-positioned and so has been the case with the Lumia 920, the torch bearer of the Lumia lineup as of now.
The Lumia 920 has had its price dropped from the earlier Rs.35,999 to Rs.31,999 and the wireless charging plate that the company was offering with the device earlier will still be a part of the bundled package.
A few days ago, we brought to you the news of Nokia launching the world’s first ever Whatsapp dedicated mobile phone, the Asha 210 but back then, the price of the device was not revealed. Now the device has just got itself a price and it has been officially priced at Rs.3,999 and the same can be bought from Saholic.com. The price has been given for the Single SIM variant of the device and the dual SIM version of the feature phone is expected to follow soon with a price tag of around Rs.4,500.
The Asha 210 comes across as a great device with good build quality and will get itself a following amongst those who like to text a lot and like to stay online all the time over Instant Messengers such as Whatsapp.
Here’s a list of the specifications of the device.:
Screen: 2.4inch with a resolution of 320×240 pixels
OS: Nokia Series 40 Asha
Memory: 32 MB internal memory which can be expanded via a microSD card by another 32GB
Camera: 2MP primary camera
Connectivity: 2G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Nokia SLAM file sharing functionality
Battery: 1,200 mAH
Colours: Cyan, Magenta, Black, White and Yellow
Dual SIM and single SIM support
Nokia gets the bulk of its sales volumes from the sale of feature phones and it makes a lot of sense if the company keeps on strengthening its feature phone range. The Nokia Asha 210 has a well laid out QWERTY keyboard with quite tactile keys which offer a good input.
The feature phone will come pre loaded with applications such as Youtube, Facebook and Twitter. The Asha 210 is a youth centric and a very vibrant device that serves its basic purpose of texting with ease. The Asha 210 is expected to reach a lot of online an offline retailers in the coming few days in both the guises, single as well as dual SIM.
Nokia has been strengthening its feature phone range and the smartphone range with a slew of launches. The Lumia range of Windows Phone 8 powered device has been gaining popularity constantly and Nokia has covered almost every segment in the smartphone arena wih its devices. But just when you thought Nokia was done, the company came up with an invite for the 14th of May for a Lumia device launch and we have an idea of what it could be.
Nokia today on 14th May 2013 at the global event in London announced the successor to its award-winning flagship, the Nokia Lumia 925. Lumia 925 is a new interpretation of popular Lumia 920.
The Nokia Lumia 925 introduces a metal design and showcases the latest PureView camera innovation, new features and third party applications coming to the Nokia Lumia range. The Nokia Lumia 925 includes the most advanced lens technology and next generation imaging software to capture clearer, sharper pictures and video, including the best low light images. The Nokia Lumia 925 also introduces the new Nokia Smart Camera mode, coming as an update to all Lumia Windows Phone 8 smartphones. Nokia Smart Camera offers an easy way to capture ten images at once and edit the pictures with options like Best Shot, Action Shot, and Motion Focus for creating the perfect high quality image which answers to all those S4 and HTC’s camera advancements.
Nokia has announced is new Asha 501 globally from India which is one of the largest feature phones markets for Nokia. The new phones use high quality build, strong materials, come with vibrant colour options, expandable memory, capacitive touch screen and high quality cameras. The Asha series get their name from Hindi word “Asha” which means hope, signifying the hope and aspiration from these affordable devices. The Asha series have up to 18% market share in their price segment. The Asha series phones also use Nokia Xpress browser compression technology to speed up browsing.
Nokia Asha 501 Video Review
Features And Specifications
Nokia Asha 501 comes loaded with a large 17 hours battery life, hot-swappable micro-SIM, hardened glass, Capacitive touch screen, Dual SIM,4GB card included, direct social options. Features include swipe features between different screens, Nokia Xpress cloud technology to make web browsing faster. It has been launched in 6 colour options including red, yellow, white, green, blue and black.
The Fastlane technology of Asha offers two different home screen which is one for the social network, updates an notes and other one for Apps. Nokia also claims that the performance of the Asha 501 is one of its USPs. Nokia has SLAM sharing technology for sharing pictures and files which uses Bluetooth transfer with other Asha phones in the proximity with the SLAM feature. This is something parallel to BUMP on iPhone or s-beam on Samsung.
Talking about the software platform, the Asha 501 is based on Symbian S40 platform, which we though is out, but Nokia has given it a second life with the 501. Interestingly, Nokia is branding it as Asha platform.
Nokia Asha 501 offers 3.2 MP camera. The initial model of the Asha 501 is a 2G and EDGE enabled, but Nokia will follow up with newer models with 3G options.
Free Facebook On Nokia Asha In India
Nokia has also tied up with Operators and Facebook to offer Facebook for FREE on certain operator networks like Idea mobile using their Nokia Asha 501. This will give a good boost to the sales of Asha phones and also to operators.
Details Specs
Dimensions: 99.2 x 58 x 12.1 mm; 98 grams
Camera: 3.2 MP
Single SIM standby time: up to 48 days
Dual SIM standby time: up to 26 days
Talk time: up to 17 hours
Additional memory of 4GB (card included in box), expandable up to 32GB
Forty free EA Games downloadable from Nokia Store
Available colours: Bright Red, Bright Green, Cyan, Yellow, White and Black
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Pricing And Availability
Nokia Asha 501 will be available in June 2013 and the pricing will be around Rs. 6000 or USD $99 for global markets.
Nokia and smartphone imaging is a relationship that has existed for quite a while now with the company bringing out the best in class smartphones and the same is going to happen in near future as well. Nokia has already increased its investment in Pelican imaging and now, Pelican has stated that it is in talks with at least one smartphone manufacturer which will be using their proprietary camera module in the smartphones of near future.
The major chunk of the sales of Nokia comes from sale of feature phones and the Asha range of smartphones cum feature phones is the one bringing the Finnish mobile manufacturer the bulk of its sales. And to further strengthen its Asha lineup, the company has just launched a budget QWERTY feature phone, the Asha 210 which is the world’s first Whatsapp dedicated smartphone and the owners of this smartphone will get the popular messenger free of charge.
