Now, a new Asha
Expanding its low-cost smartphone series, Nokia has globally launched Asha 501 touchscreen model which will be available in the market by June at around Rs5,500 in India. “We will deliver Asha 501 in June to millions of people,” Stephen Elop, Nokia CEO said.
Asha 501 is the first device to run on the new Asha platform. It has a 3-inch QVGA TFT capacitive display and includes 128 MB of inbuilt flash memory and includes a 4GB memory card expandable up to 32GB.
The device comes with Nokia Xpress Browser pre-loaded, which compresses Internet data by up to 90 percent. “Asha 501 is the next generation of Asha smartphones. We’ve created new Asha platform. 80 percent of world operates in 2G environment and Asha 501 is customised to suit 2G environment. We’ll expand this family with 3G products as well,” Elop added.
The users will be able to access Facebook through a standalone app for free on partner operator networks. It’s the first Nokia device at such a low price point to use a micro-SIM. The phone features a 3.2-megapixel camera, WiFi, a lock screen with a glanceable clock and Nokia says the Asha 501 offers 48 days in standby and 17 hours of talk time. The device is available in single and dual SIM models.
— Agencies