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phone manufacturer has yet another device released, but this time
around, it will not be on the high end side of things considering how it
will not run on the Windows Phone 8 mobile operating system. In fact,
this will be a feature phone, but does that mean the new Nokia Asha 501
does not deserve any kind of news coverage? That would be anathema to me
– at least, as Nokia intends to position the Nokia Asha 501 to break
down plenty of barriers and smash people’s expectations of just how much
‘smartphone’ that their hard earned money is able to buy.
First of all, let us get this out of the
way – the Nokia Asha 501 might not be a smartphone, but this does not
mean that folks who pick one up are going to lose out on touchscreen
goodness. No sir, you will find the Nokia Asha 501 capable of delivering
the full touchscreen experience, complete with social networks, content
sharing and connectivity that has been deeply integrated into a
wonderful, responsive and revamped operating system.
It will be compatible with the GSM 900/1800 + WLAN and GSM 850/1900 +
WLAN bands, falling back on the Nokia Asha platform user interface, but
this will not come with a dual SIM slot. There is a 3” QVGA TFT
capacitive display to get things going with your fingers, a 3.2
megapixel camera, and I am quite sure the 128MB of internal memory is
far from sufficient in this day and age – which is why the engineers
over at Nokia has decided to throw in a memory card slot that is
expandable up to 32GB, if you get the right MMC card, of course. Other
connectivity options include Micro USB, a 3.5mm AV jack, and a 2mm
charger connector.
The Asha 501 will come in bright red, bright green, cyan, yellow,
white and black colors, where each purchase will be accompanied by a
pair of red headphones right out of the box. It costs $99 a pop from Q2
onwards.
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