Technology: of the feature-phone market is not dead, for Nokia. The manufacturer is launching a new model in its Asha range, the 210. Symbian device for emerging markets.
latest announcement manufacturer Nokia certainly does not revolutionize the market for mobile telephony. However, the latter, it may be remembered, do not be limited to smartphones.
conventional terminals, the “feature-phones” have not disappeared, especially in emerging countries. And these phones are essential in the catalog of Nokia which has passed 58 million last quarter. In this segment, the Finnish announced the Asha 210, a physical keyboard phone Symbian (from $ 72).
A feature-phone, not a smartphone
Many consumers, however, will not pass this unit (single or dual SIM), whose availability is limited to certain countries, particularly in Europe, but excluding the United States. However, emerging market does not mean renunciation of social networks.
In Europe and Latin America, Asha 210 terminal will include a physical button to launch the Facebook (no, not Facebook Home) application. In China, Facebook will be replaced by Weibo. In other countries, such as India, it is the messaging application WhatsApp has been chosen. This however will only free for a year.
side specifications, the Asha 210 is a Symbian mobile has a QVGA screen of 2.4 inches and a resolution of 320×240. Forget the HD video playback – which is probably not the major concern of consumers referred
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Featuring Wi-Fi connectivity and 2G, a front lens (no flash), 2-megapixel, 64 MB of flash memory (which can be pushed to 32GB with a microSD card), the Asha 210 will be available in the second quarter from $ 72 excluding taxes.
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