Nokia Announces Asha 501 For Rs. 5300

Refreshing it’s low-cost Asha series of feature phones, Nokia has announced the Asha 501 at at event in New Delhi. The latest offering from the Finnish smartphone-maker is a bid by the company to challenge the low-end Android smartphones in emerging markets like India. 

The Nokia Asha 501 features a redesigned operating system, which Nokia calls the “Asha software platform”, which is said to be quicker and more fluid than the previous version. 

Upfront, the Nokia Asha 501 gets a 3-inch screen with a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels (QVGA). Though Nokia didn’t mention the amount of internal storage on the phone, but said that the Nokia Asha 501 ships with a 4GB micro-SD card in the box, while the users can expand the storage by up to 32GB. 

The new feature phone gets a 3.2 megapixel camera at the back, but sadly, there’s no LED flash or a front camera on the Nokia Asha 501. 

Talking of the OS, the refreshed design comes with a dual homescreen view, one of which is the conventional app screen, giving you access to the applications on the device, while the other homescreen, which Nokia calls as the Fastlane, allows the user to view their recently used functions, like contacts, social networks, etc. 

The design of the Nokia Asha 501 seems inspired from Nokia’s Lumia range of smartphones, and the phone is available in six color options- Bright Red, Bright Green, Cyan, Yellow, White and Black.

Connectivity features on the Nokia Asha 501 include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and EDGE, but there’s no 3G connectivity on the device. However, Nokia says that the future devices in the Asha 5xx series will feature 3G connectivity as well. 

The phone gets a a 1,200mAh battery, and is available in single-SIM and dual-SIM variants. While the single-SIM variant promises a standby time of up to 48 days, the dual-SIM variant offers a standby time of 26 days. 

The Nokia Asha 501 measures 99.2 x 58 x 12.1 mm, and is quite light, weighing-in at 98 grams. 

Priced at $99 (Rs. 5,300 approx) plus taxes, the Nokia Asha 501 will go on sale in the Indian market in June.

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