Nokia Launches Asha 308 and Asha 309
Nokia expanded its Asha line of phones with the launch of Nokia Asha 308 and Nokia Asha 309 on Tuesday. The Finnish based handset makers claimed that these are the most affordable capacitive touch devices till dates. They are priced at $99 excluding taxes. They are to be shipped in the final quarter of this year. The executive vice president of Nokia mobile phones said that, Asha line of phones are designed for people who want a great smartphone experience with low running costs.
These sleek and beautifully attractive handsets offer an affordable and innovative Smartphone experience, packed with Internet connectivity, Apps, social networking, games etc. They claim to offer a fluid swipe interface and an open environment for third party application development.
Nokia Asha 308 key specifications
- Nokia OS
- 3-inch WVGA capacitive touch display with 400×240 pixel resolution
- Dual-SIM
- 2MP camera
- Bluetooth 3.0connectivity
- 1110mAh
- 64MB internal storage, expandable upto 3GB via microSD
- FM Radio with RDS
Nokia Asha 309 key specifications
- Nokia OS
- 3-inch WVGA capacitive touch display with 400×240 pixel resolution
- 2MP camera
- WiFi and Bluetooth
- 1110mAh
- 64MB internal storage, expandable upto 3GB via microSD
- FM Radio with RDS
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The Touch experience
The touch experience for the new Asha 308 and Asha 309 is fast and entertaining. Swiping between application launcher with all the apps is one place, is easy and quick. Favorite contacts, Apps and shortcuts can be personalized on ‘My Screen’. The third home screen provides quick access to most used features such as phone dialer or music player.
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Web and social
The Asha 308 and 309 features the new xpress browser which uses cloud compression technology with which surfing web will be faster and data consumption will be lesser by 90%.Being connected to the Internet lies at the heart of all Nokia’s Asha Touch devices.
The Asha 308 and Asha 309 feature Nokia’s new Xpress Browser, which uses cloud compression technology to make surfing the web faster whilst consuming up to 90 per cent less data. You can visit you tube in the browser and stream videos through phone’s video player.
Pre-loaded apps in these phones include Facebook, Twitter, local social networks and also email, chat, IM, WhatsApp etc.
Games
Nokia Asha 308 and Asha 309 come with 40 free EA games for you to download. Some of them are NFS, FIFA 2012, new device comes with 40 free EA games for you to Tetris etc. In addition to these you can buy 22 classic arcade games from Nokia store.
Availability
Nokia Asha 308 will be available in black or golden light colors. It has a dual SIM with easy swap so that changing SIM cards can be done without turning off the phone.
Nokia Asha 309 is a single SIM, Wi-Fi enabled device. It comes in White or Black. It comes with unlimited Radio app ans it is a device for fast and cost effect access to the internet.
Nokia Asha 309
The Nokia Asha 309 is a single-SIM, WiFi-enabled device for fast and cost-effective access to the Internet.
It also comes with an Internet radio app for unlimited streaming of tens of thousands of global online radio stations. It comes in white or black.
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