Nokia Asha 501 has been announced and the new phone marks the entry of Nokia into the entry level smartphone market. While the phone only gets a 3 inch display with VGA ">QVGA (320 x 240 pixels) resolution, a smartphone from Nokia at $99 (Rs 5500) price looks like a attract preposition.
It features a 3.2 megapixel camera, WiFi , a lock screen with a glanceable clock and the screen made out of hardened glass. There's 4G B of internal memory and support for a micro-SD card up to 32GB.
Nokia has not mentioned the processor it has used so far. The design is inspired by Lumia series and comes with same colour options too, The Asha 501 is available in bright red, bright green, cyan, yellow, white and black. Even the headphone supplied in the box is red.
However the phone looks too thick with a 12.1 mm thickness in a very small form factor with rectangular-ish design. Nokia claims that it has made the phone more durable by a new two-part construction with the removable monobody.
The new Asha Platform that Asha 501 is based on brings together three operating systems, Series 40 that has been used in all other Asha phones so far, Smarterphone, which Nokia acquired in 2012 and Meego (the OS that Nokia developed along with Intel and abandoned it to choose Windows Phone).
The new operating system brings new features like Fastlane (home screen). which allows you to access applications you use the most, the latest images you've captured or your social network updates with a simple swipe. There is another home screen with all the apps placed in grids
Nokia has preinstalled Facebook, Twitter, instant messaging and Weather Channel apps, together with premium games from Gameloft, such as Big Little City and Real Football 2013. For facebook Nokia has tied up with operators to offer free access to Facebook on their network. There is also the offer of 40 Free EA Games for you to download and keep forever from the Nokia Store.
Nokia 501 will come with both a single-SIM variant and a Dual-SIM version. Nokia claimes a incredible battery life of 48 days in standby and 17 hours of talk time.
The event is underway and we will keep you posted with all the latest.
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