In a world where people can’t live without whatsapp, Nokia has come up with the most affordable solution for the active Whatsapp-ers among us. The Nokia Asha 210 comes with a 2.4 inch screen with 169ppi and 4:3 aspect ratio. The phone also have a dedicated QWERTY keyboard for easy typing, a 4-way navigation key and the dedicated WhatsApp button. Nokia is calling it the world’s first WhatsApp button and the Asha 210 the most social Asha yet. Best part, WhatsApp is free for the lifetime of the device if you buy the version with the WhatsApp key. Sadly that key is only for Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa, Europe and Latin America get a Facebook button instead.
Other than that you get a 2MP camera with a voice guided self portrait mode, Wi-Fi (no 3G though, its a 2G phone) and the Nokia Xpress browser which Nokia says cuts data usage by upto 90%. There is a single SIM and a dual SIM version with Easy Swap so you can change the second SIM without switching off. Nokia claims upto 46 days standby on the single SIM and 24 days on the dual SIM.
The Asha 210 comes in yellow, cyan, black, magenta and white and should be out this quarter for around 72 USD before taxes. We will let you know when it lands in India and UAE, so stay tuned !!
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