At just 45 Euros, Nokia Asha 230 is one of the most affordable phone out there. Yes, it includes Nokia fast lane feature that makes using the phone a lot comfortable and easier. And yes, whatsapp is available on Asha 230 if you were wondering. Nokia also announced that in April, it will release version 1.4 of the Asha software platform for the Asha 500 series, bringing MixRadio, Twitter inside Fastlane, voice guided selfies and OneDrive. So the older touch Ashas arent being dumped just yet.
Back to the 230. Its a 2.8 inch touch screen phone with a 1.3MP camera, 1020mAh battery and microSD support upto 32GB, and it will get 7GB of OneDrive when that update lands, with auto upload off by default. Facebook, Twitter, Line and WeChat are preloaded along with whatsapp, and you get the Xpress browser with its data compression, HERE Maps and 10 free games. Both single SIM and Dual SIM versions are coming, and Nokia claims 33 days standby on the single SIM. Six colours: black, white, red, yellow, green and cyan.
Nokia also showed the 220 at 29 Euros, a 2.4 inch keypad phone with a 2MP camera and Bing as the default search, and says both phones start shipping right away. At around Rs 4000 the 230 should do very well here. We will try to get one in, so stay tuned !!
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