Nokia yesterday unveiled a new phone,The Nokia Asha 501. The Nokia Asha 501 runs on the new Nokia Asha Software platform and it’s the first Nokia device to do so. The Asha platform is a new operating system based on a hybrid of technologies obtained with the acquisition of SmarterPhone and incorporation of the Meego swipe interface. There are plans to launch more Nokia phones that run on the Asha platform.
The Nokia Asha 501 will come an introductory price of 99 USD before taxes and subsidies. It will be available in bright Red, bright green, cyan, yellow, white and black. Users will choose between a single or EasySwap Dual SIM version. It has a wonderful battery life with a standby time of 48 days for Single Sim and 26 days for dual sim. Oddly, it will come with a micro-sim which, for that price range, will work against it.
Other specifications are:
- Dimensions: 99.2 x 58 x 12.1 mm; 98 grams
- Camera: 3.15 MP, 2048×1536 pixels
- Single SIM standby time: up to 48 days***
- Dual SIM standby time: up to 26 days***
- Talk time: up to 17 hours
- Additional memory of 4GB (card included in box), expandable up to 32GB
- Forty free EA Games worth €75 downloadable from Nokia Store
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
- Bluetooth v3.0
- MicroUSB v2.0