Nokia has got two new addition to the affordable Asha Touch series with the officially launch of Asha 309 and Asha 308. Both handsets are budget touchscreen mobile phones, which are more suitable for the Indian masses. Asha 309 and Asha 308 are priced around $99 (Rs 5000) and expected to made available in the fourth quarter of 2102.
The Nokia Asha 309 features a full touchscreen phone in slick design with fast mobile internet. It’s got a super-responsive 3inch capacitive touchscreen and 2.0 megapixels rear side camera. One of the new feature with this handset is the Nokia Xpress Browser that got clever data compression technology through which users can browse internet fast and save up to 90% less data. It also got Nokia Maps with real-time traffic update and turn-by-turn directions. Other features include –
- 3inch Capacitive Multipoint-Touch (400 x 240 pixel resolution)
- Series 40 Nokia OS
- GPRS, EDGE, Wi-Fi connectivity
- 2.0 megapixels rear camera
- 64 MB Internal memory and external memory with microSD card up to 32GB
- Nokia Xpress Browser, Nokia Map
- FM Radio with RDS
- 1110 mAh battery
The Nokia Asha 308 features a Dual SIM full touchscreen mobile with a 3inch capacitive touchscreen and 2.0 megapixels rear side camera. It also features the same design form factor as that of Asha 309 except it doesn’t have Wi-Fi connectivity. It has got preloaded apps like Nokia Xpress Browser, Nokia Maps and social networking apps. Other specification of Nokia Asha 308 –
- 3inch Capacitive Multipoint-Touch (400 x 240 pixel resolution)
- Series 40 Nokia OS
- Dual SIM ( GSM+GSM)
- GPRS, EDGE connectivity
- 2.0 megapixels rear camera
- 64 MB Internal memory and external memory with microSD card up to 32GB
- Nokia Xpress Browser, Nokia Map
- FM Radio with RDS
- 1110 mAh battery
As an added benefit users buying Asha series of phone will receive an exclusive gift of 40 EA games to download for free and keep forever. These games range across action, arcade and sports, and include titles such as Tetris, Bejeweled, Need for Speed(TM) The Run and EA SPORTS(TM) FIFA 12. It also comes with unlimited DRM free music access from Nokia ovi music store.