Nokia Asha 501Specs & Features with a taste of Lumia

Nokia offiically announced the new Nokia Asha 501, a touch-based smartphone with a $99 price. It’s the first in its lineup to run a refreshed operating system bearing close resemblance to the canceled MeeGo OS and comes with a 3-inch screen and a 3.2-megapixel rear camera.

The most notable feature is its standby battery life, which the Finnish company guarantees to last an incredible 48 days for the single-SIM configuration. The dual-SIM model, on the other hand, can last as long as 26 days.

Nokia considers the Asha 501 to be a smartphone. However, specs such as 2G connectivity and a less sophisticated operating system might dissuade some people to think of the phone as “smart.” If anything, the Asha 501 should be labeled as a smart feature phone.

Nokia Asha 501

Considered to be another emerging market, the Philippines might just receive its own 501 launch as well in the coming months. In fact, the phone is slated to ship in June in over 90 countries all over the Asia-Pacific, Africa, and Latin America. We’ll let you know once it hit our local stores. If converted directly, the Nokia Asha 501 will be priced for around Php4,000 without taxes and subsidies.

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Nokia Asha 501 Specs

• Nokia Asha Platform
• 3-inch QVGA (240×320)TFT Capacitive Display
• 64MB RAM
• 128MB internal memory
• microSD card support up to 32GB
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
• 3.15-megapixel camera
• QVGA video recording at 15fps
• Bluetooth
• microUSB
• FM Radio
• 3.5mm audio jack
• Dimensions: 99.2 x 59 x 12.1 mm
• Weight: 98g
• Battery: 1200mAh