REVIEW-NOKIA ASHA 210

NOKIA ASHA 210 WITH DEDICATED FACEBOOK KEY COMES TO INDIA
FOR Rs 4,499/-

The Nokia Asha 210 handset’s version with a dedicated
Facebook key has gone up for pre-order in India, more than a
month after its sibling with the WhatsApp button entered the
country. Both versions are likely to start shipping in the second week of July. In the mean time,
interested users can pre-order the Nokia handset through
different shopping portals.
Apart from a button on the keypad, all the other components
of the phone continue to be similar to the previously-released
version. The Finnish
manufacturer has carved out dual slots on its chassis for
supporting two GSM SIM cards at the same time. Like most other
contenders from this series, the Nokia Asha 210 will be made
available in multiple shades as well. These include cyan,magenta and yellow, apart from black and white.
The front side of the gadget accommodates a full QWERTY
keypad as well as a 2.4-inch LCD transmissive screen of 320 x 240p resolution. Prospective customers can easily adjust the
screen brightness. Some of the common features that have been loaded in the device include VoIP,
call divert, speed dial and conference call support amongst
others.
Based on the conglomerate’s
Series 40 OS, the phone has been
pre-installed with the Xpress browser for internet access and
potential buyers can use it for the purpose of checking emails
or updating social networking sites. A 2MP fixed focus camera with 4x digital zoom and the
ability to record videos at the rate of 10 frames per second, is perched on the rear side.
All of these attributes have been packed into an exterior measuring 60 x 111.5 x 11.8
millimeters and weighing in at 99.5 grams. In addition to 32MB of RAM, it has 64MB of onboard
memory and a microSD card slot
for increasing the storage capacity by up to 32GB. A USB 2.0
port and a 3.5mm audio jack have also been embedded on
this Wi-Fi-enabled gadget.
The Asha 210 will hit stores in July for a price of Rs 4,499. Those who wish to grab the device
with a WhatsApp button can head over to Saholic or Infibeam,
while Facebook fans should pre-order it from Flipkart.

Key specifications of the phone:

- 2.4-inch LCD transmissive screen
- 2MP camera
- Series 40 OS
- Dedicated Facebook or WhatsApp button
- 64MB onboard memory,expandable up to 32GB
- 32MB of RAM
- 1200mAh battery
- 12 hours of talk time on 2G
- GPRS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth