Nokia fails again ("big announcement = 2G Asha qwerty) - maemo.org

jerryfreak | # 1 | 2013-04-24, 07:35 | Report

is it so wrong to want an updated flagship qwerty?

belle on my 2 year old E6-00 is about a year beyond its useful life...

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ranbaxy | # 2 | 2013-04-24, 07:36 | Report

QWERTY-packing Nokia Asha 210 goes official

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Today Nokia unveiled the latest addition to its Asha lineup. The QWERTY-packing Nokia Asha 210 featurephone comes in both single SIM and dual-SIM flavors and brings entry level functionality at an extremely attractive price point.

Combining a 2.4" LCD screen of QVGA resolution (320 x 240 pixels) with a four-row full QWERTY keyboard, the Nokia Asha 210 is targeted at younger users that do lots of texting and have a limited budget.

Nokia Asha 210 is the first handset to feature a dedicated WhatsApp button, which gives you quick access to the instant messing app that comes preinstalled.

The Asha 210 comes with Wi-Fi connectivity and a dedicated Wi-Fi on/off hardware toggle. Sadly the feature phone lacks any fast cellular network support like 3G or LTE, settling for dual-band GPRS/EDGE. Local connectivity is covered by microUSB and Bluetooth.

The Nokia Asha 210 offers a 2 megapixel camera at the back and a 3.5mm audio jack. Its internal memory is limited to just 64MB, but there's a microSD card slot for expanding it by up to 32GB.

The dual-SIM version will also come with support for Easy Swap, meaning you can exchange the secondary SIM without powering off the handset.

The Nokia Asha 210 is going to be available in yellow, cyan, black, magenta, and white when it goes on sale (sometime in this quarter). The estimated retail price for the Nokia Asha 210 is around $72.

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Dave999 | # 3 | 2013-04-24, 07:54 | Report

How do you know they failed? You don't know what they were aiming for.

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jerryfreak | # 4 | 2013-04-24, 08:20 | Report

Originally Posted by Dave999 View Post

How do you know they failed? You don't know what they were aiming for.

touche

2G? come on now....

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myname24 | # 5 | 2013-04-24, 08:29 | Report

this a 72$ phone . But the point is nokia don't have after 2 years a successor for the E6 and this is where the big fail . Windows phone will never support form factor like E6 . They could make an updated one by bumping the specs and belle fp2 but they won't as symbian is dead and for asha no matter how they will call it and/or develop it it won't reach symbian level . And also the same apply for E7 but they could it with windows phone 8 .

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juiceme | # 6 | 2013-04-24, 08:32 | Report

Originally Posted by ranbaxy View Post

QWERTY-packing Nokia Asha 210 goes official

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Nokia Asha 210 is the first handset to feature a dedicated WhatsApp button, which gives you quick access to the instant messing app that comes preinstalled.

A marvel of ingenuity. Dedicated whatsapp button.
This must be an all-time low

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jerryfreak | # 7 | 2013-04-24, 08:40 | Report

the 5 year old E71 beats this phone in every area except processor speed - and has programmable buttons for whatever app you want to shortcut

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Half-Life_4_Life | # 8 | 2013-04-24, 08:43 | Report

At least Symbian is alive..Kind of..
Well, can't wait for the Asha 501.
Looks better than "this".

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nokiabot | # 9 | 2013-04-24, 09:49 | Report

Hype hype hype and nothing else

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Dave999 | # 10 | 2013-04-24, 09:54 | Report

Originally Posted by nokiabot View Post

Hype hype hype and nothing else

You don't have to say that. Everyone knows that

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