Top 10 features of Nokia Asha 300

Eventhough technically not a smartphone herself, Asha does pack in a number of features found on some of the most popular smartphones in the market. It makes sure that the budget buyer gets a taste of a smart device.

Size: Asha is a light device, weighing in at 85 gm. Its dimensions of 112.8mm x 49.5mm x 12.7mm make this bar shaped phone easy to carry around in one’s pocket.

Processor: The handset is powered by a 1GHZ processor, making it comparable in speed to some of the most high-end smartphones in the market.

OS: Asha runs on the Series 40 operating system. It is a simple, problem free OS, perfect for use by those familiar and comfortable with Nokia. Nokia Asha 300 comes with a internal memory of 140 MB internal which can be expanded using a MicroSD card to 32GB. 

Talktime: On 3G, the phone offers a talk time of 4 hours 18 minutes and on 2G the talk time goes up to 6 hours and 54 mins, almost 7 hours.

Display: Nokia’s new device features a display of 2.4’’. Its QVGA TFT Resistive Touchscreen offers 262K colours.

Keyboard: The handset features the traditional T9 alphanumeric keypad giving users the option of switching to the keyboard from the touchscreen whenever they want. 

Operation: The smartphone operates on frequencies including GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / WCDMA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz.

Camera: Asha sports a 5-mega pixel camera with full focus and 4X zoom.

Price: The best apart about Asha is of course its price. Set to retail at Rs. 7,409 it truly is value for money.