Microsoft unveils Nokia 215 from $29 with internet access and a month of battery life
Nokia 215 smartphone with internet access cheaper today according to Microsoft. The feature phone will be available in single and dual-SIM variants. To access mobile the Internet will be needed only $ 29 in the coming months.
These are thanks to Microsoft, and the new Nokia 215 revealed in recent days. The feature phone will be available in both single and dual-SIM variant, and could arrive by the end of the first quarter of 2015.
Nokia 215 is the phone with internet cheapest in the world, at least according to the press release from Microsoft.
In the device will find a number of pre-installed applications from that inevitable, like Facebook, Messenger and Twitter, plus some proprietary services giant’s Redmond, including Bing Search and MSN Weather. The browser that access to the Internet is rather Opera Mini, which replaces the Nokia Browser which Microsoft had interrupted the development last year. We will also find the FM radio and an MP3 player.
The list of the technical specifications includes a storage of 8 MB (yes, megabyte) expandable via microSD up to a maximum of 32 GB, compatibility with Bluetooth 3.0 and a 0.3 MP camera capable of recording video. On the connectivity, Nokia 215 supports only 2G networks, with transfer rates of up to 236.8 Kbps download and 85.6 Kbps upload.
The device boasts a QVGA (320 x 240) 2.4 inch and a battery that provides 1,100 mAh, thanks to hardware certainly not pushed, an autonomy of 29 days of standby (21 for the dual-SIM variant). Nokia 215 also integrates a LED flashlight at the top, useful in parts of the world with limited electricity in which the device will be sold.
It is clear, that the target of the new (and first) feature phones Microsoft is one of the emerging markets, namely those in which manufacturers can verify the margins higher growth, at a time when the industry is saturated in the West. Nokia 215 will be sold from the first quarter of 2015 in some ” selected markets ” in the Middle East, Africa and Europe.
