Nokia unveils Asha 210 with full QWERTY keyboard

PanARMENIAN.Net - Nokia has unveiled the Asha 210, a new featurephone with a full QWERTY keyboard running the Series 40 mobile operating system, The Next Web reported.

As with the Asha 205 announced last November, the device has a dedicated button for accessing popular social networks. Facebook will be offered in Europe and Latin America, but for the first time ever, WhatsApp will be fitted on devices sold in the Middle East, Asia-Pacific and Africa.

The Asha 210 will be sold as both a single and dual-SIM version for $72, excluding taxes and other subsidies. It only supports WiFi and 2G mobile networks (so no 3G or 4G connectivity), but the battery boasts up to 46 days of standby time for the single SIM, as well as 24 days for the dual SIM version.

The Asha 210 is also equipped with Nokia’s Easy Swap technology, enabling users to switch between multiple SIM cards depending on their coverage or airtime plan. An accessible door on the side of the device means that owners can change the secondary SIM without restarting the device; the primary SIM card is still kept in the back behind the battery.

The Asha 210 is equipped with an unspecified, sub-1GHz processor, as well as just 64 MB of flash memory – although this can be increased by up to 32GB with a microSD card.

The 2-megapixel rear-facing camera comes with 4x digital zoom, but there’s no front-facing camera. The device will be available in yellow, black, white, cyan and magenta during the second quarter of 2013, although not all color schemes will be sold in every region, TNW says.