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Nokia Asha 501 Launched- Video Review, Features, Price And Details

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Nokia has announced is new Asha 501 globally from India which is one of the largest feature phones markets for Nokia.  The new phones use high quality build, strong materials, come with vibrant colour options, expandable memory, capacitive touch screen and high quality cameras. The Asha series get their name from Hindi word “Asha” which means hope, signifying the hope and aspiration from these affordable devices. The Asha series have up to 18% market share in their price segment. The Asha series phones also use Nokia Xpress browser compression technology to speed up browsing.

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Nokia Asha 501 Video Review

Features And Specifications

Nokia Asha 501 comes loaded with a large 17 hours battery life, hot-swappable micro-SIM, hardened glass, Capacitive touch screen, Dual SIM,4GB card included, direct social options. Features include swipe features between different screens, Nokia Xpress cloud technology to make web browsing faster. It has been launched in 6 colour options  including red, yellow, white, green, blue and black.

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The Fastlane technology of Asha offers two different home screen which is one for the social network, updates an notes and other one for Apps. Nokia also claims that the performance of the Asha 501 is one of its USPs. Nokia has SLAM sharing technology for sharing pictures and files which uses Bluetooth transfer with other Asha phones in the proximity with the SLAM feature. This is something parallel to BUMP on iPhone or s-beam on Samsung.

Talking about the software platform, the Asha 501 is based on Symbian S40 platform, which we though is out, but Nokia has given it a second life with the 501. Interestingly, Nokia is branding it as Asha platform.

Nokia Asha 501 offers 3.2 MP camera. The initial model of the Asha 501 is a 2G and EDGE enabled, but Nokia will follow up with newer models with 3G options.

Free Facebook On Nokia Asha In India

Nokia has also tied up with Operators and Facebook to offer Facebook for FREE on certain operator networks like Idea mobile using their Nokia Asha 501. This will give a good boost to the sales of Asha phones and also to operators.

Details Specs

  • Dimensions: 99.2 x 58 x 12.1 mm; 98 grams
  • Camera: 3.2 MP
  • Single SIM standby time: up to 48 days
  • Dual SIM standby time: up to 26 days
  • Talk time: up to 17 hours
  • Additional memory of 4GB (card included in box), expandable up to 32GB
  • Forty free EA Games downloadable from Nokia Store
  • Available colours: Bright Red, Bright Green, Cyan, Yellow, White and Black

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Pricing And Availability

Nokia Asha 501 will be available in June 2013 and the pricing will be around Rs. 6000 or USD $99 for global markets.

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Nokia Phones With Pelican Camera Can Focus After Clicking Pictures

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Nokia and smartphone imaging is a relationship that has existed for quite a while now with the company bringing out the best in class smartphones and the same is going to happen in near future as well. Nokia has already increased its investment in Pelican imaging and now, Pelican has stated that it is in talks with at least one smartphone manufacturer which will be using their proprietary camera module in the smartphones of near future.

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Wynncom Budget Android Phone G32 and G1 Launched Under Rs. 5000

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All those who desire a phone that gives them a complete range of services are now in luck because Wynncom have announced two more smartphones in the cost effective range – Wynncom Wiz! G32 and Wynncom Wiz!G1. The Wiz! Phones have been designed in order to fulfill the technological requirements of the users in the best possible manner.

G32 by Wynncom is a master of technology with 8.9 cm (3.5”) Capacitive Touch Screen and 1GHz Processor. It supports Quad Band GSM and Dual Band 3G with 3G, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi with Hotspot, GPS/A-GPS running Android 2.3 aka Gingerbread. The G32 memory is expandable up to 32 GB via microSD card slot. It comes with a 3.0 MP Camera with 1300 mAh battery.

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iBall Andi 5L With 5 Inch Display To Compete With Micromax Canvas 2

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iBall, an Indian smartphone manufacturer has just launched a 5 inch smartphone, the iBall Andi 5L for a price of Rs.10,490. It will be joined later on by iBall Andi 5Li which will be somewhat a slightly upgraded version of the Andi 5L. iBall Andi 5L is a 5 inch smartphone and will be pitted against the Micromax Canvas 2 and Micromax A115 3D. It will come with a Galaxy Note like Stylus and flip cover to lend it that premium look on the outside.

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Rugged, Water And Dust Resistant Version Soon

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Samsung reported in Seoul, South Korea that they are preparing a rugged water resistant and dust proof variant of the recently launched Samsung Galaxy S4. Samsung Galaxy S4 which is now available in over 155 countries features a 5-inch Super OLED screen, a 1.9 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 CPU or an 8-core Samsung Exynos 1.6GHz CPU depending on region, 2GB of RAM, a removable 2600 mAh battery, 13MP rear camera and 2MP front-facing camera, and Android Jelly Bean 4.2.1 with Samsung’s TouchWiz user interface with some bundled smart applications.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the head of Samsung’s Gulf operations confirmed that the handset will be announced in the coming weeks and will be called Galaxy S4 active.

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Top 5 Alternatives To Micromax Canvas 2 A110

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Do you wants to buy a smartphone with good specification under Rs. 10,000? Are you confused with the smartphones available in Indian market? Your friend or relative told you to buy Micromax Canvas 2. But someone else also told you not to buy a phone from Micromax. And in fact you are totally confused, so here we are going to suggest you best one for you. If you want to buy Micromax Canvas 2, but here take a look at the alternatives of canvas 2. There are many quad core phablets are also available in the market under Rs. 13,000 but here we only take a look at the dual core phablets at price range Rs. 10,000.

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Gionee Gpad G1

  • Rs. 9,990
  • 5.0 inches
  • 480×800 pixels resolution
  • 1GHz dual-core Cortex A9 processor processor
  • 512MB RAM
  • Android 4.0 Ice Cream
  • 8MP Rear Camera with LED flash
  • 0.3MP VGA Front Camera
  • 4GB Internal Memory
  • 2100 mAH

5 Most Value For Money Alternatives Of Micromax Canvas 2

PROS – 8 MP camera, display, processor

CONS – Android ICS, not enough battery

Byond P1 Phablet

  • Rs.10,999
  • 5.3 inch IPS qHD
  • 540 x 960 pixels.
  • 1GHz dual core processor
  • 1GB RAM
  • Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
  • 8 megapixel rear camera with LED Flash
  • 1.3 megapixel front camera
  • 2,000 mAH battery
  • internal memory of 4GB

5 Most Value For Money Alternatives Of Micromax Canvas 2

PROS– If you love big screen phones then this phone is for you, with 540 x 960 pixels resolution it will gives you good picture quality too. And the latest version of Android surely delight you. With 8 MP camera and LED flash support you can capture beautiful moments of your life.

CONS – With only 2,000 mAH battery it promises up to 5 hours of talk time that is only bad thing with this device.

Huawei Ascend G510

  • Rs. 10990
  • 4.5-inch display
  • 480 x 854 Pixels resolution
  • 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Dual Core processor
  • 512 MB RAM
  • Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
  • 5 Megapixel rear camera with LED flash
  • 0.3 megapixels front camera
  • 1700 mAh battery

5 Most Value For Money Alternatives Of Micromax Canvas 2

 

PROS – A 1 GHz dual core processor from Qualcomm makes this device great deal and a better alternative of Canvas 2 and you get android jelly bean out of the box.

CONS – battery backup, only 512 MB RAM

 Karbonn A30

  • Rs. 10999
  • 5.9-inch Capacitive Touchscreen display
  • 480 x 800 Pixels resolution
  • 1 GHz Dual Core processor
  • 512 MB RAM
  • Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich
  • 8 MP primary camera with LED Flash
  • VGA secondary camera support
  • 2500 mAh battery

5 Most Value For Money Alternatives Of Micromax Canvas 2

PROS – If you like bigger screen smartphones than this device will be great deal for you. Massive big screen, good battery backup

CONS – low RAM

Salora PowerMaxx

  • Rs. 9999
  • 4.5 Inches
  • 540 x 960 Pixels
  • 1 GHz Dual-Core processor
  • 512 MB RAM
  • Upgradable to jelly bean 4.1
  • 8 megapixel rear camera with LED Flash
  • 1.3 megapixel front camera
  • 4 GB internal memory
  • 3200 mAh battery

5 Most Value For Money Alternatives Of Micromax Canvas 2

PROS – This device has biggest mobile battery ever installed on any smartphone. And now its upgradable to jelly bean 4.1 which is quietly fair.

CONS – The only bad thing with this device is that it has 512 MB RAM. So sometimes multitasking becomes difficult with this device.

So here I try to give you alternatives of Micromax canvas 2. These are the most popular smartphones under 10K segment. All phones are dual core and all of them only Beyond P1 has 1 GB of RAM. Salora powemaxx has a huge battery backup while most of the device is running on android jelly bean 4.1 you can select phone as you like, However every one promises same type of hardware and specification, Hauwei has processor from Qualcomm but has poor battery backup too.

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