MWC 2014: Nokia announces low-cost Asha 220 and Asha 230

New Delhi: Nokia has announced two new smart feature phones at the ongoing MWC 2014 in Barcelona. The new Nokia Asha 230 and Nokia 220, cost Rs 3,844 and Rs 2,480, respectively. The company will soon make available the dual-SIM versions of the Asha 230 and 220.The Asha 230 measures 99.5 x 58.6 x 13.2 mm and weighs 89.3 g. It comes with a 2.8 -inch touch display with 320 x 240 pixels resolution. The device offers 1.3MP camera, 64MB of RAM and supports microSD. Connectivity options include GSM, 2G, USB and Bluetooth 3.0. The new affordable smartphone comes with a new version of the Asha software platform v1.4. The new update brings features such as voice-guided “selfies” that lets you line up a shot. The device also comes with 7GB of OneDrive storage from Microsoft. The update also brings Nokia Mix Radio.The Nokia Asha 230 also supports Microsoft Bing search via the Nokia Xpress Browser. It comes with Xpress Browser, which the company claims makes mobile Internet experience more efficient by compressesing Internet data. Nokia has also preloaded Facebook, Twitter, LINE, WhatsApp, and WeChat - with push notification support - and online HERE Maps is available, while ten games can be downloaded free of charge from the Nokia Store.In addition, the phone also comes with Nokia 220, which comes with a 2.4-inch colour screen, Alphanumeric keypad, a 2-megapixel camera and up to 32GB microSD card support. Connectivity options include 2G, Bluetooth 3.0 and USB.The device comes preloaded with in-built MP3 player, video player and FM radio (headset required), six high-quality Gameloft games – Asphalt 6 Adrenaline, Assassin Creed, Block Breaker 3, Brain Challenge 3 and Modern Combat 2. It also comes pre-loaded with popular social-networking apps, such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, LINE and WeChat.