Nokia Asha 501 goes official, brings new Asha platform

09 May, 2013
The new phone also debuts a new platform with multitasking and heavy social networking integration.

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  • jay
  • uvh
  • 09 May 2013

no 3g.......?

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    • mxtreme
    • Hkq
    • 09 May 2013

    galaxy Y killer !

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      • Black Xero
      • 38M
      • 09 May 2013

      Its a high-end ASHA...!! Good from nokia for this type of series. But i think Ashas should have a standard. E.g: flash, auto-focus, atleast 256-512 mb internal and same the ram. Atleast 512mhz processor. Then they would again be KING. Becoz mostly asha users are low budget and young. When nokia has strong base, then the rest is what Lumias can easily do.

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        • Anonymous
        • ASJ
        • 09 May 2013

        NOKIA get serious. This is not telephone. This is a ordinary toy.

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          • Anonymous
          • sta
          • 09 May 2013

          even this looks more beautiful thn SG4 :p hahaha

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            • cuong
            • ULS
            • 09 May 2013

            It's Java-based phone, not MeeGo!

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              • theguy
              • Iaa
              • 09 May 2013

              nokia has named it asha(hope) cause its their only hope in the market now ie. cheap phones...and why is the phone so thick(12.1mm) ??? and they should stop calling it a smartphone cause its not.

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                • Ashabasha
                • d$Y
                • 09 May 2013

                epstein, 09 May 2013here we go again. it is for emerging markets. this will nev... moreYes sorry No USA who? Nokia India new name, USA has Samsung bahahaha.

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                  • AshestoAshes
                  • d$Y
                  • 09 May 2013

                  Fins lost it, 3.0 tiny touch, frustrating all touch should be 4.0 and up. I cant stand another Asha phone please enough bollywood. Elop should take Nokia to India be easier, since he forgot about the rest of the world.

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                    • Kenovi
                    • PA}
                    • 09 May 2013

                    Whatsapp is avaialble according to the next web article: "It also has many of the common apps you’d expect of any smartphone – including Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Line, LinkedIn, WeChat and WhatsApp"

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                      • SD
                      • t}S
                      • 09 May 2013

                      AnonD-324, 09 May 2013By the way who is 'Asha'? Asha is an Indian girl's name.... moreAsha is not only a Indian girl's name.. Asha means hope..

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                        • AnonD-123718
                        • fj9
                        • 09 May 2013

                        this phone is awesome for the price i dont mind having it as a secondary phone

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                          • Raj26
                          • t}S
                          • 09 May 2013

                          Nokia release it soon......

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                            • jayu
                            • 2F6
                            • 09 May 2013

                            AnonD-324, 09 May 2013By the way who is 'Asha'? Asha is an Indian girl's name.... more'Asha' is a girl's name right?
                            But whats the meaning of it yiu should know first......
                            ASHA = Hope.......
                            comment sensibly man

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                              • MAK
                              • GxU
                              • 09 May 2013

                              MeeGo OS cancelled as per Wikipedia.???
                              October 2011 (canceled)
                              http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MeeGo

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                                • Anonymous
                                • M8r
                                • 09 May 2013

                                Finally a step in the right direction! Great! Nokia back online.

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                                  • jamal
                                  • n{m
                                  • 09 May 2013

                                  Lol, even a 1year old Asha 302 has VGA video recording.

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                                    • AnonD-324
                                    • KAY
                                    • 09 May 2013

                                    By the way who is 'Asha'?

                                    Asha is an Indian girl's name.

                                    I want to know which top notch employee of Nokia is in love with Asha and has forced Nokia to introduce Asha brand of Nokia feature phones.

                                    Whoz that GIRL?

                                    Cheers!!

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                                      • rKI
                                      • 09 May 2013

                                      Mike, 09 May 2013Remember the price, 99$ before taxes. You can't get everyth... moreI know. But as I said, cheaper Asha phones have higher resolution screen.

                                      And in place of free 4GB microSD card, they could have easily used HVGA screen, while keeping the cost about same.

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                                        • Wiser
                                        • XuU
                                        • 09 May 2013

                                        Nice phone for kids