Nokia Asha 311

The Asha 311 is meant at being an affordable smartphone but nonetheless present a rich smartphone experience.

The targeted price is around €92. Although Q3 sounds like a extensive way away it really begins in only a few more weeks so many customers already seem to be ready to wait for this handset. Specs and features include a 1GHz processor and scrape resistant 3-inch capacitive touchscreen QVGA display with polarization filters. It has a user memory of up to 256MB expandable with microSD card to 32GB.

The Nokia Asha 311 also has a 3.2-megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR and WiFi and it all runs on the S40 Asha operating system. It comes pre-loaded with Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Angry Birds and additional features include Nokia Email, Wallpaper, Nokia Maps, Nokia Store, World Clock and more. It weighs 95 grams and dimensions are 52mm x 106mm x 12.9mm.

Cunningly the Nokia browser utilizes Cloud technology meaning that data utilization can be reduced by up to 90% enabling both cheaper and faster Internet access. This also means that sites load up to three times quicker than with usual browsing, according to LetsGoMobile, very handy when bearing in mind that over 10,000 apps are now available.