Nokia Launches New Asha Devices, Brings Lumia 900 to Canada and Europe

 By 
Stan Schroeder
 on 
Nokia Launches New Asha Devices, Brings Lumia 900 to Canada and Europe
Mashable Image
Credit:

The Ashas are Series 40 devices, meaning low-end smartphones and smartphone/featurephone mixes for the emerging markets, with the Asha 202 and 203 falling into the latter category. They are essentially the same phone, with the only difference being easy SIM-swap support in the Asha 203.

They have a numeric keypad and a 2.4-inch touch screen, and come with Nokia Life, a slew of apps and features focused on education, healthcare, agriculture and finance.

These two devices will come with a gift package of 40 popular Electronic Arts games. They will start at 60 euros and should hit the market in about 6 weeks.

Asha 302 is aimed for "hyper-social" customers, Nokia claims. Push e-mail, Twitter and Facebook are preloaded on the device. It has a 1 GHz CPU, which makes it "faster than many low-end Androids," as Nokia was happy to note. It is powered by a 1-GHz processor and supports 3.5G data speeds.

The device also supports Microsoft's Mail for Exchange, which makes it much more appealing to business users. It is available right now for about 95 euros.

Finally, the Lumia 900 will be hitting Canada with Rogers In April. In Europe it will be available for 480 euros, and is expected to start shipping in Q2. No US release date has been announced yet.

[nggallery id="4473"]

Complete Coverage of Mobile World Congress 2012

Mobile World Congress: Most Buzzed-About Phones, Tablets & Brands [INFOGRAPHIC]

HTC Launches New HTC One Line of Smartphones

Hands On With the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1

Up Close With the HTC One X and One S [VIDEO]

Nokia 808 PureView Has a Monster 41-Megapixel

Sony Announces Two New Xperia Smartphones

Amazing Water-Repellant Tech Keeps Your Gadgets Dry

Samsung Galaxy Beam Is Both a Smartphone and Projector

Adobe Brings Photoshop Touch to the iPad

The biggest stories of the day delivered to your inbox.
These newsletters may contain advertising, deals, or affiliate links. By clicking Subscribe, you confirm you are 16+ and agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Thanks for signing up. See you at your inbox!