Nokia Asha 308 and 309 First Released in Indonesia


No Lumia 510 in the "Global Launch" Nokia on Tuesday (09/25/2012) in Indonesia. In this event, Nokia announced a new range of mobile phones turns Asha series, the Asha 308 and Asha 309.Both products were announced and introduced the first time globally in Indonesia. Indonesia was chosen because it is considered a very important market for Nokia.Nokia itself classifies Asha 308 and Asha 309 in the low-end mobile phones. According to GFK and IDC, both devices are classified into the class at an affordable price.The difference between the Asha 308 and Asha 309 is located in the support of the SIM card."Asha 308 supports dual-SIM cards, while Asha 309 supports only one SIM card," said Jussi Nevanlinna, Nokia VP of Product Marketing.Another difference, Asha 308 is not equipped with wi-fi. While the Asha 309 is equipped with such features.Nokia puts the battery capacity of the Nokia Asha. "In the state of stand-by, Asha was able to survive for 42 days," said Nevanlinna.Other specifications of the Asha 308 and Asha 309 is not too different. Both use a 3-inch touchscreen with WQVGA resolution.As the kitchen spur, Asha 308 and Asha 309 uses a processor with a clock speed of 800MHz.In spite of the low-end, Nokia has included a device with a 2MP camera. The storage capacity of 20MB. In the sales package, will be included microSD card with a capacity of 2GB.Nokia Asha 308 and Asha membanderol 309 with prices under $ 1 million. Two feature phone will be available in Indonesia in the fourth quarter of 2012.At the same event, Nokia also introduced the latest version of the browser Xpress. Nokia claims the browser is able to deliver up to 90 percent data compression."The system will pull all of the data to our server. Later, the system will encrypt the data and 90 percent will be directly sent to the mobile phones of Asha," said Jussi Nevanlinna. "This feature can make internet browsing faster," he concluded.