Nokia Asha 210

Overview

Pocket Friendly Symbian Smartphone

Overview of Nokia Asha 210

Nokia has launched Asha 210 in 2 variants: one is single SIM and second is easy swap dual SIM. It features a full QWERTY keypad and a dedicated Whatsapp key for Asian and African users, and Facebook key for European users.

Nokia Asha 210 Design and Build Quality

Nokia Asha 210 has polycarbonate finish and is available in yellow, cyan, black, magenta and white colors. It's design is inspired from Lumia series from tip to toe. Phone is 4.39 inches tall, 0.46 inches thick and is 2.36 inches wide. It has a very light weight of 97.24 grams. It's beautiful color options and vivid color scheme in OS, makes it an intelligent choice for those who venturing out in the world of mobiles first time. It has a 2.4 inch QVGA display and has resolution of 320x240. Nokia Asha uses a standard 1200mAH battery that can support 12 hours of talk-time. Standby time is 46 days on single SIM version whereas on dual SIM it is expected to last 24 days.

User Interface and Comfort to Use Nokia Asha 210

Nokia Asha 210 uses series 40 Symbian OS with Asha UI. Phone has 64 MB flash storage and it can be extended up to 32 GB using Micro SD card.

Telephone and Phonebook

Nokia Asha 210 supports 2 phone books and 1000 contacts.

Messaging and Email

Nokia Asha 210 supports Email which supports with Email protocols SMTP, IMAP4, POP3, Instant messaging, Texting and Unified MMS/SMS.

Gallery and Video Player

Video player is there in the phone with video formats MP4, ASF, AVI, 3GP, H.264, Video Streaming.

Nokia Asha 210 Music Player and FM Radio

Nokia Asha 210 has MP3, WAV, AAC, Audio Recording (AMR), 3.5mm Audio Jack and Music Playback time is up to 40 hours. Phone has FM Radio with RDS and FM recording.

Nokia Asha 210 Camera and Image Quality

The rear shooter of the phone is 2 megapixels with photo resolution of 1600x1200, and there is no availability of front camera. Although the megapixel count is less but camera is clear. It has come up with self-portrait and there is option for sharing photos on social networking sites within the Camera app.

Nokia Asha Connectivity Option

The connectivity options for this phone include: USB, WLAN, GPRS, WAP, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi

Organizer and other Utility Tools

Nokia Asha 210 comes equipped with almost all standard organizer tools like Clock, Calculator, Converter, Dictionary, Alarm clock etc.

Web Browser and Applications

Nokia Asha 210 uses WAP 2.0/HTML. It has Photo sharing over Bluetooth, Facebook; send Email attachment, Nokia Xpress Browser, Browser proxy and many more.

Google Maps and GPS

Phone does not have Google Maps but GPS is there.

Value for Money

Nokia Asha 210 costs a meagre 72$ i.e. INR 3,850 approximately (may vary).

Verdict

Nokia Asha 210 is a phone which comes loaded with lots of modern applications. Device has good features including Whatsapp with dedicated button, Wi-Fi, Good Camera, QWERTY keypad etc. This is a pocket friendly phone with android phone features