Nokia launches Asha 308 and 309: All you need to know

Struggling cellphone maker Nokia unveiled two new touch-screen cellphone models to strengthen its offering for the mass market.Nokia said it expects the Nokia Asha 308 and the Nokia Asha 309 to retail for about $99, excluding taxes and subsidies, with deliveries to start in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Both smartphones have a 3-inch capacitive touchscreen. The devices run on Series 40 OS and have aWide QVGA resolution. Other features includ 64MB Internal memory and a MicroSD slot which is expandable to 32 GB. The devices also have 1,110mAh battery.

[caption id="attachment_467504" align="alignleft" width="380"] The Nokia Asha 308.[/caption]

In addition to these key features, the smartphones also sport a 2 megapixel camera with 1600 x 1200 pixels resolution. But there is no flash in either device.

The Nokia Asha 308, however is a dual SIM phone. Nokia also released a new version of the Nokia Xpress Browser, which can reportedly enable up to 90 percent more efficient mobile browsing and faster access to web applications compared to conventional browsers.

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With inputs from Reuters