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.
With inputs from Reuters


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