Microsoft has announced two new feature phones – the Nokia 230 and the Dual SIM variant which is predictably named Nokia 230 Dual SIM. The device has all the handwriting of Nokia and runs the nostalgic Series 30+ platform.
As is with all features phones by Nokia Microsoft, the Nokia 230 (and Nokia 230 Dual SIM) has physical keys and the LED flash on the main camera can be used as a torchlight. There is a front and rear facing 2-megapixels cameras, both with LED flash which should perform well in low light conditions.
The phone sports a 2.8-inch (240 x 320 pixels) QVGA LCD display with 16MB of RAM and up to 32GB via microSD card slot. It is made of polycarbonate body and sand-blasted aluminium back, weighs about 91.8 grams and measures 124.6 x 53.4 x 10.9mm in dimensions.
The Nokia 230 comes pre-loaded with apps like Opera Mini for browsing, MSN Weather, Bing Search and Social apps such as Facebook, Twitter and GroupMe by Skype. For media consumption purposes and listening to radio stations there are – MP3 player, video player and Stereo FM Radio.
Backed by a 1200mAh BL-4UL battery, it is expected to last up to 23 hours of talk time and theoretically up to 27 days of standby time or 22 days for the Dual SIM variant. Connectivity options onboard includes Bluetooth 3.0 with SLAM, micro USB and dual-band 900MHz/1800MHz GSM support.
The Nokia 230 and Nokia 230 Dual SIM has a suggested retail price of $55 (before local taxes and subsidies) and will be available around the world in Silver and Dark Silver colours. Sales will start in Asia, India and the Middle East by December 2015 while others will follow in 2016.
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Source: Microsoft
