The Best of Dual Sim – The Nokia Asha 200
The Asha 200 is essentially a bargain phone, cheap but is also efficient and dependable handset. The phone is a full QWERTY messenger and dual-SIM support for using two network operators simultaneously. Nokia designed the Asha 200 for the masses and therefore has eight colours to choose from.
The handset is a recent design from Nokia and features two phones in one – the Nokia X2-01 provides the S40 interface and QWERTY keyboard while the X1-01 presents the dual-SIM and colourful body.
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The Asha 200 focuses on basic, best value for money features such as the dual-SIM and QWERTY keyboard. Though cheap and evidently basic, the phone can still provide other features such as music, social networks and simple photography. If cheap price is your concern and need two network operating in one phone, then don’t go any further, the Asha 200 is your phone.
I remember a friend who has trouble getting a DiGi signal in his place of work and have to buy another phone for another network operator to solve the problem. Well, I explained to him about the features of the Asha 200 and he is now considering buying one.
Design:
The Nokia Asha 200 is a candy bar design with a dimension of 115.4 X 61.1 X 14 mm, 4.7 cc and weight about 105g. It main feature is dual-SIM support and full QWERTY keyboard.
Performance and Display:
The handset sports a 2.4-inch TFT, 256K colours screen with 320 X 240 pixels resolutions. It has an internal memory of 10MB, 64MB ROM and 32MB RAM. A microSD slot is available for extra storage up to 32GB.
Connectivity:
For internet connectivity, only 2G Network is available. Sadly 3G and Wi-Fi are not present in this handset.
Battery:
The Asha 200 uses a standard Li-Ion 1430 mAh (BL-5J) battery with as stand-by time up to 552 hours and talk-time up to 7 hours. With music play however, you could expect the battery life to decrease a bit to 52 hours.
Audio:
Basic audio with Vibration, Polyphonic(64) and MP3 ringtones. It has a loudspeaker and a 3.5mm jack.
camera:
Equipped with a basic 2MP 1600 X 1200 pixels camera. It is able to record video at 176 X 144@10fps.
price:
Very cheap at only RM265 – RM275 (US$ 87 – US$ 90).
Overall verdict according to GSMarena.com:
- Popularity: 19 %
- Design: 6.9 / 10
- Features: 6.8 / 10
- Performance: 6.8 / 10
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The Best of Dual Sim – The Nokia Asha 200
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