Nokia Asha 200 and 201 are latest cheap phones from the house of Nokia which are announced by Nokia for the emerging markets such as China,India, etc. The name “Asha” is derived from Hindi language and its meaning is “hope”. The purpose behind launching Nokia Asha series is to boost up Nokia Financial results which are going down or you can simply call these handsets as the hope for stabilization in the financial value of Nokia.  Nokia Phone are in demand in Asian markets so Finnish company  tries to saturate this market with the launch of 4 new features phones such as Nokia Asha 200, 201, 300 and 303 feature-phones at Nokia World Conference.

Nokia Asha 200 Dual SIM Phone:

Nokia Asha 200 is a dual-SIM supporting handset that brings a  special feature called Easy Swap for user’s comfort. This feature makes it feasible for the users to switch between SIM cards without rebooting the phone. Another feature which definitely increases its value is a full portrait QWERTY keyboard through which user can type messages and then share them with their friends on different social network. The good thing is that Asha 200 has integrated social networking, email and IM features,  RenRen, Orkut and Flickr support. For memory expansion purpose it will offer a microSD card slot so you are free to increase memory up to 32 GB memory cards while 52-hour playback time is provided by  a 1430 mAh Li-Ion battery.

Nokia Asha 200 Price and Release date:

Nokia Asha 200 dual SIM phone will hit the markets in November or December. The expected retail price of Asha 200 is 60 EUR ($85), excluding taxes and subsidies.

Nokia  Asha 201 Single SIM Phone:

It is another cheap handset of Nokia Asha series however it provides support to single SIM not that of Dual-SIM. You will get a QWERTY keyboard, Whatsapp messaging app, push email, integrated social networking, email and IM features,  RenRen, Orkut and Flickr support in this handset. What makes it different from Asha 200 is the improved music features such as high performing loudspeaker, enhanced stereo FM radio and ringtone tuning. That’s mean you are able to grab more fun into your life when you have this handset.Both Asha 200 and 201 are running on S40 OS  platform while get power from 1 GHz processor.

You are able to select a color of your choice for Asha 201 from a wide variety of colors like Graphite, Green, Blue, Aqua, Pearl White, Light Pink, Pink and Orange.

Nokia Asha 201 price and Release Date:

You will be able to purchase Asha 201 Single SIM Phone in early 2012 while it has same cost that you need to pay for Asha 200 i.e. 60 EUR ($85).