Microsoft releases yet another Nokia-budgettelefoon without Windows Phone

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Microsoft has the Nokia 130 was released, a simple 2g phone with a price of 25 dollars, converted 19 euro. This seems to be the software giant still bread to be seen in the market for cheap mobile phones, despite an earlier announcement that this market would be steps.

The Nokia 130 is positioned in between the Nokia 105 and the Nokia 220. The device features a 1.8″screen with a resolution of 160×128 pixels. Also, bluetooth is present, as well as a micro-sd card reader, a micro-usb input, and a minijack connector. The operation is via a traditional keypad and the device is only suitable for 2g networks; internet functionality is totally missing. It is a fm-radio.

According to Microsoft, provides the device with its 1020mAh battery has a standby time of 36 days, while up to 16 hours of video playback. When playing mp3 voice for the Nokia 130, a battery life of 46 hours specified. There would also be a dualsimversie of the device on the market. The Nokia 130 with a price of 25 dollars, or 19 euros, very cheap. The device runs on Series 30+, a variant of the old Series 30 platform.

The arrival of the Nokia 130 is striking, because Microsoft recently announced that the Nokia X line of smartphones would be deleted. Also feature phones in the Asha series, which is run on the basis of S40, should disappear from the Nokia portfolio. The software giant would want to fully concentrate on devices based on its own Windows Phone operating system. Despite Microsoft employee Jo Halow in an interview with Recode that the company is for the time being still sees opportunity in extremely cheap devices, in particular for emerging economies.

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