Nokia launches first phone with WhatsApp button

Nokia has a phone is presented with a WhatsApp button. The Asha 210 is the first phone with a button. The phone has no 3g connection that allows users to via WhatsApp on the go photos. Wi-fi is available.

The WhatsApp button is under the screen, to the left of the d-pad is in color: it is green, like the logo of WhatsApp. There is also WhatsApp integration in the address book of the phone. In addition, there is by default a WhatsApp client on the phone. Also has Nokia games and a YouTube client added. The phone has the buttons for navigation a physical keyboard.

The fastest internet connection on the phone is via wi-fi, but for on the go, there is only 2g available: photos and other major WhatsApp-messages received will therefore go on for longer than on smartphones with WhatsApp. The support for 3g or for 4g is missing. The screen is a lcd with a diagonal of 2.4″ and a resolution of 320×240 pixels. The battery has a capacity of 1200mAh.

Nokia Asha phones run on Nokia’s own operating system S40, in which web apps and Java apps can be installed. Therefore, refers Nokia arranged on the mobile phones as ‘smartphones’, even though the company has the sales of Asha phones not on that of the smartphoneplatformen Windows Phone and Symbian. The nokia Asha 210 should be in the third quarter will appear on the market in the Netherlands for a suggested retail price of 69 euros.