Microsoft-owned Nokia has announced details of what it claims to be the most affordable mobile phone with a video and music player ever to be released, at a price of just €19 (£15.15).
The 1.8-inch Nokia 130 promises up to 16 hours of video playback and 46 hours of MP3 playback, with movies and music loaded onto the device using a MicroSD card with a capacity of up to 32GB.
The Nokia 130 is the latest in a line of incredibly cheap entry-level feature phones that form part of a strategy that predates the Finnish manufacturer’s acquisition by Microsoft – getting the “next billion” potential Web users online.
This aim has been complemented by the Symbian-based Asha range and the short-lived Nokia X line, which used a forked version of Android in order to make Nokia devices more attractive to developing markets and encourage the spread of Microsoft services like Skype, Bing and OneDrive.
However the Nokia X project was canned last month, with Microsoft putting all of its eggs in one Windows Phone basket. Mid-range Nokia Lumia devices have enjoyed some success and have boosted Windows Phone’s market share in Europe, particularly in the UK, while a new flagship, the Nokia Lumia 930 has also just been released.
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