Microsoft releases a $37 feature phone

Stefan Mileschin · 26th September 2016, 06:11

Still making Nokias

Software king of the world, Microsoft appears to be still making Nokia phones, despite flogging the its feature phone business to a subsidiary of Foxconn.

This morning it showed off its latest Nokia 216 feature phone which it is planning to peddle in India for $37. The new Nokia 216 is one of the most basic phones that Microsoft manufactures. It includes a 2.4-inch QVGA display, with 0.3-megapixel cameras at the front and rear, running on the Series 30 OS with the Opera mini browser. It has some really cool technology called a headphone jack which means that it is not affected by wi-fi noise and is easier to control (we expect Apple to copy this feature any day now).

http://fudzilla.com/news/mobile/4165...-feature-phone

26th September 2016, 06:11	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,500	Microsoft releases a $37 feature phone Still making Nokias Software king of the world, Microsoft appears to be still making Nokia phones, despite flogging the its feature phone business to a subsidiary of Foxconn. This morning it showed off its latest Nokia 216 feature phone which it is planning to peddle in India for $37. The new Nokia 216 is one of the most basic phones that Microsoft manufactures. It includes a 2.4-inch QVGA display, with 0.3-megapixel cameras at the front and rear, running on the Series 30 OS with the Opera mini browser. It has some really cool technology called a headphone jack which means that it is not affected by wi-fi noise and is easier to control (we expect Apple to copy this feature any day now). http://fudzilla.com/news/mobile/4165...-feature-phone

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