Nokia Asha 501 up for pre-order for Rs 5,199

New Delhi: Unveiled last month, the low-cost Nokia Asha 501 is now up for pre-order on the Nokia India's online store for Rs 5,199. The website does not say when the phone will be available in India, but it states that the phone will come in five colours - Yellow, Black, Cyan, Red and White.

Nokia tweets, "The #Nokia #Asha501 will start to hit the first stores this week! http://nokia.ly/18atb9E pic.twitter.com/tEpfgmg37e."

The Asha 501 runs on a new software platform. The Asha 501 has a 3-inch QVGA TFT capacitive display and includes 128 MB of inbuilt flash memory and includes a 4GB memory card. Its memory is expandable up to 32GB.

The Asha 501 is the first Nokia device at such a low price point to use a micro-SIM. The phone features a 3.2-megapixel camera, WiFi, a lock screen with a glanceable clock and Nokia says the Asha 501 offers 48 days in standby and 17 hours of talk time.

The phone will be launched via 60 operators in 90 countries.

Detailed specifications: Nokia Asha 501

- System: GSM 900/1800 + WLAN; GSM 850/1900 + WLAN

- User interface: Nokia Asha Platform

- Dimensions: 99.2 x 58 x 12.1 mm (H x W x T)

- Weight: Single SIM: 98g / Dual SIM 98.2g

- Display: 3.0" QVGA TFT Capacitive Display

- Memory: 128 MB Flash, 4 GB MMC included expandable up to 32GB

- Connectivity: Micro USB connector and charging, 3.5 mm AV jack, 2 mm Charger connector

- Standby time: Up to 48 days (Dual SIM standby time: up to 26 days)

- Talk time: Up to 17 hours (all variants)