Nokia partners Airtel, launches mobile phones for youths •Denies importing sub-standard phones into Nigeria

THE new Nokia Asha 210 and 501 provide a cloud compress of about 85 per cent smarter and affordable internet fit for the Nigerian market.

This was the submission made when Nokia, maker of the mobile phones partnered with Airtel, one of the Global Systems for Mobile communication(GSM) operators in Nigeria to launch the two products at the Airtel office on Tuesday in Lagos.

Describing the products as the latest stunning devices by Nokia, Operations, Accounts Manager, Airtel, Beatrice Olumhense said the Asha 210 and Asha 501 are what the youths really need in Nigeria.

Vice president, data and digital services, Airtel, Nitin Anand, said Nigeria is one of most important countries in the world in terms of technology, “there is no company that will not look at Nigeria whenever it wants to launch it’s devices.”

Olumhense said the Asha 501 has a bright and deep body with scratch-proof colours, it can swipe through and has a multi window browsing ability.

“The Nokia Asha 501 has an ecosystem that supports and brings new applications and old ones like the Facebook, Whatsapp, Games Apps and other important chat Apps for the youths. It has smarter internet and is affordable too” Olumhense explained.

According to her, the Nokia Asha 210 with about 64MB on-board memory space and 4GB memory card provides relevant social networks, has two smart buttons for social networks and camera, “it has top Apps that are ready to use. The phone is available in the market and youths will like it.”

Also, the managing director, Nokia Nigeria, Chris Brown has debunked allegations that the company was bringing substandard phones into Africa, especially Nigeria.

He said the company had no reason whatsoever to produce a type of quality of product for some continents and then go ahead to produce a lesser quality for other continents.

Responding to the accusations of having the company produce Nokia products that are more durable for continents such as Europe and America, Brown said “it will be illogical and a total waste of resources to have our manufacturers in China produce a particular quality for some countries and demand for the production of inferior quality which would be supplied to Africa.”