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Nokia 106 feature phone goes on sale in India for Rs 1,415

| By Shandilya

The pace of the smartphone era is changing day by day with innovative technology, regardless of all this new tech, the featured phone withstands with all its pride in the developing countries like India. This is the phase where these phones are in a decline stage  yet they are covering most of the headlines today in India. The wonderful example of feature phone is Nokia which is the popular brand known for its feature-packed phones where still sustained in the mobile market.

Back in December, The company launched the Nokia 106 (2018) a follow up to the original Nokia 106 which was launched in 2013. Now the smartphone is up on sale in lead e-commerce sites with a slight change in price. The smartphone is also available in offline stores. It is available for Rs 1,415 via Flipkart and is priced at Rs 1,478 on Amazon India.

To be frank, most of the people are very much comfortable with the featured phones, In India, these phones are used as spare phones especially for long-talks, because of they’re comfy to hold and lightweight.

Talking about specifications, The Nokia 106(2018) sports a 1.8-inch QQVGA TFT display with a resolution of 160 x 120 pixels. Under the plastic hood, It houses a MediaTek MT6261D chipset aided by 4MB of RAM and 4MB of inbuilt storage. To make sure the phone ticks it is powered by an 800mAh battery, which is touted to deliver up to 21 days of standby time.

For connectivity, The phone offers a 3.5mm headphone jack as well as a micro-USB port. The handset also offers an FM radio and an LED flashlight. For gaming, it comes preloaded with games such as Nitro Racing, Danger Dash, and Tetris.

Meanwhile, the standard version Nokia 106, features a .8-inch QVGA display with 160 x 128 pixels resolution. It is backed by an 800mAh battery, which is said to offer up to 10 hours of talk and up to 840 hours of standby time. The device can also reportedly store up to 500 contacts. It also offers the regular apps such as FM radio, digital clock, calculator, flashlight, calendar, speaking clock, alarm clock, and reminder. The original Nokia 106 was priced at Rs 1,399 in India.

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