Nokia Asha series


The Nokia Asha series was a range of low-end
feature phones produced and marketed by Nokia. The name "Asha" came from the Hindi word meaning "hope".
On 3 September 2013, Microsoft announced its purchase of Nokia's mobile device business, with the deal closing on 25 April 2014. The company previously announced an intent to use Asha as an "on-ramp" to the Windows Phone platform, but in a company memo released in July 2014, it was announced that as part of cutbacks, Microsoft would end the Asha and Android-based Nokia X range entirely, in favor of solely producing Lumia Windows Phones and Nokia-branded "feature phone" products.
On 11 January 2018, HMD Global acquired the Asha brand name.

List of devices

Below are the mobile phones in the Asha range. None of the Asha models have GPS functionality. All Asha phones included an FM radio.
The Asha 305 and Asha 311 models are known as the first generation of Asha Full Touch phones; the second generation is the Asha 50x line.
All devices up to the Asha 50x series run the Nokia domestic operating system with Series 40 UI platform, also known as S40. The Asha 501, Asha 500, Asha 502, Asha 503 and Asha 230 are powered by the Nokia Asha platform, which builds on S40 and Smarterphone.
ModelDate announcedSIM configInput methodData bearersWi-FiCameraHERE mapsPredecessor or similar earlier models Operating system
Asha 200DualQWERTYEDGE, GPRS2 MPNokia X1-01
Nokia X2-01		Series 40
Asha 201SingleQWERTYEDGE, GPRS2 MPNokia X1-01
Nokia X2-01		Series 40
Asha 202DualTouch and typeEDGE, GPRS2 MPSome marketsSeries 40
Asha 203SingleTouch and typeEDGE, GPRS2 MPSome marketsSeries 40
Asha 205Single and dualQWERTYDTM,
EDGE, GPRS		0.3 MPNokia Asha 200
Nokia Asha 201 		Series 40
Asha 210Single and dualQWERTYDTM,
EDGE, GPRS		2 MPSeries 40
Asha 230Single and dualCapacitive touchscreenEDGE, GPRS1.3 MPNokia Asha platform
Asha 300Touch and typeHSDPA Cat9
HSUPA Cat5 		5 MPNokia C3-01Series 40
Asha 302QWERTYHSDPA Cat10
HSUPA Cat6 		3.2 MPNokia C3-00Series 40
Asha 303QWERTY / Touch and typeHSDPA Cat10
HSUPA Cat6 		3.2 MPNokia X3-02Series 40
Asha 305DualResistive touch screenEDGE, GPRS2 MPSeries 40
Asha 306Resistive touch screenEDGE, GPRS2 MPSeries 40
Asha 308DualCapacitive touch screenEDGE, GPRS2 MPNokia Asha 305Series 40
Asha 309Capacitive touch screenEDGE, GPRS2 MPNokia Asha 306Series 40
Asha 310DualCapacitive touch screenEDGE, GPRS2 MPSeries 40
Asha 311Capacitive touch screen w/ Gorilla GlassHSDPA Cat10
HSUPA Cat6 		3.2 MPNokia 5250Series 40
Asha 500Single and dualCapacitive touch screenGPRS, EDGE2 MPNokia Asha platform
Asha 501Single and dualCapacitive multi-point touch displayEDGE, GPRS3.2 MPNokia Asha platform
Asha 502DualCapacitive touch screenGPRS, EDGE5 MP
+LED flash
Nokia Asha platform
Asha 503Single and dualCapacitive touch screen w/ Gorilla Glass 2HSDPA Cat7
HSUPA Cat6 		5 MP
+LED flash
Nokia Asha platform

;Feature phones without the Asha name powered by S40
The Nokia 206, 207, 208, and 301 were not part of the Asha series as they do not carry the "Asha" branding, despite mistakenly being marketed as such by some carriers and retailers.

Asha on Linux project

According to The Verge, Nokia had a project referred to as Asha on Linux and also as "MView"—a reference to Mountain View. The project used a fork of Android on a low-end handset to maximize margins. The project resulted in the Nokia X family of devices, unveiled at MWC 2014. It was one of two known Android projects at the company, the other was running the OS on high-end Lumia hardware.