Talk:Nokia Asha 501

Image of the phone
Please someone can feature an image of the Nokia Asha 501 in the infobox. Also, please feature the 6 different back covers of the phone which are color Blue, Red, Yellow, White, Green and Black. Here is the link for more information of Nokia Asha 501 Nofoolz (talk) 05:41, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

will it support pdf files & wiziq???

RAM/ROM
This article has it that the amount of ram is 512 Mb, while the Nokia developer website for the phone specifies only 64 Mb. The Nokia developer website does not specify the amount of ROM; this should be referenced separately from a reputable source. -Mardus (talk) 17:24, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

512Mb == 64MB !!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.69.14.25 (talk) 09:53, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

Add apps into the article list once deployed
AllthingsD reports that these apps have not been deployed: Once reviews from reputable sources confirm these apps to be with the phone, they can be included in the article. -Mardus (talk) 00:41, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Here maps, WhatsApp.

Removed advertising text
Removed all advertising text added by User:AmitWikiCool, kept only new information and reworded. -Mardus (talk) 02:47, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Featurephone/smartphone and other issues related to wording

 * Some changes I made:
 * June 24, 2013 release date must be sourced.
 * Asha is a software platform, not just a mobile operating system.
 * Removed the words "new" and "polished".

Whether Asha 501 is a featurephone or a smartphone is up for debate and may eventually require consensus as to what it is. Some feel that Asha 501 is a very advanced featurephone, whereas Nokia classifies it as a smartphone, and the Nokia Asha platform article uses the "borderline smartphone" definition. Nokia's own classification is also important, because this is how they differentiate various Asha flavours, such as "Touch and Type" and "Full Touch", and therefore it cannot be left out.
 * Featurephone vs smartphone:

I felt it better that the phone be described as "an advanced featurephone" than a "less advanced smartphone" or "low-end smartphone", with certain distaste for the term "low-end", because in the featurephone segment Asha 501 is not low-end by any definition. -Mardus (talk) 04:42, 18 August 2013 (UTC)


 * This has it that the OS on the model does not support multitasking, where as all current smartphones do &mdash; so now it should not be hard to term Asha 501 as an advanced featurephone.


 * I had thought a little about the iPhone and learned that it was called a smartphone from the outset when released six years ago, despite initially not allowing 3rd party apps (IIRC), and then not facilitating full multitasking. I've created a template table with a few points of hardware comparison between early iPhones, and current Ashas. -Mardus (talk) 10:59, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

Infobox: CPU clock rate
Do not add the CPU clock rate before Nokia confirms it in its product literature about Asha 501. -Mardus (talk) 03:07, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

CPU Manufacturer
Does anyone know who manufactures the CPU in this phone? Is is a budget SoC manufacturer like Mediatek?

--RaviC (talk) 17:40, 20 February 2014 (UTC)