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The ultimate battle : Samsung REX vs Nokia Asha

While the Finnish giant is struggling to resuscitate its smartphone business with their partnership with Microsoft on Windows Phone lineup, their featured phone business is quite strong all around the globe especially in the developing countries like India where there is still a decent demand for these devices.

Nokia might have lost its reign to the Samsung when considering the symbian smartphone business but it has been continuously innovating new features to keep this budget series alive and interesting. Samsung to take on Nokia’s Asha featured phones lineup launched its REX series earlier this year 2013 but does it even qualify to stand against the comparison? Here are some facts which give a clear answer to this question. Read more below.

After comparing both of these devices we jot some points which clearly proves that Nokia Asha overshadows Samsung REX overall.

  1. Upto 90% data compression on native browser
  2. 1 minute music downloads from a collection of over 77 lakh DRM free songs
  3. 40 premium EA games worth Rs. 2,700 Free
  4. Discover the world around you with Nokia Nearby App
  5. Maps
  6. Exciting internet packs on Nokia Asha devices
  7. One click to Facebook
  8. Thousands of apps to choose from Nokia Store
  9. Nokia Life
  10. Pre-loaded Whatsapp
  11. Wi-Fi on all devices

To make this a little more specific we did a point to point comparison of the specifications of high ends from both the series that is Nokia Asha 311 and Samsung Rex 90.

Nokia Asha 311 Samsung Rex 90
1GHZ processor 312 Mhz processor
40 Ea games worth Rs 2,700 Free No free games, few in store options
3G No 3G
77 lakh songs downloadable under 1 minute 2 lakh songs
1110 mAh battery 1000 mAh battery
Pre-loaded Whatsapp None
2GB micro SD card free None
Nokia Maps No Map support
Nokia Browser with upto 90% data compression Opera Mini compresses up to 90% versus native browser
Operator billing and CC payment options for paid apps Only CC payment
Social Client with 70% data compression None
Pre loaded Facebook and Twitter with push notifications No push notifications in Facebook and Twitter
Mutliple email account setup None
Data counter Not avaiable for Rex devices
Akshar App supports Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, malayalam, and Bengali text input No text input support for other languages

Conclusion:

Looking at the above facts we can undoubtedly say that Nokia Asha wins the battle. Anyone planning to get their first internet experience and confused between the brands we will recommend you to go for Nokia but after all the choice is yours.

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Hans Gogia

Hans is a tech enthusiast and an Android fanboy who has been blogging for the past three years. He is an engineer by profession and loves to play with gadgets in his free time. He is currently using a OnePlus One as his daily driver probably running a custom ROM and few mods.

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