Nokia News: This $25 Nokia Phone Lasts A Month On Standby, Now Available On Select Markets

The latest Nokia news brings us back to the past, when it was considered the top phone maker. 

A couple of days ago, the Microsoft-owned Nokia department introduced the Nokia 130 and its sibling Nokia 130 Dual. 

The goal of the Nokia 130 is simple. It does not plan to replace your primary mobile phone, which is almost certainly a smartphone. However, it provides an alternative for your secondary phone, the one you use strictly for calls and text messages. 

The Nokia 130 is consider dirt-cheap, costing only $25 or just €19. Thankfully, it is available in emerging markets where the demand for cheap mobile phones is just astounding. 

In the report by CNET, the device will be available this quarter in some countries such as China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and Vietnam. 

If you are still particular with the device's specs, the Nokia 130 packs a 1.8 colored screen, the traditional 9-button layout with some soft keys for navigation, and even a microSD card slot that can hold up to 32GB of images, music and videos. 

However, the phone's greatest selling point is probably its battery life, which promises up to 36 days of standby. For calls, GSM Arena reports that you can make 240 calls worth 13 hours. Those hours could be a life saver. 

Aside from the 1020mAh battery, the Nokia 130 also has a dual-SIM version which should be slightly more expensive. 

Nokia is trying so hard to sell its Windows Phone devices , while its feature phones are readily accepted in the market. If it were to choose in the first place, the Fins could have just stuck with feature phones and stayed away from the smartphone market. 

Still, there is hope that a Nokia brand will emerge from the ashes and embrace Android, though as per its agreement with Microsoft, it won't be able to do that for the next two years.