Nokia launches mobile phone with camera for $ 29 targeting emerging markets

Nokia announced on Monday (16) the launch of two mobile phones with camera with suggested retail prices of $ 29 (about R $ 66).
The models, Nokia and Nokia Dual SIM 108 108, have bar format and support for external memory of up to 32 Gbytes. The devices feature a VGA camera 0.3 Mpixel and battery, according to the company, lasts until 31 days in standby mode. "There is still a huge segment of the global population still does not have a camera phone," said in a statement to the press, the Executive vice President of Nokia Timo Toikkaken.
The devices, which will begin to be sold in the last quarter of 2013, were released after Microsoft announced earlier this month the purchase of Nokia's mobile phones Division for $ 7.2 billion.
Nokia, which had a 40 percent share of the cellular market in 2007, now has 15%, with a smaller presence in smartphones, 3%.