Nokia launches 1 Series of mobile phones: Nokia 110 and Nokia 112

Seeking to regain its long-held and recently lost crown as the world's largest vendor of mobile phones, Nokia today launched its 1 Series of affordable handsets. But in a twist of some sort, instead of the usual low-cost mobile phones, the Finnish company came up with the Nokia 110 and Nokia 112.

Nokia 110 offers users an inexpensive yet fast means of connecting to the Internet, its vendor says.

Now, these phones may be inexpensive, but they offer young and urban consumers a fast and affordable means of connecting via social networks. They come with the Nokia Browser, an Internet browser Nokia claims reduces data consumption by up to 90 percent. This means the phones offer online access, while saving their users in terms of time and data costs.

The Nokia 110 and Nokia 112 offer their users direct access to Twitter, Facebook, and other social networks from the home page. Support for email and instant messaging means users can stay connected to their families and friends.

Nokia 112: Nokia's 1 Series highlights the company's efforts to regain its overall mobile phone market's leader.

Also, users can download EA games from the Nokia Store using an icon that comes pre-installed on the phones. A promo will let users download games for 60 days, starting from the first time they access the store using the offer. Game titles include Tetris, Bejeweled, Need for Speed: The Run, and Monopoly Here & Now. Games can be stored on the phone for life.

The dual-SIM phones also come with a VGA camera, an FM radio, and a media player capable of video and music playback. Support for MicroSD cards (up to 32GB capacity) means users can expand the phones' storage capacity. (Interesting, this feature is not found on several models and brands of pricier smartphones.)