New $99 smartphone will have '48 days of standby battery life,' says Nokia Nokia is getting ready to launch a new smartphone that allows for 17 hours of talk time, 56 hours of music playback and 48 days of standby time on 2G networks, the Finland based phone manufacturer says. Nokia says it's aiming to make "high-end design and quality accessible to more people" with the launch of its new Asha 501, 1200 mAh battery and accompanying software platform, ABC News reports. The Asha 501 will come in red, blue, black, yellow, white and green while its hardware is set to include a 3″ multi-touch screen, Wifi and Bluetooth connectivity, as well as 3.2 Mega Pixel camera and a MicroSD memory option, which is expandable up to 32 GB. The low-income smartphone: Nokia says it's aiming to make 'high-end design and quality accessible to more people' with the launch of its new Asha 501, 1200 mAh battery and accompanying software platform The Asha 501 will not support 3G or 4G data speeds, though the phone will comes equipped with the new Nokia Xpress Browser, according to Nokia. Xpress Browser compresses Internet data by "up to 90 per cent," the phone manufacturer says, which would make mobile browsing more accessible in emerging markets and offer all users cheaper data options. The company's new Asha mobile operating system has already attracted app developers from some of the most popular content creators for Apple's iOS and Google's Android, according to ABC News. Those apps include Facebook, Foursquare, LinkedIn, CNN, ESPN, The Weather Channel and Twitter. Multiple colors: The Asha 501 will come in red, blue, black, yellow, white and green Nokia is working with wireless carrier Airtel and Facebook to provide free data access through the Asha Facebook app and all mobile Facebook web pages to Asha 501 users connected to Airtel neworks in Africa and India. "The collaboration with Nokia is in line with our strategy of enabling people to access data in Africa as we seek to bridge the digital divide across the continent," Andre Beyers, Airtel Africa's chief marketing officer, said in statement about the partnership. The provision of free Facebook access is an excellent proposition to the millions of Airtel consumers. The Asha 501 will be available in Asia Pacific, India, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Europe starting June 2013 for an unsubsidized cost of $99, a Nokia spokesperson told ABC News. There was no mention of a U.S. release. Hardware: The Asha 501's hardware is set to include a 3¿ multi-touch screen, Wifi and Bluetooth connectivity, as well as 3.2 Mega Pixel camera and a MicroSD memory option, which is expandable up to 32 GB