Microsoft Has Built A Phone With A Battery That Lasts For A Month

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There's a new mobile phone with a battery life that lasts for a month: Microsoft's Nokia 215, CNET reports.

It costs just £19, and goes on sale in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia in the first few months of 2015.

The Nokia 215 is a feature phone targeted at first-time buyers, people on a serious budget, and consumers in the developing world who want an entry-level phone at the lowest cost possible. Obviously, it's also useful for anyone who travels a lot or lives somewhere where recharging and electricity supply are intermittent.

But its extremely long-lasting battery life will be of interest to everyone else simply because it proves that batteries can be made to last longer than a day. Or at least, that phones can be made that will nurse a battery for an extended period of time. One of the top complaints of iPhone users is lack of battery life.

The phone runs on Nokia Series 30+ software, a platform that functions for an entire month on just one charge.

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Of course, the phone's functions are limited. It's got room for dual SIM cards, so people can operate with two functioning numbers simultaneously. Using a single SIM, the battery will keep going on standby for 29 days; the second SIM option can last 21, with up to 20 hours of talk time, 50 hours of MP3 listening, and 45 hours of listening to the phone's built-in FM radio, CNET explains. 

It's also got the internet. Sort of. It's been designed with web connection - though not 3G - and includes basic apps such as Microsoft's Bing search, the Opera Mini browser, MSN Weather, Twitter, and Facebook. They won't run quickly - but they all come as standard in the £19 price tag. 

The Nokia 215 also boasts a VGA camera and a 32MB micro SD card, a torch, and comes in bright green, black and white.