Budget Feature Phone for Messaging / Whatsapp

[varuog]

Hi friends,

Please help me suggest a good phone for my friend.
His requirement as stated to me are:

• Primary use for calls/messaging and whatsapp (yes, specifically the whatsapp app).
• Good battery life.
• Durable and good looks are an added bonus.
• The lower the price the better it is.

I can only think of Asha 210 at the moment as it has a good qwerty keypad + whatsapp functionality. But I am worried if whatsapp would work smoothly or will there be lags while using it ? Also, does whatsapp keeps running in the background and gives notifications or only when one accesses the application?

If any Asha 210 user in here, please give your feedback.
If there are any other options please suggest them too.

 

[RON28]

Nokia 206, it has got good 1.3 MP camera also.

 

[lywyre]

^ Nokia 206 Single SIM. Whatsapp doesn't support Dual SIM 206

 

[RON28]

got Nokia dual SIM 206 for dad, and already has whatsapp installed in it.

 

[lywyre]

Great. Bought a 206 2-3 months back for my friend's Dad, there was no support till the last time I checked - about a month ago.

 

[RON28]

check again, because even i was amazed when i saw whatsapp there.

 

[srkmish]

Even better than 206 is nokia 210. Lighter and sexier . Only con is 2g