--- description: The battery lasts for over a month. title: Microsoft Announces a New $20 Phone for Emerging Markets image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4593ba3f80ea76a6/698852daa988cabcce6b2d9e/gettyimages-4715235961.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Microsoft Just Unveiled a New Phone That’s Ridiculously Cheap by [Benjamin Snyder/Fortune](/author/benjamin-snyderfortune/) ## Benjamin Snyder/Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 3, 2015 5:24 PM CUT  The Microsoft logo. The Microsoft logo.Stephen Lam—Getty Images by [Benjamin Snyder/Fortune](/author/benjamin-snyderfortune/) ## Benjamin Snyder/Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 3, 2015 5:24 PM CUT Microsoft has just [unveiled](http://lumiaconversations.microsoft.com/2015/06/03/the-new-nokia-105-helps-give-people-a-voice/ "undefined") a new phone that costs $20. The Nokia 105 handset is aimed at emerging markets, and it’s designed to get more people connected through 2G technology, according to a statement on the company’s website: “Microsoft’s most affordable mobile phone empowers people around the world to have a voice by bringing new mobile opportunities to their fingertips,” the statement said. “The new Nokia 105 builds on the success of [its predecessor](http://www.microsoft.com/en/mobile/phone/105/ "undefined"), the award-winning Nokia 105, and adds several improvements to enable you to achieve more.” In addition to upgraded audio, the new Nokia 105 also allows users to store more contacts, and it has a battery that lets users keep power on their phone for over a month. It also comes equipped to play FM radio. The move comes as Microsoft announces a partnership with chipmaker Intel for low-cost Windows 10 phones. Historically, Windows phones have sold only 34.9 million globally, capturing just 2.7% of the market share, according to [PC World](http://www.pcworld.com/article/2891256/microsoft-intel-team-on-lowcost-windows-10-phones.html "undefined"). Those phones with Intel’s X3 chips come priced from $75 to $249. ### PHOTOS: The Rise of Mobile Phones from 1916 to Today  1916 A German field telephone station in the Aisne department of northern France during World War I. Paul Thompson—FPG/Getty Images  1970 French singer and actor Johnny Hallyday in a scene from the film 'Point de Chute' (aka 'Falling Point'). Keystone/Holton/Getty Images  1980 An early mobile phone during the Iranian Embassy siege at Princes Gate in South Kensington, London. Kypros/Getty Images  1983 Bob Maxwell, general manager of Englewood-based Mobile Telephone of Colorado, places a call on an FCC-approved radio frequency while driving to work. Lyn Alweis—Denver Post/Getty Images  1986 THE A-TEAM "The Say U.N.C.L.E. Affair" Episode 5\. (l-r) Eddie Velez as Frankie Santana, Robert Vaughn as General Hunt Stockwell, George Peppard as John 'Hannibal' Smith. Bill Dow—NBC/Getty Images  1992 Democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton talks on a cell phone while meeting with Boston Mayor Ray Flynn in a New York hotel on Sept. 25. Mark Lennihan—AP  1993 Whoopi Goldberg during ShoWest in Las Vegas. Jeff Kravitz—FilmMagic/Getty Images  1997 A farmer with his family sitting on a Bullock Cart and talking on a mobile Phone, in Delhi. India Today Group/Getty Images  2001 A woman watches smoke pour out of the World Trade Center Towers in New York on September 11. Nicholas Goldberg—Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images  2011 A rebel militiaman speaks on his mobile phone after capturing territory from government troops on March 25 in Ben Jawat, Libya. John Moore—Getty Images  2011 A youth films the aftermath of tear gas police fired at protestors in Muhammed Mahmoud Street near Tahrir Square on November 23 in Cairo. Peter Macdiarmid—Getty Images  2012 Audience members take pictures of President Barack Obama at Florida Atlantic University on April 10 in Boca Raton, Florida. Marc Serota—Getty Images  2014 A teenager takes a selfie in front of Queen Elizabeth II during a walk around St. Georges Market in Belfast. The Queen has apparently voiced her dismay that when she carries out engagements she is greeted by a sea of mobile phones. 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