Nokia announced 4 mobile goodies – 5000, 2680, 7070, 1680
Nokia has released 4 new mobile phones geared towards the less tech and feature savvy mobile phone users. To be released specifically for the South African mobile consumers, all four Nokia mobile phones are dual band GSM and have US and European versions, run on series 40 software and most importantly, all four are priced in the range $50-70. Nokia said that the company is aiming to capture the growing demand of South African mobile market for highly functional and full featured mobile phones without the need to spend too much. And these four mobile phones may actually answer those needs. Hopefully, Nokia would make these mobile phones available in other countries as well. The Asian and Pacific mobile phone users would definitely like these four mobile phones.
The first of these budget phone models from Nokia is the 1680 Classic which Nokia is touting as the most affordable phone it has ever released so far. The Nokia 1680 pretty much has all the basic phone features that you could possible get from a low-cost mobile phone. Basic text and call features plus some customization. To put some added value into the phone, Nokia even threw in a VGA camera that can take photo snapshot and short videos. Unfortunately thought, the phone doesn’t have a memory card slot so users will have to mind the number of shots they have taken or else find themselves having no extra memory to run the mobile phone’s OS anymore. The phone also has a sharing feature and email support. Slate to be released sometime in the second quarter of 2008 in the South African mobile market, the Nokia 1680 Classic has an SRP of $79.
Perhaps answering the need for a not so traditional mobile phone model, Nokia is also coming out with a slider phone that belongs in the low-budget category – the Nokia 2680. A robust slider phone released as an entry level model, the Nokia 2680 is touted of easy to use features. The Nokia 2680 also aims to be an entertainment phone with the inclusion of an FM radio with recording capability and support for mp3 ringtones. Plus of course other basic mobile phone features that include an expanded phone book memory. The Nokia 2680 also packs of an integrated VGD digital camera. Slated for release in the third quarter of 2008, the 2680 has an SRP of around $142.
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