You know, we just can't win with Nokia. First they send me threatening letters all last month about removing pictures of the 'Codename: Charlie' 6630 (which we dutifully, if quietly, ignored), then they screw up my peaceful Monday morning by announcing 5 new phones. Rather than give them all my precious front page space, we'll take a look at all the new phone goodness after the jump.
First, the Lawyer's Friend, the Nokia 6630, a Series 60 phone that is designed to work on both 3G (WCDMA) and EDGE networks, as well as traditional 2G networks. Add in a 1.23-megapixel camera, all the usual Series 60 imaging software goodness, and if you count the bundled MMC card, ships with a healthy 74MB of memory. While feature-wise it might not be terribly different than some of Nokia's other Series 60 phones, the relatively small size and megapixel camera will be enough to persuade many to upgrade when it comes to market around Q4 of this year, for a price Nokia guesstimates will be around €500 before subsidies.
Read - Nokia 6630
Next, the Nokia 6260, a twist-top Series 60 flipphone, with Bluetooth and a VGA camera. The main feature they are pushing with the 6260 is its ability to be used although with the Nokia Wireless Keyboard, a flip-open Bluetooth keyboard (hooray!) that lets you, uhm, key things in. The main point is that Nokia has its own Bluetooth keyboard now, and it's about time. The 6260 is nice looking, too; it reminds me a little of those recent Vodafone FOMA models we saw launched in Japan.
Read - Nokia 6260
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Nokia calls the 6170 'Sophistication in stainless steel,' but I'll have to see one in person to judge that. At the moment, it looks not unlike an 80s Sony radio, so whatever. It's not heavy on features, either, but Nokia is making it clear that the VGA cameraphone will be available in the US as well as Europe, at a relatively bargain price of around €250 (~US$300). More than anything, it's just a good sign that Nokia is pushing out more flipphones than before, even if this particular model isn't that amazing (it's not even Series 60).
Read - Nokia 6170
The last two, the Nokia 2600 [left] and Nokia 2650 [right] are entry-level GSM phones, without much to speak about from a feature perspective (except color screens), but unfortunately only the 2600, the rather plain candy bar phone, will be seeing entry here in the States, while the nice-looking folding 2650 is going to be Europe only. That really bums me out, too — the 2650 is attractive enough to purchase just to have as a second phone.
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