For those who are disappointed, Nokia 603, the similar looking sibling of the Nokia 600 is still coming and is a great buy.
Nokia has not been in the spotlight a lot these days. There’s a reason and we all know that. Although Nokia is set to make some serious announcements at this Nokia World on October 26th and 27th, we’re still seeing several announcements targeted for the mid and low end market.
Today Nokia announced the Nokia 603, their all new Symbian Belle device. The phone, as you can see in the picture comes in two colors black and white with six covers to choose from. With a 3.5″ NHD display with 640X360 resolution, Symbian Belle on board, 1Ghz processor, 2Gb internal memory, WiFi, A-GPS, Bluetooth, NFC and HSDPA support, this phone is a steal at just €200 (Approx. Rs 13000 before tax). The phone has a 5MP camera that does 720p videos at 30fps as well.
Symbian Belle is Nokia’s latest Symbian release that makes Symbian future ready. Although Symbian had features that even others in the mainstream are still finding hard to implement, Symbian lacked a great looking UI and and hence lost its appeal. But now, Nokia has stepped things up. The new UI is eye catching and very hard to find on phones at this price range. Not to mention, we all know how optimized Symbian is and there is no match for that. At €200, this is undoubtedly one of the best purchases out there. We’re really loving everything about this phone, are you ??
Yesterday we reported about the teaser from Nokia about the Symbian Belle event. Today the event was held successfully at Hong Kong. Nokia finally made the Symbian Belle official(Announcement only) and also announced three new devices with Belle on board. I’ve got to say it, Symbian Belle is a huge improvement to the current state of Symbian. The OS may not be as advanced as the Android or iOS, but we should not forget the market these devices are targeted for.
The Nokia 600 is the loudest smartphone according to Nokia’s claims. Its rated at a window-rattling 106 phone. Honestly, I don’t what that means. But expert familiar with this topic might have understood it. The phone also has a FM transmitter which lets you stream it to your nearest radio. And finally you don’t have to plug in your earphones in case if you want to listen to radio on phone as these have internal antenna for the FM radio. The phone is NFC powered, meaning you can share files with a tap with other NFC phones, play music with a tap through the Nokia 360 speakers or even play the NFC enabled versions of Angry birds and Fruit Ninja that comes pre installed on the phone.
Talking about the specifications of the device, it comes with a 1Ghz processor and of course with Symbian Belle on board, a 3.2 inch nHD capacitive display with a resolution of 640X360 pixels. And it weighs just 100g. The phone is capable of 3G and supports HSUPA. You’ll also see other connectivity features like WiFi, A-GPS and Bluetooth. There is a 5MP camera with LED flash on the back that can take HD video. The phone has 2GB internal memory and 32GB MicroSD card support. The phone can give you 15hours of talk time on GSM and 550 hours of standby. And the best part ?? It all comes for just EUR 180.
Looking for a bit more expensive and feature rich phone ??? Here’s Nokia 700.
At just 96g, Nokia 700 is one of the lightest phones out there with 1GHz processor, 512MB RAM, all connectivity features as in Nokia 600 except for the FM transmitter. The battery life is rated at up to 7.3 hours talk-time or up to 465 hours on standby. There’s a 5-megapixel full focus camera with an LED flash for capturing pictures and video. It comes with 2GB of user memory plus a MicroSD card slot for up to 32GB of extra storage summing to a 40GB storage. What’s interesting about this device is that the 3.2 inch Clear Black AMOLED display, your photos and videos will more vivid and more sharp. And there’s been no compromise on NFC either. You can use all the features of NFC on this phone and more NFC capable apps are on the way. This phone also claimed to the greenest phone from Nokia till date. t’s free of pollutants like PVC, RFR and BFR. It’s also constructed using materials like bio-plastics, recycled plastics and recycled metals. It can be 100% recycled.
The phone is available in cool grey, coral red, peacock blue and purple varieties. The phone is expected to be price around EUR 270 without and tax or operator subsidies. And can be purchased in the third quarter of 2011.
The Nokia 701 has the brightest screen the world has ever seen according to Nokia. With it looks a lot similar to the Nokia C7, the Nokia 701 brings a new refreshed UI with Symbian Belle, better graphics performance and more. With all the connectivity features as seen in the Nokia 700, the Nokia 701 comes with a 3.5 inch IPS LCD display with ClearBlack technology. The display also features the much acclaimed Corning Gorilla Glass which makes the screen a lot resistant to scratches to a great extent. The Nokia 701 also has 1GHz processor and 512MB of RAM. The camera on the Nokia 701 is an 8MP camera full focus camera with dual LED flash and a front facing camera for video calls and all those self portraits. There’s also 8GB of internal memory with a support upto 32GB MicroSD cards. The phone can also provide you 17 hours of talk time over GSM, 8.8 hours on 3G and 550 hours of standby.
Behind the screen is a brand new graphics co-processor, with a faster clock and four times the graphics memory of previous Symbian smartphones. The Nokia 701 will be available in steel dark, silver light, amethyst violet, and white variations and is expected to come to market in the third quarter of 2011. The phone will cost around EUR 290 before taxes or any operator subsidies.
The existing Nokia N8, E7, C7, C6-01, X7, E6 and 500 users will get Symbian Belle for their device in the fourth quarter of 2011.
Nokia 700 also rumored to be known as the Nokia Zeta has been rolling on the internet yesterday. This is the latest leaked device from Nokia and comes with Symbian Belle on board, a 5 MP Camera, 3.2 Inch AMOLED screen and NFC. At just 80 grams, this has to be one of the feature packed phone from Nokia. As usual, you’ll also find 3G, WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity. Like any leaked phone, the only question we have is, when we’ll find this phone in the market !!
Oh and by the way, when phones like Meego powered N9 and the Nokia Windows Phones are on their way to market, does these phones excite you anymore ??
