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The Nokia X2 is the latest in a range of affordable mobile phones being brought out by Nokia in the last few weeks. It is a sleek candy bar shaped phone that has with a 2.2” graphics display which should be ample for this type of phone. The X2 comes in either Black/Red or Silver/Blue colour combinations. This is a lightweight mobile phone, weighing in at only 81 grams and measuring 111 x 47 x 13mm.

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This phone primarily sells itself on being a music phone. As such it comes with an FM radio, a 3.5 mm audio jack, and two powerful speakers that deliver high quality sound. To easily access your music this phone has convenient one touch keys. You also get free songs at the Nokia Music Store which you can keep forever.
The Nokia X2 comes with a nice 5 megapixel camera which has a LED flash, a 4x digital zoom, and video at 20 frames per second. You can upload your photos using email and Ovi Share. One really useful extra is that you can use the flash as a torch.

This music phone has an internal memory of 48 MB which can be expanded to 16GB of storage using a microSD. The phone also comes with high-speed USB 2.0 and stereo Bluetooth connectivity. It also supports local and remote SyncML to enable smooth, efficient synchronization of remote data and personal information across devices.

The Nokia X2 uses Series 40 software which helps run a myriad of applications such as Flickr, two converters, a world clock, and share on Ovi, to mention but a few. The phone uses a lithium ion battery which is expected to last an impressive 13.5 hours of talk time and 26 hours on standby time .

Availability and pricing

The phone should be available sometime in quarter 2 of 2010 and will probably be priced around £80.

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Background Information – Look n’ Feel

The Nokia N8, which is part of the N series, is like nothing you’ve ever seen before. It has fantastic components on it, and outstanding technology. It comes in 5 different colours, dark grey, blue, silver, lime green and vibrant orange, so there is definitely something to suit everyone.  The shape of this phone differs from the conventional ‘slab’ these types of Nokia phones generally appear in, making it a little more interesting.

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This touch screen measures in at 3.5 inches, and has an accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate and weighs in at 135g.

This Nokia is the first of its kind to have an astonishing 12 Mega Pixel camera to appear on a mobile phone. This camera also has impressive Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, Xenon flash, geo-tagging, face and smile detection and video. As if that wasn’t enough, it also has a secondary camera allowing for the function of video calling.

The Nokia N8 also has the standard features of an alarm clock, organiser, calendar, games and FM radio. The memory isn’t bad at 16GB, which can be expanded up to 32GB with a microSD card.

With a Li-Po battery, this phone has a stand by life of 720 hours, and a talk time life of 5 hours and 20 minutes.

Software

Another Nokia first is the new Symbian operating system which is the most sophisticated software to date. The new Operating System has kinetic scrolling with multi touch support, pinch-to-zoom, 3D and 2D graphics acceleration and multiple home screens. All these features have been highly customised to suit Nokia.

These features are leaps and bounds ahead of what Nokia have produced previously. However, whether the performance will match the impressive specifications will only be seen over time.

This model also caters for all the social networkers, with different applications to use. It also has internet expertise, with WAP, WLAN, GPRS, Bluetooth and EGDE technology.  It also possesses the option for push email, instant messaging, Nokia Maps, and a digital compass.

Availability and pricing

The launch date has been delayed to July 2010. The price has not yet been specified, although it’s rumoured that Nokia are proposing this new N8 at a mere €370 before tax. This makes it a complete bargain compared to the HTC Desire phone, with its new and improved features.

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Background Information – Look n’ Feel

The Nokia E72 business phone appears to be the successor of the Nokia E71, hence it looks very similar. It comes in carbon black, subtle purple, copper brown, and a metallic grey. For quite a relatively heavy phone, at 128g, the Nokia E72 is very slim and feels easy in the hand. The smart phone measures in at 11.4cm tall by 5.8cm wide by 1cm deep, with a screen of 2.36 inches.

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The Nokia E72 is yet another QWERTY keyboard, Blackberry style phone. For some, the QWERTY keyboard makes using the internet and accessing emails quicker and easier than the alphanumeric keypads seen in older models. The person using the phone can view documents in a number of formats, including PDF files, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel.

The phone has a 5 megapixel camera, with auto focus, LED flash, and video recording capabilities. There is also a secondary VGA camera to use for video calls at the front of the phone.

This mobile has a very good connectivity selection, including HSDPA, HSUPA, WCDMA, GPRS, EGSM, and WLAN.

A small criticism of this smartphone is the poor internal memory of 4GB, which can be expandable up to 16GB. On the other hand, there is a FM radio feature on this model, which isn’t typical of other business phones, so it’s quite unusual, but can be very convenient when you’re on the go.

This phone has a Li-Po (Lithium polymer) type battery, that gives you 576 hours stand by time, and 6 hours talk time, which is nothing out of the ordinary and quite a standard battery life.

Availability and pricing

This has been available in the UK since October 2009. It retails in Europe for €370 EUROS, which is approximately £320.

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This week Nokia announced the release of three new mobile phones of which the Nokia C3 is the entry level phone. By copying the BlackBerry style the phone gives the impression that its more expensive than it’s worth. In black, the phone looks quite business like, but for those wanting to a more chic look there’s “hot pink” and “golden white”. The phone is a manageable size at 115.5 x 58.1 x 13.6 mm and weighing 114 grams.

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The phone comes with a 2.4 inch graphical monitor with a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels.  It is also Nokia’s first full QWERTY keyboard giving it the appearance of a smartphone. The C3 also comes with a pretty basic 2 MP built-in camera with video but this is perfectly adequate given the price tag.

The Nokia C3 does not have 3G but it has quad-band GSM and supports Bluetooth 2.1, GPRS, WAP and Edge. The phone also has WLAN (wireless local area network) which means you can use your phone like a laptop by accessing the internet wirelessly at home or via hotspots.

Software

The C3 uses Series 40 which is both a software platform and application UI (user interface) used for Nokia’s mid range mobile phones. The software helps run Ovi Mail, Ovi Chat and social networking apps such as Facebook and Twitter. Incidentally, this is Nokia’s first phone that can access the social networks from the homescreen.

Availability and pricing

The Nokia C3 will be available in the second quarter of 2010 and will cost about €90.

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Background Information – Look n’ Feel

The Nokia C6 slider phone appears to be a direct replacement for the Nokia N97. Although their appearance is similar, the C6 has a plastic shell unlike N97, which has a more metal feel. It will be available in black and white in the UK. Due to the QWERTY keyboard and the sliding mechanism, this phone weighs in at a hefty 150g but the phone is still a good size, measuring in at 113.0 x 53.0 x 16.8 mm.

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The display is a 3.20 inch, 360 x 640 pixel, touch screen that can be customized for the user to access their favourite features quickly. As well as an accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate the screen also has a proximity sensor for auto turn-off.

Like many smartphones today the Nokia C6 targets the young market using social network application. The phone includes built in support for Facebook and Ovi with instant messaging apps and webmail access.
The Nokia C6 also possesses a built in 5 megapixel camera (2592 x 1944 pixels) which has autofocus, LED flash, geo-tagging, face and smile detection, video, and a secondary videocall camera (a front facing camera used for video conferencing).

Charging is done through a small USB connection on the side of the phone, which has proved to be troublesome in other models. We hope Nokia have looked at these faults and attempted to rectify them for the C6.

This smart phone also has Bluetooth connectivity, WAP, WLAN, EDGE technology, Wi-Fi and GPRS. This enables a quick and effective use of the internet, made even easier with the keyboard. This is perfect for surfing the web.

One of the upgrade features of the Nokia C6 is the way the keyboard slides out flat whereas the N97’s used to slide out at an angle. The benefits of this change in design are probably subjective depending on the user.
Most upgrades usually involve something being added or made more effective. One change that had us perplexed is the N97’s 32GB of memory compared to the C6’s 16GB. This might suggest that the C6 is in fact not an upgrade of the N97 but an improvement on the Nokia 5230.

Availability and pricing

Nokia have not yet announced a release date. Although, there has been speculation of the expected release date to be in late Q2 or Q3 of 2010.

The Nokia C6 has been priced at approximately 220 Euros, which is about £195, although, this hasn’t yet been confirmed.

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Background Information & Look n’ Feel

The Nokia C5 is instantly recognizable as a Nokia. The phone is a candybar design with sleek lines and an elegant look and feel to it.

The phone has a standard screen and keypad, it has nice low profile buttons on the user interface and it has a stainless steel finish. The Nokia C5 dimensions are 112 x 46 x 12mm and it weighs only 89 grams. The phone will be available in a white and warm grey colour scheme.

Whilst most other manufacturers are churning out touchscreen mobile phones one has to question Nokia’s logic in bringing out a pretty basic block phone. While some may criticise Nokia, others might argue this is a smart move as Nokia are providing people with a good looking practical alternative to the touchscreen.

With so many Nokias to choose from, view our top offers on a range of Nokia mobile phones.

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The Nokia C5 is a basic mobile phone with no bells and whistles such as touch screen technology. The phone’s operating system uses Symbian S60 3rd Edition. Like many phones today it has YouTube, Flickr, Facebook, MySpace and instant messaging. The C5 also has Ovi Maps 3.0 with free navigation, GPS with A-GPS and push email.

In terms of networking the phone has a HSDPA speed of 10.2 Mbps, it has Edge, Bluetooth, WAP and USB 2.0. Although a basic phone this device has a relatively good built-in 3.2 megapixel camera which has 2048×1536 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, video (VGA@15fps), and a secondary video call camera.

The Nokia C5 is powered by a Li-Ion 860 mAh battery which will last just under 5 hours talk time on 3G, 12 hours on GSM and up to 28 days stand-by time. This should be sufficient for most business users.

Availability & Pricing

As this is a low end of the market phone it is likely to cost about £120 and should arrive in Q2 of 2010.

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