Are we looking at new budget phones from Nokia? Yes! The big surprise from the major phone manufacturer is that these two phones are pretty impressive in their own right.
The Nokia 6700 Slide is (obviously) a slide phone that looks amazing and packs some pretty interesting features (interesting, not high-end). On the other hand, the Nokia 7230 is a low end yet fully functional 3G device that brings practicality in more ways than one.
It’s a slide phone, it’s stylish and it even has a 5 mega pixel camera. The 6700 makes a good choice for a quick pick this season if you need a new device to dabble with. Quite the impressive 3G phone too, it delivers plenty of usability thanks to the “social networking features of the device”. No further details have been disclosed about this, but expect to link up your Facebook or MySpace account to your phone for quick 3G access on status updates and more. As said, 3G is the keyword with this device, this means excellent connection speeds on a sleek little phone.
For more lightweight budgets, the answer lies with the 7230. Now, this is a stripped down 3G device, but it still has a 3 mega pixel camera, a 2.4 inch display and social network quick sharing apps for Flickr and Facebook.
Both devices are available in various colours -all of which are pretty striking and bright; as you would expect from the Finnish manufacturer.
The marketing idea for these devices is good, targeting a younger market with the external design, the networking capabilities and simplified content-sharing options. It does seem a little weak in terms of massaging capabilities using T9 instead of a keyboard. Still, the focus is on connectivity and access of online content, with these 3G enabled devices, Nokia certainly has that consideration fully covered.
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