Nokia 5130 Xpress Music

Although stated as an entry level phone by Nokia, this music edition phone - Nokia 5130 XpressMusic comes with a bundle of features with a big value for money.

The bundle includes an MP3 player, microSD expandable memory (with 1GB in the standard sales package), a 2" 240 x 320 pixel display, 2 MegaPixel camera, Bluetooth, an FM radio and a standard 3.5mm audio socket. As for any other music phones, this phone also has dedicated media keys on the side plus quite visible stereo speakers. This slim beauty from Nokia easily fits into the pocket with no real big weight.
The Nokia 5130 XpressMusic is a quad-band GSM phone with GPRS and EDGE data. It is relatively lightweight at 88 grams, and the 5130's overall measurements are 108 x 47 x 15mm. Battery life is pretty good with a maximum of 6 hours talktime and 12 days standby time.
We feel that this phone is a certain market winner for the Nokia worldwide but the consumers has to wait for more than 2 months to get a hands on this phone. At a low cost of about 90euros, the bundle of features certainly look attractive and we say this a very good return on investment.

Nokia 2323 Classic and 2330 Classic

Again, Nokia will be tarhetting the low-end/mid-end mobile phone markets with these two twins: Nokia 2323 Classic and the Nokia 2330 Classic. And believe me, you will be surprised to see this jam packed phone's features which no one would have expected to be present in such a low cost phone which would possibly be priced at around 40 to 50euros. Lets take a closer look at each phone now:

Nokia 2323: This Classic variant features a 1.8 inch and 120 x 180 pixel display, an FM radio, MP3 ringtones, GPRS and EDGE data, a web browser and email client. And remember, the screen would not be comparable with other high end Nokias as we are talking about a low priced device here. This small baby comes supports either GSM 900 / 1800 or GSM 850 / 1900 network. Java is supported as well. A battery life of 4.8 hours talk / 22 days standby should be handy. The features this phone DOESN'T have are :camera, Bluetooth, and memory card.

Nokia 2330: Upgrading the Nokia 2323 Classic by paying about 10euros is what Nokia 2330 is all about. Wired headset is a add on that the box will contain and will be useful. This phone supports GPRS and contain a 0.3 MP VGA camera.

Nokia have introduced two new features with their latest range of phones called Mail on Ovi and Nokia Life Tools.
Looking at Mail on Ovi first of all, Nokia have realised that many people have email enabled handsets but no email account to go with it. So, Mail on Ovi is a free service that allows up to 1GB of email storage and an email address, with support built into the 2323 and 2330 handsets. So, as long as you have one of these phones and a GPRS connection, then you can have an email address.. even if the phone is your only access to the Internet. That's actually a pretty useful feature.

The other major feature that Nokia are offering with these phones is Nokia Life Tools. This is aimed at non-urban customers in developing nations, starting with India. Life Tools allows access to information on Agriculture, Education (including learning English) plus some entertainment features. Accessing the Internet on a phone is no big deal, but the clever thing about Life Tools is that it uses SMS as a transport mechanism rather than GPRS - this means that it should work even on the most basic cellular networks that don't support packet data.

As said earlier, both these phones does look impressive but also carry jam packed features. These two phones does play a really important role for Nokia in capturing the emerging markets epecially i countries like India.

Nokia 1661

"Cheap Cost - Expensive Looks" This is what the new Nokia 1661 all about. Carrying a price tag of as low as 25euros, this new device from Nokia is the cheaptest color handset from Nokia. Together with 1202/1203 and 1661, Nokia is surely looking aggressive on capturing the low end segment of the mobile phones.

As said above, it just looks attractive but carries no real stuff. The 1.8 inch and 128 x 160 pixel display is certainly good but not comparable to any color phones from nokia which certainly cost more. There's no web browser, Bluetooth, camera or multimedia player (and this is expected in a low cost phone). On the other hand, this new Nokia comes with an integrated FM radio and a flashlight, plus multiple phonebooks and a call cost tracker.
Again Nokia has proved that it can give long standing phones, with a talktime of 8 hours and a standby time of up to 26 days. It is a lightweight device which can slide into your pockets smoothly weighing just 82 grams and measuring 108 x 45 x 14mm.
On a whole this little device from Nokia is worth looking at if your need is of a basic but smart looking phone.