Nokia to release low cost slider

14 September 2009

Pick a colour, any colour - fashion on the cheap

As a stark contrast to the new N900 and N97 Mini, Nokia is due to release a new mobile phone that is due to be launched towards the budget sector and emerging markets.

To be known as the Nokia 2220, the new design is based on a sliding form factor. Probably its most noticeable feature is not so much its feature count - which is pretty short and largely unimpressive - but its startling colour range. They range from particular vivid blues, pinks, reds and greens that will turn heads, providing a fashion statement for very little money. Maybe beauty is, after all, skin deep.

The mobile is based upon Nokia's S40 Symbian user interface and arrives with a screen packing in 128 x 160 pixels, according to the Cellphone Beat website. Music fans will be happy to see the accompanying 3.5mm headphone socket while entertainment is added to via the inclusion of a FM radio. Internet fans will be able to utilize the Opera Mini browser and an included VGA camera is featured.

There are no price or distribution details as yet.

Click to read the Cellphone Beat story