Nokia blasts out four affordable handsets for emerging markets

by Darren Murph, posted Apr 2nd 2008 at 9:33AM

Hot on the heels of the 1606 and 3606 comes a foursome for emerging markets announced today not at CTIA, but at the Growing Together 2008 conference held in Johannesburg, South Africa. Getting us started is the €90 ($142) 5000 (ships in Q2), which checks in with a QVGA display, FM tuner, MP3 ringtone support, Bluetooth, GPRS connectivity and a 1.3-megapixel camera -- the firm's first at the aforesaid price point. Next up is the Q3-bound 2680 slide (pictured), which boasts a camera, FM radio and a manageable €75 ($119) price tag. Moving on, there's the 7070 Prism, which rocks those same geometric patterns we've grown to love (or hate) on the 7500, a voice recorder and a €50 ($79) sticker. Lastly, the 1680 classic (ships in Q2) arrives as the company's most "affordable cameraphone to date" at just €50 ($79). Go on, check out the whole gang in the gallery below!

Gallery: Nokia blasts out four affordable handsets for emerging markets

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Tags: 1680, 1680 classic, 1680Classic, 2680, 2680 slide, 2680Slide, 5000, 7070, 7070 prism, 7070Prism, affordable, africa, emerging markets, EmergingMarkets, nokia, south africa, SouthAfrica

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Matt @ Apr 2nd 2008 11:51AM

Hurray... I guess that includes T-Mobile US....(emerging market, low grade phones).

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2fast4u @ Apr 2nd 2008 12:45PM

I adore Nokia's relentless attention to simplicity and design. When you buy even a low-end phone from them you know you are still getting a good-looking, simple, rugged, well put-together phone. I think that is why Nokia is so successful because of their simple designs. If they just released a slew of phones like this in America with just 100M marketing campaign they could totally take over America's handset market like the rest of the world.