Nokia, the world's largest cellphone maker, unveiled three new smartphones models on Tuesday in the international market.
Nokia is in the middle of a major management revamp, with the departures of its chief executive and chairman announced last week and its top internal candidate for the CEO post resigning on Monday.
The new models -- E7, C7 and a new version of the C6-01 -- all come with large touchscreens and use the latest Symbian software (Symbian^3). They were unveiled in London.
Nokia still controls around 40 percent of the global smartphone market volume, but has lost out to Apple and Research in Motion's Blackberry in the fatter-margin market for the most expensive cellphone models.
"The products are a clear improvement from the N97 but we know they are not where Nokia needs to be yet, and any other promise around 'we are working on it' would have not convinced anyone," said Gartner analyst Carolina Milanesi.
"A new CEO and the old guard stepping down might give investors more confidence that things are really changing."
Last week, Nokia announced it was hiring Stephen Elop, a Microsoft executive with Silicon Valley credentials, to replace embattled chief executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo and renew its drive to compete with Apple.
On Monday, Nokia's smartphone and services chief Anssi Vanjoki -- an outspoken and respected figure in the mobile phone industry who had been considered the most likely internal candidate to replace Kallasvuo -- announced his resignation.
Underlining the scale of the change, chairman Jorma Ollila, who led Nokia's transformation from a rubber boots-to-TVs conglomerate into a mobile phones giant in the 1990s, said last week he would step down shortly.
More About Products:
Nokia E7:
The E7 will have a large touchscreen and a full QWERTY keyboard and will probably run on Symbian^3. It also features a 640*360 display.
The last time Nokia labelled Nokia N97 as their flagship model, the company stocks began to dip drastically as the device failed to impress the market. Hope this time, Nokia gets it right with its flagship model.
The business features of the E7 include support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, Mail for Exchange, Microsoft Communicator Mobile and Microsoft Share Point Server.
With 18 days of standby time and up to 9 hours of talktime, the E7 is expected be available by the end of 2010 at a price of € 495 (Rs 29,500).
| Display | Type | AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 360 x 640 pixels, 4.0 inches |
| - QWERTY keyboard
- Multi-touch input method
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Scratch-resistant surface
- Touch sensitive controls |
| Features | OS | Symbian^3 OS |
| Messaging | SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM |
| Browser | WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds |
| Radio | Stereo FM radio with RDS |
| Games | Yes + downloadable |
| Colors | Dark Grey, Silver White, Green, Blue, Orange |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps 3.0 |
| Java | Yes, MIDP 2.1 |
| - TV-out (720p video) via HDMI and composite
- Dolby Digital Plus via HDMI
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA player
- MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player
- Voice command/dial
- Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Video/photo editor
- Flash Lite
- T9 |
| Battery |
| Standard battery, Li-Ion 1200 mAh (BL-4D) |
| Stand-by | Up to 432 h (2G) / Up to 480 h (3G) |
| Talk time | Up to 9 h (2G) / Up to 5 h (3G) |
Nokia C7:
This device has been leaked several times already, but it won’t be available in stores until the end of 2010 or early 2011 according to the infamous reviewer Eldar Murtazin. In short, he thinks the Nokia C7 is basically the Nokia N8 in a different body with a lower price.
Here are snippets from Eldar’s Nokia C7 Preview:
- Nokia C7 will sell better (than the Nokia N8) due to lower price and will prove that cameras in phones are not so important for average consumers.
- The quality of plastic in the white version is similar to Nokia C6 and Nokia N97.
- Featurewise this model is a copy of Nokia N8 apart from an 8 MP camera and the absent HDMI.
- It has the resolution of 640×360 pixels, 3.5-inches, covered with glass (like the N8) and allows up to 16 million colors. It is based on AMOLED
- The handset also has 256 MB of RAM.
- BL-5K battery has the capacity of 1200 mAh and offers up to 390 hours in the standby mode and from 5.5 to 12 hours of talk time (UMTS/GSM).
- He could not realistically review the camera, because it is a prototype.
- Nokia C7 will not attract new customers, but Nokia fans will choose it quite consciously. After all it is the best value for money on Symbian S^3
| Display | Type | AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 360 x 640 pixels, 3.5 inches |
| - Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate |
| Features | OS | Symbian^3 OS |
| Messaging | SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM |
| Browser | WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds |
| Radio | Stereo FM radio, FM transmiter |
| Games | Yes + downloadable |
| Colors | Charcoal black, Frosty metal, Mahogany brown |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps 3.0 |
| Java | Yes, MIDP 2.1 |
| - Web TV
- TV-out
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player
- MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player
- Quickoffice document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Adobe Reader
- Flash Lite
- Voice memo/dial/command
- T9 |
| Battery |
| Standard battery, Li-Ion 1200 mAh (BL-5K) |
| Stand-by | Up to 552 h (2G) / Up to 648 h (3G) |
| Talk time | Up to 9 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 5 h (3G) |
| Music play | Up to 54 h |
Nokia C6-01
Photos of an unannounced Nokia C6-01 are online at the official store! We already know that the Nokia C6-00 has a 5MP camera and LED flash, but the leaked photos reveal that the C6-01 has an 8MP camera with dual-LEDs flash.
The front of the Nokia C6-00 and C6-01 look very similar, but it has some differences from it's sides.
The nerds over at Mobile Geek Inc did a nifty investigative piece revealing more details about Nokia's mid-level C6-01 candybar. After making an awkward early appearance on Nokia's Dutch online storefront, more pics along with the user agent profile have been located thus confirming its lack of QWERTY, 8 megapixel camera, and Symbian^3 OS. A nice alternative to the 5 megapixel C6-00 slider shackled to S60 5th. Look for the new C6 to get official with a very nice price either at, or around, Nokia World 2010 which kicks off September 14th in London. One more front-side pic after the break.
| General | 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| 3G Network | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 /1700 |
| HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 /1700 |
| Announced | 2010, September |
| Status | Coming soon. Exp. release 2010, Q4 |
| Display | Type | AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 360 x 640 pixels, 3.2 inches |
| - Nokia ClearBlack display
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate |
| Features | OS | Symbian^3 OS |
| Messaging | SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM |
| Browser | WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds |
| Radio | Stereo FM radio with RDS |
| Games | Yes + downloadable |
| Colors | Silver Grey, Black |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support |
| Java | Yes, MIDP 2.1 |
| - SNS integration
- WebTV
- MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player
- MP4/H.264/WMV player
- Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Flash Lite
- Voice command/dial
- T9 |
| Battery |
| Standard battery, Li-Ion 1050 mAh |
| Stand-by | Up to 408 h (2G) / Up to 372 h (3G) |
| Talk time | Up to 11 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 4 h 30 min (3G) |
| Music play | Up to 50 h |
