Preview of the Nokia 6315i: Do you guys even care about Nokia’s CDMA products?

I saw this a few days ago and didn’t want to post it since GSM is pretty much the international standard. I know I covered a CDMA phone before, it was an extremely low tech one however for developing nations; that’s just because emerging markets fascinate me. Something about watching an economy blossom is beautiful. Anyway back on topic: Verizon (NYSE: VZ) CDMA phone, do we care?

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) USA managed to sneak this Verizon phone onto the web site when no one was looking.

The Nokia 6315i Phone

Nokia has a rather poor line of phones for the Verizon network. It’s
not really too hard to see why. The global market for GSM phones is
just gigantic compared to the mere 56 million Verizon customers in the
USA. So when Nokia actually releases a new Verizon it’s pretty Big News.

The Nokia 6315i phone is a low-to-mid tier CDMA flip/clamshell phone
with somewhat below average features. It’s not what you’d call a
standout phone in the Verizon market, especially compared with LG’s
Chocolate which seems to be the current phone fad. I should add that
looks-wise, the Chocolate is pretty slick – it’s got just the right
amount of thickness and size, and has that nice slider "spring" to it.
Very anti-Nokia-N80. Although features-wise it’s just not up to snuff
(the LG, not the N80).

Anyway, the 6315i has the obligatory 1.3 megapixel camera with
flash, dedicated camera buttons, and video recording at 15 fps. There’s
microSD support which is always welcome, as well as the typical:
bluetooth, loudspeaker (a feature actually missing from many Verizon
phones period).

The battery life on the 6315i is around average: the 950 mAh battery
is good for up to 3.8 hours of talk time, and up to 10 days of standby
time.

The Nokia site also claims that the 6315i has support for GPS, but I
couldn’t find any more information on it. We’ll have to see about this
one.

Source: The Nokia Cell Phone Blog