Introducing the Nokia 2600 Classic and 1209, for the budget minded
By Stefan Constantinescu on Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 at 2:00 AM PST In Nokia
Phones for countries with developing economies are of interest to me only because it is fun to see the progress of what $100 will get you in terms of specifications. Take the Nokia (NYSE: NOK) 2600 Classic for instance: dual band GSM with GPRS support, S40 operating system, VGA camera, Bluetooth, FM Radio, email, MP3 ringtones, 128 x 160 resolution screen with 65,000 colors and is coming out in Q1 for 65 Euros. Three years ago that was top of the line and it was called the Nokia 6600. Will the N95 be 65 Euros in 2011?
The other device (above) is the Nokia 1209. Running the dated S30 operating system it too is only dual band, has a 96×68 pixel screen, yet still manages to display 65,000 colors; end of the spec sheet, this is hyper low end. It is coming out in Q2 for 35 Euros.
[Via: Nokia PR]
That 2600 would sell like hot cakes in the US. I wonder what kind of dividends it gives.
would be interesting to see the BOM sheet, but i would wager at least 20%.
Hey change your name!
1209 has tourch so that’s good at least will it be next 1100 with +200 million sold? No idea.
S30
2600 Classic in a other hand looks really nice i actually like those colours(i’m sure many others dont) and cheap thin phone maybe a bit toyish, but still good.