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Introducing the Nokia 2600 Classic and 1209, for the budget minded

Categories: Nokia
By: , IntoMobile
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 at 2:00 AM

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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 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?

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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]

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Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

  • Topi

    That 2600 would sell like hot cakes in the US. I wonder what kind of dividends it gives.

  • Stefan Constantinescu

    would be interesting to see the BOM sheet, but i would wager at least 20%.

  • Topy

    Hey change your name! :smile:
    S30 :shock: 1209 has tourch so that’s good at least will it be next 1100 with +200 million sold? No idea.

    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.