FCC has blessed the recently announced Nokia C5 with the seal of approval. Don’t get too excited, though, it’s the European version of the device, which 3G sings along 900 and 2100MHz 3G bands. You know the math, right – AT&T works on 1900 and T-Mobile on 1700 MHz, so this move by Nokia — to push the not-for-the-USA device through FCC — is obsolete, to say the least.
As a reminder, the C5 is a low-cost smartphone with specs that include HSPA connectivity, GPS, 3.2-megapixel camera and Symbian S60. Its MSRP is just $185, hence we expect to see the Finnish company moving tons of these in due course.
And if you wonder, we’ve no idea when the U.S. version of the device will be released, if at all. If I were at AT&T or T-Mobile, I would love the idea of offering a low-cost smartphone, so at the end we may see one of these two going for the C5 in an effort to increase ARPUs.
Finally, we also don’t know when the Nokia C6, which was also approved by the Commission recently, will be officially announced. That model looks even more interesting, not least thanks to the WiFi connectivity support…
[Via: Engadget]