Nokia Launches Cheap Handset in Africa
With the progress of Africa’s fast-growing low-end phones market, subsequently Nokia wants to take a lead this market, one of Nokia plans is low-cost handset.
Lately, low-cost handsets have been launched by Nokia for Africa’s market. They are Nokia 5000, 2680 Slide, 1680 Classic and nokia 7070 Prism. The new model of handsets equipped with entertainment and Internet access, voice recorder, FM radio and MP3 ringtones, according to Dorothy Ooko, the company’s communications manager for East, Central and Southern Africa.
While Africa’s first-time buyer market continues to grow, Ooko said the number of people seeking to replace their mobile phones with newer and advanced models is also increasing.
The new handsets will be shipped into the region at various times and with different prices.
The Green Multimedia-Centered Phones: Nokia 5000
The lately declared, candybar phone, Nokia 5000 has the equal form with the other multimedia-centered phones Nokia 5000-series. As with handsets same as the 5300, it is mostly white and black, with the exception of a color accent flanking the display on either side. In this case, they’ve colored green.
Fascinatingly, this phone does not contain the XpressMusic controls on their flanking green strips, opting instead for a more common keypad layout. There are no dedicated music controls to speak of on this phone. Key features include a 1.3 megapixel camera, QVGA display, FM radio, MP3 ringtones, Bluetooth, and GPRS.
The good news is that the Nokia 5000 will be very reasonably priced, selling for a mere 90 Euro ($140) when it hits retailers in Q2 2008.
Via: Mobilemag
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