Nokia's X6 follows the 5800's footsteps, while the X3 brings Ovi Store to Series 40
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Paul Miller posted Sep 2nd 2009 at 4:24AM
We'd be tempted to use the word "featurephone" on the X6(pictured) if it wasn't Nokia behind the handset, pumping therelatively chubby 0.55-inch thick form factor with 32GB of storage, a 5megapixel camera, a dual LED flash, TV-out, and a 3.2-inch touchscreen.The phone is also a
Comes with Music onlyhandset, so don't expect to get all boring and old with this phone inyour pocket -- or to pay for a voice plan that doesn't include theservice. Otherwise, the phone seems to be a slightly slimmed down
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic,sporting the same OS, A-GPS (with Ovi Maps), and we suppose a similarresistive touchscreen. Nokia was kind enough to include a free copy ofSpore along with the
Ovi Store, and plans to ship the handset in Q4 2009 for 459 Euros (about $652 US) before subsidy.
The X3 is a much tamer affair than the X6, offering a 2.2 non-touchscreen, a slide-out keypad, and
Series 40for an OS. There's a 3.2 megapixel camera, but you'll have to springfor a microSD card if you need significant onboard storage. What's newis that the X3 is the first Series 40 handset to include the Ovi Store,which should help it edge out the competition when it comes tofunctionality. The price isn't bad either, at 115 Euros (about $163 US)before subsidy. It'll be out in Q4 as well.
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