Nokia has introduced a pair of new smartphones named as Nokia E6 and Nokia X7, which the Finland company claims as the first Nokia smartphones to feature the new updated Symbian platform named as Symbian Anna. Nokia E6 is a compact, sleek business-focused smartphone with QWERTY keyboard, while Nokia X7 is a stylish entertainment-oriented handset that takes advantage of a large 4″ capacitive AMOLED touchscreen to address the photo, video, game and mobile internet needs with just a single multimedia device.
Key features of Nokia E6:
- 2.46-inch (640 x 480 pixels) touchscreen display covered by corning gorilla glass
- 8 megapixel full focus (EDOF) camera with dual LED flash and HD video capture at 25fps
- Full QWERTY keyboard for quicker text entry
- Bluetooth 3.0 and Wi-Fi b/g/n connectivity
- Pentaband 2G/3G network support ideal for world travellers
- Enhanced support for Mail for Exchange, Microsoft Communicator Mobile, SharePoint and Office documents
- True enterprise grade security with hardware-accelerated device encryption
- Pre-loaded with QuickOffice, World Traveler, JoikuSpot Premium and F-Secure Mobile Security
- Powerful Nokia BP-4L 1500mAH battery offers up to a month of standby time or up to 7 and half hour of talk time
- Support USB On-the-Go and AV-out for easy connecting to a TV or headset
- Dimensions: 115.5 x 59 x 10.5 mm ; Weigh: 133 grams
- Available in 3 variants of elegant color – black, silver and white
Intro video of Nokia E6
“We are further strengthening Nokia’s smartphone portfolio with these two new devices, both of which offer a more beautiful and intuitive user experience that will soon also be available for the Nokia N8, Nokia E7, Nokia C7 and Nokia C6-01,” commented Jo Harlow, head for Nokia’s Smart Devices business. “With these new products and more Symbian devices and user enhancements coming in the near future, we are confident we can keep existing Nokia smartphone customers engaged, as well as attract new first-time and competitor smartphone users.”
According to Nokia, the new Symbian Anna OS includes an array of usability enhancements, such as new icons, enhanced text input, faster Web browsing experience as well as newest version of Ovi Maps.
Main features of Nokia X7:
- Wide (16:9), brilliant 4.0-inch OLED ClearBlack touchscreen display
- 8-megapixel camera with dual LED flash
- 256MB of RAM plus 1GB of ROM memory
- Pre-loaded with the highly-popular Galaxy on Fire and Asphalt 5 HD games
- Live 24/7 Facebook and Twitter feeds
- Bluetooth 3.0 and Wi-Fi b/g/n connectivity
- Play game, music, video and etc with Flash Lite 4
- Refreshed Ovi Maps with free lifetime walk-and-drive navigation
- On-demand Web TV for instant access to CNN, BBC, National Geographic and so forth
- Comes bundled with a free 8GB microSD memory card
- Talk time: up to 9.5 hours ; Standby time: up to 450 hours
- Dimensions: 119.7 x 62.8 x 11.9 mm ; Weigh: 146 grams
- Offered in dark steel and light steel colors
Intro video of Nokia X7
Nokia E6 is slated to be available by Q2 2011 for about €340 and hit US market in Q3 2011, while Nokia X7 will be available in Q2 for 380 Euros and hit Three UK stores in the near future.