New Nokias are HOT!

By TheGuru on May 31st, 2007

So Nokia finally announced the 8600 "Luna" today, but that’s not the whole story. They also announced the 6500 Classic and 6500 Slider. I normally don’t post info on S40 phones, cause, well, they’re not Symbian, but these phones are HOT, and represent several HUGE things for Nokia, so I think it’s important. You can get links to the good pages at the end of the post.

Two of them have 1GB of built-in memory. The third, the 6500 Classic, has support for MicroSD *up to 4GB*. That means SDHC! Finally!!

They also have a MicroUSB, which Stefan pictures here, and which unifies charging, data, and audio! (For some reason, though, the 8600 also has a 2.5mm headset jack. Dumb.)

And these phones are SEXY. The 6500 Classic is super-thin and sleek, and they’re all built with high-quality materials. All are Quad-band GSM, with the 6500s getting dual-band 3G (850/2100).

These are important because of the SDHC, MicroUSB (with charging) and the features that were previously reserved for high-end S60, such as TV-Out, are being brought to the mid-level range of S40, which tells me that we can start seeing that being standard in S60 devices soon.

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5 Responses to “New Nokias are HOT!”

Vaibhav Sharma on May 31st, 2007 at 5:40 pm

I don’t think keeping the 2.5 mm jack along with the micro usb is dumb! As of now if i wanna plug it into a music system i can’t use the micro usb to do that!
Ricky Cadden on May 31st, 2007 at 6:20 pm

@Vaibhav true but what music system has a 2.5mm jack, either? None that I know of.
Mike J on May 31st, 2007 at 6:32 pm

Now those are some nice phones…Hurry up Nokia and announce the N82 and N81 already!! Any new news on those phones Ricky? ^_^
Greg on Jun 1st, 2007 at 2:29 am

Hi,

The Luna don’t have a micro USB port (althought it looks like).
The 8600 has a new port which is used both for synch and charging the device.

Source: http://www.generation-phonehouse.fr/?2007/05/31/330-podcast-episode-20-saison-2-test-du-nokia-8600

I would also have prefered a micro USB port on this 8600
Paul on Jun 1st, 2007 at 11:10 pm

Hey,

The 6500 isnt the first device to support SDHC. The N95 does