Nokia launches three - no compromise mass-market smartphones -powered by Symbian Belle

Nokia 700, Nokia 701 and Nokia 600 smartphones introduce latest Symbian softwareupdate while new NFC-enabled stereo Bluetooth headset takes advantage of NFCpairing and sharing functionality

Malaysia, August 24, 2011– Nokia today announced the launch of three feature-packed, mass marketsmartphones, bringing the latest smartphone functionality at attractive pricepoints and including market-leading innovation with Symbian Belle. The Nokia 700, Nokia 701and Nokia 600 extend the range of available designs, features and functionalityin the Nokia Symbian smartphone range. Symbian Belle powers all three,with single-tap NFC technology sharing and pairing, themost personal user interface so far and a more powerful mobile Web browsingexperience. As well as allowing content to be shared between devices, NFCcapabilities allow any of the three new smartphones to pair with NFC-enabledmobile accessories such as speakers or Bluetooth headphones and headsets. To extend the range of available NFC-enabled accessories, Nokia is alsoannouncing the launch of the Nokia Essence Bluetooth Stereo Headset, which canbe paired with any NFC-enabled smartphone simply by tapping the two devicestogether.

Whileall three smartphones contain recognizable Nokia features, they each representa very distinct set of priorities to allow users to choose what matters most ina smartphone. The most compact touch screen monoblock smartphone in the world (Nokia 700); a sleek and stylishsmartphone with the world’s brightest mobile display for indoor oroutdoor use (Nokia 701), and Nokia’s loudestentertainment smartphone (Nokia 600) all bring firsts to theNokia product portfolio.

“Afterbringing exciting new features to the Symbian user experience only two monthsago with Symbian Anna, we are now driving the platform even further with ourmost competitive Symbian user experience ever,” said Ilari Nurmi, VicePresident at Nokia. “Symbian Belle and the three new handsets we arelaunching today show our commitment to continue delivering Symbian productsthat allow people to choose what is most important to them in terms of userexperience, design, functionality and price. These will not be lastproducts or updates we will deliver on Symbian.”

“Withthe announcement today Nokia has made it clear that Symbian will continue toplay an important role in its product portfolio along side Windows Phone7” said Nick McQuire IDC. “There is a sense of urgency in theway improvements and innovation are being delivered to the platformthat demonstrates how committed Nokia is to make Symbian products a competitivesmartphone choice.”
Nokia 700: Nokia’ssmallest smartphone

Atonly 50 cubic centimetres, weighing 96gm and at 110 x 50.7 x 9.7 mm, the Nokia 700 not only becomesNokia’s most compact smartphone in the Symbian range, it is the mostcompact touch monoblock smartphone in the world. What it lacks in size it makesup for in functionality, with single-tap NFC sharing and pairing capabilities,a 1Ghz processor, 3.2 inch AMOLED screen ClearBlack display, 2GB ofinternal memory (with the option of using a 32GB microSD card for a total of34GB), HD video capture and 5MP full focus camera with LED flash. The Nokia 700is also Nokia’s most eco-friendly smartphone. With a long battery life,extensive use of eco-friendly materials and features to minimize batteryconsumption, it is the perfect smartphone for any environmentally-conscioussmartphone user.
Nokia 701: Nokia’sbrightest smartphone
TheNokia 701 is a sleek, slim smartphoneincorporating the world’s brightest ever mobile phone display, based on a3.5 inch ClearBlack display that makes it perfect for indoor and outdooruse. It also has active noise cancellation for the clearest sound qualityand, like the other new smartphones, provides single-tap NFC pairing andsharing capabilities, allowing content to be shared and sound to be streamedwirelessly to headphones and NFC-enabled speakers.

Basedon the popular Nokia C7 design, the Nokia 701 smartphone also has a 1GHzprocessor, 8MP full focus camera with dual LED flash and 2 X digital zoom, 2ndfront-facing camera and HD video capture. It comes with 8GB internal memory andthe possibility to increase to 40GB by installing a 32GB microSD card.
Nokia600: Nokia’s loudest smartphone

The Nokia 600 smartphone delivers a big sound and a big personality in a small package and is Nokia’s loudest at 106 Phons.With built-in FM radio antenna for listening to radio without headphones and FM transmitter that makes it possible to broadcast music from your phone to any FM radio, the Nokia 600 is a music-lover’s dream. With 60 hours of music playback time, an incredibly powerful external loudspeaker and the ability to also stream music wirelessly to NFC-enabled accessories, it is the perfect smartphone to get the party started.

Available at a lower price point than the Nokia 700 and Nokia 701, the Nokia 600 still comes with a 1 GHz processor; 5MP full focus camera with LED flash and HD video capture, and 2GB of internal memory with ability to increase to 34GBusing a 32GB microSD card.

Symbian Belle

Symbian Belle is the latest in a series of planned software updates to the Symbian platform, which started with Symbian Anna and will continue into 2012. Symbian Belle increases the number of home screens from three to six providing more room to display applications and services. Live widgets, now come in five different sizes, making the home screens come alive and giving users more flexibility to personalize the user experience. It also includes a pull down menu and taskbar to access notifications from any of the home screens and further enhancements to the Web browsing experience. All in all, Symbian Belle provides Nokia’s most competitive, seamless and intuitive Symbian experience so far.

One of Symbian Belle’s most exciting features is the single-tap NFC sharing and pairing capability. This allows contacts, videos and images to be shared with other NFC-enabled devices and smartphones, as well as pairing with NFC-enabled mobile accessories such as speakers and headsets. Gaming fans also benefit from the NFC capabilities of the new handsets with the ability to unlock additional levels in Angry Birds or find a hidden blade in Fruit Ninja just by touching two NFC-enabled devices together. On the Nokia 701 smartphone, which comes preloaded with Asphalt5, two friends can even pair to compete on the same race track.

Nokia Essence BluetoothStereo Headset

The new Nokia Essence Bluetooth Stereo Headset uses special active noise cancellation technology to eliminate an unprecedented 99.8% of background noise –delivering pure, high-fidelity sound no matter how noisy the surroundings for people who don’t want to sacrifice audio quality when going wireless. Using NFC technology, the Bluetooth headset can be paired with any NFC-enabled smartphone simply by tapping the two devices together.