While the Nokia 7370 and 7360 were nowhere to be seen at Nokia Trends Berlin, information has surfaced that Nokia was displaying the Nokia 3250. According to Franco74 on the mobile-review.com forum, The Nokia 3250 is a mid-range mp3-phone, with Symbian Series 60, symbian OS 9.0, mini-SD-slot, and a 2 MP camera. It does not have a hard disk drive, 3G connectivity, or WiFi, unlike the previously announced Nokia N91.
You can see the phone itself to the right; it is a candybar with twistable keypad - music-keys on one side, normal keypad on the other side.
Franco74 also said that the phone is expected to be announced next week and available in Q1 2006, for approximately 400 Euros. As we mentioned previously, next week (September 26-27 specifically) is when CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2005 will be held in San Francisco, and is a likely candidate for announcements of phone releases. My comments and pictures after the jump...
While the Nokia 7370 and 7360 were nowhere to be seen at Nokia Trends Berlin, information has surfaced that Nokia was displaying the Nokia 3250. According to Franco74 on the mobile-review.com forum, The Nokia 3250 is a mid-range mp3-phone, with Symbian Series 60, symbian OS 9.0, mini-SD-slot, and a 2 MP camera. It does not have a hard disk drive, 3G connectivity, or WiFi, unlike the previously announced Nokia N91.
You can see the phone itself to the right; it is a candybar with twistable keypad - music-keys on one side, normal keypad on the other side.
Franco74 also said that the phone is expected to be announced next week and available in Q1 2006, for approximately 400 Euros. As we mentioned previously, next week (September 26-27 specifically) is when CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2005 will be held in San Francisco, and is a likely candidate for announcements of phone releases.
The Nokia 3250 looks remarkably similar to the Nokia 3230, a Symbian S60 phone announced in november last year. There were several "issues" with that phone when it was released - it did not feature a processor upgrade over the older Nokia 7610/6670 and had mono sound.
It may turn out the same for this phone - instead of emulating the N91, it might have the same processor as the Nokia 6680. However, even if this is the case, there should be no problems: The Nokia 6680 is remarkably snappy, and for an "mp3 phone" to have mono sound would be quite ludicrous.
The only issue, then, is if it will have a 3.5mm headphone port. This is a very real issue for me - I might elect to purchase this instead of the N91, if only it has a 3.5mm headphone port and decent sound. (and that it does accept mini-SD) Froogle shows 1GB mini-SD cards going for around $80, and since 4GB is not going to be enough anyway... This is especially true because the N91 is supposed to have the same screen as the Nokia 6680, and the Nokia 3250 should have better battery life, as it does not have to support a hard disk.
I would also like to say that this twist-format is an excellent idea - first popularized in the seminal Nikon 900 digicam way back in 1998, it was a way to reduce the form factor of devices. Here, it does seem a little bit more of a novelty design rather than a technical necessity (because presumably the Nokia 3250 doesn't need the space for a zoom lens) but it is useful as it will allow users to decide which set of buttons will be best suited to the mobile's current function. Hopefully it's engineered well, and works such that a twist will activate the camera function.
Oooh. Anticipation.
