Nokia is sticking to it's habit of releasing phones in sets of three - but this time each handset is almost utterly distinct. (Picture: left-to-right - 6282, 6233, 6234)
Nokia 6233: WCDMA 2100 / GSM 900/1800/1900 candybar phone with a stainless steel frame and colour QVGA display. Supports Series 40 3rd Edition UI features, such as Active Standby. Also includes an integrated 2.0 MP camera, stereo speakers, and micro SD card slot. Small and light at 110 grams and 81-cc it will be available Q2 2006 for approximately €325. This phone was first seen in a slide at a Macromedia presentation, and is the obvious successor to the popular Nokia 6230i. (Press pictures, Product Page)
Nokia 6234: WCDMA 2100 / GSM 900/1800/1900 candybar phone with a colour QVGA display, 2.0 MP camera, stereo speakers, and micro SD card slot. Available Q1 2006, this is for Vodafone only. It seems to be a duplicate of the Nokia 6233, except that it has a different case (with keypad from the 3230, and some buttons from the N91). (Press pictures)
Nokia 6282: GSM 850/1900/1800/UMTS 1900 MHz Slider phone with QVGA 2.2" display, 1 MP camera and miniSD card slot. Available Q1 2006. Expected because of it's qualification for bluetooth, the 6282 disappointingly only has a 1 MP camera compared to it's cousin, the Nokia 6280. (Press pictures)
The most surprising thing about this announcement is that the Nokia 6233 and 6234 will be using the microSD memory card format. The Nokia 3250 also uses microSD, but the majority of new Nokia models use miniSD. We have no idea why Nokia has chosen to do this. Also note that while all these phones have 3G connectivity, they all lack foward facing cams - making video-conferencing difficult. Lucky it's not that popular a feature...
