Nokia C2

Say what you see: it’s the Nokia C2-02, C2-03 and C2-06, a trio of affordable Nokia Symbian phones. The C2-03 holds two SIM cards, making it perfect for jet-setters and adulterers.

The C2-03 has a dual SIM slot, so you can put two different SIM cards in from different networks. You can save the settings of up to five SIMs, so it’s a doddle to swap them in and out.

That’s handy if you have a work SIM and a personal SIM, or you’re abroad and you have a cheap local card as well as your own regular one, or you’re sharing the phone with a friend whose battery dies. And of course, it’s very handy if you have one number for your wife and another number for reality TV stars.

The phones run Symbian Series 40 software. The C2-02 and C2-03 are slider phones but also have touchscreens, which can be poked at with a stylus. They cost around

€75 (£66). The C2-06 costs €80 (£70).

The dual-SIM thing is cool, but hasn’t ever caught on here in the UK — it’s more of an overseas market sort of feature. Combine that with the fact that the new phones were announced in Singapore rather than Europe, and we start to suspect we may not see these models here in Blighty when they launch in the third quarter of this year.

Even if we do, a trio of mid-range Symbian phones is really just a sideshow. The main event is yet to come, when Nokia unveils its first Windows Phone devices.

Today also saw the grand unveiling of the
Nokia N9, a smart phone shorn of buttons. The N9 runs MeeGo software, another operating system running on borrowed time — but let’s hope it’s better than the disappointing Nokia N8.

Let us know what you think of the new Nokia lineup in the comments or on our Facebook wall.

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Nokia C2

Say what you will about Nokia, but the Finnish manufacturer knows how to churn out cheap phones. The new Nokia C2-01 will be the company’s cheapest 3G handset, and the X2-01 is a budget device with a full Qwerty keypad. 

Apart from its 3G connectivity and annoying name, the C2-01 is a run-of-the-mill Symbian Series 40 device, with an alphanumeric keypad, 3.2-megapixel camera and 2-inch screen. It also offers an FM radio, Bluetooth connectivity and up to 16GB of storage via a memory card. It’ll be available in the first quarter of next year for around 70 euro (£60).

The X2-01 is aimed at social-networking fiends. A new ‘communities’ app will allow you to see your Facebook friends’ updates from the home screen, as well as post updates and photos. 

Nokia touts music capability as a central feature of its X-series phones, and the X2-01 accordingly offers a media player, FM radio and access to the Ovi Music service. It has a 2.4-inch QVGA screen and a VGA camera, and supports memory cards of up to 8GB.

Forget Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity, though — the X2-01 supports only GPRS and Edge. This means using the Internet will prove desperately slow for anything more than the most basic of tasks. The X2-01 will be available for around 80 euro (£70), before the year is out.

The C2-01 and X2-01 aren’t going to blow anyone’s mind, but they’re the kind of affordable, functional devices that Nokia rolls out in its sleep. Whether they’ll prove popular in light of the growing number of more capable budget Android smart phones remains to be seen. There is the sense that Nokia could have just rolled out some phones from a couple of years ago, and nobody would have been any the wiser.

As usual, let us know your thoughts on these handsets in the comments section below. 

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