So you’re looking for a Nokia smartphone that’s not too smart. Why not try the $183 C5, a candybar S60 phone with 2.2-inch display. It has Ovi Maps built-in and some messaging apps, but seriously, this is a meh-phone. Sorry, Nokia. Next?
via Eng
We are having a bit of trouble with our commenting system right now. It will be back ASAP.
by
John Biggs
on
March 2, 2010
Advertisement
Responses
Comments 
Leave Comment
Commenting Options
Enter your personal information to the left, or sign in with your Facebook account by clicking the button below.
Alternatively, you can create an avatar that will appear whenever you leave a comment on a Gravatar-enabled blog.
Trackback URL
Short URL
Advertisement
- Actively Discussed Posts
- iPhone hacker discovers a new Jailbreaking exploit; to fix it, Apple must ship new hardware
3 comments - iOS 4.1 now officially available to everyone
3 comments - Seth the AT&T Blogger Guy Shows Us All the Stuff They're Doing In New York
1 comment - Android Notifier App Makes Your Phone Growl
1 comment - Live Wallpapers from the R2-D2 Edition Droid 2 leak out in less than 12 parsecs
1 comment
Two words:
Emerging. Markets.
Funny how engadget calls this one as not a smartphone though… Anyway this looks like the Nokia X6 on steroids.
That’s because Engadget are wrong. The people who matter here are Gartner, IDC and Canalsys and they do consider it a smartphone.
If you read the comments on Thomas Ricker’s lamentable piece of trolling you’ll see just how wrong Engadget’s readership consider him to be.
As for looking like the X6, it’s not a touchscreen, doesn’t run S60v5 and looks nothing like it. So, uh… no.
How is this not a smartphone?
Hilarious.
and: cheap, but still with nokia quality in mind. With better-than-the-rest battery life and great phone (for voice-call) functionality.
Emerging markets indeed. At a hyper local level, every village in the developing world should have one of these. Oh, wait. I’m already working on that!
You just don’t get it, John, do you? It’s not a high end smartphone – that’s the provenance of the N Series – it’s a phone for the emerging markets.
You know, the ones who can’t afford $200 up front and a $70 a month contract?
It’s not for you, it’s for the two thirds of the world who want good, versatile phones at an affordable price.
Its just a bit more expensive than a dedicated gps unit, does an excellent job navigating, has great battery life, has (basic) social connectivity, and it can make calls as well. This will be a winner in het lower end.
i’ll take the nokia 5320 nuron instead (at a price-point of 179, i’ll be able to go to mcdonald’s for lunch after typing this because of the money i saved).