3 "Beautiful to Use" phones from Nokia

The 3 number there grabbed you attention, ain't it? I deliberately use it instead of "three" word, because nowadays we've become too acustomed to 3G iPhone...

But the following mobile phones are not from Apple, they're a new handsets from Nokia. Which peculiarly intrigues me, since Nokia is using old handset's numbering from old times such as the previously famous 6600. Let's have them, shall we:

Nokia 6600 Fold
The flagship of the trio, the Fold naming simple refer to its clamshell design. And it seems Nokia is putting this as the flagship because it has a one-click electromagnetic opening mechanism with dampened hinge for smooth motion, while behind the smooth & glossy front there's a hidden external display with 128x160 pixels to visualize the clock. Here's the rundown specs:

• Quad GSM band, up to UMTS only
• Symbian 40
• 2.13-inch screen of 16M colors with 240x320 pixels display
• 18MB internal memory
• microSD memory card slot (up to 4MB)
• Bluetooth 2.0
• micro USB 2.0 jack
• 2M pixel camera at back
• secondary VGA camera
• Weight at 110gr

You can have it for around 275 Euro at Q3 2008, and you may choose between two colors: Mysterious Black or Sophisticated Purple (what a name!).

Nokia 6600 Slide
With changing the Fold name into Slide, you definetely know this one is a slider mobile phone type. And not much of difference from its sibling up there, but without the cool fold-opening mechanism & external clock display. Here's the specs for this one:

• Quad GSM band, up to UMTS only
• Symbian 40
• 2.2-inch screen of 16M colors with 240x320 pixels display
• 18MB internal memory
• microSD memory card slot (up to 4MB)
• Bluetooth 2.0
• micro USB 2.0 jack
• 3.2M pixel camera at back
• secondary VGA camera
• FM radio
• Weight at 110gr

The only thing this slider can boast about from its fold sibling, is its 3.2MP camera is able to record VGA video clips at 15fps (3GP format file). Only slightly priced lower at 250 Euro, looks like you'll have to be satisfied with one single color only when it's out together with N6600 Fold.

Nokia 3600 Slide
Another slider mobile phone type, so it would mean the trio doesn't have a candy bar type in the line-up. Probably the N3600 Slide is aiming for female users, its body has some high-glossy surfaces with gradated colors, metallic elements & soft ceramic paint. Although inside it you can find almost the same as its two older brothers:

• Quad GSM band, but only up to EDGE!
• Symbian 40
• 2-inch screen of 16M colors with 240x320 pixels display
• 30MB internal memory
• microSD memory card slot (up to 4MB)
• Bluetooth 2.0
• micro USB 2.0 jack
• 3.2M pixel camera at back
• secondary VGA camera
• FM radio with RDS
• Weight at 97.3gr

Again, Nokia puts the selling point of this handset at its capability to record VGA MPEG4 videos at 15fps & a two step camera key. To add some spices, Nokia also throw-in the Background Noise Cancellation feature (that doesn't prove to be that good, yet), along with a 2.5mm standard audio jack. With around 175 Euro, you can bring N3600 Slide in Charcoal or Wine color.

Read on for more details of this news at GSMArena here.

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