rajanmehta 4,056 Report post Posted March 9, 2011 (edited) Expected in India in April For Approx Rs 2,200 Listen up! The Nokia X1-00 is here Official Nokia Blog 8th March 2011 GLOBAL – It's orange and it's loud. Today Nokia launches a brand new mobile phone aimed at music lovers and the next billion, the Nokia X1-00. This device is intended to retail at less than €35 and offer the maximum boom-per-buck with special hardware features for users in growth markets. Read on to find out how it stands out from the pack, even without its distinctive colouring. This is a music lover's phone. You probably guessed that anyway from the massive speaker on the back, rated at 106phon (a phon is a measure of perceived loudness – 106 of them is enough to rattle your window frames, apparently). The frequency response has been tweaked somewhat, though, so that the sound remains undistorted at higher volumes, unlike most mobile phones. Why is this important in the markets the Nokia X1-00 is designed for? Two reasons in particular: first, because ambient noise levels can high in many places in the world, so you might need everything to be a bit louder to cut through. Second, because mobile music is much more likely to be a shared experience – you might be using this device as your main music player at home, for example. For this reason, the Nokia X1-00 comes with a 3.5mm audio jack, so you can plug it into speakers (or headphones, of course). Music-orientated hardware features are completed with three dedicated player keys and a nifty single-key playlist creator. There's also support for MicroSD memory cards for extra music storage up to 16GB. There's also an integrated FM radio for access to news and entertainment. Also making a welcome reappearance is the dedicated torch on the device. This is fairly rare in devices intended for Western cities, where there's always some ambient light, but pretty important if you live in a place where the power supply is unreliable or where there is no electricity at all. For similar reasons, the standby battery life is rated at a whopping 61 days max. Another unusual feature is provision for up to five phone books. Why would anyone want that? Because this is a phone that might be shared between an entire family or even neighbours. Less than €35 isn't very expensive for people in Western markets, but if you can divide that five ways, then it becomes accessible to people for whom that's nearly a month's salary. Otherwise, the specification sheet doesn't hold a lot of surprises: this is super-inexpensive and needs to be pretty simple. It uses the Series 30 operating system, so it's got the basics people need, with a souped-up music player app, calendar, clock and calculator, pre-loaded games and so forth, but no, it's not designed to be a smartphone competitor. It measures 112.2 x 47.3 x 16mm and weighs 91g. The Nokia X1-00 is scheduled to be available in selected markets beginning in April. Before taxes and operator subsidies, it should cost around €34. Any thoughts on the design decisions we've made to suit "next billion" users? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpHDE_7iIAs Edited March 9, 2011 by rajanmehta Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Genius 817 Report post Posted March 9, 2011 Looking great, good to have a music player like this that doubles as a phone. Sent from my GT-P1000 using Tapatalk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FEVIN-RAJ 61 Report post Posted March 9, 2011 So... nokia is back on race track Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Karthik R 246 Report post Posted March 9, 2011 This phone runs on symbian 30 series mobile operating system . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
parin 857 Report post Posted March 9, 2011 Hope it blows chinese craps Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raccoon 53 Report post Posted March 9, 2011 (edited) You probably guessed that anyway from the massive speaker on the back, rated at 106phon (a phon is a measure of perceived loudness – 106 of them is enough to rattle your window frames, apparently). Oh no!! Indians anyway have a very poor sense of even basic etiquette. For instance, people listening to music on the loudspeaker in public instead of using headphones! This is one of the most disgusting habits I encounter all the time. it is simply open contempt for everyone around them. Luckily, most phones seem to have poor and weak speakerphones. Some Chinese phones have changed that. And now if bigger brands come out with such phones, then silence loving blokes like me are doomed. Edited March 10, 2011 by raccoon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KanagaDeepan 1,084 Report post Posted March 9, 2011 (edited) Oh... Cool down, Raccoon bhai, our beloved AngryBird of RimWeb and your avatar also reminds the upcoming MightyEagle version of AngryBirds... (Take it lightly mera dhosth.. I am just trying to compliment you, seriously) This is just Nokia's way of competing those Chinese handsets which are dearly eating their market share in lower-end segment and WITHOUT earning BAD-NAME from their European operators (who stops them from releasing DualSIM mobiles like the MNP-Styled much-much delayed C2)... I have NO-Complaints on Nokia in the case of X1 NOW, because "NOKIA USUALLY GIVES PHONES WHAT THEY WANT THEIR CUSTOMERS TO USE and NOT what the customer wants".. But here for the first time Nokia brings the phone "what the lower-end phone users love" like say "Flash light, FM, MP3, LOOOOUD-SPEAKER, BIGGGGER BATTERY, MemoryCard", etc... Even I have been looking for one Ultra-low-end GSM handset for listening to MP3 songs with my Sennheiser headsets for my BSNL number (I stopped using HighEnd handset for BSNL after they increased/DOUBLED default data charges + my baby killed the mic of my E90 with her nectar/amrut/saliva ).. Am using EPIC for Videos only.. Just last week only, I have bought NokiaC1-02 and am very happy with it... It has all those features I want for a backup phone such as 01. Good 1020mAh battery, 02. Good network coverage, 03. OperaMini for occasional browsing, 04. 16GB card support, 05. MicroUSB port, 06. USB-Mass storage mode, 07. 3.5mm Audio jack, 08. decent looks, 09. cheap/VFM, 10. FM Radio with recording facility, 11. BT with A2DP, 12. Decent MP3 player sw, 13. NO CAMERA <<As a long time 9210i/9300 user, I dont care much about camera>> 14. Good LoudSpeaker volume, 15. Great buttons for SMSing, 16. ActiveStandby style home screen, 17. Flight Mode <<Must for long train travels>>, 18. Need to Press Exit TWICE in USSD (Thats actually a bug, but very much useful for me ) 19. Chat style Threaded SMS 20. Compatible games and apps (Java) from mobiles24.com for QQVGA (128x160) screen Though I miss the flashLight in it, the "LightTheWay" app in EPIC compensates it FULLY... I am thinking of writing reviews about the phones I bought in Feb (C1-02, Ch@t322 for my BIL, X5 for my wife) but with very very tight schedule I didn't get much time to do the same... Even X1 has almost all the above features (except the BT <<NOT SURE>>, microUSB, FM-Recorder) PLUS 01. ExtraLARGE 1320mAh battery (Even E7 has Non-replacable 1200mAh one), 02. FlashLight 03. Dedicated MusicKeys 04. VERY LOUD Speaker 05. Talking Clock (Fun and sometimes useful) 06. Better Audio Quality 07. Still much much cheaper There is a rumour that X1-00 has BT with A2DP also... If so, then I will surely buy one when it reaches my town... From the video, I guess NOKIA is very sure about this model to be as successful as 1100 was earlier ... ----------------------------------------------------- Hats off to Nokia for bringing the Jumbo battery to lower-end handsets for the first time... Earlier Nokia usually gives LOW capacity--FATTY BL-5CB (800mAh) to low-end phones like 1616, 1280, even though they are compatible with SAME_SIZE-MORE_CAPACITY BL-5C (1020mAh) battery... Because, I repeat "NOKIA GIVES CUSTOMERS WHAT NOKIA WANTS THEM TO USE AND NOT WHAT CUSTOMER WANTS"... Good to see, things are changing now .. Now I am waiting for Nokia to release a low-end phone with BP-4L battery (1500mAh capacity) with or without camera... Edited March 9, 2011 by KanagaDeepan 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
parin 857 Report post Posted March 10, 2011 Kangna ji Nokia fan ho gaye lagta hai Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raccoon 53 Report post Posted March 10, 2011 Oh... Cool down, Raccoon bhai, our beloved AngryBird of RimWeb and your avatar also reminds the upcoming MightyEagle version of AngryBirds... (Take it lightly mera dhosth.. I am just trying to compliment you, seriously) ............. Now you are making me feel like going out there and killing a few pigz... Checked out the specs. of C1-02. Strange... has BT and does not even have EDGE? Anyway, no one could have been happier than me to see Nokia come to its knees. And all it took is some upstart Chinese companies, at least in the low-end market. Hope the change of guard at Nokia and other changes will bring better handsets in the market. X1-00 does indeed look good in its category. But I'm gonna pray it becomes a flop show in India (u know why). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
digitalnirvana 646 Report post Posted March 10, 2011 ^ Better it is Nokia succeeding than low cost Chinese mobiles flooding the market and jeopardizing OEMs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Karthik R 246 Report post Posted March 11, 2011 Again this X1-00 lacks the basic bluetooth. How do nokia expect music lovers to share tracks? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
parin 857 Report post Posted March 11, 2011 Nokia a very good brand image for which it is still in market or else Touch Screen of N8 is not comparable with palm pixi And stupid Sybiam still exist with all high end phones from nokia. So better Nokia to explore low end market Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amit.shippie 135 Report post Posted March 11, 2011 Thanks kanga... I was just thinking of buying this C1-02 and now ur review making me to go for it.... actually i liked the cute design n key... can anyone suggest me one dual sim phone like this design... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rajanmehta 4,056 Report post Posted March 21, 2011 The next billion – where are we up to? Official Nokia Blog Bringing mobile devices and the Internet to the next billion users is one of the key pillars of Nokia's business strategy. Having access to mobile technology is firmly linked to wealth and job prospects, equality and even health. But how much of an opportunity is out there and what does it look like? The numbers are sometimes so large that they stop making sense. This is the first of a series of infographics that we'll be publishing to cast some light on the story. In short, 86 per cent of the world's population don't currently use their phone to access the Internet regularly. That's almost 6 billion users who don't use a web-able mobile device and a whopping 3.2 billion people who don't have a mobile device at all. It's those markets which Nokia will be addressing. Were you surprised by these figures, or is it pretty much as you thought? Which group do you think will see the most change in the next five years? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
