Nokia has just revealed its
Nokia X3-02 handset, which does the unthinkable and marries a relatively standard 16-button keypad with a 2.4-inch QVGA touchscreen. Now, we might have our reservations about
Nokia's S40 OS being able to translate to a touch-friendly UI, but the beauty of this phone is that touch comes as essentially a free extra rather than the fundamental navigation paradigm. It's augmented with 3G, 802.11n WiFi, and Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity, and the whole thing is wrapped within a 9.6mm-thin brushed aluminum shell. All that, and the
X3-02 will only cost €125 (before sales taxes and subsidies, as usual) when it launches later this quarter. See it on video after the break. the
X3-02 is again an oddity. It has a lot of some things and not enough of others. In brief, it's greatest assets are its incredible thinness and lightweightedness; its brilliant array of connectivity including high speed 3G HSDPA and Wi-Fi, its music player and radio and its general funkiness and wide choice of colours. On the bad side, the camera has full focus instead of autofocus, and no flash either, no GPS and not a lot of memory.
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