Nokia C7 may hit T-Mobile as Astound on April 6th for $80

By on Mar 18, 2011 at 2:21 AM
mobile March 18, 2011

Nokia may flood T-Mobile shelves with four Symbian-powered smartphones this year, starting with the $79.99 Astound — known globally as the C7 — on April 6th. Nokia officially let the wraps off of the C7 back in September, and it rocks a 3.5-inch AMOLED touchscreen, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, an 8 megapixel camera with flash and 720p video recording, and an FM radio. If the Astound launches, it will be the first Symbian^3 powered device to be sold by a U.S. carrier. Sources speaking to TmoNews also suggested that Nokia may not launch a Windows Phone 7 device until next year. We’ll be at CTIA in Orlando next week, where T-Mobile is expected to announce the Nokia Astound, so stay tuned for more.

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  • http://dispersedthoughts.wordpress.com/ Nochecazador

    I admire T-Mobile for having the gusto to allow another mobile OS into the marketplace.

  • http://www.leawo.com/ Angeline Xiao

    Another phone based on Symbian? How much potential Does Nokia think it will yield?

    • Dara

      They have said that they expect to sell 150 million more Symbian^3 phones.

    • http://dispersedthoughts.wordpress.com/ Nochecazador

      Symbian has a lot stronger base outside of the U.S. then most realize. Think about it. How many Nokia phones are U.S. carriers carrying right now? At one time it was close to zero, yet Nokia is still in business. Asia is a big market for them and Symbian has been around for a long time there.

      Don’t think that Android and iOS rule the world like they do the U.S.

      • numetheus

        I think most of us know that. This though, is a release for the US market. Nokia Symbian has absolutely no hold here. I doubt this will sell well. Has fail written all over it.

      • http://dispersedthoughts.wordpress.com/ Nochecazador

        I beg to differ. Those that follow mobile tech know this more so than the average consumer.

        Not trying would be a greater failure than to have tried and failed. Trying takes care of the what if, and can help you to make your product better as you learn form errors.

      • numetheus

        I never said they shouldn’t try. That was your assumption. They should definitely try, although the odds are stacked very much against them. I stand by my comment … This has a much higher chance of failure than success. I still stand behind my comment … this has failure written all over it.

  • Darcey moss

    how can i buy this phone?

  • Anonymous

    They better announce allot more then this Nokia device. All the other crriers have announced and brought in killer android devices, T-Mobile better step it up and launch some High Powered Android phones or they will loose many customers to Verizon and I hate to even say it AT&T. I am a very happy T-Mobile customer who wants to stay with them but we need a high powered killer phone like the Pyramid or the new LG. Come on Magenta step it up and make us proud of being T-Mobile customers.

  • Anonymous

    I admire T-Mobile for having the gusto to allow another mobile OS into the marketplace.

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