New Nokia 500 is a race to the bottom [video]

By on Aug 1, 2011 at 8:21 AM
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While the Daytona 500 kicks off a race to the top each year in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the Nokia 500 is a race to the bottom. Nokia on Monday announced a new Symbian-powered smartphone that will aggressively attack emerging markets and smartphone users on a budget. The €150 ($217) Nokia 500 costs about what most popular smartphones do after subsidies, and it features specs we’re not used to seeing on entry-level devices. Highlights include a 1GHz processor, a 3.2-inch 640 x 360-pixel touchscreen display, a 5-megapixel camera, 2GB of storage and HSPA data. It also weighs just 93 grams, making it the lightest Symbian smartphone to date. As attractive as this handset could be in the low-end market, it begs the question: how long will it be until Nokia can attack young demographics and emerging markets this aggressively with entry-level smartphones powered by Microsoft’s Windows Phone OS? Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has said on numerous occasions that Nokia will be able to push affordable Windows Phones out to market very quickly, but €150 before subsidies is not an easy price point to hit. Nokia did not specify a launch date for the Nokia 500, saying only that it will be available before the end of the year. A pair of videos showcasing the new Nokia 500 follow below.

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  • http://twitter.com/mistercarter7 Mike Gonzalez

    1ghz processor and in the video scrolling is as chopy as ever… LMAO

    • Anonymous

      I just paid $ 22.87 for an iPad2-64GB and my girlfriend loves her Panasonic Lumix GF 1 Camera that we got for $ 38.76 there arriving tomorrow by UPS. I will never pay such expensive retail prices in stores again. Especially when I also sold a 40 inch LED TV to my boss for $ 675 which only cost me $ 62.81 to buy. Here is the website we use to get it all from, http://to.ly/aRzu

  • Anonymous

    The video clearly shows what a $200 “smartphone” will get you. Just buy an Android device, the lag only becomes apparent after you use an iPhone. As long as you never use an iPhone, you will never notice the lag.

    • Jack Makokov

      Just post something like “Android sucks” and “Apple iz da bestest evar.” Either way you’ve got some lovely flameworthy material there.

      • http://twitter.com/zfny zf

        “Android sucks” and “Apple iz da bestest evar” are strong words. Everyone will notice it.Yet he can lovably hide it. Marvelous!

      • Anonymous

        The problem with your comment is that Android doesn’t suck. There is no other platform that could hold the number two spot behind the iOS platform.

      • Bringit

        “Android sucks” – fair enough.
        “Apple iz da bestest evar” - can’t argue that one either.

    • Anonymous

      lol

    • MMBtalk

      Surprise! N95 a phone of 6yrs ago did not have choppy videos. So Nokia are also unlearning their abilities!!!! Everyone agrees that Nokia ‘s hardware is generally superior, the visual and audio is also ahead. So I doubt if your comments carry any value. The barrier for Nokia has always been UI.

  • Anonymous

    Wow. That was pathetic. The phone was so slow and laggy. Explains why they showed the girl more than they showed the phone. Nokia will be dead in two years.  true story™©®

  • Anonymous

    OMG, i just fell in love…

  • Anonymous

    The second video has things copied from iPod ads. 

    Nokia will go bankrupt when they find out that people are buying the unlocked iPhones coming out soon, instead of this piece of junk. 

  • Anonymous

    That’s nokia flexing its muscles of scale. Just wait until they get WP7 on that price point. WP7 marketshare skyrocketing may not be that big of a stretch if that happens. 

  • Allen Cliff

    I have to admit, that I do miss Nokia.  Nokia had the best product, their phones were really easy to use, and still are. They have made one handed operation clean and smooth, this is the area they still have advantage of iPhone and Android. iPhone still has its weakness. Doing simple task such as pull up a contact to call someone is a lot more cumbersome than Nokia, because it almost always require two handed operation. Only until recently, there came out apps such as PhoneBook Classic that addresses this problem, still no sign of this type of product on Android phones. It would be alot better for Nokia if it has adopted Android. But teaming up with Microsoft has made it an more interesting situation. Almost like the three kingdoms period in Ancient China.

  • simranjit

    when & what price  it is going to launch ???

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