Nokia’s latest music phone has now been launched under the new name of the X series. The Nokia X6 has taken an unusual route to market compared to previous Nokia models as it initially launched in its silver color scheme. and blue, which would normally follow the standard red and black edition, which seems to always release first.
This may have something to do with the launch of the new Nokia X6 as a network and retail exclusive. This new music-focused phone is only available on the Orange network from select retailers during its initial launch period, which can last up to three months.
That said, it appears that retailers aren’t taking too much advantage of the situation as they are already offering the blue and silver Nokia X6 for free at the Orange Dolphon 30 rate. This costs £30 line rental per month and provides 600 minutes of calls to any network or landline in the UK, as well as unlimited text messages (subject to a fair use policy) every month.
Unusually, there are no free gift packs available in this exclusive launch period. This is obviously to keep the margins high on this new phone and this is where the retailers will make the most money, where mobile phone giveaways are offered, it’s the additional network commission that the retailer is using to subsidize the cost of the giveaway, in this case, with the Nokia X6 in Orange, the retailer earns more commissions when consumers sign up for the higher-cost rates.
That being said, the Nokia X6 is a great little phone, sporting the same 3.2-inch touchscreen as the recently launched Nokia N97 Mini and sporting a 5.0-megapixel camera featuring Carl Ziess optics and massive expandable memory of up to 32GB. dream phone for multimedia lovers.
To make things a bit more attractive, the Nokia X6 also comes with the ‘Comes with Music’ service which allows free music tracks for the first 12 months which the user can keep after this time and never pay.
Other exciting features of this new music phone include fast Internet downloads thanks to HSDPA, Wi-Fi for connecting on the go, GPS for turn-by-turn navigation, and access to the Nokia Ovi Store where users can download lots of new mobile content, including videos, movie trailers. and applications.
The Nokia X6 picks up where the Nokia 5800 left off, other new phones worth considering would be the Nokia N97 Mini if you want an extra slide-out Qwerty keyboard, the recently released Nokia 5230 if you’re on a tighter budget, the Nokia N900 if you can afford a little more on the latest technology or Nokia E72 if you don’t care about free music but want a phone that will keep you connected with fast text input.
The Nokia X6 is expected to launch on other networks as soon as this exclusive launch period ends, as well as in its other color scheme, the Red and Black Edition.