The Nokia X2-01 Is A Blackberry Imitator, For Less Money

The Nokia X2-01 is for those who do not need a smartphone. It is mainly a phone used for entertainment and communication purposes.

Not everyone needs to know where their friends are every other second, right?

Get a closer look at the Nokia X2-01, which is all set to release by the end of the year here, in this quick article.

The Nokia X2-01 is not for the smartphone power user, it is created for those who like to stay in contact. There is the small screen to deal with, but otherwise, the price (€80) says it all. The good news is that the Nokia X2-01 is designed for entertainment and texting. The multi touch may not be here, but the large keyboard is. The keyboard is the QWERTY style and overall has an attractive look to it. The D-Pad is placed between the display and the keyboard to accent the over-and-under "Blackberry look". The keyboard is full QWERTY style, not the twelve-button pad.

The display on the Nokia X2-01 is a mere 2.4 inches in size. If you wear glasses, they may be needed when reading text on this feature phone. There is a browser included, so cruising the internet with this handset will be hard on sites not created just for a small screen. It is created with LCD technology, not the newer ( and brighter ) AMOLED style. Resolution is set at 240 by 320 pixels, for average clarity.

The Nokia X2-01 is an "X" series phone and so is focused on entertainment. This model is focused on the musical aspect of entertainment. The headphone jack is one of the first things a person will be using on the X2-01. The memory in this feature phone will allow for 55 megabytes of internal storage and eight gigabytes of added storage. The external storage is by way of a MicroSD card. The X2-01 can handle a card up to eight gigabytes in size. The card can be removed and replaced without turning the phone off. A stereo FM radio is featured for news or entertainment from local radio stations. In some areas this handset will come with Ovi Music.

The camera for the Nokia X2-01 is rated at VGA resolution. That is less than one megapixel ( 0.3 megapixels ) of power. It does come with digital zoom for video and the ability to shoot those videos at 15 frames per second.

S40 is the software running the Nokia X2-01. This is a Nokia software, but not related to S60 symbian. It is not a symbian operating system. The Ovi Store supports the S40 but getting the applications to the handset should prove to be difficult with the slow data connections. Nokia maps are included with S40 to prevent the user from getting lost.

The battery on the Nokia X2-01 gives four and a half hours of talk time. That is well under normal, but this is a handset that only costs €80 euros. Nokia knows how to add color to their phones and this one comes in silver, lilac, red, azure and deep gray. It will be available by the end of the year.