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Nokia lets in four new budget models
The news today is that Prism design is no longer reserved for the more expensive handsets. Today the budget Nokia 7070 Prism was made public along with three other handsets - the Nokia 5000...
Nokia lets in four new budget models

The news today is that Prism design is no longer reserved for the more expensive handsets. Today the budget Nokia 7070 Prism was made public along with three other handsets - the Nokia 1680 classic, the Nokia 2680 slide, and Nokia 5000. The four new mobile phones targeted at the so-called 'replacement buyers' in emerging markets - people that have used a basic mobile phone and are looking to change it for a more advanced model.

The Nokia 7070 Prism is a compact dual-band clamshell (that's right). It has a 65K TFT display with a resolution of 128 x 160 pixels and weighs only 78 g.

Nokia 7070 Prism

It also sports up to 11MB of user memory for storing MP3 ringtones and has a 1000-entry phonebook. It also has GPRS support and an email client. Unfortunately, there's no USB or Bluetooth support to transfer files. A built-in camera is also absent.

The Nokia 7070 Prism will be available with either a Pink or Blue accent for around 50 euro in Q3 2008.

The Nokia 5000 sports a thin 11.1 mm design and a number of lively colors. It boasts a 1.3 megapixel camera, FM radio, a music player and Bluetooth support. There's also GPRS, EDGE and email support.