Nokia announced its new super slim X3-02 Touch and Type [Don’t confuse this one with Nokia X3-00] music oriented mobile phone into the markets. The Nokia X3 Touch and Type is a bar-type phone with both a touch screen and traditional 12 button phone keypad(or you can say 16 button). It pairs both keypad with touch screen, to make a multi colored Frankenstein of mobile proportions. Nokia X3 Touch and Type possesses a resistive touch screen.
The Nokia X3-02 Touch and Type features 5MP camera with 4x digital zoom, 2.4 inches resistive touch screen, FM tuner, Flash Lite 3.0, Bluetooth and a microSD card slot up to 32GB. It comes with four bands for voice, 3G, HSPA and WiFi for data. It’s also trying to impress the mobile freaks with a really slim 9.6mm profile.
Full Technical Specifications of the Nokia X3-02:
| Network | |
| 2G | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| 3G | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 |
| Dimensions | |
| L x B x H | 106.2 x 48.4 x 9.6 mm, 45.2 cc |
| Weight | 78 g |
| Display | |
| Type | QVGA TFT resistive touch screen |
| Size | 2.4 inches |
| Colours and Pixels | 256K colours, (240 x 320) pixels |
| System Properties | |
| Operating System | Nokia OS with developer platform Series 40 6th Edition |
| Memory | |
| Internal | 50MB user storage |
| External | microSD up to 36GB, 16GB card included |
| Connectivity | |
| Data | GPRS & EDGE |
| Bluetooth & USB | v2.1 + EDR & USB 2.0 high speed |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, WEP, WPA |
| 3G | HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps |
| Other Features | |
| GPS | No |
| Input properties | 12 button key pad |
| Email and Messaging | SMS, MMS, Email, IM |
| Browser | WAP 2.0/x HTML, HTML |
| Flash Technology | Flash Lite 3.0 |
| Camera | |
| Still | 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels with 4x digital zoom |
| Video | (640 x 480) video recording resolution with 18 fps frame rate |
| Music and Video | |
| Video Formats | 3GPP formats (H.263), H.264/AVC, MPEG-4, WMV |
| Music Formats | AAC, AAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, eAAC+, MIDI Tones (poly 64), Mobile XMF, MP3, MP4, NRT, True tones, WAV, WMA |
| Headset Connectivity | 3.5 mm audio jack |
| Radio | Stereo FM radio with RDS |
| Battery | |
| Type | Li-ion (BL-4S) 3.7V 860mAh |
| Talk time | Up to 5.3 hours (2G) / Up to 3.5 hours (3G) |
| Standby | Up to 18 days(2G) / Up to 16 days (3G) |
| Video playback | Up to 6 hours |
| Music playback | Up to 28 hours |
| Colors | White Silver, Dark Metal, Petrol Blue, Pink, Lilac |
The X3-02 Touch and Type has also got dedicated music and messaging keys for quick access to the music player and email. All the regular web mail and chat services are catered for by the included applications.And despite the similar naming, Nokia X3-02 has very few things in common with the Nokia X3-00.
Battery life is rated at five hours talk time or 18 days on standby.
Price and Availability:
The Nokia X3-02 Touch and Type mobile is available now in China, Ireland & UK, Russia, Australia & New Zealand, Singapore, Germany, Spain & Portugal, France, Mexico and Saudi & Yemen region markets, pricing at €125 or roughly Rs.7500 INR (expected to a cost a bit more in India).