Nokia announce N72, N73 and N93 Nseries handsets
Published by Rafe Blandford at 9:54 BST, April 25th 2006
Nokia today announced three new Nseries handsets - the Nokia N72, N73 and N93. The N93 is focused on video recording, it has a Carl Zeiss 3.2 megapixel camera with DVD quality capture at 30 frames per second, a 3x optical zoom, video stabilization and runs S60 3rd Edition. The N73 is a small but state of the art smartphone with an emphasis on camera functionality. It has a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, built in Flickr support and runs S60 3rd Edition. The N72 is an all round smartphone with an emphasis on style and fashion (available in black or glossy pink). It has a 2 megapixel camera, music player, FM radio and runs S60 2nd Edition.
Nokia N72
- 2.0 megapixel camera
- EDGE / GPRS / GSM
- Style / fashion focused (Nokia 7610 upgrade / replacement)
- S60 2nd Edition
- Music Player and FM Radio (Visual radio)
- Monoblock form factor
Nokia N73
- 3.2 megapixel camera
- 3G (WCDMA) / EDGE / GPRS / GSM
- Camera focused
- Carl Zeiss optics
- Auto focus feature
- S60 3rd Edition
- Out of the box support for upload to to Flickr
- Monoblock form factor
Nokia N93
- 3.2 megapixel camera
- WiFi / 3G (WCDMA) / EDGE / GPRS / GSM
- Video recording focused
- Carl Zeiss optics
- S60 3rd Edition
- 3x Optical zoom
- Video stabalization
- N-Gage Game bundled: System Rush: Evolution
More details in due course.
Press release
Nokia Drives Internet Convergence With New Nokia Nseries Devices and Experiences
April 25 2006, Berlin and Hong Kong – Nokia today unveiled a new range of Nokia Nseries multimedia computers and experiences, reinforcing Nokia’s leadership in making the Internet mobile. Nokia Nseries has become synonymous with high-performance multimedia experiences and these new devices further establish Nokia Nseries as the leader in mobile multimedia. All Nokia Nseries devices include high-quality video and photo capture capabilities, superb audio performance, high speed Internet browsing and more.
“Nokia Nseries brings mobility to those experiences which used to be linked to a place or a single purpose device. When you have a Nokia Nseries device that is always with you and connected, you no longer need to sit in front of your TV to watch your favorite program or take along a separate digital camera when you go on vacation,” said Anssi Vanjoki, executive vice president and general manager of Multimedia, Nokia. “Our goal is to make it easy for people to have their favorite experiences – whether it’s sharing video, browsing the Internet or buying new music – with them all the time.”
The Nokia Nseries range is an iconic example of the fastest growing product category in the mobile space: converged devices. Nokia expects that the coverged device market will grow to 100 million units in 2006 and to exceed 250 million units in 2008. According to Canalys research, the converged device market reached 53 million units in 2005 with Nokia commanding more than 50 percent market share of that market.
“We launched Nokia Nseries last year to address this fast growing market and we have already sold approximately 5 million Nokia Nseries multimedia computers,” explained Vanjoki. “Clearly, people want to have a device that gives them access to all digital content, all the time, wherever they are and at a reasonable cost.”
Nokia also announced continued cooperation with Carl Zeiss and Adobe, as well as a new cooperation with Flickr, a Yahoo! company.
“The Internet is evolving towards communities of people actively creating and sharing their thoughts and experiences. Working with companies like Carl Zeiss, Adobe, Flickr and others means that Nokia Nseries customers not only get the best in technology, but also the best in useability,” continued Vanjoki. “It’s very easy to record video, edit it so you can tell the story you want and then share the finished video with whomever you want. With Nokia Nseries, we enable people to create and share their experiences, in the way they want.”
The Nokia N93 is the ultimate mobile device for spontaneous video recording. With uncompromised digital camcorder, telephony and rich Internet communications functionality, it features a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, DVD-like video capture at 30 frames per second, and 3x optical zoom with video stabilization. You can see your memories come to life on the high definition display, or connect the Nokia N93 directly to your TV for a widescreen movie experience.
The Nokia N73 is a stunning multimedia computer with powerful photography features and integrated stereo speakers with 3D sound. In addition to providing the standard range of Nokia Nseries multimedia experiences, the Nokia N73 includes a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, auto focus and support for uploading your photos to the Flickr.com photo community; all in all, a package ready to challenge any digital camera.
The Nokia N72 has high-perfomance multimedia at its core, wrapped in a beautiful pearl pink or gloss black package. The Nokia N72 offers the benefits of versatile photography, entertainment and personal productivity to people who value style as much as technology. Powerful yet stylish, the Nokia N72 is equipped with a 2 megapixel camera and integrated digital music player, with dedicated capture and music keys as well as an FM radio and support for Visual Radio.
The Nokia N93 and Nokia N73, which are based on S60 3rd Edition software on Symbian OS, are expected to be available in July 2006. The Nokia N72 is expected to be available in June 2006.
About Nokia Nseries
Categories: Hardware
Platforms: Series 60
News Discussion
Nice balanced functionality.
The N93 sounds like an interesting concept too, my missus would go a bundle on that, if only it was available in 'glossy pink'!
But the release dates? Now lets think, what was the ETA of the N80? September 2005 was it? Anyone want to run a sweep stake on when they will actually appear? I reckon the N93 and N73 in 2007.
[Edit:] let's make it clear, this is a bit of fun :tongue:
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Originally Posted by stuclark
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Anyways, whats this about N-Gage games? I thought none were supporte by the new OS. Is this a new release for the promised inline support on the new s60 handsets?
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Originally Posted by Orophin Anwarunya
So whats their point?? Still crying over spilt milk?
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It's fairly well known that all manufacturers copy each others designs and ideas to some extent - this just happens to be a good, fun, comparison to make :)
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Originally Posted by stuclark
Not at all, I think Nokia have got it right with this handset, it's just interesting to see design and feature similarities between handsets.
It's fairly well known that all manufacturers copy each others designs and ideas to some extent - this just happens to be a good, fun, comparison to make :) |
Feature wise, i don't see any feature in the N73 that seems to have been inspired obviously from the X2. The only new features of the N73 not found in many other phones on the market is the 3MP autofocus camera and the flicker integration, none of these were present in the X2.
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