China Mobile (China Mobile Communications Corporation - CMCC) has over 400 million subscribers. It is the world's biggest mobile operator (by number of subscribers) and therefore the announcement of the 6122c represents a significant win for Nokia and S60.
This also reinforces S60's position as a favourite of operators. A number of operators have chosen to use S60 as a preferred platform in order to help deliver new services and reduce time to market and testing costs for new phones. The partnership with operators has allowed S60 to enter the mid market and attain sales volumes that have left competing open software platforms some way behind.
Key points for the Nokia 6122 Classic
- Candybar form factor with keypad styling reminiscent of the recently announced Nokia 6220 Classic. However the Nokia 6122 is essentially the 6120 in a different shell.
- Related to the Nokia 6124, which is the same handset but Vodafone branded.
- Runs S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 on Symbian OS 9.2
- Dedicated China Mobile Internet keys
- Dimensions: 105 x 46 x 16 mm; Weight: 93g
- 2.0", QVGA, 16 million colour screen
- 2 megapixel camera with LED flash and panorama mode
- FM Radio and Music Player
- microSD expansion (SDHC), official top capacity is 8GB
Note: This is the 6124 not the 6122. The difference (as fars as we know) is in the branding.
We'll swap the pictures once we find some higher resolution shots of the 6122
Here's an extract from the press release:
"The Nokia 6122c is another S60 device exclusively available for CMCC, demonstrating the continued collaboration between Nokia and CMCC," says Michael Hsu, Vice President, China Mobile Account, Nokia Operator Channel. "As a world leading mobile phone manufacturer, we highly value collaboration with CMCC. Together we will strive to forge long-term development of the domestic mobile telecom industry."