White Plains (NY) - Nokia has launched its two latest phones, the N75 and N76, sporting many of the same features seen in its other top-selling multimedia phones.

Both phones have a clamshell design, looking most like the N92 and N93 phones before it.  They have no internal storage but have microSD card slots, currently offering up to 2 GB of external space.  The two also contain Nokia's Series 60 Symbian operating system.



Both include a two megapixel digital camera and can play some of the most advanced Java mobile games, like Lumines.  Additionally, the N76 has a built-in FM tuner.

Nokia, which owns about 40% of the convergence phone market share in the world, says it hopes the new phones will expand its presence in the US market.  However, the N75 and N76 don't really bring anything new to the plate.  The feature list is almost identical to other handsets in the N series.



The N75 carries a list price of around $430, with the N76 priced $70 higher.  Those are the prices without a service contract.  Both phones are available from Nokia's website as well as retailers nationwide.

Motorola vs Nokia?

Jun 01, 2007 10:40     

Have you see how new motorola's models "slide" like the old Nokias (like th 5300 express) and new Nokia's models open as old motorolas (like the Razz)? also, Symbian can not be called "computer OS" it is a cheap, small, limited (very) mini phone OS, none of the symbian phones have "full" compatibility between java apps (they have to be written specially for a group of phones or brands) and they can not be fully managed with the computer (like the future iPhone). So I do not see the point of nokia using Symbian. They should adopt Linux.

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Why Symbian?

Jun 01, 2007 15:10     

I'm with Viktor, Linux with full java support.. It would make the phone a lot more compatible with current java games.. It would be awesome.. But for $500 for a N76? I'm gonna get me one iPhone. 2GB isn't good if using the phone for MP3 and camera. Specially because SD cards are too slow (owner of a 2gb MiniSD card on a Nokia 6265). The design is awesome tho. :)
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