After seemingly having conceded the entry-to-mid level segment to newcomers like Micromax and Lava and the likes of the Corby and the Cookie, Nokia has finally thrown its hat into the low-cost ring with the X2. The phone is a sleek affair that tips the scales at a mere 82 grammes, and comes with a 2.2 inch QVGA TFT display, social networking applications, a customisable home screen (with widgets), all sorts of Ovi goodies (mail, Store, etc.) runs on the Symbian S40 platform, and most important of all, sports a 5.0-megapixel shooter. All that for Rs 5,999, making it the most affordable camera phone out there by miles. With the right amount of publicity, this could well mark Nokia’s return to the segment it had once dominated – we certainly think it is by far the best value for money deal for anyone looking for a phone that is in the vicinity of Rs 5,000, and in terms of specs, blows most of the Corbies and Cookies right out of the water.
Of course, it is very early days, but if handled properly, the X2 could do more for Nokia than the much-hyped N8 as it represents a return to Nokia’s core value – great specs at decent prices, something the company seemed to have forgotten with the heady success of the N95.
