BenQ-Siemens EL71
The BenQ-Siemens E61 is super value on prepay but its metal-encased fashion compatriot, the EL71, has undoubtedly become the handset deal of the year.
Anyone who has taken time to trawl through and research the myriad of mobile deals around will know that this year has thrown up some incredible bargains on prepay. Witness the Panasonic VS6 a Carphone Warehouse exclusive that delivered a two-megapixel lens with macro function and a 16-million-colour screen for just 100.
Music fans will squeal with delight at the BenQ-Siemens E61 handset, another 100 budgeteer on Virgin Mobile that carries an easy-to-use built-in music player, not to mention a supplied 512MB memory card. And with the EL71, it appears that BenQ-Siemens is continuing its bargain-busting moves with another steal-of-the-year handset.
Nokia's 3G take three
Nokia is upping the ante in the 3G phone market once again. With LG selling huge quantities of its 8110 in the UK and Motorola and Samsung with new phones on the horizon Nokia has responded by unveiling its third 3G handset the 6630.
Billed as the world's smallest 3G mega pixel camera phone, the 6630 boasts a form factor not unlike Nokia's 3660 - the key difference that it is slightly smaller than that rather bulky handset.
The Nokia 6630 is also Nokia's first 3G handset to feature the video calling facility so beloved of both Three and Vodafone. Other facilities include a 1.3 mega pixel camera, Symbian OS with Series 60 smartphone interface including e-mail, 74Mb storage, MP3 player, Realone video player and Bluetooth.
Annoyingly the phone features an MMC, rather than SD card slot.
Pantech unveils five handsets in Latin America
Pantech, a handset manufacturer headquartered in South Korea, has launched five new handsets for the mobile phone market in Latin America.
The five handsets will be made available through Telcel, a mobile service operator in Latin America. Pantech, which established a dedicated subsidiary in Mexico last year, plans to increase its share of the local market by expanding the range of Pantech models on offer to Mexican consumers.
Among the handsets to be introduced to the Mexican market is the PG-6200, the company's fingerprint recognition mobile phone. Key features include a 2 megapixel camera supporting video clip recording and viewing, MP3 player functionality and 20Mb of user memory to store images and music files.
The other new handsets include the PG-1310V, PG-1610, PG-3810 and PG-1810 phones.
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