Aside from concentrating its efforts to release the world's first Google Android mobile device, T-Mobile USA is also preparing a new Nokia phone for its subscribers. The phone is Nokia 1680 Classic and it's pretty much everything that the Android device isn't: an entry level, low-featured and cheap product.

Even so, there will surely be lots of T-Mo users to receive this piece of news with joy (or at least some consideration), seeing as how not everyone is in need of highly-advanced handsets.

Presented by the Finnish manufacturer at the beginning of April, together with the 2680 Slide, Nokia 1680 Classic is said to be the company's cheapest camera phone ever. Knowing this, you shouldn't be surprised by the fact that you'll only find a VGA photo camera packed in it. I seriously doubt that there will be many to actually use it on a daily basis, but it's still nice that the phone has it.

The 1680 Classic comes in a candybar form factor and, besides the mentioned camera, it brings the following: dual-band GSM connectivity (850 / 1900 MHz) with GPRS and EDGE, a pretty small 128 x 160 pixel TFT display with 65K colors, email, Instant Messaging, WAP 2.0 browser, Nokia Xpress Audio Messaging, handsfree, calculator, calendar and 32MB of internal memory that can't be expanded. 

The phone weighs only 74 grams (2.61 ounces) and measures 108 x 46 x 15 millimeters (4.25 x 1.81 x 0.59 inches). Its battery is a 700 mAh Li-Ion one, presented by Nokia as being capable of lasting up to 7 hours in talk-time mode or up to 424 hours in stand-by. 

According to Cell Phone Signal, T-Mobile will release the new Nokia on September 29, most probably in more than one color version.

In Europe, Nokia 1680 Classic can be bought for retail prices of around 50 Euros (70 USD), so T-Mobile will probably offer the candybar for free to customers who also want a contract agreement.