14 DAY TRIAL // About two weeks ago, a rumor that Nokia 1680 would become available across the US first started making the rounds, allowing budget users to dream about this new and cheap phone. Now, the handset has been released by T-Mobile, for a price that is more than affordable – only 14 USD, with the signing of a contract agreement for two years.
For such a price, users can't expect to receive too many features. The new 1680 does not even have FM radio, so its owners might get quickly bored of it. On the other hand, if you don't need FM radio, Music player and a good photo camera on your handset, Nokia 1680 is definitely a worthy candidate for the “perfect phone” title.
Announced by Nokia several months ago, at the same time with the 2680 Slide model, the 1680 is a simple candybar that doesn't look too nice, but neither too bad. The full list of specs packed by Nokia into the phone includes a tiny TFT display with 128 x 160 pixels and 65K colors, dual-band GSM connectivity (850 / 1900 MHz) with GPRS and EDGE, email, Instant Messaging (AOL, MSN, ICQ, Yahoo!), Web browser, a VGA camera and 35MB of internal memory. T-Mobile's Nokia 1680 also offers a handful of basic functions, like myFaves, address book, photo caller ID, calculator and calendar.
The new phone is small and lightweight, measuring 4.26 x 1.81 x 0.59 inches (108 x 46 x 15 millimeters) and weighing 2.6 ounces (74 grams). When it comes to battery life-time, Nokia 1680 is quite a good handset, as its 700 mAh Li-Ion battery is said to provide up to 4 hours of talk-time or up to 18 days of stand-by time.
US users interested in buying a Nokia 1680 can find the basic candybar on T-Mobile's official website or at its retail stores from across the North American country.