Nokia 7070 Prism is another new handset announced today by the Finnish company, together with Nokia 5000 and other two low-end devices. Nokia's Prism handsets released until now (7500, 7900 and 7900 Crystal) are known for being quite pricey, and that's mainly due to their stylish looks. The new handset to join the Prism collection, Nokia 7070 Prism, is also good looking, but it comes with very basic features, being the "poor cousin" of the other Prism phones.

Targeted to users who can't afford expensive handsets but still want a good looking mobile device, 7070 is the only Nokia Prism to come in a clamshell form factor. As long as you keep it closed in your hand, people might think, at a first sight, that you're holding an expensive handset. But its inexpensiveness appears once you look at it closer and once you open it.

Weighing 78 grams and measuring 87.5 x 44 x 15.8 millimeters, the new Prism packs a pretty small 128 x 160 pixels TFT display with 65K colors support and, as Nokia 5000, it comes with dual-band GSM connectivity. The rest of the features are also on the low side, only including Nokia Xpress Audio Messaging, Java MIDP 2.0, WAP 2.0, 11MB of internal memory (without the ability to expand it), handsfree, calculator, calendar, light indicator, T9 and that's about it. There's no USB, nor Bluetooth or FM radio, but there's a Li-Ion 700 mAh battery that should get the phone going for about 5 hours in talk-time mode and up to 480 hours in stand-by.

Consumers will be able to grab Nokia 7070 Prism starting the third quarter of 2008, for only 50 Euros (about 80 bucks), before taxes and subsidies. Most probably, the phone will be available all around the globe and will be a hit in the emerging markets.