14 DAY TRIAL // Nokia N78, the latest Nseries handset launched by Nokia, is now available across India, bringing users lots of high-end features, specific to any Nseries phone produced by the Finnish company up to now.
Successor of the N77 model, which is still being sold, of course, the N78 was first announced back in February, during MWC 2008, together with Nokia N96, the Nseries flagship that should be released in the next few months.
In terms of design, the new N78 can't really be considered attractive, having a classic candybar form factor. The only thing that actually stands out is its semi-flat keypad that, although it looks too small for a proper use, it's friendlier than it appears to be.
While the design is not its strong side, the N78 can impress with its features. Among the highlights of the phone we have Symbian S60 3.2 OS, GPS, Nokia Maps, Wi-Fi, a 2.4 inch TFT display with 16 million colors and a QVGA resolution (240 x 320 pixels), Music and Video players, email, Web browser, Instant Messaging, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, FM radio, a 3.5mm headset jack, document viewer, expandable memory and so on. There's also a 3.2 Megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, auto focus, flash, geotagging and video recording, providing about anything someone would want from a mobile phone camera.
Nokia N78 can be bought in India for 19,999 INR (470 USD or 300 Euros), which is far less than the price the phone was sold for initially, in Finland (700 USD or 450 Euros). Moreover, it's even less than the official price announced by Nokia for the N78 (350 Euros), hence Indian mobile users are able to buy the handsets for about the lowest price in the world.
Although the new Nseries is currently launched only in a couple of countries, Nokia will surely sell the phone on all the important mobile markets around the world (North America included).