14 DAY TRIAL // Although it's No.1 world wide, Nokia is aware that emergent markets represent a huge expanding opportunity, therefore, the producer left the cold from Finland and headed for Nairobi, Kenya, to announce the launching of two phones specially designed for Africa.
Nokia believes that by 2009, Africa will reach 200 million cell phone users, the total number of "mobile" people reaching by 2010 the 3 billion threshold.
Both models, Nokia 1100 and Nokia 1600, are easy to use and have an intuitive interface. While Nokia 1100 was fitted with a black and white display, Nokia 1600 was endowed with a 65,000 color display.
The devices support polyphonic ringtones, have preinstalled games and features like Speaking Clock. Both devices come in various colors.
Nokia 1100's battery offers 5 hours of operation and 380 hours of stand-by, weighs 80 grams and has a price tag of 65 Euros.
Nokia 1600 has improved performances: 5.5 hours of operation and 450 hours in stand-by.
Although the prices seem relatively small, it's likely that Nokia will lower them even more as there are producers offering cell phones priced around $40-50.