From the left, "stylish black," "noble white" and "bitter orange" models to become available
Performer Kurara Chibana (left) and Nokia Japan's President Tyler McGee (right) at the presentation
Nokia Japan Ltd has disclosed its NTT DoCoMo "FOMA NM705i" handset, which will be released in February 2008. Measuring 105 x 46 x 15mm and weighing 89g, it is the smallest and lightest model among 705i series handsets.
"We focused on its style and design," Nokia said. Its color can be chosen from "bitter orange," "noble white" and "stylish black."
Supporting MP3, eAAC+, WMA and M4A formats, the NM705i features enhanced audio player capabilities including a 2.5mm audio port for connection of standard headphones and earphones. On the other hand, its capabilities are limited compared with other 705i series models, with capabilities such as Osaifu-Keitai (contactless IC card), Chaku-Uta Full (downloads of full-length ring tones), 1seg and i-channel left out.
As for camera capability, the NM705i is equipped with a 1.9-megapixel, 4x digital zoom main camera in its rear surface and an 80,000-pixel sub camera in its front surface.
In the respect of operation, it features a function dubbed "standby shortcut." Users can register up to six icons of any modes in the standby screen and use them to call most-used modes without switching the display to menu screen.
In addition to these capabilities, the handset is also embedded with an FM radio tuner, an 81,000-word English-Japanese dictionary and a 166,000-word Japanese-English dictionary, among other features.
Nokia Corp of Finland enjoys a large 40% share in the global market for mobile phones, but the company is falling behind local manufacturers in Japan.
"We wish to expand our share in Japan by listening to consumers and closely cooperating with carriers," said Tyler McGee, president of Nokia Japan. He continued, "On a long-term basis, we aim to win the top position in Japan as in the global market," showing a desire to expand market share.
In regard to the controversial overheating incidents caused by Matsushita Battery Industrial Co Ltd's battery packs in 2007, he said, "By tackling the issue Immediately, we successfully impressed consumers as a reliable company," indicating his view that the issue did not badly damage Nokia's reputation.
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