First look: Nokia unveils N79 and N85

Nokia unveils two new addition to the well received N-series segment - Nokia N79 and Nokia N85 . N79 model is a candybar model and is a successor to N78 model while the dual slider N85 is a successor of N81 model. Both the N79 and N85 are high-end phones comes up hhigh-end multimedia features, such as a 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, works with Nokia Ovi service and includes the N-Gage gaming platform, photo sharing, and Nokia Maps. Both the phones are expected to be release worldwide in the fourth quarter.

Nokia N85:

The Nokia N85 is dual slider designed for mobile entertainment, gaming and sharing multimedia content. It comes up with 2.6″ OLED screen and is highly optimized for watching videos and playing games. It boasts N-Gage gaming with 10 games pre-installed, Music player with in built FM , 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics. Handset also has geotagging capabilities using the integrated GPS, Nokia maps 2.0, Three months integrated license for turn-by-turn voice navigation, 3.5G HSDPA high-speed connectivity, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0. Nokia N85 comes with an 8GB microSD card. Nokia N85 is expected to be priced around Rs. 30,000 - Rs. 35,000 in the Indian market.

Nokia N79:

Nokia N79 is described as a “technology powerhouse,” equipped with a 5.0 mega pixel camera (with dual LED flash and video light), high-speed connectivity, the Symbian OS, superior Web browsing capabilities, at least 10 pre-loaded Nokia N-Gage videogame titles, an onboard music player, an FM transmitter, and integrated navigation. One interesting feature of Nokia N79 is the three interchangeable Xpress-on smart covers. Covers comes in Light Sea Blue, Espresso Brown, Olive Green, White, and Coral Red colurs. Each N79 handset is supplied with a random trio of covers plucked from those available colours. It comes up with 50Mb internal memory and can be expanded upto 4 GB using microSD memory card.Nokia N79 will be priced around Rs. 24,000 to Rs. 28,000 in the Indian market.