Nokia widens its lineup of phones with yet another handset. Nokia has declared the launch of the Nokia 6788 at an event in Beijing. This is Nokia’s first device for TD-SCDMA, China’s domestic 3G standard. The Nokia 6788 is the outcome of an alliance between Nokia and China Mobile.
Providing a wide variety of services, the Nokia 6788 is exclusively designed for China Mobile’s network. The phone is an all-in-one device that offers its users with quicker Internet speeds and download times. The device features 5-megapixel (2592 x1944) camera with a dual-LED flash, 2.8-inch QVGA display, and Symbian S60 platform. It lets users immediately share data. Encouraged by conventional Chinese furniture and architecture, Nokia 6788 includes Chinese design elements together with conventional Chinese designs on the back of the slide and the battery cover.
Olli-Pekka Kallasvo, CEO of Nokia, commented, “Nokia sees TD-SCDMA as being central to the successful evolution of 3G in China, and so is fully committed to this 3G standard. With a wide range of integrated China Mobile applications, the Nokia 6788 marks a new level of collaboration with China Mobile and offers enriched experiences to China’s 3G users. Nokia plans to introduce more TD-SCDMA phones in the near future, further boosting the development of this 3G standard in China.â€
Lu Xiangdong, Vice President of China Mobile Communications Corporation, stated, “We are excited to see the launch of Nokia 6788. With extensive experience in the China market, Nokia will provide Chinese consumers with TD-SCDMA solutions that are perfectly catered to their needs. Such cooperation between the world’s largest operator and the world’s leading mobile phone manufacturer will provide an important boost to the development of TD-SCDMA in China.â€
Developed by the China Academy of Telecommunications Technology (CATT), TD-SCDMA (time division synchronous code division multiple access) is a 3G mobile telephone standard. TD-SCDMA supports both circuit-switched data like speech or video, and packet-switched data from the Internet. The standard merges time division multiple access (TDMA) with an adaptive, synchronous-mode code division multiple access (CDMA) component.
By the end of December, the Nokia 6766 could hit the stores.
