Before the meteoric rise of Android and iOS, Symbian was the most popular platform for smartphones by a distance. Over the years, however, Symbian has not been able to keep up with the competition, and has been reduced to, more or less, an irrelevant smartphone platform. This also meant that Nokia, which was the major manufacturer of Symbian phones, also suffers the same fate in the smartphone market.
Beneath the seriously face lifted operating system is a 1GHz CPU and 512MB of RAM that adds to the slick feel of the device. The device comes with 8GB of storage on board, which is expandable up to 32GB with microSD card slot. An 8-megapixel camera with dual-LED flash carries out the snapping and recording duties. Surprisingly, there is no front facing camera here, so no scope for video calling. But perhaps the most striking feature of the phone is its brilliant screen – the next-gen 3.5-inch nHDClearBlack display offering 1,000 nits of brightness.
The Nokia 701 clearly has all the important boxes ticked, and is primed for success. Whether it will or won’t, only time will tell!
Processor – 1.0Gzh
RAM – 512 MB
Screen – 3.5″ 16M-color nHDClearBlack TFT LCD; 1,000 nits of brightness
Camera – 8 MP rear with dual-LED flash
Storage – 32GB on-board, expandable up to 64GB
Dimensions – 115.5mm (height) x 59mm (width) x 10.5mm (depth)
