Beijing, China - Nokia announced today the Nokia 3128, its latest mid-range mobile phone with a fold-design. The Nokia 3128 (GSM/GPRS900/1800/1900) broadens Nokia's portfolio of mobile phones aimed at Chinese consumers in search of a stylish, folding design, with many of the latest features. The Nokia 3128 targets trend-setting mobile professionals and is expected to be available in the Chinese market in January 2005.
"Nokia is committed to offering a full range of products to meet the mobile communication needs of consumers in the Chinese markets," said Colin Giles, Senior Vice President of Customer & Market Operations, Nokia China Area. "With the announcement of the Nokia 3128, which has been tailor-made for Chinese users, we are expanding our mid-range portfolio to provide Chinese consumers with a more appealing and enriched mobile experience."
The lightweight Nokia 3128 phone offers a compact fold design, supports a 65K color mirror display and a 4K color mini display, large user memory for SMS and MMS storage, two way English-Chinese-English dictionary and entertaining games. It is also preloaded with contents including specially designed, Chinese-style wallpaper, animations, themes and lunar calendar to cater to the preference of Chinese users. With an attactive design and rich feature set, the Nokia 3128 meets the highly personalised mobile lifestyle needs of young professionals who value individuality, self-expression and being connected at work and socially.
Weighing only 80 grams, the Nokia 3128 has a talk time of up to 4 hours and a standby time of up to 200 hours. The available colors for the standard sales packages will be matt blue, sandy copper, and golden red.
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