It seems like Nokia is going to release a Symbian 40 (S40) feature phone with a 1GHz processor and 512MB of RAM. According to a recent tweet from Fernando Freytes, Nokia’s Manager of Marketing in Argentina, the phone will also have a ClearBlack touchscreen display.
Here is the actual tweet. Unfortunately, it’s in Spanish, but maybe some of you can understand it. By the way, this tweet was later removed from Tweeter for some unknown reason, but we have the screenshot, and you can have a look at it:
We have no idea why Nokia would make a feature phone, not a smartphone, with a hardware configuration like that. What will a feature phone do with a 1GHz processor and 512MB of RAM? No answer yet. Maybe Nokia will have answers, and maybe we’ll learn about them next week, during Nokia Connection 2011 that is going to take place in Singapore.
In low- and middle-income countries where smartphones are not that spread yet, feature phones (especially Nokia’s feature phones, thanks to their good quality) are still very popular, that’s why I personally think that a more powerful feature phone will no doubt find many buyers. So the idea of making an S40 phone with a powerful processor and 512MB of RAM is a bit strange maybe, but not bad at all.
