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Leak shows Nokia Cindy & Nokia Zeta NFC phones in the works

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June 29th, 2011 at 1:54 PM Filed Under Featured, Latest News, Rumor
Leak shows Nokia Cindy & Nokia Zeta NFC phones in the works

Leak shows Nokia Cindy & Nokia Zeta NFC phones in the works

Spy shots and a feature listing has leaked out of Espoo showing Nokia has some new eye candy of the NFC variety in store for us, in the form of the Nokia Cindy & the Nokia Zeta. The Nokia machine appears to be on a roll with some nice pieces of hardware at the moment packing some NFC goodness. The images of the product were unearthed by the folks over at GSM Arena while the leaked spec sheet come courtesy of FlashFly. We here at NFC Rumors can’t quite understand why Nokia would dump MeeGo and Symbian completely to bump up Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 OS, but we will enjoy what appears to be some classy death throw NFC handsets before Nokia is swallowed by the dark side.

Nokia Zeta (700) NFC phone

The Nokia Zeta appears to be a replacement for the C6-01. It will pack NFC capabilities, although we do not know whether it will come with a secure chip or be more like the N9 and forgo the extra protection. Running on Symbian Belle, the successor to Symbian Anna which looks a lot like the MeeGo UI that was recently announced in combination with the NFC Nokia N9. The NFC-enabled Nokia Zeta packs a 5 mega pixel shooter with an LED flash and skips along on a 1GHz CPU. The Nokia Zeta is no bertha either measuring in at 10mm thick, or what we like to call 1cm and weighs 80g. The screen is of 3.2 inch nHD AMOLED variety which is again the same tech that is housed in the N9. Release details and pricing for the Nokia Zeta are as yet unknown, likewise we have no information on carriers that will take on these NFC handsets either at this time. As soon as we get more Nokia Zeta NFC phone details, you will be the first to know.

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Nokia Cindy (701) NFC phone

The Nokia Cindy appears to be aimed at the young’uns and also has the claim of being an NFC phone, but we think it may be of the non-secure element flavor. It features an in built FM radio and antenna and also boasts a 1GHz thinker. As with the Nokia Zeta, the Nokia Cindy also comes adorned with a 5 mega pixel camera and the same 3.2 inch nHD AMOLED display. Nokia has even mentioned some apps that will ship with the Nokia Cindy, including Skype, Shazam, Youtube and VLingo. We have no images of the Nokia Cindy as yet but the specs we have so far show another interesting slate of NFC sweetness that could be just around the corner.

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Nokia Cindy and Nokia Zeta NFC phone

Both the Nokia Cindy and the Nokia Zeta give us a glimpse in to the Nokia roadmap for NFC phones to come before the the company is swallowed by it that must not be named. We have no details on how long Nokia intends to support these final products but get ‘em while they’re hot because soon products like the Nokia Cindy and the Nokia Zeta will be relegated to the history book.

Source: GSM Arena FlashFly