Nokia and AT&T announce Surge with QWERTY for $80
I just finished moving my family plan over to AT&T and am now on a single carrier rather than having AT&T and T-Mobile (one way to reduce our monthly costs during this uncertain economic time). This morning AT&T and Nokia announced another S60 device, the Nokia Surge. The Nokia Surge supports AT&T’s 3G network and includes a slide-out QWERTY keyboard with a focus on messaging at a low price of $79.99. The Surge is scheduled for availability on 19 July.
This was previously rumored as the Nokia Mako and Engadget posted the AT&T specs sheet that show the Surge has the following:
- GPS
- 2 megapixel camera
- Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP
- 2.5mm headset jack
- 128 MB internal memory and microSD card slot
- US 3.5G support on 850/1900 MHz frequencies
My wife and daughters are looking for good QWERTY keyboard phones and this may just be the ticket at $80 so I think we will have to visit the AT&T store early next week.
6 Comments to Nokia and AT&T announce Surge with QWERTY for $80
I’m very curious about this phone, especially concerning the build quality.. The form factor is just so… “odd” with those three buttons to the left of the D-pad.
ArchgitengiJuly 14, 2009
This is a nice showcase which shows an American designed product, not Nokia designed. And it has much to show, this is a VERY GOOD DESIGN, because:
1) This device has ALL the features possible, not like N-series N97 lack of an email client or E-Series like E71 lacking N-Gage. Americans want all in one product, like the iPhone is, not iPhone E-Series and iPhone N-Series.
2) Very good email client from a specialized company.
3) Very good GPS / maps using an AT&T navigator.
4) Good multimedia, video share, pictures share, good music player, good video player (it was better to have a 5 MP or at least a 3.2 MP camera)
5) And the price is very good as well.
6) Very nice keyboard, I think better than E71.
I want to say also that the drawbacks are the screen size only 2.4″ and the limited resolution 320×240, also the fact that is not a touch device will make many people not interested in it.
I found this article very informative. It’s professionally written and I feel like the author knows the subject very well. nokiaexperts.com keep it that way.
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jadeoJuly 23, 2009
personally, the design on this phone is ugly, it looks like a toy.
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