Nokia unveils new gold-plated smartphone Oro

The bling Nokia smartphone, a luxury version of Nokia C7, has been studded with scratch-resistant sapphire crystal front keys.

By MADHURA SANSARE, | Updated: May 27, 2011, 04.51 PM IST

Nokia unveils its first ever premium touch smartphone, the gold-plated Nokia Oro. This beast of a phone is a treat for the eyes, and will please the techie-minds as well.

The bling Nokia smartphone, a luxury version of the highly customised Nokia C7 smartphone, has been bathed in gold, and studded with scratch-resistant sapphire crystal front keys.

The back cover is covered by finest quality Bridge of Weir leather, which is actually the best leather material available in market. The 18k gold frame comes along with Corning Gorilla Glass, which makes it stylish as well as tough. Along with the liberal use of gold, Nokia also offers a fancy-looking Nokia J Bluetooth headset, which too has been dipped in 18k gold.

From the technical view, the Oro features an 8MP camera with dual led flash and HD video recording. It comes pre-loaded with Symbian Anna, the latest Nokia OS and has a generous 8GB of internal storage capacity. Extendable memory up to 32GB can be upgraded via a microSD card.

Nokia Oro also comes with the basic packs of WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0, microUSB, a 3.5 mm audio jack, along with a t 3.5” AMOLED display. Priced at of $1,126 (Rs 50,990), the Nokia Oro will mostly hit the markets in Europe and Asia in the third quarter of this year.

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