Nokia’s gorgeous new X5 is clearly not aimed at the iPhone or Android markets. Instead it is designed to fill the square-shaped gap left by Sony’s venerable MiniDisc player. What?
According to Nokia Conversations, the company’s official blog, the stylish, sleek phone is all about the music: “You might be reminded of a MiniDisc player in its visual stylings and the musical connection is definitely correct when it comes to this device’s specialisms” says the mysterious Nokia blogger known only as “Ian”.
The beautiful (enough already, who are we kidding? This thing is the very definition of hideous) X5 has all the usual gubbins stuffed into its bright and boxy case: a QWERTY keyboard, a 5MP camera with LED lamp, an SD card slot to expand beyond the pitiful 200MB on-board storage, and dedicated music keys. But it also has “some inventive new input options”:
Spin the phone and it will shuffle to a random music track. Inventive indeed! Shake the phone and it “reveals the number of unread messages waiting from your friends,” if you still have any after they see your new phone.
The best feature, though, is its regional availability. The €165 ($200) X5 will launch only in Indonesia, which is comfortably far away for everyone except the poor Indonesians.
Hip to be Square: Two Xseries launches at Nokia Connection [Nokia Conversations]
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