Nokia's GPS-centric 6710 Navigator and 6720 classic announced

For those less interested in QWERTY keyboards and more inclined for something navigation-centric, Nokia's announced the 6710 Navigator slider and 6720 classic handset. Both phones dedicated GPS service with real time drive-and-walk navigation, and full regional maps. Outside of that, you've got a 5 megapixel camera to capture the memory of our adventure. The 6720 is coming out second quarter of this year for 245 euros, while the 6710 Navigator will be popping in third quarter for 300 euros.

Update: More details from the fact sheets. The 6720 classic's got a 2.2-inch TFT QVGA, music player with support for MP3, AAC and WMA, FM tuner, and a dual-LED flash. Standby time is 20.5 days and talk time is 5 / 8.5 hours for 3G and GSM, respectively. The 6710 Navigator's sporting 2.6-inch outdoor optimized QVGA with ambient light detector, support up to 16GB microSD, 18.5 day standby time and 4.5 / 7.5 hour talk time for 3G and GSM, respectively. Both handsets feature built-in A-GPS and Nokia Maps 3.0, a web browser and Carl Zeiss optics for the 5MP camera.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 16th 2009 5:42AM]

6+ hours of car navigation is a large leap over previous models that lasted only 3 hours tops.

[ZSX Posted Feb 16th 2009 6:03AM]

What's with the weird bend in the 6720 Classic? Shades of banana phone?

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 16th 2009 6:14AM]

My grandpa will be just thrilled about these.

[NightBlade Posted Feb 16th 2009 6:25AM]

I'm sorry, but Nokia should really consider hiring a new design team.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 16th 2009 8:35AM]

Sorry Nokia Fans, but these phone sucks(design wise)!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 16th 2009 9:56AM]

Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring...
BANANA PHONE!

The design is about as old-school as the song too... :(

[CJ Posted Feb 16th 2009 10:41AM]

I just hope that the 6710 doesn't do what the 6120 did and cop out on the navigation.

The first navigator came with free voice guidance and city guides for the life of the phone, the 6120, despite being an overall better phone, only came with 6 months free voice guidance - many reviewers felt that this was the killing blow for the phone, and it's certainly what turned me off getting it over my Omnia.

Nokia has a history of learning it's lessons and listening to it's customers (up to a point, of course). I hope they listened to their customers on this one.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 16th 2009 1:50PM]

NOKIA is gonna make me cum in my shorts today