Nokia launches WCDMA handsets in Korean Peninsula

Nokia announced it volition beginning to sell WCDMA 3G mobile devices in Korea. The first base model to be launched in Korean Peninsula is the Nokia 6210s.

This is the first time that Nokia will sell 3G mobile devices in Korean Peninsula.

“The meter is now right field for Nokia to enter the Korean Peninsula marketplace,” said Colin Giles, Senior Vice President of the United States, Greater People’s Republic of China, Japan and Korean Peninsula, Nokia.

“With the launching of 3G WCDMA networks and the relocation by the local operators to more surface international standards, Korean Peninsula has become a more viable market for global players.

“We look forward to being able to spring Korean consumers the chance to choose from a wider stove of devices. Our goal is to beginning slowly with a couple of devices in the first year and build our bearing and merchandise portfolio extra time, acquisition from the market as we go,” Mr Giles said.

“The Nokia 6210s is an ideal device to kick-start Nokia’s portfolio in Korea. It is a competitively priced smartphone with a glide form factor that is very popular in this marketplace,” he said.

Mr Won-Do Lee, Vice President of the United States, Handset Strategy Office, KTF said. “We ar delighted to welcome Nokia to Korea and to add the Nokia 6210s to our product portfolio. We rich person worked very closely with Nokia to bring this first product to marketplace. By having the worldly concern’s figure one phonemaker in our merchandise stalls we are gift our customers the power to choose from a wide diverseness of 3G devices.”

The Nokia 6210s is a smartphone based on S60 software. It features a 3.2 megapixel photographic camera, an MP3 player, video playback and a stereo system FM wireless. Photographs can be taken in panoramic mode and can also be uploaded to Flickr. The Nokia 6210s comes with a 1GB memory card in loge.

While the Nokia 6210s is Nokia’s first base WCDMA device to be sold in Korean Peninsula, Nokia has a long history in Korea having had manufacturing facilities in Masan since 1984.

Over the years, Nokia tmc, as Nokia’s Masan operation is known, has produced nearly 400 1000000 mobile devices which have been exported to over 110 countries. Nokia tmc has contributed over USD 2 one thousand million annually in exports to the Korean saving.

“We ar very proud of the fact that the Nokia 6210s will be stamped ‘Made in Korean Peninsula’. For nearly 2 decades we have been exportation finely-crafted mobile phones made in Masan to the rest of world. Now, finally, what we have made in Masan tin be sold in capital of South Korea,” Mr Giles said.

The Nokia 6210s has a retail monetary value of KRW 396,000 and volition be sold through KTF shops and is available now.