#MWC10: €100 Symbian smartphones promised for after this year
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Only a change of chronicle after Symbian^3 was officially launched (as the prototypal free and unstoppered maker edition of Symbian), Symbian Foundation’s Executive Director, Mr. Lee Williams, declared that “a few” Symbian handsets regular for 2010 module retail for exclusive €100 (about $138).
Lee reverend didn’t remuneration more details, but since the €100 smartphones module nearly trusty removed Symbian^3, they should be free play the ordinal half of 2010 (and they’ll most belike be prefabricated by Nokia).
At the moment, the cheapest Nokia Symbian smartphones retail for around €130 (unsubsidized) – handsets aforementioned the Nokia 5230 represented below.

Most (if not all) smartphone makers are due to add the prices of their devices throughout 2010, helped by land makers aforementioned Qualcomm and Infineon, which should revilement manufacturing costs.
Via Reuters









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