Okay, so the 1508 is nowhere near as potentially awesome of the 8208. It also looks like a TracFone.

It's a CDMA candy bar, with one of those old school 128x128 displays (65k colors supported). At 14.8mm, it's not too thin, but it's no N95 either. The 1508, in fact, is one of those phones that I love to call a "beater," for obvious reasons. And this promises to be one of the few CDMA beaters released by Nokia.

Standout features: speakerphone, stereo FM radio, voice recording, microUSB + 2.5mm plugs.

Battery life on the 860 mAh BL-4C is a little on the short side, pumping out only 3.2 hours of talk time on one charge.

The Nokia 1508 comes in three colors (red, black, white/blue) and will be available in the third quarter of 2008. In select markets, of course.

Tags: 1508, 1508i, cdma

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