Nokia 1661 and Nokia 1208 are two popular handsets from this category.

There are many people in the world, who still can’t afford a handset. Nokia, the world’s biggest mobile brand has launched a long range of cheap SIM free phones so that everybody can afford a handset. Nokia 1661 and Nokia 1208 are two popular handsets from this category.

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Although, Nokia 1661 and Nokia 1208 both are SIM free phones and belong to same brand but there are some dissimilarities between them. The deals made available on them made a very great difference among the. Like Nokia 1661 can be availed under all the three major mobile phone deals viz. Contract, pay as you go and SIM free deals. On the other hand, Nokia 1208 can only availed as SIM free phone.

Nokia 1661 and Nokia 1208, both are basic phones and are equipped with only those features that are basically needed in a mobile phone.

Though, nowadays many mobile manufacturers have started producing mobile phones capable of carrying multiple SIM. But before the invention of multi SIM carrier mobile phones there were many people in the world who keep more than one mobile number, so to use the another number simultaneously, another handset was a necessity. In that situation, SIM free mobile phones played a very important role.

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Even today many people like businessmen used to carry more than one handset. But many a times it is not wise decision to purchase an expensive contract phone when a SIM free phone can work better. These phones are much cost efficient for those who can’t afford expensive contract phones, frequent travellers and students.

Nokia 1661 SIM free phone is a basic phone that is equipped with the basic features of a phone. It is announced November 2008 and released in Q2 of 2009 at very reasonable rates. It is equipped with 2G technology and works on dual bands of GSM. It is very handy and weighs only 82 grams plus the front of the handset is shared by 1.8 inches TFT screen and alphanumeric keypad. It has internal memory storage of 8MB.

Whereas, Nokia 1208 SIM free phone is also a basic phone that was announced in May, 2007 and still available in the market due to its durability. This is much lighter than Nokia 1661 and weighs only 77 grams. The front of the handset is also shared by 1.5 inches CSTN screen and an alphanumeric keyboard. The internal memory storage of the handset is just 4 MB.