New Black Edition X6 16GB from Nokia - Virgin Mobile Nokia X6

The first of the new Nokia X6 16GB music phones has now been made available, the new Black edition X6 16GB has been released by Virgin Mobile on their full range of pay monthly contract deals.

The Nokia X6 was first launched in its 32GB format back in December of last year in a red on black colour scheme, this larger memory capacity also meant that this was a more expensive handset and so the manufacturer has now released this new 16GB X6 model with a smaller price tag.

The other big difference between the 32GB and 16GB edition Nokia X6 phones is that the original larger memory edition came pre-loaded with the 'Comes with Music' service - something very hard to put a price on as the user could download as many new songs as they wanted for 12 months to keep forever.

Stripping out this service in the new Nokia X6 16GB model means that it can be sold much cheaper and appeal to a younger, less affluent audience, Nokia have also played with the colour schemes of the newer model initially releasing it in a matt black finish in contrast to the red on black and blue on silver colour variants of the original model.

Everything else however stays the same, there is still the 5.0 mega pixel camera with Carl Ziess optics for quality picture capture, a 3.5mm audio jack so the user does not have to use the pre-packaged headphones, WiFi, 3.5G support and that impressive 3.2 inch touch screen for whizzing through the menus and an on-screen Qwerty keyboard.

The Nokia X6 16GB Black edition is the first colour scheme to be launched from the new range, further models include a Nokia X6 Pink edition plus a planned silver and yellow colour scheme for this new music phone.

The main competition to Nokia's music phones comes from Sony Ericsson and their Walkman range however there is still no all touch screen model from the manufacturer that offers the same high specifications. The Sony Ericsson W995 is the top end Walkman device currently available and although it does offer a better camera at 8.1 mega pixels is still incorporates a slide out keypad rather than a touch screen.

The Sony Ericsson Aino could also be a competitor, it does offer a touch screen but without the full functionality you would expect as only certain features can be controlled, the Aino also offers a better camera at 8.1MP and also a larger screen for enjoying music videos and movies.

The X6 16GB is yet to be given a release date on other networks but Vodafone look to be the next to pick this new music phone up, they will be offering the Nokia X6 Silver edition as opposed to this black version which may appeal to a broader audience.