NOKIA TWIST COMING TO VERIZON

In the vein of Nokia's recent SMS-friendly device (the Surge), Verizon will be coming out with a new phone for the younger crowd on September 21 (the 19th in NYC). But wait a second...doesn't that phone look familiar? (More info after the jump).

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This thing looks like the super-fake Nokla (with an 'l') E81 with its little swivel ring, as shown in the picture below.

So somebody's copying somebody here; we just don't know who :). This phone has the usual array of features, like a 3 megapixel camera, HTML Browser, EV-DO, and a swiveling keyboard (obviously). It's going to be available for $149.99 with a 2-year contract from Verizon, though you can probably import the Nokla version for a bit less.

[via Engadget]