Nokia and Virgin Mobile have announced the launch of two special edition mobile phones to support the annual V Festival in the UK. The Nokia 5230V ( above left ) and Nokia X6V ( above right ) comes pre-loaded with a V Festival App and will be exclusively launched on Virgin Mobile.

 

The special ‘V’ edition Nokia phones come complete with cutting-edge technology and include exclusive V Festival content. The ‘V’ edition Nokia handsets are exclusively available from Virgin Media stores on the high street, as well as online. The Nokia X6V is available free on a £20 per month tariff (£15 for Virgin Media customers), and the Nokia 5230V is available free on a £15 per month tariff (£10 for Virgin Media customers).

 

The Nokia 5230V is a stylish touchscreen handset with a custom V Festival red back cover and ten free music tracks available through the Nokia Music Store. The Nokia X6V comes complete with a 5 megapixel camera, a music player including mixing software, plus built-in speakers, so festival-goers can carry on the party after the acts have finished. The Nokia 5230V and X6V both include free sat nav with Ovi Maps to ensure the journey to the V Festival is a smooth and enjoyable one. Plus, both handsets come with V Festival wallpaper, the new V Festival app and Shazam music identifier pre-loaded to the handsets.

 

The V Festival app comes embedded into the special edition phones and will allow festival-goers to stay up-to-date with all the latest buzz from V Festival. Social networking sites will be fed directly into the app as well as news, artist line-up information and live updates. The app will also allow festival-goers to create their own personalised programme for the weekend and a GPS map of the entire site so they can head straight from stage to stage and find their friends with ease.

 

The V Festival is a two-day event taking place over 21st/22nd August at Hylands Park, Chelmsford and Weston Park, Staffordshire. The event is sponsored by Virgin Media.