It was announced on 24 August 2011 and released in the third quarter of 2011.
The brightness of the display is 1000 nits (which Nokia called the brightest display in the world) and uses Corning Gorilla Glass.
[1][2][3] A Nokia Belle update (Feature Pack 1) increased the processor speed of the Nokia 701 from 1.0 GHz to 1.3 GHz.
[4] Additional apps are available in the Ovi Store from Nokia.
The Nokia 701 has several preloaded apps: Phone switch, Quickoffice, Music Player, Social client for social network feeds, Nokia Maps, Nokia Browser, Nokia Music, Ovi Store, Vlingo, Microsoft Communicator Mobile, Shazam, Adobe PDF Reader, WebTV widgets, Angry Birds Magic with NFC (free edition), and Asphalt 5 with NFC.