Nokia is planning to launch the 6216 classic phone with a new technology called Near Field Communication or  NFC. The announcement was made at the 3rd annual WIMA conference, held at Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.

The new device will be available in the third quarter of 2009 at a price range around 150 EUR,  before taxes and subsidies. The NFC technology will be built in on your SIM card by the operators. At just one tap away the consumers can benefit from easier transactions and payments, no more credit cards stuffing your wallet. Just store your credit card information on your SIM and wave the phone in front of a contactless terminal.

“The Nokia 6216 classic will be amongst the first commercial devices in the market complying with operator requirements using the SIM card in connection to secure transactions with Near Field Communications. With the Nokia 6216 classic in your pocket and the ticketing applications on the SIM you can replace the multitude of cards in your wallet. Having the applications on the SIM consumers can bring their secure applications to their next Nokia NFC enabled phone.” says Jeremy Belostock, head of Near Field Communications at Nokia.