Adding to its range of '6000' and '8000' series mobile phones, handset maker Nokia has launched three new devices in the mid and premium categories that are expected to hit the markets worldwide by September this year.

The company unveiled the black and silver Nokia 6500 Classic and Nokia 6500 Slide along with the high-end Nokia 8600 Luna. The new phones are priced between euro 320-700 (about Rs 17,600 - Rs 38,500).

While Nokia 6500 would make its worldwide debut by August-September, the 8600 Luna in the premium category would be out this month. The Classic will retail for about euro 320 and the Slide for about Euro 370, while the high-end 8600 Luna is expected to sell for euro 700.

"Nokia continues to innovate and bring to its consumers a new mobile experience with each new phone. So while the new Nokia 6500 phones incorporate a number of design elements not often found in a mid-range device, the 8600 Luna would be a design statement...," Nokia vice-president (Asia Pacific Sales and Portfolio Management) Alex Lambeek told reporters here.

Nokia 6500 Classic and Nokia 6500 Slide aim at bringing technologies like 3G as well as classic design to the mid- range phone segment. "Not wanting to exclude our mid-range phones from a combination of hi-technology and great looks, the Nokia 6500 phones bring together 3G WCDMA technology, micro-USB connector and detailed design," Lambeek said.

Nokia 8600 Luna also offers features like micro-USB port that enables charging audio and data connectivity through one connection, quad-band GSM support, EDGE and GPRS, as well as video-recording capabilities, music player and a 2-megapixel camera.

"While we have introduced new features and designs in all three phones, what does not change is the Nokia characteristic of being user-friendly. The phones have been created with maximum usability in mind," Lambeeek said.

Nokia 6500 Classic has an internal memory of one GB, besides quad-band for worldwide roaming and a two megapixel camera with dual LED flash, a music player and a micro-USB connector. It is also the slimmest phone from Nokia's stable. A sort of firsts which Nokia 6500 Slide brings in the mid-segment phones is the 3.2-megapixel camera equipped with Carl Zeiss optics.

The phone can share pictures, videos and video calls on television with standard RCA inputs and also has a unified micro-USB connector allowing users to streamline activities like charging, audio and data connectivity into a single connection.

With the newly launched phones falling into the much-in -demand slim phone category, Lambeek said the company would offer enough choice to consumers across its entire range.

Claiming that the company's earlier slim phone, Nokia 6300, has gone down well with consumers, Lambeek said he expected a similar response for the new 6500 phones as well. The new phones would however not be manufactured at Nokia's Chennai facility and initially would be imported from its other facilities.