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HELSINKI (Reuters) – Nokia, the world's largest phone concern by volume, undraped on Tuesday two newborn smartphone models streaming on a newborn edition of its Symbian code platform.

The newborn models, the E6 and the X7, will go on understanding for 340 euros ($491.6) and 380 euros respectively excluding subsidies and taxes, later this quarter.

In February, Nokia's newborn honcho executive author Elop dumped Symbian code -- which lost most of its advance on the smartphone mart terminal assemblage -- saying the consort would instead use Microsoft Corp's unproven code as its primary platform.

Elop compared Symbian to a executing papers in a widely leaked internal memo, saying it was not beatific sufficiency for Nokia's future.

On Tuesday Nokia undraped a newborn edition of Symbian software, with newborn icons, reinforced text input, faster Internet browsing and a refreshed Ovi Maps application.

"Several Nokia executives hit attempted to achievement backwards from Elop's February comments and limit the alteration he did to Symbian products," said Tero Kuittinen, shrink at MKM Partners.

"It's meet a taste likewise New to place Humpty Dumpty backwards together. Developers are bailing out in droves," he said.

(Reporting by Tarmo Virki)

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