Clarification: Upcoming Nokia IS a QWERTY Nseries
So it seems that there has been some confusion about the QWERTY Nseries scoop we posted yesterday. To clarify, the device we’re talking about here is not the E71. There are no known live pics of this device as of now, but trust that we’ll get our hands on them as soon as there are. The handset we’re talking about is an Nseries, it’s a beast, and it’s scheduled to come in the second half of the year. Its specs blow the E71 out of the water and it is reported to look quite different. A recap of what we know: Nseries, QWERTY, candy bar form, S60 3rd FP2, 5 or 6-megapixel cam, 30 fps video recording and integrated GPS. One thing we didn’t mention in the original post that has been brought to our attention; this upcoming handset is likely to be the first high-end S60 device from Nokia to have its NAM variant released before or at the same time as the Euro-spec model! That’s right, the US HSDPA-compatible version should reach the market right away. Why is that significant to the US? To trigger-happy fanboys, it means that they won’t have to shell out the cash for the Euro-spec, only to shell out more cash a few months later. To the rest of us it means that Nokia finally seems to be putting the next level of effort into the US market. We all know that Symbian already dominates the global smartphone market by a landslide so it’s clear that Nokia knows how to market and sell. It will be interesting to see if their upcoming handset lineup and US marketing plans can combine to help them see a level of success in the US that is anywhere close to their global share.
On Jan 5, 2008 @ 12:28 pm, Robert Said:
Sounds great! Can’t wait. So, now can yall get some more info on the nice looking qwerty phone that you had a pic on a while ago? Thanks. Keep up the great work!
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On Jan 5, 2008 @ 12:48 pm, PseudoFinn Said:
Fantastic news! This indeed sounds very interesting. Can’t wait to learn more about it… If this is really going to be a NAM device from the start- what’s the chances we’ll see it at CES?
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On Jan 5, 2008 @ 1:05 pm, Galvatron Said:
loks like the N98 you seem to be talking about
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On Jan 5, 2008 @ 2:29 pm, Zach Epstein Said:
@PseudoFinn No chance of a CES appearance unfortunately. I don’t expect Nokia will announce it until early 2H…
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On Jan 5, 2008 @ 2:30 pm, Wobbly Said:
Nice Scoop! Scoops like this are the reason why i forgive all of your typos
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On Jan 5, 2008 @ 2:43 pm, Nokia Roadmap Said:
yes, but the device you showed in that eralier post was the E71. and of course its not the N98 since there was no N97 yet. Only the letter 4 is left out (its an asia thing)
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On Jan 5, 2008 @ 2:52 pm, Galvatron Said:
Nokia’s from finland
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On Jan 5, 2008 @ 3:02 pm, PseudoFinn Said:
@Galvatron- yes, Nokia Roadmap was referring to the fact that Asia is one of Nokia’ largets markets. The number four apparently sounds like an Asian language’s word for death- so they avoid it. That’s the story I heard. At any rate, this is why we don’t se N94, N74 etc…
So anyway- Zach it sounds like we’re getting closer to release dates and announcements? It’s certainly no September to March announce-release like the N95. I guess that’s a good thing, but it really gets the rumor mills working overtime- and as it’s quite apparent that Nokia has gotten pretty lousy with keeping secrets lately, that is unlikely to change.
Perhaps this is also a good thing…? Either way- someone’s got balls to be taking all these “N96″ and “Exx” pics!
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On Jan 5, 2008 @ 3:07 pm, Varun Said:
Wow.. What a great combo the Eseries and N Series would make..
I just love the qwerty on my E61i but its not less RAM .. Would love to have RAM and paging like the N958gb
So the next series of nokia phones would be called ENSeries - The enterprise entertainment series phones ..
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On Jan 5, 2008 @ 3:51 pm, LK Said:
An Nseries QWERTY is the only thing that is a worthy replacement for my N95.
How reliable are these sources, Zach?
You’d better not be playing with my emotions!
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On Jan 5, 2008 @ 4:03 pm, veks Said:
Will it have blackberry connect? I like my 8830 but this is making me consider it now.
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On Jan 5, 2008 @ 5:20 pm, Chris P Said:
Bah, I dont want my Nseries flagship to be querty - such a waste of space. A standard keypad is a far better playoff - that with a nice large screen (VGA) slightly thinner and sexier GUI please!
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On Jan 6, 2008 @ 10:53 am, Robert Said:
I bet the new N-series qwerty phone will have a slide out keyboard that opens along the long side. That way, it would have a nice big screen and big keyboard. Whatchu think?
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On Jan 7, 2008 @ 1:32 am, marc Said:
will it have a slider or candybar form factor?
if it’s a slider i’m all over it.
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On Jan 7, 2008 @ 9:38 am, kevin Said:
if it’s candybar and qwerty then it’s using the e70/6800/6820 form factor.. don’t know of any other way they could do it.
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On Jan 25, 2008 @ 10:15 am, paul Said:
I need help!!! I’ve searched ‘a lot’ on the net but this is the closest i’ve come to finding anything about the phones i saw earlier this week…
I work in London and recently met some guys whose company who have given them new Nokia smartphones to test for Vodafone UK.
These devices are almost identical to the N95 in appearance (maybe slightly bigger dimensions and definitely fatter). Instead of a vertical slide, they have a qwerty keyboard that slides out from the side. (so you turn the phone on its side to use the keyboard). They run Windows Mobile and have a touchscreen and stylus so you can play bubble breaker… 3-3.2Mpixel camera, video camera and the guys tell me they have a really crap battery life. They also have an email system that works similar (maybe same) as blackberry.
does anyone know anything about these phones?
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On Jun 23, 2008 @ 4:57 pm, joe Said:
Hey BGR! Any news on this? Or has it fallen by the wayside?
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