vastok

Fingers crossed for N series phone... if touch screen even better .

chlettn

It's a little bit quiet for a high-profile launch though - usually Nseries are announced at either large shows (MWC etc) or at a big Nokia event (like Go Play last fall or Open Studio in 2006). And usually, we see some invitations or hints or similar stuff from the invited people some time earlier...but I haven't heard anything for tomorrow.

I guess that if we see something tomorrow, it might be a couple of S40 XpressMusic phones (like the one mentioned in the W902 preview)...

ICEman_c81

chlettn, even that will be good

chlettn

ICEman_c81, yeah. But to be honest I'm not holding my breath for any Nokia announcement tomorrow.

SE is having one tomorrow, it seems...

Live1

when will the n85 be announced and released

xell

... which is nothing to hold breath on, either.

Super Chimp

Why does Eldar never mention the 8MP LG device, surely their is a good chance he must have seen it?

FastLaneJB

Is this 8 Megapixel going to be available to buy for Xmas or just announced or maybe "shipping". Normally even when they start shipping they seem to pick random places to launch the phone in first in Europe / Asia. If your lucky you can get it a few weeks after they start shipping it or not so lucky it's a couple of months before it's available to buy.

I think Nokia will be a little bit behind most to the 8 megapixel party but no doubt their solution will be good. Still I think they'll beat Apple and HTC so they won't be last

Ronka

Tube sounds and looks very interesting but majority would take X1 or Iphone 3G over tube TQH.

ICEman_c81

Ronka, majority will take Nokia

tissot

Probally, but that needs some effort from Nokia's side too. Iphone will walk out as a winner if the TS isn't responsive and the first impact of the phone isn't that good. Good example being that E71/E66 theme on 5800.. if it's the final product.
I do understand that you can change that theme, but many will go for something else after seeing those icons from 90's and i hope Nokia gets it too.

nachtzwerg

Bearing in mind that Nokia has now been waiting to annouce their answer to the iphone for more than 1.5 years, the touch devices will probably (and hopefully) be great. everything else would just be ridiculous for a company like nokia.

in german we say "was lange währt wird endlich gut" (what's taking long will finally be good)!

MobileSlider

I don't know.....Amazingly the iPhone was the best selling mobile device to date in the UK.

God knows why though??

alextootchie

N85 approved from FCC

http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/new.php?m=f

oneclick

All this talk about the 'tube' that the n85 seems to look boring now. Hehehe

5pteron

In Test report, it's stated that N85 has a BL-5K.
Anyone know what its capacity is?
It's starting to worry me because the BL-5F, which is used in N95 and N96 is 950mAh. What's the difference between 5F and 5K?

knights

5pteron

same here... but i think being a video oriented phone means longer battery life, the "f" and "k" also suggest that batt will be in higher cap.. just my 2 cents..

5pteron

Hmm... not necessarily. I've checked a whole one page of Nokia phones in GSMarena and found out that later alphabets after "5" doesn't always mean it's got a higher capacity. And I also haven't found out any phones that use BL-5K.

Franz

The FCC report also talked about a FM transmitter, seems like it'll be a regular feature from now on

Awesome_Aleks

N85 was supposed to be the N81 successor

So, confirmed specs are QVGA screen, WiFi and HSDPA (UAProf), FM Transmitter (FCC) a 5 megapixel camera with a cover and Carl Zeiss Lens , S60 3rd Edition FP2 and a microSD card slot (pictures)

Very looking forward to this phone now!!!

5pteron

Another live pic of 5800 XpressMusic

Super Chimp

So where did the WQVGA screen go I wonder?

MobileSlider I don't think the original iphone was that great a seller in the UK so I am not sure what made you think it was, it did comparatively better in the US than the UK.

tkno

wasn't it the fastest selling device o2 uk ever had, not the best selling in the uk ever? besides, the sales dropped dramatically after the initial enthusiasm ware off and they missed their target by wide margin.

Duracelbunny

...1200mAh

chlettn

Was a false rumor? It's hardly the first time something didn't quite turn out like it was thought to be...

And besides, that has been known ever since the UAPROF file for the N85 appeared two weeks or so ago.

Good to hear.

Duracelbunny

yea, somebody made it up prolly

next years thingys those new resos (other than common qvga + new qhd)

MiKeLezZ

N85 seems to sit between the successor of N81 and the successor of N95 8GB.
Screen size? With 2,6"/2,8" would be a killer phone.

Robot

or maybe for later? N83?

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Ruhul

I think nokia 8 megapixel phone will have a widescreen. All the leaked phone is n00. Look the spyphoto of n79, n85. So , i guess elder was wrong with naming scheme.

chlettn

Past time imho - but better late than never
Hopefully there are a couple of WVGA or even the "larger" QHD (960x540) handsets in the making too...

I'd assume it has at least 2.6" - otherwise it would be a pretty small phone, and it apparently uses a 1200mAh battery, which makes that rather unlikely imho...

Maybe, although I think that WQVGA will be outdated pretty soon, after all it's just a small update over normal QVGA (some 80 pixels in height more). Doesn't really a proper next step for high-end devices...

tkno

mobile today reports that the uk operators are "concerned by the number of expensive high-end handsets being released in Q4"

http://www.mobiletoday.co.uk/Orange_...sidy_cuts.html

that would make perfect sense, because n95 early adopters are starting to look for replacement around q4 (assuming 18months replacement cycle). of the phones announced thus far only innov8 seems to fit the bill. the 8mpix nokia is another likely candidate, but that is still just a couple of high-end handsets, not a "number" of them. tube is midrange, as seem to be the other n-series phones rumored in this thread.

i wonder what else is coming anyway, it seems like it's going to be interesting fall on mobile device front...

tissot

I'm just really suprised that Nokia dosen't have any phone to offer or coming that would replace N95 for many who bought it as many of those owners are surely looking for new phone currently .

alextootchie

From FCC test report:

“The only difference between RM-335 and RM-333 is that RM-335 has had all WCDMA and WLAN components removed“

and

”The test results of QURRM-333 are re-used for certification of the QURRM-335“.

Two versions?

RM-335: for chinese market? Without WCDMA...ok, but why without WLAN?

NokiaPort.de

1200mAh in BL-5K, really sure?

@alex...
Correct. There are at least two versions.
I think N85-1 (Type: RM-333) for Europe/... and N85-5 (RM-335) for china markets.

bo

I don't like Nokia's new iconography (as shown in E71). I prefer the previous icons or innov8's icons.

Duracelbunny

i'm always 100% sure unless i say otherwise

tissot:
N96 will replace N95('s) at first. (meaning that N95 production will stop at some point)

but, of course, N96 is not the only product that will be the replacement for those N95 users.. you'll see

tissot

I guess i'm getting a bit frustrated You really need to have some extra cash laying around if N95 owner pays over 600 euros for N96(that is if you don't need dvb-h). Well hopefully we will see something in couple of months that could top Samsung offering.

Super Chimp

Thus you see the wisdom of Samsung's move with launching the Innov8 now.

tissot

Innov8 is really intresting and i'm getting it if there's no higher res screen, 5mp(or more) camera phone coming in near future.

bond

I would have bought Innov8 if only it had Xenon

vastok

So no Nokia surprise for today??

nbulp

...and a lens cover wouldn't have hurt either

ICEman_c81

vastok, i might be wrong, but i remember the date of 09.08...

nbulp, it has a lense cover

N95er

I thought it was the 9th as well.

vastok

no worries 9th it is then, hopefully they will launch the TS
why are they delaying it so long i mean Dark Knight was the perfect Advertising platform they could have put it as new nokia in the dark knight or something but there is still no official confirmation .

krystof.korb

Are you sure? I've found something about GPS, but there is nothing about FM Transmitter.

chlettn

The 9th is a Saturday...a bit unlikely unless they have a whole big event then (which they haven't, it seems).

Ruhul

There is no exciting high end announcement since 2006.

tissot

Thought the same. Or are we talking about 8th of September? Because i have heard September being said so many times when there have been talk about coming devices and aren't bloggers coming to Finland in September too?