Nokia Announces 9300, But You'll Have To Wait

Nokia announced the 9300 today, and as we suspected it looks nothing like that "mock-up" we couldn't resist posting earlier. What it does look like is a smaller, thinner 9500. In fact it basically is exactly like 9500 minus the camera and the Wi-Fi. The 9300 is packed with a massive 80 Megs of memory and an addition 128 MB MMC card. It has Bluetooth and IR, plus the pop port thingy. There's a 128 x 128 screen with series 40 on the outside, and a 640 x 200 65k color screen running series 80 (version 2, like on the 9500) inside. The phone part is 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM with GPRS, EDGE, and HSCSD for data. Update: Nokia will grace North America with an 850 / 1800/ 1900 "B" version in the same time frame as the Euro model, which is - wait for it - early next year. Why must phone companies torture us like this?

[TheZodiac @ Dec 19th 2005 2:41AM]

The 9290 had a clip on camera, so maybe Nokia will grace the users with something like that. The problem with phones like this is, they are going to charge up the poop-shute for it. Im guessing *maybe* $150-200 less at the most for this under the N9500. And thats still about $500-600. Im also guessing that the SD(io) slot wont be accessable for peripherals either. So, no WiFi will be able to get into this device even it it was. Modular options are important in this day of convergence I tihnk.

[eriK @ Dec 19th 2005 2:41AM]

I want the 9500 to come out in the US. Will that every happen? Who wants a "neutered" version of the 9500? 9300 = 9500 - camera - WiFi = boring and much less useful.

[ashraf @ Dec 19th 2005 2:41AM]

i just had a new 9300 but i cant find any useful software to download beside the panic problems on startup and when connected to the internet...
i don't advice buying it...
oh, it shows a black screen telling that S/W ver is 9500....

[ashraf @ Dec 19th 2005 2:41AM]

Your comments: i just had a new 9300 but i cant find any useful software to
download beside the panic problems on startup and when connected to the
internet...
i don't advice buying it...
oh, it shows a black screen telling that S/W ver is 9500....

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