Nokia C6 is actually a 5230-ish landscape slider?

We hate to turn your entire world -- nay, your very belief system -- on its end, but it's at least conceivable here that the so-called Nokia Mystic with the portrait QWERTY keyboard may not be the upcoming C6 after all. Instead, Tom's Guide is submitting this bright white exhibit as the device lucky enough to wear the C6 name, a phone that looks a whole hell of a lot like a 5230 with a QWERTY slider tacked on for good measure. That would make sense considering Nokia's goal of turning the freshly-introduced Cseries into a midrange, consumer-friendly brand; this phone could easily slot in below the N97 Mini, for example, particularly in light of rumors that the phone will lack the N97's beefy internal storage. Word is the C6 is pegged for a European release by Summer, so start cleaning off those 5800s and 5230s for eBay right now, why don't you?

[jcar302 Posted Mar 13th 2010 12:34PM]

@pachi72
While i agree with you.
When nokia put the D pad on the left side of the n97, people complained about it.
We've spent our entire lives playing video games with the Dpad on the left, so i'm not really sure about why people want it on the right.

[jgp Posted Mar 13th 2010 12:34PM]

Ooh--I like the way that looks, at least. We need more white handhelds.

Too bad Nokia couldn't figure out how to put the D-pad on the front of the device without ruining the design.

[jgp Posted Mar 13th 2010 12:36PM]

@pachi72

No, put it on the front! Just figure out a way to integrate it into the design...

[Ajcag723 Posted Mar 14th 2010 1:55PM]

Looks nice. Let's see how long it takes to get here and if it's worth buying. Ever notice how quickly Nokia stops selling white versions of it's phone? They always look better to me but the disappear from the Nokia site shortly after release.

[ee1518 Posted Apr 1st 2010 11:43AM]

Control-X/C/V/A (Cut/Copy/Paste/Select All) now working with ALL applications, including Nokia's own web browser? So I no longer need to install Opera???

Moreover, when you press Control-key down, the SCREEN should tell you options: cut/copy/paste/select all. So no need to find C,X,V,A keys anymore?!

AND the screen should tell you, what text will the phone paste!
And no "text copied messages", audio or vibra feedback is less annoying, or changing colors!!


PLEASE, BRING BACK THE tabulator key from Nokia E90, then filling web forms will be easy again, if you implement proper TABULATOR support for the web browser!

[ee1518 Posted Apr 1st 2010 11:44AM]

Please, make the keys concave or convex. Like in N95! Not like in N97, you can not feel the right key with your fingers!

[abruenin Posted Apr 13th 2010 8:41AM]

Yes, it is a 5800 with QUERTY keyboard, as it supports WLAN, aGPS and UMTS/HSDPA.

[stringent Posted Apr 14th 2010 8:18AM]

The C6 looks like a rehashed N97, plus its STILL running Symbian S60v5 ... No thanks.