Nokia N9 (or something) in the wild: 8 megapixel camera, American 3G?

We told you, didn't we? Whether you want to call this the N98, the N900's successor, or the N8 plus QWERTY, what you're looking at above is potentially the visage of Nokia's next smartphone. It's being dubbed the N9 by the folks at Negri Electronics, who also inform us it has an 8 megapixel imager on the back, 850 / 1900 3G bands (good for AT&T, Rogers, Telus, and Bell), and "ridiculous screen clarity." This sort of throws us for a loop, since we're looking at some straight Symbian action up there, whereas Nokia has told us directly that there'll be no more Symbian on the N Series after the N8. A clue to what might be going on is provided by the "C0" label at the upper left corner of this device, suggesting that it could be a future C Series member. All we know is that the thing seems pretty real and it's headed to a full video review in the next few days. Yay!

[Thanks, Jason]

[christexaport Posted Jun 26th 2010 11:38AM]

Xseries, maybe Eseries...

[Johnny Tremaine Posted Jun 26th 2010 11:58AM]

This actually looks good to me, and I would prefer it over the N8, mainly due to the keyboard. I'm also thinking that this is likely an E-series phone, an update to the E72.

That said, I think I'm sort of done with Nokia phones. U.S. based Nokia owners are a non-priority for the company, apparently. It's evidenced by the fact that most of their phone line up sold in the U.S. almost never get the fixes and firmware updates that the rest of the globe gets. I don't want to have to hack my phone or change a product code to get a software fix again. What a pain in the ass that is.

Also, I'm eager to get a Kindle app on my mobile device. I'm a huge reader and there aren't any (good) e -reader apps for Symbian and certainly no ebook content store, or any place to get one of the NY Times best sellers for Nokia phones. I'm likely looking at an Android phone, I guess...

[SecretSquirrel Posted Jun 26th 2010 12:53PM]

That's changed Johnny

The published Nokia strategy now is that high end phones will be either released in the US first or else simultaneous releases. They won't be doing US varients now. (That's what causes the delay) though obviously the carriers can insist on changes to be made specifically for them in which case Nokia doesn't have much choice.

[Johnny Tremaine Posted Jun 26th 2010 1:40PM]

@SecretSquirrel
Well, that'll be refreshing. I'm also hoping they do some content sharing deals with companies like Amazon (Kindle, Amazon Music, Movies, Tv shows) or Netflix. As of now, Nokia has no content store for U.S. users.

[JFH Posted Jun 26th 2010 10:38PM]

@Johnny Tremaine

Thats not exactly true. The N8 will launch with National Geographic & CNN tv to name a few. And the Ovi store will start offering movies as well.

[Johnny Tremaine Posted Jun 27th 2010 11:23AM]

@JFH
Yeah, but those are the Euro variants (CNN Europe/World) and like Comes With Music, Ovi Movies will be Euro/Asia-Pacific area only. I meant U.S. based content.

[skidmarks Posted Jun 29th 2010 11:49AM]

the back of this nokia n8 clearly shows the marking C0.00 so this could be the n9 once it has the aluminium casing.... orange n9 here http://www.finestfones.com/2010/05/nokia-n8-is-writing-on-wall.html

[Dexy Posted Jun 30th 2010 10:13AM]

This is N9 - http://www.ciaomondo.it/myimages/nokia-n9-new.jpg