Nokia 6220 Classic Passes FCC Approval – Why Not an Nseries Phone?

March 23rd, 2008 • Mark Guim • Filed Under •

The Nokia 6220 Classic recently passed FCC approval, but this phone completely flew right by me. I did not know this phone had 5 megapixels, xenon flash, GPS, and the latest S60 version. It’s got some improvements over the Nokia N96, N78, and N82 so I’m confused why it’s not part of the Nseries?

Nokia 6220 Classic

The Nokia 6220 classic showed up on the FCC pages yesterday. Here are the documents for your viewing including the user manual.

For taking pictures, I’ll assume that it will take just as good photos as the Nokia N82 which is part of the Nseries (hence the N letter) featuring the first Nokia with xenon flash. Check how much better the xenon flash on the Nokia N82 versus LED flash on the Nokia N95. The Nokia N96 doesn’t even have Xenon flash. The Nokia 6220 classic also even improves over the Nokia N82 by having built-in geotagging. If a GPS signal exists, all the photos taken by the Nokia 6220 will have its location embedded within the photo’s exif data.

For videos, the Nokia 6220 is capable of shooting VGA (640×480) at 30 frames per second, just like the Nokia N95, N93, N82, and other Nseries phones that I’ve used on my videoblogs.

The Nokia 6220 classic even sports a TV-out, something the Nokia N81 doesn’t have.

So why is the Nokia 6220 Classic not part of the Nseries? It’s got pretty good specifications on paper. Is it because it can’t connect to wifi? I think that’s the only important missing component on the phone.

Since the Nokia 6220 Classic just passed FCC aproval, it’s only a matter of time before we start seeing these in stores. It costs around 325 Euros before subsidies and taxes. Will people buy it? Did you know about this phone? This one definitely snuck through me.

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  • It's available for free delivery in the UK from the Nokia shop online, http://shop.nokia.co.uk
  • p'ter
    will the 6220 come with nokia maps?or must we pay more to get a voice guidance software
  • Sourav Kumar Dhar
    I just cant wait for the nokia 6220 classic to release. But i, am thinking of the sound quality with the headset HS-47, Will it really have a good quality sound? And can we connect WH-600 or HS-16 with adapters to have great quality sounds???
  • inscarrybout
    I want the screen size bigger,2.4'will be perfect
  • Shinigami
    Maybe Nokia wants to make Nseries even more powerful than that?
    Samsung promised to introduce 8mp camera phones this year (I guess it will be a brick like G800/G810, or a brick like LG Viewty).
  • Haekon
    @Cingulair
    The 6220 Classic has autofocus, Carl Zeiss lens, VGA @30fps, ARM11 369MHz, and 128MB RAM. That is on par or better.
    It's just that 6220c doesn't have WiFi and 3.5mm jack.
  • Cingulair
    Does it have autofocus and a Carl Zeiss lens? Also , how much on board memory? These things might be a factor especially, since the NSeries are multimedia computers.
  • Michael
    very very interesting, it is loaded, but without wi-fi. I also wonder what is the criteria to be "N" series, I would definitely have an interest when this unit appears on the market
  • @Matthew I think the 6220 is FP2 but I agree it will not be top of the line this year. Also the Nokia N81 and the N76 weren't top of the line last year neither and but joined the Nseries.

    I don't really care about the naming... just wondering why.
  • I think its not NSeries because will not be top of the line at time of release. All the newest Nseries phones coming are FP2 which this one does not. I personally like the navigator version, especially having seeing in action with the Nokia Maps PM at MWC, which you were at Mark. ;)
  • @stefan since it was not an Nseries phone I thought it'd be another boring device. I completely ignored it, hence this post saying I was surprised. 5 megapixels with xenon flash on a non-Nseries? Unusual in my opinion.
  • Yes, he was but we were there with Nseries WOM World. So, our spotlight was rather on the N96 and N78 ;)

    Yes, indeed. I think the 6220 will be a good deal. Maybe it's good not to launch the 6220 as an Nxx .
  • dude lol, you were at mobile world conference when this phone was announced.
  • It's not an N-Series phone because it doesn't have the 3.5" plug in and Nokia said something about having it in every new N-series device.
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