Symbian^3 Device Heading to AT&T Early 2011, Most Likely Nokia C6-01

September 23rd, 2010 • Mark Guim • 13 comments

Nokia and AT&T jointly announced today the 2010 Calling All Innovators. It’s a contest with $10 million (USD) in cash and prizes up for grabs for developers to create new applications and games for the new Nokia N8 and future Nokia devices for consumers in the U.S. and Canada. If that’s not a clear sign that the Nokia N8 or something similar is heading to AT&T, it gets clearer in the contest rules.

Nokia c6

Eagle-eyed Matt Miller found some interesting stuff in the contest rules. Under the Winner Determination header,

Nokia will release a new device (“New Device”) in the United States which is compatible with Apps developed for the N8, in early 2011 (“Release Date”).

Under the Prizes header,

Approximate retail value (“ARV’) for each New Symbian^3 Device $400 USD / $418 CAD

Out of the four devices in the Symbian^3 family, the Nokia C6-01 fits the bill. The Nokia N8 is worth $549 according to the Nokia USA online shop, so we can exclude that. The Nokia C7 has a launch price of 335 Euros (approximately $446), so that can’t be it either. The Nokia E7 is even more expensive, so we can exclude it too. The Nokia C6-01′s launch price is 260 Euros which is equivalent to $346 USD. Nokia listed the Nokia N8 with a higher USD price than its EURO equivalent, so I’ll assume they’ll do the same to the Nokia C6-01, making it close to the $400 retail value of the contest prize.

AT&T will be part of the judges and will also speak at Nokia Developer Day in San Francisco this October.

So there you have it. All these hints point to the Nokia C6-01 heading to AT&T. Let’s just hope AT&T doesn’t mess it up too much with bloatware. If you haven’t read it yet, I also suggest reading All About Symbian’s article on why this device will be Nokia’s secret weapon.

Lim0n

It is more likely that AT&T will sell all the Nokia Symbian^3 models (N8, E7, C7, C6-01).
- http://thenokiablog.com Mark Guim
  
  the more, the merrier!
- Anonymous
  
  perhaps but I’m almost sure AT&T will request Nokia to remove the 1700Mhz band just incase.
  
  Edit: I’m no insider but my guess is the C7. They might bring the price down just to get back in the USA. They will still profit from it at that price. But it might be a special AT&T version though.
Viipottaja

I am hearing its something else, not yet announced.
- http://thenokiablog.com Mark Guim
  
  details please =)
  - Lim0n
    
    Seek for the article title with “google news” and you can read the article for free (Nokia making an exclusive model for AT&T after the iPhone 4 exclusive deal ends in the end of Jan 2011):
    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703309704575413453892980566.html?mod=googlenews_wsj#ixzz0vr5sd6ig
    - Lim0n
      
      It seems the Google news no more finds this article, so here you have the most important part of it:
      
      “The key for the region remains getting more access to the national carriers, which can flex millions of dollars in marketing muscle behind a few favored products. Nokia has already opened the door at Deutsche Telekom AG’s T-Mobile USA, Mr. Savander said. At AT&T Inc., he said a key window is the expected end of the carrier’s exclusive agreement to carry the iPhone. He said Nokia would be willing to create a unique phone for the carrier.
      
      Verizon Wireless’s move to a fourth-generation network would allow Nokia to start building phones for the carrier, Mr. Savander said. Nokia won’t have a presence in the first wave of Verizon Wireless’s 4G devices, he said, noting that it was too difficult to build a dual-mode device capable of running 4G and a version of 3G it typically doesn’t work with.
      
      Over the past few years, Nokia has allied itself with several influential technology players, including Qualcomm Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp. and most recently Yahoo Inc. All these companies have a vested interest in Nokia succeeding, Mr. Savander said.
      
      Much of the company’s success hinges on how broadly MeeGo is accepted. Nokia would say only that it expects a major product milestone this year, but industry watchers expect the first MeeGo phone to show up at the Nokia World event in September.
      
      Mr. Savander defended the use of its MeeGo software over Android, saying there was no way to add value to the Google platform when many other handset manufacturers already were building Android phones.”
  - Viipottaja
    
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Anonymous

After seeing what they did with the e71x… I’m not sure I will never again get a Nokia smartphone from AT&T…
El Marko

It makes far more sense that it’s the C6 coming to AT&T, than either the E7 or N8. And, for me, that’s just fine. I mean, I actually feel sorry for Nokia, since it has to deal with AT&T, if it’s going to make any headway in the U.S. That is, unless Nokia starts producing CDMA phones or hires Steve Jobs. If it’s going to stay with GSM and doesn’t want to become Apple, then it has to play with AT&T. And, that means its phones will get crippled (does the Sony Ericcson c905a have wifi built in? Yes, but you need to de-brand it, to be able to use it) and many of its services (turn-by-turn navigation, via OviMaps? I don’t think so) won’t be available. Oh, and the phone will be loaded down with all sorts of AT&T crapware. ayle is right; it’s not worth getting a Nokia smartphone from AT&T. A nice, middle-of-the-road feature phone, okay. If that’s what you want, AT&T’s carrier subsidy will be worth the penalty. But, a high-end feature phone? No, it’s much better to purchase it unlocked and take advantage of the greatest feature available with GSM: the SIM card. Slip in that AT&T SIM and you’ve got access to the best GSM network in the U.S. and it’s a phone just as the phone’s manufacturer intended. If you’re buying Nokia, for what Nokia builds into their phones, or if you’re buying a Symbian phone, for all the open source goodness that Symbian portends, the penalty of an AT&T carrier subsidy is too bitter to be eaten.
Jb6789

Who cares about bloated firmware…simply change the product code to another NAM version for C6-01 and voila…reload a nokia original firmware. It’s not a big deal. If you need a warranty repair…just switch back to the original product code and reload bloated FW.
- Thomas Fjeldsted
  
  You can not change the product code on a symbian 3 phone
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