Nokia in Talks About Changing to Numbered Models: Nokia 600, 700, 800

June 27th, 2011 • • 15 comments

I was initially tipped about this last week, but didn’t believe it until another very reliable source stepped forward with the same info. According to these persons in the know, Nokia is considering numbers again for phone models. There are talks about using Nokia 500, 600, 700, etc for upcoming phones later this year.

I can’t vouch for the images below, but my sources have been right several times before. FLashfly posted some documents last week that hints this is really happening.

Nokia numbers

Nokia 600

This brings up the question: What’s going to happen to the current naming convention? Nokia is currently using Cseries, Xseries, Eseries and Nseries for their mobile devices.

What do you think about these talks for changing the naming convention again? A lot of Nokia folks read this blog, so your opinion could possibly sway their decision.

  • http://twitter.com/CivOtaku Civ Otaku

    Well, this *might* be better, but so soon? Or maybe they’ll still use N and E -series like before to separate the really good devices.

  • http://twitter.com/Gerii92 Gerald

    This doesn’t look good to me. Either use real names or stick to the current naming convention (which I would prefer).

  • http://twitter.com/brainimpact Craig

    what a 5MB camera? lol, documents have mistakes but i do hope naming is getting changed though. 
    I’m hoping they go the samsung route giving the device a real name + a number 

  • http://twitter.com/brainimpact Craig

    what a 5MB camera? lol, documents have mistakes but i do hope naming is getting changed though. 
    I’m hoping they go the samsung route giving the device a real name + a number 

  • http://twitter.com/brainimpact Craig

    what a 5MB camera? lol, documents have mistakes but i do hope naming is getting changed though. 
    I’m hoping they go the samsung route giving the device a real name + a number 

  • http://twitter.com/brainimpact Craig

    what a 5MB camera? lol, documents have mistakes but i do hope naming is getting changed though. 
    I’m hoping they go the samsung route giving the device a real name + a number 

    • Furious

      LOL.  Maybe its their new approach since like AMD with the MHz myth, Nokia are trying to debunk the MP myth.  By rating them in er.. MBs that’ll confuse critics, especially if that figure actually relates to performance like transfer speed.  Furthermore Mega bytes sounds more ferocious than mega pixels.

      It’s a long shot, as far from reality as possible but I couldn’t resist.
      I’d be more than happy if somewhere on that list is the natural sucessor to the N8, something with a 1 GHz processor would see us through the dark era of WPx, until that fails and Meego is back on the menu and selop is back at Macromedia, oh hang on he’s already drove that down to the ground.

  • http://twitter.com/kywilli Kyle Williams

    It doesn’t really matter to me… I like both naming conventions.  It’s more technical when you say “Oh, I remember my 7270 Nokia”  

  • http://micronokiadev.wordpress.com/ bluechrism

    And they definately not launching as Helen, Zeta,Cindy and Fate?
    To be honest, the Letter prefix matters more if there is a difinitive difference between each series.  IN Symbian 3, is it obvious that there is a difference between N, X, E and C series – i.e is E7 just a Symbian phone with a keyboard, the X series just a symbian phone with (trying to think what it has excpt fake speaker grills that the others don’t, and to be honest, failing, almost) a better loudspeaker etc.

  • http://www.telecomgyaan.com Tahera

    Naming does not matter much.. Its the company’s headache…

  • http://twitter.com/00tony tony swales

    I never liked 3 digit phone model numbers. Always seamed to imply cheap or old fasioned

    • Furious

      I had the same thought.  We probably can remember way back.  The 3xxx and 5xxx series were reserved for the cheapo stuff, the 6xxx mainstream, 7xxx was a mixed bag and the 8xxx for the premium stuff, up until they shuffled it all that devices ended up in random places.  The N/E/X/C actually made things clearer.  If go back and start using 3 digits, it’ll take a while for me to clear the stigma for the past.  Nokia 101 anyone?

  • d ^^ b

    Chancing the naming scheme sounds odd. If they change all the names back to numbers this soon it would look like they just can’t make up their mind, but then again I do remember even bigger and faster.strategical changes.

    Sure, having several C2′s etc might be a bit confusing, but they could just show the latter part(-00, -01 …) better and use it more in advertising. The current scheme is in my opinion reasonably clear when the latter part is included, no big need to change that.

    Then again that said, there are some hints about changing the scheme by bringing N-series down to 5,6 and 7 instead of just the former 8 and 9. But that seems like a different change, or maybe even those are going to be X- or C-series when coming out N- being just a placeholder.

    Maybe, just maybe, they could use this kind of naming for Symbian devices to differentiate them from their “main” offering, the WP phones, while phasing Symbian out. But I’m not from Nokia so I have nothing to back up this guesswork. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/rajaspidey Shyam Sam

    i think its fake guys..!! look at the camera sensor in FATE it is printed as 5MB..!!

  • Anonymous

    Personally I preffer names, Optimus, Galaxy, so on, are easy to remember, while numbers no so much, I recall having an 5800, n97, n8, n85, Cybershot SE but that is it all my previous numbered phone are gone of my memory, and I remember I love many of those phones.

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