Quick: name a Nokia phone with a touchscreen. Added complication: it can't be running Symbian. Struggling a bit? Well, we've got at least one answer here in the form of the just-leaked 6208 classic, a candybar approved by China's spectrum peeps that does a
2.85-inch touchscreen, 3.2-megapixel cam, microSD slot, Bluetooth, and a moderately unimpressive 2,000 entry-deep address book. Normally, we'd expect a Nokia with this kind of spec to do
S60 -- and lack a physical numeric keypad, for that matter -- but things work a little differently in the Chinese market, and given Nokia's
dominance out there, we're not going to call 'em out.
Update: Turns out Nokia's China site actually
does have the 6208 classic up, and the touchscreen's 2.4 inches, not 2.85 as reported by Mobil.cz. Thanks, Erick!
posted Dec 24th 2008 9:27AM
Chris, this phone couldn't possibly have a 2.9" screen... Look at it!
2.85, my man! World of difference.
Check ya facts dudes! Specs can be found on the site of Nokia China (http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=nl&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nokia.com.cn%2Ffind-products%2Fproducts%2Fnokia_6208c%2F6208c-specifications&sl=auto&tl=en) and that Czech site got 'm all wrong: 2.4" instead of 2,85". (via: http://tweakers.net/nieuws/57500/nokia-lanceert-opnieuw-touchscreentoestel.html or in translation: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=nl&u=http%3A%2F%2Ftweakers.net%2Fnieuws%2F57500%2Fnokia-lanceert-opnieuw-touchscreentoestel.html&sl=auto&tl=en)
Umm... The 5800 is a released Symbian phone with a touchscreen...
"Added complication: it can't be running Symbian."
Just FYI for Nokia's non-S60 touch phones:
Nokia 7710, 7700 (touchscreen but ran Series 90, based on Symbian).
Nokia 6708 (touchscreen but ran UIQ, so yes, that is also Symbian).
Nokia 6108, 3108 (touch pad, Series 40).
Looks like a Luna w/ the keypad exposed.
What is up with that keypad? It looks mashed up together or something.