Nokia 5230 coming to T-Mobile?

With the N900 getting AWS support, there's every reason to believe that T-Mobile USA and Nokia want to make beautiful music together -- but in order to do that, they're going to need some quality hardware in the mix. Whether the S60 5th Edition-based 5230 qualifies as "quality hardware" is strictly a matter of personal opinion, but for what it's worth, Cell Phone Signal has raised some very good points about a recent FCC filing suggesting that the model is inbound. First off -- and most importantly -- the SAR report for model code RM-593 indicates that AWS 3G is supported, and overlaying the back of a 5230 with the filing's label document lines up perfectly. A slam dunk? No, it's not -- but considering how long it's been since T-Mobile's sold an S60-based device, the time might be right to get back into the game.

[Via Cell Phone Signal]

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 11th 2009 7:15AM]

I know I am getting the BlackBerry 9700 for whatever period of time that may be but when this, the N900 and/or the HD2 comes to my beloved Magenta I will be, literally, at a loss for words. I will also be in one of the hardest decisions of my life...

[Paullll Posted Nov 11th 2009 8:47AM]

Great that all have possibility to have cool phones, because of the cheaper price tag.
Cheers Nokia.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 11th 2009 9:54AM]

what s60 device did t-mobile have in the past?

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 11th 2009 10:06AM]

The Nokia 8000 series was an S40 device, maybe it was upgradable to S60, no?

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 11th 2009 10:50AM]

T-Mobile carried Nokia 6600 years ago. Some of you are probably too young to remember at this point. Here's some info:
http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_6600-454.php

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