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Nokia's strategic nomenclature can be traced back in 2005 when the Nseries line was launched, offering devices with flagship specifications and premium hardware at various price points. These devices were considered the "bread and butter" of the company and were often positioned to showcase their latest technologies. [1] Thanks to the newfound consumer and enterprise interest in smartphones at the time, the company introduced four additional collections to diversify their product portfolio and meet demands in most market segments. These new phone series were named Eseries, [2] targeting small business and enterprise customers; [3] Xseries, providing consumer-grade multimedia-focused devices; [4] [5] [6] Cseries, which Nokia used to target both the low-end and mid-range market segments; [7] and Tseries, for devices exclusive to the Chinese market. [8]
Manufacturer | Nokia |
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Series | Nseries |
Availability by region | 2005–2015 |
Operating system | Android, Maemo, MeeGo, Symbian |
Development status | Inactive |
Nokia Nseries was a multimedia smartphone and tablet product family that served as the company's flagship portfolio. It was aimed at users looking to pack as many features as possible into one device. [9]
Manufacturer | Nokia |
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Series | Eseries |
Availability by region | 2005—2011 |
Predecessor | Communicator |
Operating system | Symbian |
Development status | Inactive |
The Nokia Eseries (stands for Executive) consists of business-oriented smartphones, with emphasis on enhanced connectivity and support for corporate e-mail push services. These phones are for the enterprise market.
The list may also include upcoming devices or others that are previously intended to be a part of the series, but was scrapped or renamed due to Nokia's number-only naming change. These are the phones included in the series:
Manufacturer | Nokia |
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Series | Xseries |
Availability by region | 2009—2012 |
Predecessor | XpressMusic |
Operating system | Symbian, Series 30, Series 40 |
Development status | Inactive |
Nokia Xseries (stands for Xpress) is more for younger users. Most of the phones included in the line are feature phones and smartphones that include features focusing social entertainment and music with special dedicated keys, inbuilt storage and other facilities. [75] It succeeded the Nokia XpressMusic brand of phones.
The list may also include upcoming devices or others that are previously intended to be a part of the series, but was scrapped or renamed due to Nokia's number-only naming change. These are the phones included in the series:
Manufacturer | Nokia |
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Series | Cseries |
Availability by region | 2010—2011 |
Operating system | Symbian, Series 30, Series 40 |
Development status | Inactive |
Nokia Cseries (stands for Core) is what Nokia calls their "core" range of products, offering different phones from low-end to high-end for various markets. [96]
The list may also include upcoming devices or others that are previously intended to be a part of the series, but was scrapped or renamed due to Nokia's number-only naming change. These are the phones included in the series:
Manufacturer | Nokia |
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Series | Zseries |
Availability by region | 2010 |
Predecessor | Nokia Internet Tablet |
Operating system | MeeGo |
Development status | Cancelled or discontinued |
Nokia Zseries (stands for Zuper) is supposed to be Nokia's MeeGo tablet series. Originally intended to be released in 2010 and early 2011, the tablets were cancelled for unknown reasons. Only a product name has been revealed from the Ovi Store in November 2010. [142]
The list may also include upcoming devices or others that are previously intended to be a part of the series, but was scrapped or renamed due to Nokia's number-only naming change. These are the tablets included in the series:
Manufacturer | Nokia |
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Series | Tseries |
Availability by region | 2011 |
Operating system | Symbian |
Development status | Inactive |
Nokia Tseries (stands for Time) is a China-specific line of phones, made to cater services offered in China where most technologies and Web features are disabled or replaced by the country's proprietary inventions. For instance, most of the phones offered in this series would include the TD-SCDMA and EV-DO networks which are dominant in that marketplace. The line was launched on 13 June 2011 in the Chinese version of the Nokia Conversations blog. [8]
The list may also include upcoming devices. These are the phones included in the series:
Manufacturer | Nokia |
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Series | Aseries |
Availability by region | 2011—2014 |
Operating system | Series 40 |
Development status | Inactive |
The Nokia Aseries (stands for Asha, which means hope), [153] is a feature-phone line introduced by Nokia during Nokia World 2011. [154] The phones in the series are for developing markets, and more for younger users, for messaging and connectivity.
The list may also include upcoming devices. These are the phones included in the series:
Manufacturer | Microsoft Mobile (formerly Nokia) |
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Series | Lseries |
Availability by region | 2011—2017 |
Operating system | Windows Phone |
Development status | Inactive |
The Nokia Lseries (stands for Lumia, which means light) is a series of smartphones, originally made by Nokia and using the Windows Phone operating system, and officially unveiled at Nokia World 2011. This was created through an exclusive partnership in February of that year, that will allow Nokia to use and modify Microsoft's mobile operating system. These devices come with a host of Nokia-exclusive services.
Microsoft purchased Nokia's Devices and Services division in April 2014, and since then the Lumia series has been manufactured exclusively by Microsoft's subsidiary Microsoft Mobile, initially retaining Nokia branding but later dropped in favor of that of Microsoft.
The first generation of phones in the series include the Nokia Lumia 510, Nokia Lumia 610, Nokia Lumia 710, Nokia Lumia 800, and Nokia Lumia 900, all of which run Windows Phone 7. Subsequent generations use Windows Phone 8 or Windows Phone 8.1. A full list of devices can be found at Microsoft Lumia#List of Lumia devices.
The Nokia N91 is a smartphone produced by Nokia as part of their Nseries line of portable devices. It was announced on April 27, 2005 along with N70 and N90 as the first three Nseries devices. The N91 ran on Symbian-based S60 3rd Edition. It was the first ever phone encompassing a 4 GB internal hard drive, allowing storage for 3,000 songs. The N91 is highly focused on music,. with dedicated music keys on the front which slide down to reveal the keypad. It also featured the industry-standard 3.5 mm headphone jack, and was anticipated as a major challenger to Apple, whose iPod dominated the industry. The design of the N91 is based on stainless steel with a matte finish.
The Nokia N80 is a 3G smartphone from Nokia announced on November 2, 2005, part of the multimedia Nseries line. It runs on Symbian OS v9.1 and the S60 3rd Edition interface. It was first released in June 2006.
The Nokia N71 is a smartphone announced by Nokia on 2 November 2005 and released in June 2006. It was Nokia's joint-first clamshell smartphone, like the N92 announced on the same day. The N71 runs on Symbian OS v9.1.
The Nokia N95 is a smartphone produced by Nokia as part of their Nseries line of portable devices. Announced in September 2006, it was released to the market in March 2007. The N95 ran S60 3rd Edition, on Symbian OS v9.2. It has a two-way sliding mechanism, which can be used to access either media playback buttons or a numeric keypad. It was first released in silver and later on in black, with limited edition quantities in gold and purple. The launch price of the N95 was around €550.
The Nokia E71 is a smartphone introduced in May 2008 from the Eseries range with a QWERTY keyboard targeting business users worldwide. It runs on Symbian OS v9.2, with a Series 60 3rd Edition, second generation Feature Pack 1. The Nokia E71 succeeded the Nokia E61/61i models, building on the base design and form factor but enhancing on the feature set.
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is a smartphone part of the XpressMusic line, announced by Nokia on 2 October 2008 in London and started shipping in November of that year. Code-named "Tube", it was the first touchscreen-equipped S60 device by Nokia – essentially it was the first device to run Symbian^1, also known as S60 5th Edition, the touch-specific S60-based platform created by the Symbian Foundation. The touchscreen features tactile feedback.
The Nokia N97 is a high-end smartphone introduced on 2 December 2008 by telecommunications manufacturer Nokia as part of its Nseries and released in June 2009 as the successor to the Nokia N96 phone. The N97 was Nokia's second S60-based touchscreen phone, after the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. The device featured slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and ran on the Symbian v9.4 operating system. Its design took cues from the Nokia N79. A smaller 'mini' version was later released.
The Nokia N86 8MP is a high-end smartphone with emphasis on the camera. It was announced on 17 February 2009 and released in May 2009 as part of the Nseries. It runs on Symbian OS 9.3 and shares similar design features with the N97. Its name references the camera's megapixel count.
The Nokia E52 and Nokia E55 are smartphones from Nokia's business-oriented Eseries range. They run Symbian OS v9.3. The E55 was announced on 16 February 2009, whilst the E52 was announced later on 6 May 2009. They are both physically and functionally identical, except that the E55 has a 'half-QWERTY' keyboard, similar to the SureType keyboard on BlackBerry Pearl, whereas the E52 revision has a traditional T9 keypad.
The Nokia 5730 XpressMusic is a smartphone announced on March 11, 2009. Its features include a full backlit slide-out QWERTY keyboard, dedicated camera, volume, gaming and music keys as well as Wi-Fi ( 801.2b/g) connectivity and a basic accelerometer which autorotates the display. It runs on the Nokia's Symbian OS v9.3 S60 mobile phone platform. It is also very similar to the Nokia E75 model, the only difference being that the 5730 is dedicated to play music.
The Nokia C5-00 is the first in the new Cseries of Nokia phones, announced March 2010. The C5-00 is a smartphone with messaging and social networking features, including, for example, Facebook and Flickr applications. The C5-00 allows multitasking and has a 2.2-inch (56 mm) display and a 5.0-megapixel camera. It also includes GPS and a free navigation courtesy of Ovi Maps. It runs on Symbian OS with S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2.
The Nokia C6-00 is a smartphone and portable entertainment handheld cellular device by Finnish communications company Nokia, running the Symbian S60v5 operating system. It was announced on April 13, 2010. It is the third Nokia Symbian^1 smartphone featuring a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Its software and hardware specifications resemble the N97 mini in most ways. One of the differences is that the sliding in this phone is flat, unlike the upward angled in the N97 mini, hence allowing a four row QWERTY keypad, bringing a slightly enhanced typing experience to the table. The phone has a 5-megapixel camera, though unlike the N97 mini, it does not have Carl Zeiss optics. It also has a secondary camera in front for video calls. The Nokia C6-01 is the successor to the C6-00 featuring a major step-up with the new Symbian^3 operating system, Ovi Maps 3.0 and such but losing the QWERTY keyboard.
The Nokia C3-00 is a QWERTY keypad feature phone with the Nokia Series 40 mobile operating system, released under the Cseries line of phones by Nokia. It features a full 4-line keyboard, like the earlier Nokia 6800 series. It was advertised as an entry-level messaging and social networking phone, retailing at 90 EUR before taxes. It was introduced on April 13, 2010, alongside the Nokia E5 and C6.
The Nokia N8 is a touchscreen-based smartphone developed by Nokia. Announced on 27 April 2010, the Nokia N8 was the first device to run on the Symbian^3 mobile operating system and it was the company's flagship device for the year. It was released on 30 September 2010 at the Nokia Online Store before being released in markets around the world on 1 October 2010. There were two version made, the N8 and the N8-00. The N8 was made for Vodafone and locked to its networks, and the N8-00 was made by Microsoft and open network.
Nokia X5-00/01 are a pair of smartphones in the X-Series of Nokia's mobile phones. The original China model comes with Symbian OS 9.3, while the worldwide model uses S60 3rd Edition FP2.
The Nokia E5-00 is a Symbian smartphone. Like all smartphones in the Nokia Eseries it is targeted at business-to-business and comes with business software applications, including QuickOffice. It was released in the third quarter of 2010. It comes in a candybar form factor with QWERTY keyboard. It is considered a budget smartphone and thus, a successor of the Nokia E63.
The Nokia Nseries was a high-end lineup of feature phones, smartphones, and tablets marketed by Nokia Corporation from 2005 to 2011. The Nseries devices commonly supported multiple high-speed wireless technologies at the time, such as 3G, or Wireless LAN. Digital multimedia services, such as music playback, photo/video capture or viewing, gaming or internet services were the central focus of the lineup. The lineup was replaced in 2011 by the Nokia Lumia line as the company's primary smartphone lineup.
The Nokia 3650, sold in North American markets as the Nokia 3600, is a smartphone from Nokia announced on 6 September 2002 as the successor to the Nokia 7650. It runs Symbian OS Series 60.
The Nokia E6-00 is a smartphone running the Symbian^3 operating system. It supersedes the Nokia E72 as the new Symbian business mobility solution from Nokia following its announcement on 12 April 2011. It shipped with the new "Symbian Anna" version of Symbian^3, and originally retailed for 340 euros before taxes.
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