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Design by Community sketches (Poll)
By Rhiain on 26 July 2010
GLOBAL – Design by Community is back with a vengeance. Our designers have been sharpening their pencils, spending hours at the drawing board and they’ve come up with three sketches for you to vote on. Over the past month, the designers have worked with your suggestions for the ultimate concept phone. Now, it’s time for you to find out what it could look like, and vote on your favourite sketch. The winning sketch will be transformed into a 3D render that we’ll reveal right here on Conversations. Before all that, join us after the jump for a look at the sketches of the Design by Community concept device.
Before we take a look at the sketches, here’s what you gave the designers to work with:
Display and UI: 4-inch capacitive 16:9. Power button, camera, zoom and volume button controls
Shape: Monoblock
Dimensions: 60 x 110 x 6-10mm
Extras: Auto lens cover
Material: Aluminium
Finish: Soft touch
Colour: Single colour
Durability: Super strength
OS: Open source operating system with unlimited multitasking
Connectivity: Support for 802.11 n/b/g wireless standards, USB 3 connectivity, HDMI connectivity, cable charger and Dolby Surround Sound
Camera: 8-megapixel, 4X optical zoom, Dual LED and Xenon flash, HD video capture and instant image capture
Enhancements: Kinetic power booster, multiple OS support, surround sound speakers, upgradable Flash memory, upgradable image sensor
So, without further ado, here are the Design by Community concept sketches. Which one is the Nokia U? [NB: you can click on the images to open a larger version in a new tab].
Sketch 1
Sketch 2
Sketch 3
Now, it’s time to vote for your favourite concept sketch. Will you opt for an angular or a curved design? A fully metal back, or one with rubberised edges? Cast your vote and let us know. After your votes have been cast, the sketch with the highest number of ballots will be transformed into a 3D render. We’ll have the poll open for a week, so get in quick and let us know which one of the sketches gets your vote:
Related posts:
- Design by Community sketches – the votes are in
- Naming the Design by Community concept device (Poll 5 of 5)
- Naming the Design by Community concept device (Poll 4 of 5)
Tags | Design by Community, poll, Sketches
July 26th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
all 3 look good, lets make em!!!, stick a fast CPU (~1Ghz A8) in there and gobs of RAM ( 1GB or so.. it’s relatively cheap anyways.. ).
I voted design #1 as it is most distinct, however it would be cool to get the hardware button centered up a bit and maybe a hardware call and hangup button?
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Tom Chiverton Reply:
July 26th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
Why on earth would you want hardware make/break call buttons ? It’s a *touch* screen. It reconfigures itself to what is required there and then.
For me, option 1 was the best of a bad bunch though, no hardware keyboard – typing lots on a touch screen is a poor experience.
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Adam F Reply:
July 26th, 2010 at 4:58 pm
I like having hardware buttons available, touchscreen is great but it is still a phone, it would be nice to be able to hang up a call without having to navigate through menus on the touchscreen ( provided you’ve wandered off into another application while on the call or something ), call button is nice to be setup that when it is pressed it launches directly into the dialer application vs having to press home/menu button, find dialer, launcher dialer.
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Doug Reply:
July 26th, 2010 at 10:33 pm
Besides the fact that some of us like hardware buttons, they also double as shortcuts to the call log, which is nice too.
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Shinigami Reply:
July 28th, 2010 at 1:59 am
They already made these:
Nokia N8 – sketch one
Nokia X6 – sketch two
Nokia 5800 – sketch fifteen (jk)
Personally I’d prefer hardware buttons (make/break call) rather than no hardware buttons. How am I supposed to answer a call with no hardware buttons while wearing gloves? Press that one single button in the middle? And end call with the same button? And repeat last call with same button? And how do I reject a call then?
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yann Reply:
July 28th, 2010 at 7:45 am
@Shinigami
It’s a matter of personal choice. Those sketches are made for touch phones. It’s easy to make all things that you mentioned with buttons from a side of the phone.
Otherwise, if you prefer there are lots of models with buttons like E-series and etc.
BR
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Mário Reply:
July 28th, 2010 at 2:41 pm
sketch one > Nokia N8
sketch two > Xperia X10
sketch three > almost iphone 3gs
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Rafael Reply:
July 28th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Yes I tottaly agree with you. More, Sketch 3 looks like a Cseries phone, 2 – Xseries, 3 – N8series (wildguess)
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~SatindeR~ Reply:
July 30th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
i love the “auto on” protective lens cover.
it is just too great.
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NOKIAGUY Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 8:57 am
I VOTE FOR SKETCH 2 !!!
THE BEST DESIGN OF ALL!
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July 26th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
Can i make a suggestion?
If someone is concern.
Why there must be a button in front of the phone? Isn’t possible to make the whole front phone, from one end to another screen? Full screen? With stereo speakers from both sides on the bottom.
Having infra-red for being universal remote control.
I’m not a designer, or else i would make a sketch.
Also would like to point that according those 3 sketches isn’t possible to have optical zoom. In my opinion.
BR
yann
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yann Reply:
July 26th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
Sorry. To clarify. Home/menu button can be from a side.
BR
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Arashi Reply:
July 27th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
Sort of like the N900?
And besides, this is just a concept. Most of what people want crammed inside is impossible within 8mm.
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James Reply:
July 27th, 2010 at 3:26 pm
I disagree. I’ve got an N900 and thought having no buttons on the front would be great. However having use it and having accidentally either answered calls in my pocket or cut the caller off many times, I now think that two accept reject buttons on the front that have a physical feel/action would be much better.
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christexaport Reply:
July 27th, 2010 at 4:37 pm
You have to allow some side edges so hands aren’t always touching the screen in landscape mode. Your thumbs would obscure the display were the sides not there.
Sometimes you have to imagine using a device to understand why things worked out as they did.
I liked design 2, but all are pretty good looking. I just hope the speaker grilles in 2 aren’t black plastic, but metallic to match the back in final form. Otherwise, it looks like a Storm.
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Spatch Reply:
July 30th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
you sir, have the same ideas as me (:
Full screen, no vertical side borders, infrared so you can use it with any tv, also nothing’s impossible in the future we will have phones that neednt be thicker then 8mm.
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July 26th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
Well loved all three, I use N97 but the thing I dont like is the metal, i guess its aluminum comes off after three to four months of usage and the phone looks awful.
Nokia People please look into this.
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EverythingBlaxx Reply:
July 26th, 2010 at 4:22 pm
Read up on how anondized aluminum and how the color won’t fade or chip off. Basically, the aluminum is dyed before it is hardened instead of being painted after the fact.
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July 26th, 2010 at 4:14 pm
The 3rd one looks great – I like this sleek and curvy design!
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christexaport Reply:
July 27th, 2010 at 4:41 pm
Its decent, but it looks too much like the HTC Droid Eris, a low end device. I think looking like a cheap model would be a mistake, which is why I immediately eliminated 3. 3 sort of looks like the X6, but if you make those speaker grills colored to match the casing with metallic, it will differentiate itself.
Plus, I’ve seen 3’s style elsewhere before, but 1 and 2 are refreshing and look more expensive.
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Tochi Reply:
July 28th, 2010 at 9:21 am
Nah 3 is much better. 1 looks like the N8 but not better, 2 trying too much. 3 strikes a balance. A matter of choice of course.
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July 26th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
I want Sketch No.1 with Sketch No.3’s camera cover.
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July 26th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
Sketch 1 looks similar to an N8
Sketch 2 looks similar to an X6 (with an old style mini usb, NOT a MicroUSB)
Sketch 3 looks similar to an E71 (minus keyboard obviously)
I voted for Sketch 1, and if it had an hardware qwerty, powerful cpu, lots of ram, and phone memory, it would be a winner.
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Andi Reply:
July 26th, 2010 at 4:38 pm
1. I agree with Micky, look a lot like an N8. Were there any usability tests for the bottom-left corner button? Is it comfortable to use(haven’t tested yet the N8).
2. Agree again! this is my least favorite. Looks the least sophisticated in my opinion.
3. Looks like a Samsung Gallaxy S with the square button there. Although not a big fan of Gallaxy, I like this one.
I guess I like best #1, without a QWERTY pls. If it has the same touch as on iPhone or at least Nexus One it will be super awesome.
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christexaport Reply:
July 27th, 2010 at 4:44 pm
I think the N97 gave them enough data for the button placement. Its good for right handers, though left handers may not like it. It rests naturally where the thumb lies in either orientation, just like the lovely space key on the N900 everyone initially cried about, something I hope they don’t change.
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Tochi Reply:
July 28th, 2010 at 9:24 am
Not to impressed with the placement of the space key on N900, I keep hitting key ‘m’ most ofmthe time
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Posted from my N900 – love it but hate it sometimes
July 26th, 2010 at 4:21 pm
No.1 is a flattened version of the Nokia N8, and it was decided then that optical zoom wasn’t needed when you can zoom and crop photos afterwards. LED flash isn’t required, except as a torch, or special effects on the N900. Lens cover wastes 2mm, collects dust & no longer required. Since all that voting, the game’s changed. With all that minimalism going on, we need some detail to please the eye.
New Motorola is a good example…… but exposing the frame on the outside leads to antennae problems…
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July 26th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
I still think the E71 is one of the most attractive industrial designs ever produced by Nokia, so I voted for it’s touchscreen look-a-like: #3. I don’t like the camera bump and excessive bezel, but I do like the rounded corners.
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July 26th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
#1 looks like it’s been designed by the same people as the N8. If the handset is ever produced, I would expect this design to be chosen, as it point to a consistent design language within Nokia.
#2 has a fresh look, I really like it. Screams “high-end”. That’s my favorite. That’s the kind of design that, in my opinion, would make other smartphone users jealous.
#3 looks like it’s been designed by a certain Taiwanese manufacturer whose name consists of three letters. That’s not a problem in itself, but it doesn’t really look like a Nokia design.
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Don Reply:
July 26th, 2010 at 9:48 pm
@Guillaume B
I disagree with your comment about #3 looking like an HTC, I don’t recall an HTC device looking like that. On the other hand, the E71 and E72 have pretty much that shape. I picked #3!
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christexaport Reply:
July 27th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
He means the Droid Eris, and I agree. 3 looks too much like that cheap HTC model.
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Burak Reply:
July 27th, 2010 at 8:51 am
I agree with your opinions.
The first one is way too similar to N8.
My favorite is the second one as well. It is different than the other phones in the market.
And for some reason, I am attracted to the design of the speakers. It adds a nice and distinctive look to the phone.
The third one looks too classic and as well as its features, a concept phone should be differentiated with its looks as well.
And to the Conversations team: I still have no idea if I am going to receive those headphones fromm the Baby naming competition. Could you help me on this?
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Ian Reply:
July 27th, 2010 at 9:47 am
Just sent you an email wrt sending the headphones.
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Philip Reply:
July 27th, 2010 at 5:14 pm
Yes it does quite a lot..actly all of them are taken from smwere or the other…guess U included the designers as well…=)….but loved the 2nd design..sleek …and love the cuts…looks like a high end precision tool!!!…cheers!!
July 26th, 2010 at 4:44 pm
sketch 2
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July 26th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
i ‘d go for sketch 1 and 2
both looks awesome
3 just look a bit old, and by old i mean oldish style.
sketch 1 looks more like n8,
and sketch 2 looks more like x6
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July 26th, 2010 at 4:54 pm
Camera cover makes the phone unable to be laid flat on the floor. No2 and no3 have no camera shutter. Voted for no1.
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July 26th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
i love model number 1. it’s look like thin version of n8
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July 26th, 2010 at 5:04 pm
i like no.1 but it’s similar to N8
why Nokia don’t change the world of touch-phone design by making a phone without the top&bottom edge.
kinda this http://perceptionnyc.com/content/iron-man-2
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jimcero Reply:
July 26th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
i agree with you, very good, lets do more, not only redesign the old design way. (read my comments please below)
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vpuik Reply:
July 26th, 2010 at 7:13 pm
It still comes down to physical limitations. They need to put the hardware somewhere. Skinny has been in since Razor days so they need to push the hardware to the top and bottom.
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Guy Reply:
July 27th, 2010 at 12:43 pm
yes, i would also like to see Nokia do that, seems doable Lg gd900 is a little bit clear. and i feel like i saw a patent submitted by apple for a clear flip phone about a year ago… texting and driving would never be the same…
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christexaport Reply:
July 27th, 2010 at 4:48 pm
because that isn’t a real device. Imagine holding it, and your thumbs always touching the screen. Those side bars are actually handles for landscape mode. Otherwise, there is no way to confidently hold the device without actuating the display. That’s why all touch devices have space at each side, even Apple.
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jimcero Reply:
July 30th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
i was saying keep out the physical frame, extend the display and border-less, but making a non-sensitive frame or bizel or whatever it names, for what you asking about, holding or playing..or whatever. i know one way or another is going to happen.
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July 26th, 2010 at 5:05 pm
Sketch two is the least offensive of the whole lot. One is just an N8 and lacks any creativity, much like Sketch three which might as well be a KRIF of an iPhone (and looks like it had the build quality of one two).
In summary, entirely uninspired designs the lot of them.
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yann Reply:
July 27th, 2010 at 6:33 am
Respectfully agree.
Totally uninspired designs. Copy of previous models, just polished a little.
Hey, NOKIA, find some fresh look. Hire new designers.
Reading how people exalt by E71… Men, isn’t qwerty phone design contest. It’s for TOUCH phone!
Fresh ideas!!! Not just to copy old models or other companies models.
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July 26th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
Sketch #1 looks by far the best. Very distinct Nokia look. Love the side profile. Looks very much like the N8. Would be nice to have a slim keyboard. Its a very sexy sophisticated look. Very professional.
Now add a 3G penta band + 1GHZ cpu + 3D chip + <=512MB RAM and MEEGOOO!!!!!!!!
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July 26th, 2010 at 5:14 pm
Sketch 3 looks amazing. I still think the E71 has one of the most stylish designs ever, and the Sketch 3 looks a bit like it.
So please, everyone, vote Sketch 3
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Alex Reply:
July 26th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
Agree! #1 is following the new N-series design (too hard/edgy) as #2 is X-series design (cheap and clumsy = teenage). I find #3 resembles some of the 5xxx phones and also E71, however, with a great face lift.
#3 is my favourite with the ’round but edgy’ design. Very classy.
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christexaport Reply:
July 27th, 2010 at 4:50 pm
e71 was good when it arrived…years ago. I wouldn’t want that design on my premium device today. I want more high tech looking devices, and the second one has Porsche written all over it.
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July 26th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
I will go for no. 1 with touch sensitive button not physical one plus and camera cover of design no. 3. it will look awesome.
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July 26th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
Well, I’d say you pretty much covered the Nseries look, the Xseries look, and the Eseries look. I like the Eseries look a lot but the lack of a camera shutter button is a deal breaker for me unfortunately. Gotta go with 1 on this one, the Nseries look. It looks awesome too.
Would have been cool to see some calling buttons next to the menu key but unfortunately the market seems to be moving away from that.
Nice job with the designs guys. Really great stuff. Too bad a phone like that could never exist because you couldn’t fit all those features into something that small.
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July 26th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
If you go to such details WVGA is a minimum screen resolution…
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July 26th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
none of them is really appealing to me, and they look to similiar to the current and to-be-launched models. something totally new would be more cool
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July 26th, 2010 at 6:09 pm
I voted #1 because of the “N8″-look, i like it very much, #2 comes second and please destroy #3 immediatly (sorry Florian)
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July 26th, 2010 at 6:12 pm
i go for the 2, but i will suggest like iphone 4, (its doing what must be done), a full cristal front-side, if i was a designer i can do more, lets do a full front display, without frame, an of course, the frame its only about dont having sensibility activated, 1 cm, all the way around, then the device can have less size an a full display, if i were the designer, i think a will be millionaire. haha, anyway good effort in number 2, and maybe de 1 n8 style.
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christexaport Reply:
July 27th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
everyone asking for no rail, full display, do some design usability classes, and see why those rails are present. Without them, you have little to hold onto, and your thumbs touch the display. Go ahead and play a game, and hold your touchscreen. Look at your thumbs in landscape mode. See why they are there now?
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jimcero Reply:
July 28th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
i was saying keep out the physical frame, extend the display and border-less, but making a non-sensitive frame or bizel or whatever it names, for what you asking about, holding or playing..or whatever. i know one way or another is going to happen.(seriously i dont need classes for understanding that, you do?)
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July 26th, 2010 at 6:27 pm
i like to see a merge between the 1st and 3rd design or this one
http://twitpic.com/28wsuh
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July 26th, 2010 at 6:29 pm
To me it looks that each design team in Nokia was told to make a sketch from the specs…
sketch 1 – made my nSeries design team (my favorite)
sketch 2 – made my XSeries design team
sketch 3 – made my CSeries design team
all look good in my book, but we all know it’s not the hardware that Nokia has trouble with… it’s the software and the speed of the devices…
PS: here’s hoping for a BIIIIIIIGGG C: drive so we don’t run out of space after installing aps an/or using Nokia e-mail app. BTW, Nokia, could you give me the option to use my E: drive to store my e-mails and attachments? I’m tired of low memory errors!!!!
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Dan Reply:
July 26th, 2010 at 6:31 pm
sorry for the typo… it “made BY n/X/C-series….”
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July 26th, 2010 at 6:36 pm
the 3rd design reminds me of samsung galaxy s http://bit.ly/911BVW
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July 26th, 2010 at 6:47 pm
Did you forget to mention Bluetooth 3 in Connectivity? Seems like a huge omission, but it should be present in such a futuristic phone!
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July 26th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
IMHO, 4 inches screen is too big. I liked sketch2, it’s the best, but the lens cover looks horrible, in a pocket it would certainly open alone. sketch 3 looks Nexus One (this isn’t a bad thing) and sketch1 looks N8, and i don’t think n8 is beautiful.
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July 26th, 2010 at 6:53 pm
Nice, I will go with No.1
Also, Why didnt they change the design dramatically???
All designs look good, but still feels like we’ve seen it before.
Anyway, The most important thing here is the guts of the device
I MUST have a powerful CPU (PLEASE DONT USE ARM11 CPU…Its sooo outdated)
BR
Ahmed
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July 26th, 2010 at 7:15 pm
i really like the 1st sketch coz its look stylish, classy, business, ready for all kind of mood…. hehehehehe…
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July 26th, 2010 at 7:25 pm
I hate lens covers. edge to edge screen will be nice. #1 with no any button in front.
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July 26th, 2010 at 7:51 pm
PLEASE MAKE SURE THIS HAS A MINIMUM OF 1GHZ PROCESSOR AND 1GB RAM.
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Jaxx89 Reply:
July 26th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
I second, third and foruth that.
And also make sure that its not a DELAYED RELEASE like usual.
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July 26th, 2010 at 7:57 pm
I Love sketch nr.2!! I dont like the nr.1 just because it looks exactly like the N8!! I would love to see an edge-to-edge display!! Also some touch-sensitive buttons on the front!! It would be the best phone of all time!! YOU HAVE TO EAR THE COMMUNITY!!!
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July 26th, 2010 at 8:15 pm
sketch 1
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July 26th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
i,m vote for #2 it’s hight and classie, no.1 to much nokia n8 like, no 2. Like that rotten orange2 no way, hope it have wvga screen and bluetooth 4.0, yeah dual os and unlimited multitasting that was giant ,
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July 26th, 2010 at 8:27 pm
First of all, I think all three look awesome!
For me I choose the first one, I think it’s more stylish. I too like the third one, some how I saw some Nokia shadow “traditional look” on it. For sure when a person from far will definitely tell it’s definitely a Nokia phone.
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July 26th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
I like design no 2. Its “young”, bold and different.
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July 26th, 2010 at 8:59 pm
Sorry, but sketch 3 looks like an HTC device and it’s kinda boring. Sketch 1 is the N8, therefore, I vote for sketch 2. It looks like a high-end x-series device and the design overall is pretty fresh and Nokia looking.
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July 26th, 2010 at 9:27 pm
All designs are just retouched Models from existing phones nearly
#2 with #1 lens cover
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July 26th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
1GHZ processor a must have. Physical QWERTY doesnt seem possible, but wth.
And why do the sketches say 12MP and the datasheet says 8MP????
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July 26th, 2010 at 10:21 pm
I really Like the Number 1!!! I prefer a Smartphone like this and i´m waiting for the N8!
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July 26th, 2010 at 10:29 pm
I voted for sketch 1, the reason I did was because of it’s lens cover. It’s the most pocketfriendly lens cover. It can’t open by itself when it’s in your pocket unlike sketch 2 and sketch 3.
Also the design is the most original, even though it resembles the n8 a bit. Sketch 3 looks like a sleeker 5230 and sketch 2 like a sleeker x6.
If I would’ve to choose which one I would get out of the inner pocket of my jacket it would be sketch 1. The reason van this is that when you get it out of your pocket you wouldnt notice it’s a phone at first glance. That’s how elegant the design is.
On a side note, those sketches took long enough:P
You really can’t rush art.
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July 26th, 2010 at 10:37 pm
Well, the 3rd one looks so good – that’s my vote.
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July 26th, 2010 at 10:39 pm
I like sketch 3, looks like an E-series replacement.
Very classy !!!
But put the button on the left, like on the N8.
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July 26th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Sketch # 1 is the best. I like that look a lot more than the rounded corners that every other phone (iPhones, HTC Desire and Samsung Galaxy S) now has. And I like the automatic lens cover that is also in most pocket cameras. That way you can’t forget the lens cover open and the lens is always protected when you put it in pocket.
The thing that I don’t understand is why the phones must be so thin. I hate it. I have big hands and the phones today feel like toys made for children. Make ‘em at least twice as thick, 20 mm minimum. That way the phone is better to hold and you can fit the hardware inside a lot easier. And it will fit in pockets, because most people don’t wear skin tight clothing.
One more thing. Big NO to edge-to-edge screens. It makes the phone unnecessarily vulnerable to cracking when accidentally dropped.
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July 26th, 2010 at 11:10 pm
Impressive Designs, I liked the Second one.
All other Nokia phones are kinda cheap plastic phones except a very few eg: N8.
Good Poll.
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July 26th, 2010 at 11:31 pm
What about giving the Sketch 3 a “riffled”? back like the E71. Basically just like the E71
Not E72, E71 
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July 26th, 2010 at 11:35 pm
I love the sketch number 1 but I regret that the cache apn is not the same color as the smartphone and when will it be available ?
Thank you for your reply.
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July 27th, 2010 at 12:52 am
Voted #1 but frankly don’t like any of them.
Does the phone have to have so many lines and curves? make it simple, simply perfect.
What I’d like is the N900 that is thin, and with maximally thin bezel/plastic around the screen, I don’t want any buttons on the front.
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July 27th, 2010 at 12:55 am
you should make something like nokia kinetic design without the thicker part. : http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/07/nokia-kinetic-07-19-2010.jpg
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luqy Reply:
July 27th, 2010 at 1:43 am
agreed
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July 27th, 2010 at 2:01 am
i voted for sketch #2..(best of the 3)simply because it had the speaker grill right across top and bottom(which would hopefully improve audio quality?)
the 1st sketch looked too much like the n8 and the last too much like a 5800(with just the middele button)…i was really hoping for something wow in terms of design..but they all were a bit ordinary to me and lacked that smooth wow factor…i expected something a bit more tbh
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July 27th, 2010 at 4:14 am
I voted for Sketch 2 because of its unique design. Sketch 1 looks like N8 and Sketch 3 looks cheap specially the back part.
I believe this is the right time for Nokia to pitch out designs that does not remind people of the iPhone, the market have been bombarded enough with that design, time to change.
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July 27th, 2010 at 5:35 am
Yeah, people probably said that already but I’ll say it again anyway. This series of posts acquired a sour taste after that Finnish guy wrote that Nokia lost itself to this kind of initial design driven by user input. You guys are in a situation right now where you need to come up with a “wow!” device. _One_ device, cool, and very distinct from other Nokia devices. Obvious positive and superior features that work Right now and in the Real World.
Go get N8 on the market already. And go release the next thing, please. Don’t ask for our dreams, just do it and let us start dreaming about buying one. Do it well and I’m sure it will be cool, even if nobody asked for it specifically. Just do what you know you can do, maaan!…. Use the force. Trust your guts.
Did Nokia lose its guts?
You asked about the OS… I don’t give a damn about the OS. Whatever has a free PDF reader will do. My girlfriend bought a 5800 after my persistent recommendations. I don’t actually own one, but I am/was a Nokia fanboy. When we discovered Adobe’s official PDF reader app was like US$15 I was embarrassed and ashamed. W T F. and there was simply no alternative. Well, there was one actually, running some old program under some kind of emulator. Ridiculous… I have an N800 myself, and it comes preloaded with a PDF reader. I could not imagine that could be a problem. We are both researchers and read a lot of PDF articles, so that was very important.
PDF, what else?… Foursquare! Foursquare released apps for many different platforms, but skipped Symbian. W T F??? And as happened to them, it happened to other companies. Hear this warning Nokia. People just don’t feel like making Symbian apps!!! Wake up! Shake it up!
Do some friggin marketing. I heard dozens of people impressed by Apple’s videophone program when it was launched. They had no idea this kind of stuff was already possible, already available in other platforms, such as yours. i.e. we have impressionable people not being impressionated. Go impressionate them, you dumb losers!!!!
About “non-limited multitasking”… Yeah, I also think Apple’s restrictions kind of suck. But they are right in doing it. That way they only delifer what they promise, and avoid crashes and making the system freezes because of too many wild apps at the same time. I freeze my N800 routinely.
There is no unlimited multitasking, because the power of the system is limited. What you need is advanced handling of these resources. You need a system that is able to multitask without ever making you loe control of stuff. without even reaching that terrible point where you wuddenly have too much stuff going on, and _YOU CAN’T ABORT ANY OPERATIONS_, and the system i stuck, frozen doing something too big. And you can’t stop it, cancel, anything. I ___HATE___ that. If the choice is between a very restrictive multitasking that might be using less resources than possible, and this kind of BADLY MANAGED multitasking, I prefer to go with the other one, because it has an idea of management, and is not just a wild land where anything can happen.
So stop doing this easy unlimited multitasking speech, and show us some actual responsible resource management tool. Show us something even better than messages of “you have exausted the memory” appearing too late, and without much you can do after that other than stare at the message…
And let me reinforce something. So some nice demo videos of you phones, please. I remember when the N97 was out. A few days later the only video I was on YouTube was of a guy handing the phone to some lady (his mother/wife/sister???), and she plays with it a little and says “oh, yeah, cool”. W T F????
Now you put these videos of some guy (Nokian?) talking hours and hours about this or that little feature. Guy rehearsed the video like one time, and than talked a lot, yadda yadda… The vide is OK, but it should not be the ONLY FRIGGIN VIDEO.
Get some hot chick who can speak well, and make some short one-minute clips showing one or two things working. think “MTV speed”. Yes, shallow, dumb, whatever… that is what works. We are not in a friggin university class here, dude. It’s not TED talk of Symbian^3.
Ah, and please drop this stupid “^3″ thing. It’s stu^pid. “Symbian 3″ is perfect.
Get some competent marketing/advertising people to work for you for once, good grief!… do you have some kind of “let’s incentive amateurs and beginners” policy going on? It’s OK to have their material, you know, put it there, but do create something better too on the side!!
I mean, do it when you RELEASE THE DAMNED THING FOR SALE!…. Yeah. Make it availabe, than please make some cool advertising videos. Hot chick on youtube displaying simple and cool features.
Not nerd guy talking for hours. I’m a nerd, I watched the video alright… But you need something else too. Not strange businessman type of guy typing for hours on tablet (N800 video… look for it on youtube, it’s there!) HOT CHICK. Colored hair, great body, talks well and fast. Think Mithbusters Keri Byron!
You have the perfect design (you have ALL designs, you definitely get it right somewhere sometime). HW if perfect (yeah, do the capacitive screen thing too.. whatever), now get you software right. Nobody cares Symbian and QT are FLOSS… I am a foss lover, but you can’t just keep talking that like it really mattered in the end and compensated the obvious lack of applications. And get some fing hot chicks selling your stuff. Go watch “America’s next top model” and try to learn something!!!! “What not to wear” too! I love to see the nerds out from the dungeon, but it doesn’t hurt to see other “I’m a mac” folks playing along too.
You are always getting late. Your “time to market” is obviously getting damaged by some damned stupid bureaucracy in the middle. Maybe the focus on fewer devices could help on that too, and not just on making the customers choose…
Reduce time of innovations to market. Get actual applications running on the thing, and not just promises. Get the thing on the hands of pretty woman (the Larissa Riquelme phenomenon was great, you should learn something with that.) And please cut the stupid fart apps from Ovi store. It looks like a fart store to me, whenever I enter there I see the stupid fart apps, and I think “yeah, it suits the store”
If I am going to look at butt pictures, I don’t want to look at the icons of fart apps. I prefer the derrière of pretty ladies if that is really necessary. But I actually prefer not to see naked posteriors of anyone when I enter Ovi store, that’s just too much even for my depraved mind. So please cut the fart apps. Yeah, censor them!!! Put on a hidden page whatever. Not butts on Ovi store plz.
Something like that… I hope some of that passes through from mine to your troubled minds.
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Lorion84 Reply:
July 27th, 2010 at 10:36 am
You want a free PDF-Reader?
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Tochi Reply:
July 28th, 2010 at 11:34 am
Dead right! I have a Nokia N900 now and multitasking is let down by limited memory. Nokia can keep pinching the pennies, I will be moving on because they pretend to listen but in reality, they dont. They tried hard enough to lose this customer and sadly they have just about succeeded.
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July 27th, 2010 at 5:36 am
Well, Cut the Crap and put all the 3 into Production…. They look far far better most of the devices Nokia has in market…!! But Please Install a Better OS…!! Which is touch friendly…
Present version Symbian is getting freaking OLD…!! No more Burden on that please….
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July 27th, 2010 at 5:43 am
BTW, I voted 1 because it looks like the N8, so it looks like an original Nokia design, that came from your guts. 2 looks like some Androidy Xperia, and 3 liek some old-school iPhony thingy.
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July 27th, 2010 at 6:10 am
Voted for 1 design.It look same as N8 but i love this design,This is new Design better than previous designs that we seen on Nokia Phones.
It Is New,Fresh,Modern,eye catching and New generation Design.
Can’t wait to buy this.
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July 27th, 2010 at 6:35 am
Sketch 3 for me, i really love that one!!
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July 27th, 2010 at 7:11 am
Sketch 1 N8ish
Sketch 2 X6ish
I pick the USABLE Eseries’ish Sketch 3.
Thats a kind of device we’re looking for.
>Eseries Build. 1GHZ proc + 1GB RAM!
>Eseries Touchphone with a Freaking cool Xenon Flash.
>Usable using a single hand.
>Eseries with those given Specs. WOULD BE AWESOME!
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July 27th, 2010 at 7:19 am
We all waited this long for designs like this?! 2 of which look like phones that are going or have already been produced. Nokia seriously needs to find some new designers. I am not going to bother voting. Great job Nokia
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July 27th, 2010 at 8:23 am
WHERE IS DUAL LED FLASH FOR VIDEO??
Camera: 8-megapixel, 4X optical zoom, Dual LED and Xenon flash, HD video capture and instant image capture
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July 27th, 2010 at 9:55 am
I personally think that all 3 looks too much resembled towards the current line of Nokia Product. 1st resembled the last line of S^3 N-series, 2nd one resembled X series and the 3rd one resembled the old N series.
To be honest, with all it’s open OS huhaaa and multiple OS support. This Nokia U-series requires new design, something radical, something that blows the mind. A design that is new and identifiable on the new approached of the phone BUT certainly not a design which resemble the old product line up of Nokia
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July 27th, 2010 at 10:05 am
Forget about design and hardware, give the best user experience, where nokia is far far away at the moment.
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July 27th, 2010 at 10:15 am
#2 running Meego
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July 27th, 2010 at 10:16 am
haha
sketch 1: exact N8 almost
sketch 2: look a little SE? nice though but more youth oriented
sketch 3: look like something i have seen before.. Definitely some desire in there but also C5 styling. Outer frame from front look a little 5530? Could it perhaps be the C7?
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July 27th, 2010 at 10:17 am
where hell you will put 4X optical zoom in 8mm thin ,did you mean 4X digital zoom
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July 27th, 2010 at 10:28 am
The Nokia N8! The best camera the world has ever seen in a phone! Even better than a lot of point and shoot cameras! Running on the new Symbian^3 it comes with LOADS of unique features such as Dolby Surround 5.1, USB on-the-go, HDMI out port, anodised aluminium body and not so unique but still very rare 720p video recording at 24 FPS, 12 MP camera with AF and Carl Zeiss lens and a 3.5″ AMOLED, capacitive, multi-touch enabled display.
So you may ask, with so many great exclusive or very rare features why didn’t Nokia made a kick-ass keynote to introduce it? Well, I don’t know, but here is how it should have went:
Have you ever watched an Apple keynote? Well, it goes like this: Steve Jobs rounds up around 8 of the most exciting features about the product he is about to present and usually it adds a 9th as a mysterious one that he only talks about it in the very end of the keynote. When he presented the iPhone 4 he rounded up 8 features and gave them fancy names! iPhone OS 4 renamed the iOS 4, the high-resolution display was called the “retina display†and even a video call was given a different name to make it stand from the crowd. It was called FaceTime! After all of this try to recall the N86 announcement. It was like this: “This is the N86 and the only thing different is that it has a 8MP camera. Done, bye!â€.
Nokia… You’re doing it WRONG! Even the N8 announcement was miserable and it was a whole lot better than the N86! I’ll give an example of what Nokia should learn from Apple!
Nokia N8 keynote should have been publicized for a month. Maybe even leak some exciting features on purpose to sites like Engadget! Tweeting that “something exciting†was coming! Use and abuse their own slogan, something like: “Nokia has always worked on connecting people… now more than ever!â€.
And when the time arrived show off some of the greatest phones Nokia had so far! Show the ones that everyone knows! Show the Nokia 3310 is they need! That is the device EVERYONE had back then! ABUSE your legacy Nokia! Make it sell! And after showing the N95 tell people: “Well, the next step on evolution is arriving… Meet the next revolutionary Nokia! Meet the Nokia N8!â€. Yes, it’s very Apple-like but if it’s working out for them why shouldn’t it work out for you Nokia? It’s better than the ones you’ve been doing, that’s for sure! And do you want to know the 8 features you should really advertise on that keynote?
1: 3.5″ AMOLED capacitive multi-touch enabled display! Show off the multi-touch gestures on photos!
2: 12MP sensor and 720p HD recording. Show AWESOME pictures shot with the N8 and play a nice video filmed with the HD camera on the N8! Impress people! REALLY impress people!
3: Just after showing videos shot with the N8, show people the HDMI out and tell them that the phone records stereo sound and it outputs Dolby Surround, all via the phone! Tell them how useful this is by not needing to carry they’re PC around to show the best videos to the rest of the family!
4: USB on-the-go! What if your friend has a nice video from its vacations on his USB stick, but there isn’t a PC around? No problem with the N8, just connect the USB stick to it and show the video to the rest of the family!
5: Video and photo editor! This is HUGE! For example, Android 2.2 hasn’t a photo editor built-in! And Android is a very well-known and praised OS over the world!
6: Symbian^3 OS! Show off the multitasking capabilities on the device, show them the cover flow mode on the music player, show them Ovi Maps with free navigation, but most importantly: show them the evolution from Symbian^1! Show them that those times of frustration and problems with the OS is over. Show them the unified 1 tap only system all over the UI! Show them the improvements and show them the nice, very nice widgetized homescreen!
7: Browser! Show flash content running on the device and let them know that the browser is based on webkit! Show off how easy it is to get around the page, show pinch-to-zoom and make it look crisp!
8: Video call! HTC made a big deal out of the HTC EVO 4G video call capabilities. Make sure everyone understands that this isn’t like the iPhone limited to Wi-Fi and to other iPhones and that it isn’t a 2nd party app doing the work for you like Qik is doing for the EVO. Let them know it works with all phones since the first 2005 phones that had this feature! Show off a video call with awesome quality!
And do you want the one more thing stuff?
Talk about Qt and how it is compatible with both MeeGo and Symbian^3 devices and show them some of the games built on Qt like Angry Birds, Bounce, Asphalt 5 and show them running on the N900 as well just to show that they run on both devices and make people understand that it is the same version of the game! This will achieve two results! It will call developers to fill the poor Ovi Store with some content and it will show people the great graphics that the N8 can achieve and how good the games look!
Now, is it that hard to do this? I’m just a normal guy and no genius, but I was able to write this. Why can’t such a big company with the possibilities to hire some great people to help them out advertising do it? Why? It’s just so simple….
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Jasper Reply:
July 27th, 2010 at 12:24 pm
Very true
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yann Reply:
July 27th, 2010 at 2:07 pm
If i was the CEO of NOKIA, you would be appointed as a PR Director. Current one /no comment/.
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Joshua Reply:
July 27th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
Thanks Yann,
I was hoping to get this accross the CEO of mobil computing at Nokia, at least any1 who kmows how to get to him for me shld pm jklubi at gmail dot com thnks vey much
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Petri Reply:
July 28th, 2010 at 7:58 am
I couldn’t agree more. You got me convinced.
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Tochi Reply:
July 28th, 2010 at 12:24 pm
No chance of that happening. Its not just the Finnish way. Nokia is not Apple and will never be able to run on Hype
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nic Reply:
July 28th, 2010 at 6:07 pm
It’s really amazing a company can get stuck for so long not just with problems on the technical side, like the delays to release new stuff (which is not really a _technical_ issue), but having problems to PROMOTE their products. Seems like inside Nokia publicity is something done by crazy and strange nerds with rare skills, like engineering is in the rest of the world. They are upside down!
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July 27th, 2010 at 10:35 am
I would still vote for a keyboard – I hate typing on a touch screen…
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July 27th, 2010 at 10:36 am
Who cares about hardware? The distinguishing features in design between the vendors are now minimal and unimportant for the customer. Want to end up as an unnamed hardware manufacturers from the sndroid camp? Stay on Hardware. Or will Nokia starts to differentiate themselves through software and generating added value to its customers? Then they need to focus on ONE operating system.
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July 27th, 2010 at 10:39 am
I vote for #3… it looks awesome!
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July 27th, 2010 at 10:50 am
#1 LOOKS COOL
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July 27th, 2010 at 10:53 am
Love the looks of #1.
On the marketing side I woluld like to see Nokia push the disadvantages of Andriod and Apple concerning their net privacy and compulsion to obey their downloading and file handling rules. With Nokia you are free to USE your phone the way YOU want to.
I am waiting for a 4″ nokia device to be released …… a.s.a.p. please.
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July 27th, 2010 at 11:18 am
These ideas look good, however could you please stop having the keyboard slide out to the left? Having a full keyboard makes it impossible to use the phone one handed.
Please go back to the N95, etc designs – it was easy to walk down the street and type a text, etc one handed with that phone’s slide out keypad. It worked, so why change it?
Remember – it’s a phone – you should be able to use it one handed. (Personally I don’t think people really want a super-mini laptop keyboard.)
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July 27th, 2010 at 11:27 am
Sketch 3 FTW! Sketch 1 seems like you wont be able to reach that button with your thumb (using one hand) in terms of the positioning and screen size… (Or at least wont be as comfortable).
Sketch 2 is way too X series for my liking…
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July 27th, 2010 at 11:30 am
This website and process of seeking customer feedback on design is seriously flawed. It’s only relevant to evolutionary products. If you think about your main competitor, they don’t ask anybody but surprise people with super-refined designs. The idea of users as designers is a recipe for disaster!
You have to take brand management away from the economists, and give it to real industrial and ‘drama’ designers. Compare this with macaroni. There are hundreds of companies that make macaroni, and you need to differentiate them by putting a Santa Claus on the packaging. You are doing the same now: trying to differentiate by a slightly different shape, radii, speaker holes etc.
But when you compare current Nokia phones with a Leica Camera, that is a true brand carrier and they are created by designers: the marketing is merely information.
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July 27th, 2010 at 11:39 am
From what I see, design 1 is the N8, design 2 is the X6 on diet, so voted design 3 cause it’s the most different from what we have seen, even though it seems to converge towards the Google Phone, and iPhone and all those..
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July 27th, 2010 at 11:40 am
The devices are too similar to current models, sketch_1: N series ; sketch_2:X series ; sketch_3:C Series.
The phones are expected to have a dual LED, but none of the phones did, so the design is flawed.
The worst is that the sketch_2 has no HDMI, and sketch_3 has no USB.
For what is shown here, the sketch_1 seems best, but what does it give the dual LED?
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Les appareils ressemblent trop aux modèles actuels, sketch_1: series N ; sketch_2: series X ; sketch_3: series C
Les téléphones sont censés avoir un Dual Led, mais aucun des téléphones ne l’a, donc le design est biaisé.
Le pire est que le sketch_2 n’a pas de prise HDMI, et le sketch_3 n’a pas de prise USB.
D’ailleurs, aucun des téléphones n’a de capteur de luminosité, ou de capteur de proximité.
Pour ce qui est montré là , le sketch_1 parait le mieux, mais qu’est ce que ça donnera avec le dual led?
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July 27th, 2010 at 11:46 am
I really like sketch 2, but I would like it more if it was blue more than green.
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July 27th, 2010 at 11:49 am
They all look the same to me to be honest.
Can someone come up with something different in this arena?
If not, why don’t people stop ‘redesigning’ the same concept of a phone and the industry starts working on issues which really matter like: battery life, reliability, multi-tasking, speed, processing power, interoperability, integration, connectivity/reception, etc.
The real value in a mobile device is not really in its (hardware) design, but in its functionality and the soft aspects of it.
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July 27th, 2010 at 12:00 pm
i vote for sexy sketch 1
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July 27th, 2010 at 12:00 pm
I like so much first concept
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July 27th, 2010 at 12:02 pm
hy, why do you want to do the same design like other 1000cell phones?
Thats the thay to recover the marked? Hu?
Make something diferent.
Yloved the designs from 8 years ago..like a wrist watch,all full screen,touch,sense multi colour…
Or the double touch screen without buttons,free to asign what ever we want
or think on the new electronic paper,HD,touch and extendable.for a bigger screen if you need it,
dont make the mistake and copy other designs…@nd functions..
Come back,bee the best…think on your future
or the chinise will winn the race ;-(
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July 27th, 2010 at 12:12 pm
No. 1 is better as it is more distinct. Some of the features may be hard to obtain,but should a dream phone be built, a high resolution screen(at least on par with galaxy s), fast processor(>1Gb by the time it’s out), huge RAM and ROM(>256 and 512 on n8), substantial camera(already on n8,dun reduce it), great apps(good killer features on n8 too, more 3rd party apps will be good) and user-friendly interface(need not be android) will definitely be appreciated, and it will take the market easily.
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July 27th, 2010 at 12:16 pm
#2!
i love it so much, and compared to it, ip4 is like a shit!
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July 27th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
I vote for joshua (above). He might come across as a bit of a plank but he speaks (writes) the truth.
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July 27th, 2010 at 12:56 pm
#1 & #3 look great, but I have voted for #1.
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July 27th, 2010 at 12:59 pm
I voted for option one, however, what i’d really like to see is this:
http://jedibeeftrix.wordpress.com/2010/06/06/ultimate-convergance-device-nokia-and-the-meego-tablet-phone/
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July 27th, 2010 at 1:04 pm
My vote went for #2, but overall I still would prefer to have full qwerty in this type of device. Maybe it could be a detachable wireless one that can be left home when not needed?
PS. Do not forget to put in a lot of CPU power, RAM and storage
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July 27th, 2010 at 1:10 pm
Qwerty!! qwerty is a very important for my. I vote to qwerty!!! witch sketch # 2 and 3
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July 27th, 2010 at 1:13 pm
Sketch 3, for me, you’ve opened a can of worms here…if it has a slide for the camera, make it non scratch.., some thoughts, have a small solar panel for charging, make the screen legible in sunlight, give it a fast processor, excellent music player, and a decent ops system…did someone say….?
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July 27th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
I really like the 2nd one, but the 3rd one looks more Nokia-ish, something that Nokia would make.
“Open source operating system with unlimited multitasking” sounds like Android? Would love to see Android coming to Nokia. Nokia is a bigger company than HTC, perhaps they would be able to roll out Android updates quicker (unlike having to wait almost a year for HTC to release 2.1 on the Hero). Let’s hope Nokia actually makes it.
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July 27th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
It’s Sketch 2 for me. Sketch 1 aka Nokia N8 looks like some toolbox! Not a phone. Sketch 3 is a bigger version of Nokia C5.
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July 27th, 2010 at 1:31 pm
I agree with Yann, I find the call/hang buttons so unconfortable in the front of the phone… I would prefer them in the LEFT side of the phone, I guess the problem is that left-handed people wouldn’t buy it.
About the three concepts, I haven’t vote because I don’t think that any of them is brilliant.
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yann Reply:
July 27th, 2010 at 3:37 pm
No problem to be symmetrical, from both sides with holes like speakers, and behind the buttons to be stereo speakers. In fact, home button will be no so often used if the OS is made in proper way. There must be always capabilities to touch part of screen or hold finger on sport and make function of home button.
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July 27th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
First one is great!
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July 27th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
why are they making em look similar to what’s already available N8, X6 and some other Samsung phone. C’mon guys this is meant to original and different.
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July 27th, 2010 at 1:41 pm
Sketch 2 looks brilliant! =]
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July 27th, 2010 at 1:57 pm
I can explain this:
#1: from N8, just bigger
#2: from SonyEricsson,
#3: from Meizu M8
Nokia, could you be more innovation a little?
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July 27th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
The three sketches look awesome but the sketch 2 is totally different with others. I vote to sketch 2.
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July 27th, 2010 at 2:16 pm
Ok, 1 is clearly looking like an iphone equivalent, 2 looks very much like an x5, and 3 is more like the older nokias- not an ounce of originality amongst them. I would chose 1 as it is at least quite thin and attractive. SYMBIAN NEEDS TO DIE; it just cant keep up any more, phones today are nothing like the phones of a few years ago, infact, they’re not even phones anymore!
As for specs, USB3 is of no use without a lot of storage, and very few people actually use TVout at all; never mind HDMI. Cost:benefit- negligible.
As for controls; how about using the accelerometer and other sensors to minimise the need for them; ie a movement upwards about 600mm followed by a detection on the proximity sensor would indicate lifing the handset to the ear, and the reverse.
Unfortunatly these designs are todays handsets; make any of them now and by the time they reach market they will be bog standard. You need tomorrows!
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July 27th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
I voted the sketch 3, but really I would like to have a mix of the three:
1- the form of the 3rd (I have my phone always in my pocket)
2- the aluminium structure of the 1st
3- the lens cover of the 2nd
If it is the next flagship, why this phone should have 8MP camera when the N8 will have a 12MP?
About the CPU and other HW features, it should be at least like the HTC Scorpion and do not make the errors of the N97 (too small C: and Ram, etc)
It is not mentioned the GPS, it should be included too.
I really love the qwerty keyboard of my n97, Nokia should think to a model with it too.
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July 27th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
Sketch 2 with 12 mpx camera(xenon), 1 Ghz, 512 RAM and MEEGO
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Bogdan Reply:
July 27th, 2010 at 3:24 pm
Liked the second one! looks agressive, hi-end and atractive)
But the third obe looks like some cheapy eco-class low end phone and doesnt call for any respect!)
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July 27th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
No lens cover please. Bare hard glass will do.
At least it has worked for my nearly 3 year old iPhone as there is no single scratch on lens or screen. All anodized metal & pastic parts are scratched.
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July 27th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
With all respect: Why Nokia can not organise its assortiments on three levels:
a1) simple and durable phones having long living battery without or with GPRS/EDGE like Samsung E1150, C260
a2) simple and durable phones having long living battery with GPRS/EDGE and camera like Samsung E2120
b1) modest phones with good connections like E51
b2) modest phones with the option of using them as 3G WLAN nodes like Symbian S60 3rd phones like E51 with http://www.joikuspot.com programme. A simple 3G phone has the powers of a mini lap top computer, if it can transform 3G connection into WLAN
c) smart phones and shirt pocket computers
d*) Apple imitations by design
I think, that Nokia should keep on connecting people with the help of people’s mini lap tops with WLAN to EDGE/3G/HSDPA etc.
Now we are talking too much of amusing people. The business ideas (liikeideat) could execute better the business philosophy (toiminta-ajatus): connection people.
Nokia needs Olympus Samsung tough camera series corresponding tough and durable phone line.
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July 27th, 2010 at 3:18 pm
Sketch 2 would be even better if it can stand on a flat surface because sometime the user want to use the self timer mode!As you can see it curve at the side so i think it would be better if the side is flat.Same for the N8!
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July 27th, 2010 at 3:20 pm
i have voted concept one
meego phone should have no front button on the front view, n900 minus werty keyboard
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July 27th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
Combine camera zoom and volume control buttons into one, both have +/- style functions anyway.
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July 27th, 2010 at 3:34 pm
My vote goes to 3rd one. 1st looks copy of N8, 2nd is boring.
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July 27th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
i pick neither of them.
don’t think is wise to release a new flagship product that derived its styling from previous model from lower segmentation.
I don’t my lexus to look alike previous Corolla model.
NOKIA, you should be more creative!
If you want a tapper top-down will be your next design language, its fine. But take it even further.
Aluminium is also so 2010.For 2011 and beyond you should look for other material.
I’ll tell you my idea. Create a phone that feels like made from single slab of material. Almost look seamless, no physical button, not even for volume and camera shutter.All button is replace by glowing capacitive button,except the power button at the top.
Again, you still use the tapper design language.
I’ll sketch it and place it on my personal blog tomorrow.
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July 27th, 2010 at 3:42 pm
Sketch three looks best.
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July 27th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
I am a happy owner of a Nokia 5530. I think it’s a killer price/performance phone combo. Up until firmware 20.xxx was unstable and buggy, but 30.xxx made things better. Symbian is an ok operating system, somewhat open, very stable and with a low memory footprint. But after installing SPB Mobile Shell, my experience with the phone was 10 times better. It’s a fantastic front end for Symbian S60V5 phones. I think Nokia should buy or license SPB Mobile Shell for all S60V5 phones, that would help lenghten the Symbian platform against it’s competition.
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July 27th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
wtf– if those are next models.. i lose money when i bought nokia stocks….
Is it imbosible to make just one big shiny gorilla glass screen to top of the phone border to border and “optionaly side to side” .. and ad tohose logos etc phone scampled to side of phone maybe better back of phone..
I bet that samsung may make first phone whit has like the new curved one piece all around plastic amoled flexible unbreakable screen wrapped about 60% of phone in future …
until that nokia starts understand that something new desing sells.. probaply follow samsung .. they make a new innovation adding screen to back of phone .. nokia lose market again..
exmp: the samsung wave s8500.. it is cheap. addet innovation from real cameras : camera focus position can be adjust just finger tip anywhere to screen. i has enought specifications .. if they just make border to border main screen to that model .. maybe addet similar OS like nokia has. … then i bet that nokia is losing total those touch screen phone markets…
Normal nokia phones whit keypad are solid awesome desing like sweet candy.. looks good and solid unbreakable.. best in market today
:P
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July 27th, 2010 at 3:50 pm
They all look pretty damn horrible ugly!
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July 27th, 2010 at 3:55 pm
sketch 2 + meego os+ 1ghz cpu = i like!
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July 27th, 2010 at 4:08 pm
good designs
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July 27th, 2010 at 4:25 pm
Definately not 3!! Its an iphone with an N97 camera cover (which nokia had massive problems with scratching the camera lens). I do like 1 but this is basically an N8. And im sure 2 is based on a Sony?? Of them, 1 is my favourite. If this was to slide (like the N97/N900/rumoured N9) the off centre button on the front works really well! It always seems to easily be accessable , whether the phone is opened or closed. PLEASE put a fast CPU in and a good amount of RAM and internal memory, hopefully this lesson was learnt from the N97! As far as OS, i think Symbian seriously need to pull their socks up and come out with something a bit special! I havent used symbian^3 yet but looks pretty much same old symbian. I like the look of MeeGo but THIS HAS TO BE SUPPORTED!! People live for apps these days to customise and make their phones their own. If MeeGo isnt used in all flagship/high end models from now on then developers wont bother. Another lesson hopefully learnt from the N900! I love Nokia and will not change, however i think more user input needs to be taken into consideration, and not just relying on their market presence to sell phones.
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July 27th, 2010 at 4:34 pm
I’m getting tired of see the same design in Nokia’s phone.
I love nokia, but in my opinion, they’re getting behind other brands, they’re offering to the market, the same they’ve offered for years!
The first sketch it’s just like the N8, the second seems to be a son of the nokia x6, the third one remind me to the nokia 7230
please tell your designers to stop coping the old phones…
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July 27th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
sketch2 with microusb.
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July 27th, 2010 at 4:56 pm
I hope you guys release a metric showing which devices were most liked in which locales. I think alot of people in the US will consider the 3 sketch to look to low end, while in India, it may seem nice, since the Droid Eris from HTC, which is similar, is neither sold there, nor cheap for that market.
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July 27th, 2010 at 4:58 pm
Sketch 2 has nice design of all,but screen should be more wider,actual device will have broad looks then and it’ll make it more elegant.And it should have ‘Auto Lens Cover’ of first sketch. That will make it more elegant device.
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July 27th, 2010 at 5:11 pm
I would like to see a combo between Sketch 2 and Nokia Eco Sensor concept phone : http://bit.ly/9OxGCo. Will be glad to see screen area over 95% of the front plate and unibody from extruded aluminium or carbon fiber composite.
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July 27th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
A phone needs to have an alarm clock that analyzes the sleeper’s REM state of sleep (sound analyzis).
The phone will then use that information to wake up within set limits in the most appropriaate time (not during REM state).
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Dansharpy Reply:
July 27th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
you can already do this! Its called happy wake up i think, check Ovi store!
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July 27th, 2010 at 5:21 pm
A phone must have an user changeable network chip, so that just by changing the chip, the phone is upgradeable from 3g to 4g to 5g…
And at least two SIM slots (a must).
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July 27th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
they are all beautiful concepts
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July 27th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
Multiple OS supporting?
adroid can be there included?
but MeeGo Welcome here
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July 27th, 2010 at 5:55 pm
All of the skeches are more beautiful than Nokias current(and upcoming) products!
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July 27th, 2010 at 5:58 pm
where is the option none of them?
I love nokia, but i dislikes all models. the sexiest phone is the one. there is something missing in the phones but i dont honw what is. It is something like passion.
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July 27th, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Please, put the button in the center. So i will can hold it with both hands.
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July 27th, 2010 at 6:22 pm
I like the first one most, but this button looks ugly on it, it will look far better if the button is NOT there, on the phone
You should just click the “delete” button, and so – POOF – it will be gone 
The first design is super cool, but because of the shitty button, I am going to vote for the second design.
The third shouldn’t be there anyway, because it looks like a hybrid, like a chimera made from LG Arena and Iphone. And it sucks really hard! As hell!
The first one looks like the LG Pop to me, because of the shitty button which looks AWFUL AND UGLY!!!!
I vote for the second design, cause it looks most beautiful to me.
And by the way… I don’t like Nokia phones because of my 5310 – it wasn’t just a Music phone, it was a DJ phone!!! It was mixing my songs all alone, by itself!! I swear! But if you make a phone, which can support different phone OS-es you are going to win me as a number 1 fan!!! (and many other people too!) I think that no one has made it ever before – a phone that can run Maemo (for example), or Android, or something other linux based, or Symbian, or… bla bla bla… You already got my point, did you?
You are on the right road, just keep going!
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July 27th, 2010 at 6:58 pm
#2 looks like x6 – i hate the desing
#3 looks like an old HTC phone – crappy old look
#1 looks good
i vote for #1
just loose the edges that resemble n8
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July 27th, 2010 at 7:12 pm
Please, make it to be programmable by a clear GUI API on more languages than C++.
Maybe real Java (not J2ME), Ruby or Phyton from the very beginning.
And do it on al Linux box NOT in a Bill Gates’s one.
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July 27th, 2010 at 7:40 pm
1 looks like n8, 2 just like x6 and 3 like cheaper XPressMusic-models. Try to think of something new…
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July 27th, 2010 at 7:54 pm
Absoluty #3, no doubt about it. It’s a clean design. Ofcourse not all specs van be put in a 8mm thin smartphone. Nokia just have to make sure they manufacture a snappy OS with must be as easy to use as an iPhone. Get rid of the ancient, pre-historical Symbian UI. ( i apologize for my English, i’m dutch)
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July 27th, 2010 at 7:59 pm
wow many comments. i voted for 2.
nokia you should make a poll or designe by community thing for the GUI! this would be much usefull. i have a X6. the s605th is not bad, but the GUI is not that good as is could be. look at spb mobileshell what is possible for example.
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July 28th, 2010 at 12:52 am
Correct me if Im wrong, but the designers 2 and 3 failed.
The task was to make a phone – Colour: Single colour.
Perhaps this explains why the consumers favor other brands, they get what they asked for.
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July 28th, 2010 at 12:57 am
Nice design, very like Sketch 1
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July 28th, 2010 at 1:02 am
Ok – pay attention.
I voted for 1, since it is the only one of the models actually decent to look at, and the only one where the designer did what we asked to – a single colour phone.
It was also the only one with a possibility to have to functioning lens cover.
Where it most certain will fail is the back cover, soon it will need a napkin and duct tape to stay on place.
Also in the model 3, the more smoother corners ease up the use and make the phone more comfortable to keep in your pocket. But looks like the back cover will be loose in a week. Smooth look, but ugly from the front (where you usually look at it).
The Nr.2 was the only one which looked promising since it had a solid 1 piece back cover.
So now after reading this, make a new round – with new designers.
Quite obvious that model 1 was from the same person who made N8, Nr.2 was from the creator of X6, and the third guy has been making the same stuff since the 90´s.
Thank you from your attention – I cannot wait to get my new phone.
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July 28th, 2010 at 1:25 am
hello Nokia team,
I prefer the sketch 3, but :
- sketch 1 : like the N8, nice and seems flatter people like that
- sketch 2 : like the X series, seems too much a device for me
- sketch 3 : like N97, seems to have one more button and nice soft 3D design more agreable to handle, not only 2 D flat plans like the 2 others, but on the sketch 2 and 3 the protection of the lense is outside the shape and I am always afraid that it could hit something because of that, and it is less soft shape in the hand because of this, as it is ouside the curves.
2 more points :
- PUT A RATHER BIG NOKIA NAME on the top of the back with inox or silver-like letters, for it to be well seen buy other people, it makes free advertissement !
- PLEASE DON’T FORGET TO PUT USEFUL BUTTONS in addition to touch screen (like we use keybord in addition to mouse for a computer)
Bye Nokia team.
Phil
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July 28th, 2010 at 1:51 am
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLz
Why?
Nokia N8 vs Nokia X6 vs Nokia 5800 FIGHT!!!
And innovation is nowhere to be found
I voted for N8 because its the sketch I like the most. But I totally hate now N8 actually looks on photos – it looks like a lot of real estate on the sides was simply left empty. And that is what I hate the most.
As for future products: Nokia! Please think of something NEW and more attractive! Thanks in advance from Nokia phone user!
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July 28th, 2010 at 2:19 am
i would like the concept of detachable phone..a thin and good looking full touchscreen phone without useless space around the screen + a detachable keyboard ( just attach it to the usb otg port and you’re ready for long stuffs) + a detachable game-controller that fits on the upper and lower sides of the phone giving the appearance of a psp
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July 28th, 2010 at 3:53 am
Looks like your ripped off HTC, Sony Ericsson and Apple in that order.
Score for originality.
I you want something everyone will vote for. Make the phone from the first matrix movie properly.
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July 28th, 2010 at 5:31 am
all great styles, liked #1 slightly more, because of being closest to “edge to edge display”.
why not mini-Displayport instead of HDMI. saves a couple of bucks, since its an open standard.
these phones decidedly don’t have a slider keyboard, for obvious reasons.
High-res display is a must. 850 pixels (in the long dimension) or more is an absolute must (note apple has 960)
go nokia! I am loyal to you (and MeeGo) as long as it will be available soon.
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July 28th, 2010 at 5:41 am
that said, outside design is not that important, either one of the designs would work fine.
more important are the inner values: fastest processor available, a good amount of ram.
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July 28th, 2010 at 6:41 am
Voted for number 3, looks least likely to fail completely. Nokia, forget about the sharp corners and edges, in practice I’ve seen how uncomfortable they feel in the hand!! You used to have innovation in your designs, what the heck has happened? Haven’t seen an innovative Nokia phone since the famous “Banana/Matrix” or the first wap phone you made..
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July 28th, 2010 at 6:51 am
sketch 2 for me, = new OS ( meego os ) , 1 ghz cpu..modern Clasic & elegant…..wow….
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July 28th, 2010 at 6:57 am
All the sketches looks thin and cool. I could think using all of them, but closest to my taste is the first one.
These sketches are basically variations of ends of the phone. Is it possible please everybody with the same phone? I might be possible if you make the ends of the phone replaceable. Then it would be possible buy ends that pleases you most. Technically it would be like the other end of Nokia N8, but with some other fastening method than a screw.
Basically camera cover is not needed at all, but if there is one (manual, like 2nd and 3rd sketches) it should be used to instant opening (less than 0.2 seconds) of camera application. You just open the camera cover and shoot before the moment is over.
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July 28th, 2010 at 7:11 am
So Nokia designed some “new” designs…hahaha!! Hire some new designers to create something new and innovative. With this pace Nokia is going to bury themselves completely in sh%&*.
Kick out the mummies from the administration and get some new and fresh people working there. People that still cares about GOOD design!!!!
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July 28th, 2010 at 7:47 am
I love all of them but I hate it’s camera mode
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July 28th, 2010 at 8:00 am
Make good phone with WIFI and simple construction.
I need in my phone radio,mp3 & mp4 player, & divX,
Camera to videocall min 5 but better 8 or 12MegaPixel
Symbian too to work on exel,word
and surf the Interenet web.
I don’t like touch screen better is construction like nokia n82 (I have got and is quite good for me)
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July 28th, 2010 at 8:02 am
Sketch 1 definitely. There is no point choosing any other. The Others look like X6 and C6, while the N8 looking one is an innovative design. I like the top and bottom sections of sketch 2 though. Add that to sketch 1.
Replace 8MP normal camera into a Carl Zeiss 8MP with a large lens like the N8’s. Also, add more zoom, even though the pixels go bad.
The RAM must be something that the competition cannot cope (in terms of price vs product); 1GHz is quite common among Smartphones like HTC Disire, HTC Evo 4G, Samsung i9000, iPhone 4 and the likes. come up with a 1.2GHz with 2D and 3D graphic capabilities.
Add a 1500 mAh, dual powered (lithium and solar) battery. The ROM MUST be integrated, unlike the N8, which limits it to 256MB.
Add more colors, especially the Dark grey and Orange (like the N8).
Add a detachable physical keyboard, or come with an option of having it and not having it to target the masses.
Lastly, add a 3.15 MP camera in front for video calling, and make a very simple, aero designed fast-access videocall interface.
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Faizan Reply:
July 28th, 2010 at 8:08 am
Oh, and add a High Def screen with 720 x 1024 pixels
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July 28th, 2010 at 9:33 am
Only first design can be putted flat on the table.
On 2nd and 3rd the camera sticks out.
Its huge disadvantage specially on a large phone (many ppl will use it as a tablet almost, on the desk).
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July 28th, 2010 at 9:52 am
A model with QWERT Keyboard will win…
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July 28th, 2010 at 10:12 am
i like the 1st and te 3th
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July 28th, 2010 at 10:17 am
All designs look good. Of these I prefer sketch 3.
Though, one obvious feature missing is a (standard?) docking alternative. It would be great to connect only one cable for video, audio and for recharging the battery. It could be used in the car and at home.
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July 28th, 2010 at 10:19 am
The Design Team seems to be working hard with their socks up. Although all the Designs look great, I’ve voted for the second design as it’s curvy design looks a bit appealing to me as compared to other designs. The first design is a somewhat a futuristic one but gives a feel of a tablet, but a phone is always a phone. So, I voted for the second one. If nokia people are seeing this, as a consumer, I would like to give them a suggestion, “PLEASE DO PUT IN A BATTERY WITH GOOD CAPACITY, AND A XENON FLASH INSTEAD OF DUAL LED FLASH”. Since dual led flash is nowhere in comparision to a xenon flash.
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July 28th, 2010 at 10:21 am
i vote for the #1. but. please.. add a camera of 12 mega pixel.. and SO meego.
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July 28th, 2010 at 10:39 am
we should take a lesson from apple here and adopt a 16:9 version of the retina screen resolution, going for 960×540 at 4″ diagonal.
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July 28th, 2010 at 10:54 am
Why can’t they create a dual display for dual SIM.
from one side one SIM card, and the opossite sie the other SIM card.
Two phones in one.
Also these could be generated with two AMOLED screens for 1 SIM card, but multi touch screen and working who difents apps at the same time.
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July 28th, 2010 at 11:20 am
The Sketch 3 will be good!
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July 28th, 2010 at 11:26 am
Number 1: N8
Number 2: X6
Number 3:Copy from some cheap X-series
Where ARE the new and exciting other possibilities?
Community design? Not really working… let’s make a copy and see what fits best on the stuff that we already have in the pipleine. Let’s verify that for example: 65% like the 1st design. Therefore it has been a good design.
Crap
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July 28th, 2010 at 11:28 am
will the winner design remain a concept ??? or will become a true hardware phone !!!!
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July 28th, 2010 at 11:51 am
no hw qwerty, no deal.
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July 28th, 2010 at 11:52 am
i got an idea about a 2 screens phone. make it like you 3250, but instead of music player keys, make a second screen.when you have the normal key board up front you have something like a palm pixi, but when you twist it around, you have a full 3.3 or 3.5 touchscreen phone. it does not have to be real skinny, about the x6 is ok. the camera, as long as it have flash of anykind, it’s good. i would prefer to see you stay behind the big screen. when you turn the camera on, there should be an option that the second screen display the camera as well. i hope nokia can read this and try make one. all these concepts are great, but they are just improvement from other product, skinny with camera cover, i want something strange, so different from any other product.
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July 28th, 2010 at 12:08 pm
What is really important:
not really outer design, more inner design, like:
+crash-free system!!! virtual, and online remote system images, micro offline system on board!
+speed up time from “battery takeout” to “write an email”! In secret meetings you have to take off the battery!
+2nd battery “hot swap” while in the internet with supercap technology!
+better display quality for outdoor/sunlight activities, like “pixel qi” and/or further “super amoleds”!
+fully browser functionality like IE(8)9 or FF(3)4 on smartphone with instant/to-go functionality – waiting/prolonged starting/animated sand glasses are “killing you”!
+speech recognition like in “windows 7″ or better!
+apps without limits like “typing limit of 100/1000 letters” in adress books, notes, etc.!
+fully conectable with USB host/W-USB host, HSPA+/LTE, WLAN, Bluetooth, GPS/Galileo
+video glasses/HUD instead of bigger displays, augmented reality, cyber gloves instead of touch and qwerty keyboards
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July 28th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
I Think non of those look unique. I think here Nokia could try to make something different what would stand up from the mass of other Nokia devices. With those models dream phone look like all the other phones. I’m one of those who like to buy a phone because how it’s look and how nice it is to use. There is no jewel in those three.
Too bad that there is only three options. They could have done some bizarre models also and take the best of the best out finally.
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July 28th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
All looked nice and all looked like already seen, though I have to admit it can’t be easy task to create original/fresh looking device where display takes 90% of space.
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July 28th, 2010 at 1:21 pm
Please add hardware buttons on it. I’m using N8 now it is the worst in device is the lack of a green button to acess quickly to last calls made or receive.
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July 28th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
4″ is still to big for a phone 3.7″ should be the biggest size.
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July 28th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
I voted for the third design. Because I like to have something more noble. Metal frames would be nice and less margin on the display. Rear black brushed metal and high gloss on the edge and the front in silver.
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July 28th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
nice Sketch 2
QUESTION: when comes the new “Communicator” ??? The last (what I have) come Feb. 2007
We will have new one ^^
Best wishes
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July 28th, 2010 at 2:06 pm
O terceiro esboço parece um E serie turbinado. Amei!
The third sketch looks like a E serie refined. I loved it!
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July 28th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
i think three phone isn’t nice but i seen sketch 2 is better than sketch 1 and sketch 3
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July 28th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
The third one is great and the first one is really nice too. Make either of them with MeeGo and I’ll buy it instantly!
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July 28th, 2010 at 2:31 pm
1. is best looking
2. is too bulky for my taste
3. getting too much iphone wibes there
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July 28th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
#2
but android plz _ _”
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July 28th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
It´s very well, but I want a Nokia Phone witch 1GHz Snapdragon processor and 1Gb of RAM.
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July 28th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
#1 & 2, look like the current line up.
#3 too much like the iPhone.
#1 is best looking.
Forget Meego, Android, iOS… go with WebOS. I’d love it if Nokia made phones for Palm/HP.
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July 28th, 2010 at 3:31 pm
Great! I voted for Sketch 3 but it reckons my vote has already been counted
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July 28th, 2010 at 7:10 pm
I like sketch 3, but would prefer to have a QWERTY too ala N97.
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July 28th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
I agree with Shinigami, these phones are all recycled versions of other nokia phones. All of the form factors feel a bit 2008 to me, wouldn’t this be a good forum for Nokia to try out somethiing new?
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July 28th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
The second one.
Nice, fresh desing (compare another two: N8 and some HTC phones…) great details like green bars and speakers. Only bad thing is: it does not look like Nokia itself. More like Sony Ericson.
First is looking too much N8, so it wont give anything new at Nokia.
And the third looks just like 100 another phones like HTC and Iphone.
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July 28th, 2010 at 9:15 pm
stantum resistive, no mention or selection when the polls were being performed about the audio hardware … just a mere line out is pretty sad, lets get a combo optical out as well! wheres the keyboard. and lets pump it full of an A9 (omap 4440) needs a sxga+ screen @ 24bit color with meego …
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July 28th, 2010 at 9:17 pm
You just don’t get it. Hardware is not important. User interface is everything.
Seeing whats coming up, I’m so sad.
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July 28th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
Well, i like #1 and #2. I think the first one looks a little too much like N8, however it is nice. The second one looks great, but personally I think it would be better without the green stripes. #3 looks ok, but nothing really interesting about the design. I’m going for #2.
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July 29th, 2010 at 12:18 am
So what if I made my own sketch, and its better than any of the three up there?
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July 29th, 2010 at 2:19 am
Sketch 2 – the best of the best
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July 29th, 2010 at 3:12 am
I choose the second one too. Sketch 1 is like Nokia N8 and i don’t like its design. Sketch 3 looks like IPhone. And I don’t think that this is good idea to clone IPhone. Skecth 2 is the best. It looks like a next generation of legend Nokia N95 8Gb )) I like it and hope it’ll be a winner.
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July 29th, 2010 at 3:13 am
1. Nokia N8
2. Blackberry Storm
3. iPhone
Serious lack of creativity design-wise if you ask me…
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July 29th, 2010 at 7:30 am
4″ is too much for a phone. max 3.7″. no lens cover. no any button in front. edge to edge screen. SUPER AMOLED screen. 12MP too much. 8MP enough. and where is led for video?
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July 29th, 2010 at 8:03 am
The best concept is… display and front from the first one and back from second one.
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July 29th, 2010 at 8:55 am
Sketch n.3 !
It’s great!
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July 29th, 2010 at 9:39 am
I do not care about the desing, BUT there is a keyboard missing!
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July 29th, 2010 at 9:44 am
No.1 is the best among these..
no 2. has razor sharp edges and besides it looks …weird eh.
no 3. is like an old Volvo design
Hey – why your designers won’t start using 3D curved LCD area??
Concave? That would be cool, something new
Just do it – ok? I would do it if I were “Jack Nokia”
Just wondering why your designers lack so much these new ideas ………………………………….
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July 29th, 2010 at 9:49 am
MY OLD IDEA:
If new phone will have FM-Radio, designers can provide the internal aerial, for listening FM-Radio through the Blue Tooth without connecting a cable of headphones
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July 29th, 2010 at 10:07 am
I’m going for #1. It’s a perfect for me and should be a very robust in use.
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July 29th, 2010 at 12:18 pm
Don’t put in such a megapixel camera chip. This will lead in most light situations to much noise.
I think, for such a small chip, 5-6 Megapixel are more es enough.
Invest the money you safe on the chip, for a better lense.
Don’t follow this megapixel mania
Thanks,
Jens
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July 29th, 2010 at 1:24 pm
Hey Nokia, am looking forward to a decent phone from you. Haven’t renewed mine for three years now because there is nothing interesting on the market. Design 1 is great, only make sure to add a fast OS. Also the new phone must respect privacy and not collect any information about phone user. I’m yours then
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July 29th, 2010 at 2:04 pm
i think those design were inspired from:
1st : N8
2nd : X6
3rd : C7
Well, Nokia Team. I prefer you guys to re-design beacause such a same design could be too childish. You must first clear out your mind and think again. Contact me if you want something that could be a design. Furthermore, nowadays, it’s a lil bit hard right to make something more than compact with all avail options that has been voted by the so called community. If it is a lil bit more thick, about a very few milimetres, that should probably a logical idea. A xenon flash with at least a small LED flash could be it. Get it Nokia?
Happy Guy With Nokia!!
Android???
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July 29th, 2010 at 2:23 pm
Hi everyone, just wanted to leave my opinion on what I
want for a perfect phone.
First to say that I consider myself a regular of nokia phones, I had
3650 which represented the biggest change and revolution for me in
phones, camera and Symbian OS was what gave you a wide range of
possibilities never seen before, after I had the n70, and another revolution
incorporating the gps, and finally I have the n95 8gb a very mobile
complete in terms of features.
My opinion on what would be a good mobile:
- To say that I agree with the specifications provided to
now by other users.
-The battery is essential, we talk about phones with best
specifications every day, very powerful phones, but it’s worth so much
power, if for example the gps you dare not use because
battery will not hold on, and you’re going to run out of battery, there is no battery
calls, the main function of a phone. When I choose a phone,
of the points I made up my mind is the battery life.
- The camera: The camera we have a reflex, we know better than anyone
the difference is in the optics, not the Mpx. I therefore
left with a camera that makes a difference in the pictures by a
good optics, and not by x megapixels. The incorporation of optical zoom,
would be good too. The cover fundamental.
- The use of memory cards also see it essentially allows
everyone has the space you actually need.
- ROM and RAM memory: One of the weakest points of my mobile nokia,
is that when you install multiple applications that gives you a mobile phone
use of the slow pain that works, not to mention my gallery
images, which takes 11 seconds to open, I know that I have 1500 images,
but something has 8 gb mobile. Basic good processor and good
memory.
- GPS: N95 GPS signal takes a lot to take. Seek to improve
this point.
- OS: android certainly talk about the possibility of multi-so right.
- The system’s touch screen: I think without doubt, a screen
Touch is the only option. Users who know the iphone, stand
Touch your system is unmatched. It would be a point to get, even
the iphone in that regard.
- Screen size: bigger is better, period,
- Size: All Nokia phones I’ve had, have always been
“Bricks.” I do not really have imported, I preferred characteristics
size. The dimensions discussed other users seem to me
best combined with a light weight as light as possible.
- Important: We are talking about a phone that will be released .. when? Today
phone with a 1Ghz processor is well within three months longer. By
last words, in addition to that provided by the users, would be either a
“Gift” – “secret” by adding something new to nokia phone.
Sorry my English translated by Google xD
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July 29th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
3!
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LILIAN Reply:
July 30th, 2010 at 12:33 am
Number 1 is very good but 3 things are missing:
1) The interface of the software. We hope S^4 will be as good as WebOS from Palm
2) For the phone to take good quality pictures an optical stabilization is needed.
3) this phone is not a revolution. We would like to have a phone that can be charged wirelessly like the Palm Pre. We would also like a capacitive stylus inside the phone as the N900.
Nokia must be bolder!
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July 30th, 2010 at 12:09 am
numero ono!the best
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July 30th, 2010 at 8:50 am
without QWERTY
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July 30th, 2010 at 12:08 pm
It just looks like you’ve taken bits from your older models. Make something new and stop making camera lenses that protrude out of the back of the phone. The N8 would be a much nicer phone if it didn’t have that shed of a camera on it’s back. Also stop putting slider covers over the camera lense. The Android and iPhone devices seem to get by without them.
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July 30th, 2010 at 12:43 pm
I voted for N#3 because it is handsome edges are rounded so less damage will occur. There should be a slim hard rubber like protection line around the whole body (crash protection and prevents from sliding out of holders hand.) It looks cool too.
The inside cannot hold everything but maybe you could manage that one can make phonecalls too.
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July 30th, 2010 at 1:55 pm
I voted for last one no. 3 because it looks cool, but we want different user interface UI. it should not be copy of iPhone nor nor it look like classic Symbian. it should be different and innovative not available yet. it should be available in variety of colors.
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July 30th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
I voted for last one no. 3 because it looks cool, but we want different user interface UI. it should not be copy of iPhone nor nor it look like classic Symbian. it should be different and innovative not available yet. it should be available in variety of colors
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July 30th, 2010 at 2:33 pm
Sounds like the greatest phone ever!
I voted for #1 it’s the most elegant one
Please don’t put any hardware buttons. It makes it look odd it’s the most unfavorit part of my 5800..
Good luck,
If it’s gonna be as good as it sounds I’l be the first in line
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July 30th, 2010 at 3:04 pm
Skatch 1 = LG Pop
Skatch 2 = Sony Ericsson X10
Skatch 3 = Samsung Galaxy S
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July 30th, 2010 at 4:08 pm
i like sketch 1.
it’s looking marvalous.mainly the thicknees not so bulgy.please develop this kind of phones in future as soon as possible.
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July 30th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
the sketches seems to be no that creative.they are just following the already created style
sketch one, n8
sketch two, x series
sketch 3,c series,but too iphone from the front side.
i’ll choose sketch two
we all know everybody is following iphone.nokia should establish your own way.
nokia now gets all the iphone’s advantages,but over take iphone just by a 12 mp camera is not a good enough idea.
iphone’s games attracts people most,the best mobile games now still belongs to iphone.but they are all touch screen games.”touch screen only” is not good for all kinds of games.for some games,like Racing games,fighting games,shooting,sports,Actions and ARPGs etc,which require a accurate,short time respond,touch screen is not the best solution.And fingers often block the view.i always remember the fantastic experience i got from N-Gage Classic,FIFA,Colin Mcrae,Call of Duty,ONE,etc.cuz Physical keys is a need for real good games.
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July 30th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
the sketches seems to be no that creative.they are just following the already created style
i’ll choose 2,but i like the once rumored x series style n9 and c4 more.
we all know everybody is following iphone.nokia should establish your own way.
nokia now gets all the iphone’s advantages,but over take iphone just by a 12 mp camera is not a good enough idea.
iphone’s games attracts people most,the best mobile games now still belongs to iphone.but they are all touch screen games.”touch screen only” is not good for all kinds of games.for some games,like Racing games,fighting games,shooting,sports,Actions and ARPGs etc,which require a accurate,short time respond,touch screen is not the best solution.And fingers often block the view.i always remember the fantastic experience i got from N-Gage Classic,FIFA,Colin Mcrae,Call of Duty,ONE,etc.cuz Physical keys is a need for real good games.
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July 30th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
the sketches seems to be no that creative.they are just following the already created style
i’ll choose 2,but i like the once rumored x series style n9 and c4 more.
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July 30th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
the sketches seems to be no that creative.they are just following the already created style
i’ll choose 2,but i like the once rumored x series style n9 and c4 more.
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July 30th, 2010 at 6:07 pm
1 th!
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July 30th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
I prefer Sketch 2.
Sketch 3 is too similar to some Samsung, LG phones.
Sketch 1 is not comfortable because of small button (and it is… in left, not middle!).
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July 31st, 2010 at 1:54 am
please, n97 version 2011, symbian 3.
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July 31st, 2010 at 4:40 pm
i voted for last one i.e sketch no.3 ! it looks cool ! and iam fan of only one mobile phone company i.e NOKIA ! I LIKE ALL THE NOKIA MOBILES. AND I HATE ALL MOBILES EXCEPT NOKIA !!
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July 31st, 2010 at 7:04 pm
Three images were shown to my family. Unanimous choice was #3. Me too!. It is sleek. Smooth Look in all 3-Dimensions.
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July 31st, 2010 at 11:36 pm
Resistive screen and Keyboard and I will buy Number 2.
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August 1st, 2010 at 12:05 am
NOKIA, I like your company much. Here is a knock out idea fro free. Make your great new phone with two sim cards. Everyone these days needs a dual sim mobile phone. A dual sim mobile smartphone from Nokia would be a dream. Also, respect privacy. Forget all this garbage from apple and google, make a phone which respects users, both private and business.
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August 1st, 2010 at 1:13 am
None lack of qwerty is a dealbreaker.
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August 1st, 2010 at 5:19 pm
twin micro sd slots and where is the qwerty keyboard usb to go and make sure it plays avi too 4 inch screen hi res sharp colour
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August 2nd, 2010 at 12:53 am
…we want a dual sim mobile!
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August 2nd, 2010 at 6:58 pm
Design #3 got my vote. Design #2 also looks cool. Design #1 looks like it already exist…N8. But #3 with its curved edges and a slight mix of plastic looks cool..may also enable a better wifi reception. It also looks like it will feel n fit well in ur hand. Love the dobly surround speakers on both ends of the device..that coupled with the proposed specs will make for a fantastic and powerful device…GO 4 IT NOKIA. I just hope MeeGo will be as powerful as Maemo but even better w/ a supperb user experience. Hope Nokia will make it happen sooner..early 2011
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August 2nd, 2010 at 8:07 pm
Hi
I vote for SKETCH TWO because Sketch 3 is similar to Iphone and Samsung – boring design.
SKETCH 2 : Nice and very oiginal design.
SKETCH 1 : Nice too, but not so original like Sketch 2.
SKETCH 3 : Boring!
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August 3rd, 2010 at 7:23 am
nothing of all fits to the things the community gave the designers to work with:
no one have a 8MP Camera, but 12 MP are still better…
no one have surround sound… all three shows dolby stereo, wich have nothing to do with surround.
no one have dual LED on Camera…
this designs have nothing to do with community wishes… thats only regular nokia designs for a future phone.
so why you don’t send your designers back to work and this time please let them real design a phone based on the things the community gave the designers to work with?
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jimcero Reply:
August 4th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
totally agree with you. nokia fails in wishful thinking, only do what they think will be enough.
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jimcero Reply:
August 4th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
i want to add, that the Nokia Ovi maps, is by far the best user program, fast, smart, good design, that nokia has delivered to the final public, and these kind of team work, its what nokia needs, for their future.thanks in advice to that team.
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August 3rd, 2010 at 7:40 am
I voted for design 1. I think that is by far the most elegant design of those three even though it has little bit same form factor as N8. Actually all versions have some sort of resemblence of some current models which is not necessarily a good thing here. I would have expect more from a concept models. For example take a look at this http://designfabulous.blogspot.com/2010/07/htc-1.html .
Also all the models have the same design problem as many of Nokia’s current phones seem to have. That is the camera. Take a look at HTC or Apple. Their cameras are much more subtle on the back and they work well enough. Even though you have camera in your phone, it doesn’t need to look like one.
BTW this was a great idea. I hope you (Nokia) really listen to the customers even though I am not sure how good this actually represents the whole customer base.
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August 3rd, 2010 at 8:24 am
CARBON FIBER CASE?
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August 3rd, 2010 at 11:41 am
all new phones need TV and FM
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August 5th, 2010 at 1:19 am
SKETCH 1 with Meego
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August 6th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
Design #1:
-Nokia N8
Design #2:
- Nokia X6
- Nokia X6 16GB
- Nokia X6 8GB
- Nokia X3
Design #3:
- Nokia C5 (back)
- Nokia E5 (back)
- Nokia 5530 XpressMusic (front)
- LG Arena (front)
My favorite is #3
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August 13th, 2010 at 8:08 am
Sketch #2 – definitely – fresh and original but still don’t look like straight from Star Trek!
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August 15th, 2010 at 2:50 pm
I like the first and third
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August 18th, 2010 at 8:39 am
Sketch 2 !
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August 30th, 2010 at 6:58 pm
Design number 1 with:
+1Ghz CPU
1GB of RAM
16GB of HD space
8 to 12MP camera with FLASH – front facing 2MP Camera
3.0 bluetooth
802.11 g/n
HDMI or DNLR out
IrPort
3.5mm headphone jack
USB2.0 micro – for charging and sync – ability to be recognized just as flash drive.
Usual sensors/internals ->Accelerometer, gps, 6 point,etc..
AMOLED or better with 16:9? 4:3? (1 is better for viewing)
Volume buttom, Power button, camera button(no other buttons)
The THINNER the phone the better <10mm
Made of Metal/Glass
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September 1st, 2010 at 5:28 pm
i am guessing this is going to be an N series high end device. Seeing as the new High End devices will run Meego. I have to say sketch 1 looks suspiciously like the N9 phone especially showing 8Mp camera with xenon flash but there is no QWERTY KB? This is my favourite – sketch 1. Sketch doesn’t show the top view of the handset. Only the bottom view showing HDMI, USB & right stereo speaker. So my question 1, Is this the N9? My question 2, Is there a right stereo speaker? Question 3, Is there a QWERTY KB?
This is my opinion based on what I know about the N9.
Also the rumoured specs of the N9’s internal circuitry are a 1Ghz possibly TI OMAP ARM 9 as Nokia are supposed to bw in a Law suit against Qualcomm so i guesse the rumour to use Snapdragon can not be true or can it? Screen on the N9 is rumoured to be 4″ capacitive. N8 being the second capacitive for Nokia.
Hopefully the CPU will be an ARM 9 dual core?, 512MB RAM, 512/1GB ROM, NDFLASH Mass storage 16GB/64GB. GPU unknown?, 4″ screen/AMOLED/S-LCD? 8MP cam again suspiciously N9? BT is probably SIG Alliance V3.0. WiFI b,g,N. HSUPA, HSDPA all major 3G freqencies no doubt. GSM, EDGE, GPRS will probably be Class 33 with more bandwith & more slots available to use. FM Radio/Transmitter maybe? MicroSD very probably?
There will probably be standard Proximity sensor, Ambient Light sensor, accelerometer. But will Nokia introduce Magnetometer like on the N8, even Gyroscope WHY not?, as some HTC’s had Gyro before Apple IPH4. OH & USB OTG will probably be in the works. Who knows BT4.0 soon will also help bring lower power consumption to Mobile phones.
I also think there should be development in areas of physical battery life energy not just making changes within the OS enviroment – but a lot is happneing in the OS environment for battery life with a no of Technologies & applications & priograms & the Core OS itself.
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