What’s this? Another N95 release? That’s right. In the tradition of Motorola’s re-released-to-death RAZR lineup, Nokia has let it slip that the Noka N95 8GB will be tweaked and re-released to play nice on those funky US 3G frequencies that make America so great. It makes sense for Nokia to release a US-spec Nokia N95 8GB for some time now, and it seems that the launch may not be far off.
Nokia actually leaked the information themselves, following the leaked hardware pics of the Nokia N96 the other day. Astute Nokia fans noticed that the “Downloads!” page in Nokia’s US Nseries Portal featured support for the Nokia N95 8GB NAM as well as the rumored Nokia N82 8GB. Was it just a case of too much rum-laced EggNog at the Nokia Holiday Office party, or is Nokia going to make it their policy to leak future handset info themselves? We’d prefer the latter – after all, there’s no better kind of leak than those that come straight from the manufacturer.
The Nokia N82 8GB listing was taken down with haste, but Nokia decided to leave the N95 8GB NAM up for all to see. We’d say that the launch of the Nokia N95 8GB US is highly likely, with the Nokia N82 8GB possibly not far behind. CES 2008 will probably net us some juicy details, and possibly a few juicier pics. Stay tuned!
Update:
Seeing as how Nokia took down any mention of an N82 8GB, but kept the N95 8GB NAM listed on the website, the N82 8GB was likely a typo (as ExiTuS from NokiaPort.de pointed out). We’re going to go ahead and give the N82 8GB a “flaky” rating (probably not going to happen). The N95 8GB NAM (North American version) still gets a “likely” rating – it makes sense for Nokia to tweak the N95 8GB to play on US 3G frequencies, and we fully expect a Nokia N95 8GB NAM soon.
[Via: TheNokiaGuide]