Nokia N9 is not dead – Eldar waiting on “man with N9-01″. Another Murtazin leak soon?
So, when the notorious Eldar mentioned that the N9-00 was scrapped, some blogs ran with this as N9 is scrapped. Possibly because dear Eldar said they were working on “other device” which some thought was a tablet instead of a phone. Other device…N9-01! Eldar could have easily have just said N9-01 then to avoid misinterpretation.
In our last post we tried to explain Nokia’s naming scheme again and how they have different variants. See quote at end of this post.
Eldar has tweeted that he will be getting some time with a N9-01. Official Nokia or another “lost child” as Nokia put it last year with the N8-Eldar drama. Didn’t Eldar already have a N9 in may and was going to spew his review in August prior to launch? Whatever happened to that? Wasn’t it supposed to have been unleashed to negatively affect Nokia stocks. I’ll find link later. Oddly in October I think he did tweet that N9 hardware was near perfect . Not so much on Software as we know that’s still in work right now to make it “Amazing” in the words of Marko Ahtisaari, Nokia . Having said that if you like MeeGo vanilla, Eldar did say before that Nokia’s was better. But that was the “old Nokia MeeGo UI”. Who knows what it looks like now.
Anyway, Eldar says it’s the first time he’ll be checking the N9-01 – rumoured to be a newer, keyboardless version of the N9. Remember another N9 rumours post
“I just hope they will get Meego done sooooon and I can get this sexy thing on use.
I can say this is sexiest mobile ever done. It’s bye bye for HW qwerty and welcome candybar back in my life”
And also in reply about N9 deseign
“.. design would easily qualify as future S-series TS device. Specially in black.”
It might be the same N9/MeeGo phone candybar that some other folks (e.g. Alex68/dsmobile) have already had the privilege of seeing.
Eldar’s also waiting on some other mid tier devices. Nokia mid tier? X7/E6?
Updates:
- In one hour 50 per cent of battery is out. Prototype but… Speed is OK. Camera is good. UI is strange (not finalized yet).Price isnt good
- Price – 500 Euros <<How is this not good. Is that too expensive or too cheap for Eldar. It seems normal, no? What ever the price turns out to be I hope it’s justified. It is Nokia’s high end to match other high ends. Price accordingly. Not too cheap, not too expensive and based mostly on branding. Justified.
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Naming scheme
“Just to explain (and also highlight Nokia’s STILL confusing naming system)
Nokia calls their phones nx-00, nx-01, nx-02, nx-03 etc. where n=the series branch (Nseries, Eseries, Xseries, Cseries, Sseries) and x=position number in portfolio. -00, -01, -02 etc denotes a “variant” of that model.
e.g. C6-00, C6-01. Two different phones though they may be called C6 interchangeably and so confusingly. C6-00 could get discontinued and the C6-01 still sells on. A little bit like the N95, and N95 8GB or iPhone and various other iterations of “upgrades”. Unfortunately for Nokia, these “variants” of their phones are appearing not directly as next generation cycles with sufficient time difference apart but along side each other, stocked on shelves of the confused consumer.
So when the N9-00 may be cancelled, the “N9″ is not. Unless of course Nokia scrap the whole naming convention. But they will still launch their Nokia MeeGo phone. Not drop it all randomly for a portion of the tablet market.”
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their fu***ing names are so hard to understand.
Hard? not really, at least not for me.
Why they just don’t call it N901 instead of N9-01, or C600 and C601?
Oh interesting, perhaps police gets him this time for using stolen Nokia property?
He just commented again; speed OK camera good, battery life bad (prototype) and bad price.
But how would he know what the price is going to be. :S
That price part is especially interesting. Unless the mole mentioned it to him, he has no other way knowing?
Even if it was mentioned, it can’t exact. Just an estimate. Probably a high estimate just to have a somewhat safe number.
…or he ment the “special” price for himself was not good:) I can imagine those most eager tesing-guys often pays alot, knowing that the phone is probably stolen ,and risk is high.
the price is ca. 500€ before taxes, says eldar on a tweet. would cost as much as the e7 (630€).
That’s not a bad price. As long as it comes with a decent HW package, at least OMAP 3630 w/ BCM2763. Couple that with a decent AF camera and CBD display and it’s probably worth it. Don’t forget HDMI out BTW.
The RM-680 is/was OMAP3 (you can mine a few details from Nokia’s posts to public mailing lists such as this one http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-omap/msg41817.html ).
The one Eldar has seen is probably the Medfield device (we know for certain that it exists, because Nokia has been adding intel-specific drivers for “phone accessories” to the Linux kernel). This would explain the great speed but low battery life.
what da… Lol!
Dear Nokia,
Find the mole. Name and shame. Fire him and and everyone around him/her who surely knows what’s going on.
Just wait it out, I can also start a twitter account and spew some info about having a N9. Until I see some pics of the actual device I don’t believe he has one.
True. Hope you’re right, or that Nokia is able to trace the device to who had access to it.
just like always, samsung better then nokia show thier device early than they expected.
That was almost a sentence.
can you translation to us what said you?
Big deal, their ugly plastic, no support, somebody elses OS, no own apps store, no own maps solution, no control over software updates, are all the same anyway.
Interesting that “camera is good”. Considering his early negative opinion on the N8-camera, this must be REALLY good (but probably the same as N8)!!
true true. N8 is supposedly not that special. Even in his reviews, it was barely average. So it must be awesome :p
I can conclude now that Eldar is lying again. He has not had a chance to see an N9 device at all…
What made you notice?
His battery comment or the one about the UI?
Surely it was when he “opened his mouth”!
Not many a true word seems to come from him when it is about Nokia!
Time will tell! If he has no specific Info about the device, then he hasn’t got one!
He just wants some clicks at his site..
eldEr is back with his sick speculations
This all just get me smiling. If I was Eldar then it was so predictable to say by gathering info from rumors. Did you actually believed when he said he got X7-00? Can anyone tell a simple reason that why there was no review on X7 even after claiming that there would be one. Think ….
I bet he wont be able to leak pics before anyone else does. This is our Eldar
ELDER lol :p
Pics or it didn’t happen.
Unless there is a picture of the device, I don’t believe it (why wouldn’t he take a picture to get more credibility to his comments).
Even I can can make such a comment about N9 without seeing the actual product. If he has seen the product there should be ie. some kind of mention about the home screen which should be quite different from any other smartphone available in the market!
He is just a BS generator nowadays… paid by Samsung!
Exactly， the N9 candy bar has many unique things such as the appearance of the hardware design and the software features. He can not even simply describe one of those things, but says something very general. Even from his vague general comments, I can still conclude that he is lying…
He either does not have the N9-01 at all or he’s just behaving like himself, i.e., ignoring all the awesomeness of the device and making it seem to the people like it’s nothing special
Stop giving this idiot the publicity and attention he is so clearly seeking.
His grudge against Nokia is well known to all so why even bother regurgitating what he says.
i’ll believe it when i see it… until then this guy can sell us a lot of sh*t.
Sorry, WHY are you still posting stuff from Eldar?
I see absolutely no reason, there is no truth or what truth there is, is hidden.
Even you Jay says Eldar isn’t trusted yet you keep posting his rubbish and let your other contributors do too.
It’s starting to look like you’re just trying to get hits to the blog with all this sensationalist crap, which is REALLY lame and will ultimately kill mynokiablog.
I’d stop posting this shit if I were you, Eldar is REALLY not worth listening to, you’ve been told time and time again from people who really know the truth, so please just stop OK?
I don’t want to use the same harsh words, but I agree this site would do well to be slightly less sensationalist about random rumors, specifically
- ignore people who have proven several times to be wrong
- be wary of rumors from people who haven’t yet been known to be more informed than most
- this means completely ignoring eldar
- remember everyone gets some prediction right if they predict it often enough, ignore those
Sadly, what Eldar says is covered by larger blogs like Engadget/Gizmodo and then that story is spun in all sorts of ways as it trickles through the net.
I want to have a post giving details about WHY he might be wording things a certain way, give a background on what he’s previously said.
As you say, Eldar may not be trusted, Eldar may be anti Nokia BUT I’d rather face this directly and have folks point this out, have others learn that this is the case and share it and be aware than ignore him whilst the anti-nokia/misinformation may be spread by other sources.
What if he unleashes another tirade against Nokia with scathing N9 review like N8? At least we have him documented for what truths or lack of.
This post was to try and rectify his previous comment that N9 was scrapped. Folks had thought that there was no N9 at all.
Though his grudge against Nokia is known to Nokia fans, it’s not to others who may pick up on his reviews and accommodate the same baseless sentiments, e.g. his very first N8 review.
Thank you for the feedback though. It is extremely appreciated that you guys would give us pointers cos you give a damn
We are trimming down rumours – several posted to us have been ignored as of late. This one, could not, for the reasons just mentioned.
Yet, from what I can see, you make very little mention in the article itself warning readers that, on the whole this chap, should not be believed when it comes to Nokia phones.
You will have many readers who will not get as far as the comments section before further propagating this crap themselves and claiming mynokiablog as the source. If I were you I would start each article discussing something Eldar says with a warning about his obvious anger/hatred towards Nokia and the fact that he has been proven to be totally wrong in the past. Pretty much discredit him and then feel free to post away.
Once he has again proven himself reliable he can be used as a trustworthy source. Until then I don’t feel he is worth the airtime!It is this sort of unjust speculation of upcoming phones that is ruining Nokia’s reputation and should not be encouraged.
i want to give feedback to nokia care singapore
their technicians are not professional enough
they spoiled the bottom end cover of my n8, i have to send mine for the seconf time,
btw, n8 build quality is not as good as the review says, i can tell iphone 4 build quality is super, i really cant find a single flaw in it, except the anntenan issue
Try dropping your iphone
I’ve dropped my N8 several times, just happens. Still fine.
“Try dropping your iphone
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LOL!…. good one.
Yes the glass on the iPhone is in tension so it can crack if you drop your phone. Both the iPhone and Nokia N8 has gorilla glass but Nokia has not tension on the glass
The iphone does not have Gorilla glass, not the official Cornell (?). Some cheaper noname glass that they’re hyping (the back supposedly cheaper than front, but neither is the real deal).
I haven’t seen a single N8 screen cracked the way iphones crack (front AND back)
ok then I was mistaken.
I don’t mean to correct you, and the tension is a good theory actually.
But if it is used as a bragging point for iphone (not by you) then well, it isn’t gorilla glass, and it breaks more often than it should
2 of my friends have broken their iphone 4 screens. One by accidentally dropping it at work, and another one when walking down the stairs.
Meanwhile, I dropped my n8 from a running bicycle onto a paved road. Scratched the bezel, but the screen and body stays perfect.
So other than the scratched bezel (it is painted, not anodized like the body), I’d say the N8 is sturdier.
The only wear that I have on my N8 is the part of the camera buldge that touches flat surfaces. The color is rubbing off. When I called in about paint wear on my old N82, Nokia said that they don’t cover cosmetic issues that don’t affect the functionality of the device….
Does anyone else have that problem?
try the Nokia CC-3000 Hard Back Cover, it some the camera part touching surfaces, its nice to hold too
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Nokia+CC-3000+Hard+Back+Cover&x=0&y=0
it meant to say it stops * (lack of sleep)
I didn’t know that existed. Thank you for the information.
Try using iPhone 4 someplace where the temperature is freezing.
You’re lucky you live in warm temperature. Not so nice if you live in Northern Europe where it gets freezing in the winter. IPhone 4 is known to stop working and break here because it can’t handle the cold weather. There’s “super quality” for you. Pathetic quality is what I would use.
Imagine if you get lost in the winter and you try to make a emergency call. With iPhone 4 you’re screwed. It won’t work in freezing temperature. And if somehow you get it warm enough by holding it with your hands, the antenna won’t work because it’s faulty and short-circuits itself when you touch it. What awesome shittyness.
And Apple won’t even take responsibility for the crap it sells. Apple just says it’s operating temperature is 0-35 degrees Celsius and that the warranty is void below 0.
eldar’s review isn’t consistent with his last comment on twitter, like you say he wrote the n8 camera is poor, now the n9 camera is good?? if eldar says good the rest of the world say reflex??? c’mon eldar stop write stupid comment and do your job impartial!
Exactly, this is one of the leaks from his comments that he is lying again as I know the camera thing…
I am pretty sure he has not seen the candy bar, the first Meego phone to be released yet, at all. He might see some very early phase prototype but that doesn\t help anything as Nokia scrap prototype so often that people even are not aware most time…
The fact that he says “camera is good” is a tell? Is the camera not good? That would be disappointing.
N8′s camera is superb, but the liar said it was poor. Now he says N9-01′s camera is good (,without any details). How would you interpret N9-01′s camera?
My conclusion is he lied. No, He did not see the n901 and can’t tell anything specific at all.
Are you completely kooky??? why do you always cite that idiot and lier eldar?!
And I’m sure he doesn’t have n9 nor x7 nor any other phone that havent come out yet!!!
Probably because he has to make sure that someone explains that Eldar is a liar.
Blogs like Engadget certainly won’t.
You really should not trust anything that Eldar says without solid proof! By publishing this kind of rumors with no credibility what so ever you are just empowering him! Publicity is all that he wants. And you’re giving it to him, for nothing!
Does it mean we won’t see N9 with a hardware keyboard? That’s bad!
anyone ever think this was just to get his name out there again? announce the n9 is gone “ohh look at me i said something whack” and then “ohh look at me i get to see the next rendition”
that or he made a mistake when he said the n9 proto was scrapped (like how we heard)and to correct himself he makes up a story of getting to see the new version
but seriously though… why is anyone giving him any attention
Another rant from Eldar… Mister I know everything and I’am smarter than everyone…
Do not give to much of importance to what he is saying and make your own opinion…
I think we should leave him alone, I now visit your site much more than his
If they don’t release an Nseries with an E7 QWERTY, I’m gonna be furious.
Yes but we cant just have an N9-01 without an n9-00 comming first, nokia are gonna need both of these N9′s out before June to have a chance at gaining there position back, they have been hammed for years now!
Where is the man who Elder waiting for?
The bigger question is: why doesn’t Nokia, one of the biggest players in the market, plug this year to year press disaster?
Every time Eldar publishes his pocket camera photos and the review of a not finished Nokia product to the public, he basically spoils the possible hype Nokia’s official marketing could have generated with proper introduction, press releases etc.
It is clear that this “man” is high in the Russian mobile industry (perhaps one of Nokia’s Russian chiefs or a big operator chief wanting to get some indirect fame for his exclusive access to nokia’s unpublished phones)
I don’t blame Eldar for this (I have enjoyed many of his reviews) rather I would like Nokia to do something about this (like Apple did with iPhone 4 leaks; lawsuits and rapid action), as these articles don’t do justice for hard working people developing Nokia’s new phones.