Nokia’s Athens May 17th event is just for “local launch of E6 and X7″.
Earlier today wes? found a tweet from @cmahr who works at Nokia, saying that the May 17th Nokia event is just a local thing to launch X7, E6 and Symbian Anna.
Nokia’s Comms Director, Mark Squires says “There’s a load of speculation regarding a Nokia event on 17th May in Athens. It’s the local launch of the E6 and X7, nothing else I promise”.
Tin foil conspiracy hats on; are they just playing this down because something actually is going to happen and they’re trying to keep suspicion/expectation down?
Or, is there really nothing to this event. Why the need for a local launch? By launch, is this when it’s available for sale no? What about Anna’s availability? Is this the date for PR2.0?
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*Sigh* Knew it was too good to be true.
Why would they make a big deal of a local launch anyway?
If this just ends up being that then it’s the biggest fail ever from Nokias marketing department, just say it’s the fucking launch so that it doesn’t turn into this huge event hype where absolutely everyone ends up disappointed because that will just hurt the Nokia brand.
I choose to believe. =)
So by launch, do they mean again that they promise some stuff, or will they really start delivering the products on this date (at least in Athene)?
Aren’t these phones shipping with Anna? I’m pretty sure I remember reading that they do.
I also remember reading that Anna will be offered as an update shortly after these phones have been released.
So Anna may be just over a week away…
NOKIA, no events announcments, teases/leakes, watever, till anna is ready, thank you, and stop wasting everyones time
Hey Nokia, Can I at least borrow some of your lipstick? Because I at least want to look pretty the next time you f**k me
“sent from my Toshiba HandiBook”
in the BestBuy*
While Liane watches!!!
To be discussed and broadcast later on Dr. Phil
LOL
This made me laugh.
Nice to know we’re all using humour as a coping mechanism during these trying times.
American Dad Quote…
in the 4th line: It’s the local launch of the E6 and X6, nothing else I promise”.
X7 not X6
Cheers for heads up.
It will be an announcement announcing the prevoiusly announced devices/Anna to be released “in the coming months” in a newly announced local market that is TBA (To Be Announced)…
nokia will announce the MS and Nokia partership in athens. Thats how slow they are…
anna in athens
belle in berlin?
I like that one.
Had the same thought yesterday. I think it’s a valid point.
“By launch, is this when it’s available for sale no?”
In Norway the E6 is available on the 30th(ish) May
Heh what i said about this event.
I can’t imagine any other people than the ones that have started to really follow Nokia past year to still get excited about some Nokia event.
For people who have been following Nokia past 6 years, especially the last 3 years have been unbelivable as far as letdown events goes.
2 years ago there was “amazing” event every month with nothing to deliver.
I’ll say it for the 100th time, less talk and more real competitive devices.
Anna coming in Q4. This is from very trusted source.
So does that mean E6 will be delayed?
If PR2.0 is Q4 when will PR3.0 arrive?
Q2?
(of 2013)
Anna is already “out” ie c7 “astound” and X7..
Just not distributed to other handsets yet..
Why its taking so long, i dont know.. I keep watching Navifirm for a release, even Pink will do..
please let this be the global launch of nokia e6….. the whole world is waiting and u guyz cant just launch it in one place…. plus by the time it launches people wud be tired of waiting and many are settling for something else just coz of the waiting time………
i dont see why all people is talking about anna
first they are not going to give the update for symbian 3 phones until the new E6 , C7 astround and X7 make some sales
second apart the browser in anna (which is almost the same as now, they just have remove the address bar on top) and the portrait keyboad and new icons( you can get allready some themes with anna icons), i dont see the anna so super unless they have improvements affect in the cpu of the phone
Babis, Maybe Anna isnt “Super”, but it has some features we have all been waiting for since conception.
Apart from Fresh icons we get Split-screen view, better Browser and most importantly,
Virtual Portrait QWERTY..
when we purchase a Nokia smartphone we actually gets the hardware and we have to wait for the software to get mature and delivered ….. what the hell ?
if the updates are this slow i don’t think symbain is not going anywhere till 2020… thats when the dual core symbian smartphones will launch…. !
…..and now we need an event for the announcement of a outdated software version for a so called outdated and redundant os?! Save the money Nokia. You’ll need it to pay off all those that you f**kd over when you retrenched them. Havent you guys wasted enough in useless and fruitless r&d ventures already.
Announce something worthwhile and then i’d say welldone. Enough talk, more action please.
Dont care cant wait for the e6. So 17th is the Date. Great now i need to sell my n8 or maybe i keep both.