Nokia sneaks 6263 with T-Mobile 3G through FCC

by Chris Ziegler, posted Aug 20th 2007 at 3:46PM

Welcome to 2005, T-Mobile! No, seriously, this is great news -- following news of Samsung's t639 with AWS band coverage, Nokia looks poised to contribute its own midrange handset to T-Mobile's upcoming HSDPA service on the 1700MHz band. The 6263 is likely an Americanized version of the 6267, a fairly pedestrian flip bearing a 2 megapixel cam, Bluetooth, and a microSD slot. That means there's still plenty of room up top for companies like Nokia to contribute a few smartphones to the cause, but for now, we'll take what we can get with a smile on our face.

[Via Phone Scoop]

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, T-Mobile, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

Tags: 6263, candybar, nokia, t-mobile

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Mark @ Aug 20th 2007 4:30PM

Knowing T-Mobile, it'll probably be crippled to hell like the rest of their phones.

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Nando @ Aug 20th 2007 4:32PM

Boo, Mark...Boo!

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Grant @ Aug 20th 2007 4:56PM

Hey, at least I can still tether on T-Mobile without doubling my monthly fee. Oh, and my phone's bluetooth is blissfully uncrippled, unlike most providers' handsets. (I'm looking at you, Sprint and Verizon.)

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Anthony @ Aug 20th 2007 8:45PM

I agree- Also, T-Mobile's Dash still had WiFi- unlike the E61 on ATT, where it was mysteriously missing.

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Omagus @ Aug 20th 2007 10:09PM

Just to nitpick, it was the E62 that didn't have wi-fi, not the E61.

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Robbie @ Aug 22nd 2007 4:20AM

also, you can buy an e61i unlocked and pop in your att sim

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frank @ Aug 21st 2007 12:43PM

T-Mobile is the most UNcrippled carrier there is. WTF?

Anyway, I'm glad to see Nokia leading the 3G charge. Their contributions to T-Mobile's lineup have been hit or miss over the last few years and Samsung has pretty much taken over their midrange flip market (minus the MOTO garbage of course). Some diversity will be very welcomed, especially from Nokia.

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Chris Brunner @ Sep 26th 2007 4:15PM

T-Mobile does cripple their phones (try running Google maps on one of their newer phones, even with the correct settings), but it's nowhere near as bad as some carriers (like Verizon)... and it's easily fixed by flashing the phone. Fixing crippled CDMA phones is not so easy.