Nokia 6708: Nokia’s Only BenQ-Engineered Touchscreen Anomaly
Type: RM - 139
💎 Rarity Index: A (Rare)
⭐ WOW Factor: The only Nokia-branded smartphone ever made by BenQ.
👁 Evaluation in my collection: BNIB – 10/10
🕵 Nokia Codename: Pearl
⏱ Life timer: 0 | 📦 Boxed: YES
📅 Release Year: 2005 | 💰 Release Price: 500
📊 Units Sold: ~300k
📰 Why this phone matters: The Nokia 6708 (RM-139) is a China-market smartphone released in 2005 during Nokia’s experimental touchscreen era. Unlike any other Nokia device, the 6708 is not built on Nokia’s own S60/S40 architecture – instead, it is based on the BenQ P31, using UIQ 2.1 on Symbian 7.0, a TI OMAP processor, and a stylus-driven 2.7″ resistive touchscreen.
Nokia redesigned the exterior, adjusted the UI elements, and released it exclusively to the Chinese market, where both Nokia and BenQ already had strong local footprints. Because of this limited and unusual partnership, the 6708 never appeared in eur;ope or the US and is extremely rare outside Asia.
With its hybrid DNA – Nokia branding + BenQ internals + UIQ touchscreen – the 6708 stands out as a one-off anomaly in Nokia’s entire catalog and is highly sought after by collectors who focus on prototypes, regional exclusives, and crossover devices.
📝 Reviews when released: Mobile Review 🔗