Nokia 6620 Cingular Edition: Symbian Powerhouse for the US Market

2004


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  • Nokia 6620 Cingular Edition: Symbian Powerhouse for the US Market

    💎 Rarity Index: S (Ultra Rare)

    ⭐ WOW Factor: At launch in 2004, the Nokia 6620 was one of Nokia’s most advanced smartphones, bringing true Symbian multitasking and full Series 60 capabilities to the US market years ahead of the smartphone mainstream.

    👁 Evaluation in my collection: Great – 9.5/10

    🕵 Nokia Codename: Calimero

    ⏱ Life timer: 11h | 📦 Boxed: NO

    📅 Release Year: 2004 | 💰 Release Price: 500$;

    📊 Units Sold: ~6M


    📰 Why this phone matters: The Nokia 6620 is a landmark Symbian Series 60 smartphone created specifically for the North American market, at a time when true smartphones were still rare outside Europe. Built in Finland and sold through Cingular Wireless, it delivered real multitasking, third-party application support, Bluetooth connectivity, MMC expansion, and an integrated camera in a compact candybar form. Unlike most Nokia smartphones of the era, the 6620 was never widely distributed in Europe, making original US carrier units exceptionally rare on this side of the Atlantic. More than just a regional variant, it represents a pivotal moment when Finnish smartphone engineering was successfully adapted to American carrier requirements, turning the 6620 into a true crossover classic and a highly desirable collector piece today.

    📝 Reviews when released: PCMag 🔗

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  • Nokia 6630

    💎 Rarity Index: C (Common)

    ⭐ WOW Factor: The first phone ever that allows truly global roaming(including Japan)

    👁 Evaluation in my collection: Great – 9.5/10

    🕵 Nokia Codename: Charlie

    ⏱ Life timer: 19h | 📦 Boxed: NO

    📅 Release Year: 2004 | 💰 Release Price: ~450 €

    📊 Units Sold: ~10M


    📰 Why this phone matters: The Nokia 6630 is a 3G smartphone announced by Nokia on 14 June 2004 and released in November.It runs on Symbian OS 8.0a (Series 60 2nd Edition FP2). Codenamed Charlie during development, it is an evolution of the 6600 and 6620 smartphones, supporting tri-band GSM (run on lower operating systems).
    The Nokia 6630 is the first phone ever that allows truly global roaming; previously GSM phones have had near-global coverage except in Japan where 2G phone standards were different. The 6630 automatically uses the W-CDMA network in Japan. Nokia 6650 and 7600 were also able to function in Japan, but they did not support GSM 1900, often needed in the United States and Canada (the Nokia 6651 has the GSM 1900).
    Nokia says the Nokia 6630 is the first dual-mode, tri-band handset designed to work on 3G (WCDMA), EDGE and 2G networks in eur;ope, Asia and the Americas.

    📝 Reviews when released: Mobile Review 🔗

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  • Nokia 6810 Prototype B3.0 : Engineering Sample

    💎 Rarity Index: S (Ultra Rare)

    ⭐ WOW Factor: A pre-RM Nokia 6810 prototype from Finland-capturing the birth of Nokia’s most original fold-out QWERTY design.

    👁 Evaluation in my collection: Great – 9.5/10

    ⏱ Life timer: 0 | 📦 Boxed: NO

    📅 Release Year: 2004 | 💰 Release Price: ~350 €

    📊 Units Sold: ~700k (final units)


    📰 Why this phone matters: A rare early-stage prototype of the Nokia 6810, the business-class messaging phone famous for its fold-out QWERTY keyboard design. This internal test unit predates the commercial RM-2 variant and carries blank “Model XXXX / Type XXXX” fields, together with the unmistakable “Property of Nokia” and B3.0 engineering markings. Built in Finland and never intended for sale, it represents the development phase where Nokia refined the mechanical flip-out keyboard and RF tuning for one of its most innovative business devices.

    📝 Reviews when released: Mobile Review 🔗

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  • Nokia 6820a

    💎 Rarity Index: C (Common)

    👁 Evaluation in my collection: Good – 8/10

    🕵 Nokia Codename: Mercurius

    ⏱ Life timer: 80h | 📦 Boxed: NO

    📅 Release Year: 2004 | 💰 Release Price: ~400 $

    📊 Units Sold: ~1M


    📰 Why this phone matters: The Nokia 6800 series are a selection of Nokia Series 68 phones with an unusual fold-out QWERTY keyboard. These phones were marketed as “messaging devices”: all had built-in email clients, and some had BlackBerry support.The 6820 and 6822 had the wiring for the keypad built into the hinges without any external contacts.

    📝 Reviews when released: N/A 💔

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  • Nokia 7200

    💎 Rarity Index: B (Uncommon)

    ⭐ WOW Factor: The first Nokia clamshell form-factor phone

    👁 Evaluation in my collection: Great – 9/10

    🕵 Nokia Codename: Sirius

    ⏱ Life timer: 101h | 📦 Boxed: NO

    📅 Release Year: 2004 | 💰 Release Price: ~450$

    📊 Units Sold: ~2M


    📰 Why this phone matters: Nokia was one of the last companies that had started producing mobile phones in clamshell form-factor, the company’s first model in this design style is Nokia 7200. The model’s index (7xxx) is not a fortuity, 7xxx series was always an experiment for the company as well as latest fashion phones. Take Nokia 7110 for example, this mobile phone gathered all the best parts from earlier models. In case with first clamshell, everything is not so unambiguously, this development is just an answer to Samsung’s expansion in eur;ope with its products. Just like any other answer, this phone was created with all existing solutions taken in mind, including the already well-known Series 40 platform.

    📝 Reviews when released: Mobile Review 🔗

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  • Nokia 7260

    💎 Rarity Index: C (Common)

    👁 Evaluation in my collection: Great – 9.8/10

    🕵 Nokia Codename: Trubadurix

    ⏱ Life timer: 278h | 📦 Boxed: NO

    📅 Release Year: 2004 | 💰 Release Price: ~250 $

    📊 Units Sold: ~2M


    📰 Why this phone matters: Nokia 7260 is not intended for a mass market, this phone is for those who love fashion stuff and stylish appearance. This is nokia’s inspiration for its latest fashion phones, the 7260, the 7270 and the 7280, is the “glamour and elegance of the lavish 1920s”. We can certainly see some art deco traits in the line-up but do the phones have anything else to offer?

    📝 Reviews when released: Mobile Review 🔗

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  • Nokia 7270

    💎 Rarity Index: B (Uncommon)

    👁 Evaluation in my collection: Great – 9/10

    🕵 Nokia Codename: Capella

    ⏱ Life timer: 234h | 📦 Boxed: NO

    📅 Release Year: 2004 | 💰 Release Price: ~450 $

    📊 Units Sold: ~1M


    📰 Why this phone matters: The Nokia 7270’s feature list is as playful as its design, but it also serves up the basics. You get a 255-name phone book with room in each entry for five numbers; a push-to-talk number; and e-mail, Web, and postal addresses. The SIM card holds an additional 250 contacts. For caller ID purposes, you can add a picture, assign them to any of 40 polyphonic ring tones, or organize contacts by caller groups; you can also add notes or a tag for voice dialing. Messaging options run the gamut of text and multimedia, instant messaging, and e-mail.

    📝 Reviews when released: Mobile Review 🔗

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  • Nokia 7280 Prototype F4.0 : The Jinx

    💎 Rarity Index: S (Ultra Rare)

    ⭐ WOW Factor: Fortune Magazine listed it as one of the best products of 2004 while its design was praised by the jury in the iF product design awards for 2005.

    👁 Evaluation in my collection: Great – 9/10

    🕵 Nokia Codename: Jinx

    ⏱ Life timer: 5m | 📦 Boxed: NO

    📅 Release Year: 2004 | 💰 Release Price: ~600 $

    📊 Units Sold: ~200k (final units)


    📰 Why this phone matters: A centerpiece for any top-tier Nokia collection, this Nokia 7280 JINX Prototype represents the earliest incarnation of one of the most iconic fashion phones ever created. Designed as part of the luxurious L’Amour Collection, the 7280 redefined mobile aesthetics with its lipstick-inspired form factor, mirror-black finish, and rotating Navi-Spinner, earning TIME Magazine’s “Gadget of the Year” distinction.

    This prototype predates the commercial release, carrying the internal codename JINX and the early F4 hardware build, along with restricted-use labels such as “PROPERTY OF NOKIA” and a prototype IMEI range exclusive to engineering units. These details confirm its use in internal validation, UI testing, radio calibration, and industrial design approvals.

    Pristine, original, and fully authentic, this piece represents the raw development phase of a phone that shaped Nokia’s luxury image in the mid-2000s.
    A true collector’s artefact.

    📝 Reviews when released: Mobile Review 🔗

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  • Nokia 7610

    💎 Rarity Index: C (Common)

    👁 Evaluation in my collection: As New – 10/10

    🕵 Nokia Codename: Catalina

    ⏱ Life timer: 3m | 📦 Boxed: YES

    📅 Release Year: 2004 | 💰 Release Price: 500 €

    📊 Units Sold: ~8M


    📰 Why this phone matters: The Nokia 7610 is a Symbian OS smartphone introduced at CEBIT on 18 March 2004.It features a 1 megapixel camera (1152×864 pixels) and was targeted at the “fashion conscious” individual with a design similar to 2003’s Nokia 7600. It went on sale with a list price of &eur;o;500 and came with a 64 MB MMC card. It runs on Nokia’s Series 60 platform (version 2.1). It was marketed as a stylish and imaging device, and allowed direct Bluetooth photo printing.End-users can also use the 7610 with Nokia Lifeblog. Other pre-installed applications include the Opera Mobile web browser, RealOne player and Kodak Photo Sharing.

    📝 Reviews when released: Mobile Review 🔗

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  • Nokia N-gage QD

    💎 Rarity Index: C (Common)

    👁 Evaluation in my collection: Brand New – 10/10

    ⏱ Life timer: 0m | 📦 Boxed: NO

    📅 Release Year: 2004 | 💰 Release Price: ~300 $

    📊 Units Sold: ~2M


    📰 Why this phone matters: N-Gage – Mobile gaming devices (2003-2004).The N-Gage QD is a handheld game console and smartphone by Nokia, and a redesign of the N-Gage. It was unveiled on April 14, 2004, and was released on May 26, 2004, running the same Symbian OS v6.1 with Series 60 1st Edition FP1.However, the new model was unable to make an impact, and with only 2 million units sold in its two years, the N-Gage and its QD model were a commercial failure, unable to challenge their Nintendo rival.

    📝 Reviews when released: Mobile Review 🔗

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  • Panasonic EB X30: The Iconic Flip-Out Screen Camcorder Phone

    💎 Rarity Index: A (Rare)

    ⭐ WOW Factor: The Panasonic EB-X300 is a transforming mobile device – a phone that literally turns into a miniature camcorder with a spring-launched, side-flipping screen.
    One of the most mechanically innovative phones ever sold, and a true unicorn in any collection.

    👁 Evaluation in my collection: BNIB – 10/10

    ⏱ Life timer: 0 | 📦 Boxed: YES

    📅 Release Year: 2004 | 💰 Release Price: ~250

    📊 Units Sold: ~400k


    📰 Why this phone matters: A spectacular and highly collectible Panasonic EB-X300, one of the most unique mobile phones ever produced. Released in 2004, the X300 stood out as a true piece of mobile engineering art, combining a classic keypad phone with a mechanically retractable, flip-out display that transformed the device into a miniature video camera at the press of a button.

    The X300 wasn’t just another camera phone – it was designed like a camcorder.
    Press the spring-loaded release button and the entire screen swings out sideways into a horizontal viewfinder, giving the phone a completely different identity instantly. In this mode, the handset becomes a compact digital camera with a distinctive VGA (f/2.8, 3.3mm) lens mounted on the body, perfectly positioned for video capture and photography.

    This transforming mechanism makes the X300 one of the most mechanically ambitious GSM phones ever sold, and absolutely unforgettable among early-2000s Panasonic designs. Your unit, with all the moving parts functioning and its internal label intact, is a fantastic collector-grade example.

    📝 Reviews when released: Mobile Review 🔗

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  • Pantech GB100

    💎 Rarity Index: C (Common)

    👁 Evaluation in my collection: Great – 9/10

    ⏱ Life timer: 20h | 📦 Boxed: NO

    📅 Release Year: 2004 | 💰 Release Price: N/A

    📊 Units Sold: ~400k


    📰 Why this phone matters: Pantech Inc. (Korean: ???? ??) is a South Korean company that manufactures mobile phones. Established in 1991, its market is mainly domestic with partners in the United States, Japan, China, eur;ope and finally Vietnam. In 2012 Pantech was the second best-selling handset maker in South Korea, according to Gartner. In 2013 Samsung Electronics bought a 10% stake in Pantech.Pantech also partners with PCD for specialized phones.

    📝 Reviews when released: N/A 💔

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