Official Word on Nokia 6102

Originally Posted by wymi

What's the delay?

Originally Posted by I have a phone

Nokia of course

Originally Posted by boston_errol

this phone is actually outsourced and made by BenQ

Originally Posted by spartacus13b

I thought that Cingular was not launching their PTT thru GPRS.... and as far as I know the 6102 has the GPRS PTT built in so it would not be compatible with CIngular PTT.... Other than that I have not seen anything about this phone yet.....

Originally Posted by Rcadden

In the other thread regarding Cingular's PTT, Stan Stigman is quoted from Bobolito's "Ask Stan" thread as saying that Cingular's PTT will be circuit-switched, which would mean not GPRS-based, wouldn't it?

Originally Posted by what_up

It's silly how things turn in a year. Last year, it was Motorola with all the delays, now it's Nokia. Why can't these manufacturer plan better? Personally, I think, Nokia does not care too much about the North America market. They give more importance to the Europe and Asian markets.

Originally Posted by BWD

I've heard August 15th is supposedly the date. Anyone else hearing this?

Originally Posted by quillhill

Yesterday I was standing around in an agent store, waiting to do some business with the owner - but that's another story for another time - and up on the wall above the Cingular display table with the dummy phones there were two flyers. One for the 6102 and the other for the LG (c?)1500.
She was busy with a Nextel customer, come to think of it, she's always helping Nextel customers when I go in there. Hmm. Anyway, I didn't get a chance to ask her. I'd bet, though, they'd have to special order it anyway since they typically only stock the popular cheap phones.

Originally Posted by Rcadden

Those posters were supposed to be put away till the phones are launched. They were bundled with the Back to School promo stuff, and there is a note on CSP to place those two posters aside until further notice. Neither phone is available yet.

Originally Posted by SellPhones

nothing official, but possibly a service issue, didn't meet network requirements, etc..Personally, I think they are wanting to use that phone's built in ptt feature, and the ptt has been delayed, again..but it's up to speculation i guess.

Originally Posted by DruB

our market sent out flyers and such w/ pictures of the SEz500 BoGo, BB7100g, Moto V551, and the Nokia 6102 "Coming Soon". . .price was $89. I didnt get to read the details but if i were to guess, it will be 189.99 with 100 instant on a 2year

Originally Posted by quillhill

It's a Nokia. Aaaaaannnnnd it's a clamshell. My guess is some people dig the Nokia UI, battery life and RF, but loathe the candy bar form factor. So, ooh, a Nokia in a clamshell package. Yay! I'm not mocking the Nokia fans, by the way, because I'd be interested in using this phone, too. But that's because I have a problem. A phone addiction, if you will.

Originally Posted by CyberMoto

First Nokia flip phone. And they send a clone of V551 or V180. BIG FAT DEAL.

Originally Posted by shaneotoool

What is the appeal of this phone? Is it just because it is new? I looked at the specs and it doesn't look special. Looks like it is the same as a v551 with a color screen on the outside and a smaller screen on the inside. Did i miss something?

Originally Posted by Taylormade2

Between my wife and I, we have had 6 warranty exchanged v551s. If this is a quality phone, we sure haven't been convinced. We're two people hoping the Nokia 6102 ends up being a better phone than the Moto crap we have had.

We both had v60s and loved them.

Originally Posted by bigmike20

Lately, a lot of the smaller carriers get new Nokia phones before the big ones.
example, the 6102 on Suncom b/ Cingular, the 6255i on Metropcs and Alltel b/ VZ.and more...
Why is that?

Originally Posted by nitzer51

IMO i think its kinda crappy that cingular and nokia go through so much testing, modifying, and delaying of nokia models.... i think the fcc should step in on branding that gets out of control

Originally Posted by nitzer51

IMO i think its kinda crappy that cingular and nokia go through so much testing, modifying, and delaying of nokia models.... i think the fcc should step in on branding that gets out of control

Originally Posted by drc72

I rather they test it thoroughly and make sure it works flawlessly, than having it rushed and getting a lemon in return.

Originally Posted by WirelessAndy

Yeah, I'd rather wait than be let down.

The sad thing is, lemons still make it into our grubby phone luvin' hands. You'd think they'd be able to flush out a majority of the bugs, but I suppose sometimes you can't catch them all.

Originally Posted by drc72

I agree, there's a lot phones that slip through the cracks, but I think 6102 will be a winner once they get the bugs worked out.

Originally Posted by shawncv79

:cough: :cough: :SMOKERS cough: Motorola V600 :cough:

Originally Posted by redsea

Looks like tmo beat cing to the punch; they have the 6101 on their site now.....