What should Nokia call their series of Windows Phones in the US? (Ex. Apple=iPhone / Samsung=Galaxy / HTC=HD / Android=Droid)

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  • Giri - 13 years ago

    Use Nokia Winkia for WINdows and noKIA. No need to worry about changes in Windows versions.

  • David Tartaglia - 13 years ago

    How about:
    Nokia Aikon (say"icon)

    Easy to remember, sets the image.

  • Steven T - 13 years ago

    Fusion? Metro? Are we talking phones or cars?

  • Paul LaGreca - 13 years ago

    Nokia Core.....I propose the name Nokia Core as in the product by which everything else is built around.

  • IR - 13 years ago

    The Nokia Aikon

  • oletus - 13 years ago

    ascendō

    is a latin word and means raise...nokia will raise from ashes, back to nr 1 in the world.

  • Beav402 - 13 years ago

    Nokia Aikon (Pronounced Icon and also Nokia backwards

  • tonihani - 13 years ago

    Nokia Nemesis, symboling the age old rivalry between windows/mac os, now updated to WP7/iOS.

  • Jim - 13 years ago

    My goodness, Phoenix is horrible! So corny. I can't believe it's in the lead. Then again, "the masses are asses" as they say. I'd much prefer either Revolution, Genesis, or Shen (which is not on the list).

  • daeminence - 13 years ago

    how about NoWin like there's no winning now... too late in the game.

  • Seb M. Harvey - 13 years ago

    ''Nokia Metro'' is the only real logical choice here . It's easy to pronounce, remember and it's universal because it's the new interface design standard of Microsoft.

    Nokia and Microsoft have to get their stuff together.

    Metro need to be recognized and popularized for people to easily recognize it and buy the ''Metro concept'' and it's ease of use.

    Nokia and Microsoft need to build something new with the Metro Interface Design Standard, something similar to what XBOX Live did to the console market, it need to be in a class of it's own and help the brand differenciate itself!

  • Whayong - 13 years ago

    "Nokia Elophone" FTW!

  • Joe - 13 years ago

    I suggest 'Nokia Trust'.
    Technical names aren't going to work here, the target is the feature phone market. The phone has become a conduit to friends and family over facebook, twitter. You talk to people you trust. Windows Phone has a great sandbox model - you can trust that there's no malware. It's a managed experience (over Android).
    It also emphasises the Nokia brand, trust that's been built up before.

  • Vipansh - 13 years ago

    Nokia Genesis and Pheonix sound good. :-))
    But I suggest it to be the Nokia ZENITH!
    What say?

  • skinneejoe - 13 years ago

    Nokia Notion = Ad campaign - "...Well I'd like to know where, you got the notion..." (rock the boat by Hues Corporation)

  • Praveen - 13 years ago

    Nokia Ring also has nice ring to it!
    (Ring indirectly implying sound of phone when someone is calling and it also means arena or place where fight happens(as in boxing ring))
    So it has macho element going on and phone related as well.

  • MAX - 13 years ago

    I call it "Nokia "Pure" -beautifull. Or "Nokia =>Cosmo

  • Praveen - 13 years ago

    Well, Nokia can different product lines - with WP7 theme (glance and go)
    Glance - Higher price models
    Go - low price models

  • Jonathan - 13 years ago

    PHOENIX!!! the name is legendary, powerful, something that others would talk about but will respect for its power and performance. again PHOENIX!!!

  • JBarinas - 13 years ago

    I suggest these:

    Nokia Poem (I, II, III)
    Nokia Dragon (I, II, III)
    Nokia Majestic (I, II, III)
    Nokia Sapphire (I, II, III)

  • N9 - 13 years ago

    Nokia Elophone. The only choice.

  • nerdim - 13 years ago

    yh i submitted nokia accent :)

  • nerdim - 13 years ago

    nokia ACCENT sounds PERFECT

  • Charles - 13 years ago

    All those names are boring and forgettable!

    So what if they joke about Uranus? They will just talk more about Uranus which is good. It doesn't matter what critics say about the phone because the name will stick to people's head. Any other name will just be another name. Need to have a controversial name. Uranus is a fun word and the more people joking about it, the more people will be aware of it. They will be curious as to what this "Uranus" people are joking about. Uranus will draw a lot of people. All other names are just boring.

  • Robb - 13 years ago

    I submitted Nokia Glance.

    It speaks to both Nokia’s ongoing design philosophy of reduction. As Marko Ahtisaari recently said. “..today’s touch-screen phones are inappropriately immersive, and that he would like to design in a way that allows users to keep their heads up again.” and Microsoft’s theme of “Glance & Go”.

    Phoenix is a terrible name (as are most on the list other than Metro).

    I do like Thiago Machado's idea: Nokia Sampo. It has a good ring, has Finnish roots and a positive menaing. Great name, I just don't know how "marketable" it is.

    Also, if it’s going to have the 3 syllable Nokia moniker in front of it, is needs to be short.

  • Anthony - 13 years ago

    Nokia Square
    Square: it rappresents the tiles of the WP7
    Square: something rich or substantial
    Square: in a town, a big place where people meet, Nokia always use it's logo "Connecting people"

    it's perfect :D

  • Eliezer - 13 years ago

    Nokia Windsor my sugestion!! (I'm Brasilian)

  • Chris - 13 years ago

    Since Nokia's smartphones have always used the same naming, why not keep with it. Example the Nokia N8 (Multimedia focused), the E7 (Enterprise focused). They could just add a new letter, i.e. W, and start the series at 1. The Nokia W1, and of course all the variants would follow a hyphen, the W1-0. This way existing Nokia users will immediately recognize it as a Nokia.

  • Sorry for my shitty english, first of all. :-)

    I like miths and I like Nokia because of its nostalgic value that it has to me.

    So, let's combine them.

    In Finnish mithology, there is an magic artifact named Sampo (or Sammas) that brought good fortune to its holder. According to Lönnrot's interpretation in the Kalevala, it was a mill that made flour, salt, and gold out of thin air.

    There are others intepretations for Sampo/Sammas. It is a World Pillar or World Tree, A compass or an astrolabe.

    I think is a good name.

    Cheers :-)

  • migo - 13 years ago

    Someone on a different blog suggested resurrecting the Nokia Communicator brand - I think that would work quite well, as it's a series that Nokia didn't damage with crap products like the N96 and N97 did to the N-series.

  • Byran Newell - 13 years ago

    Ive read through all the comments, and I think the Nokia Win should be added to the poll. Someone also suggested the "revive", (which I don't like the sound of, but do like the meaning). I think, though, that the Nokia Vive would be an iconic name the hearkens back to "revive", and provides a new word that doesn't exist but has a familiar association/connotation.

  • Andrea Cima - 13 years ago

    River engineering pours on Windows.

    Comes Nokia Repow.

  • Just Visiting - 13 years ago

    Name really should be something timeless - Pheonix is good for 'one' device. But once the Pheonix rises, then what? Ixnay on Pheonix!

    Need something 'grand' - Nokia Monumental; Nokia Universe; Nokia Transcend;

    Whatever! Just bring me a Nokia WP device :)

  • xavier - 13 years ago

    I think "Copernico" would be a nice series name: adopting WP7 Nokia phones does a very big change.
    If Phoenix is ​​reminiscent of the renaissance, so Copernicus must remind a radical change, a revolution.
    Nokia Copernico !

  • OMNIA 7 - 13 years ago

    NOKIA FUSION,

  • Tym K - 13 years ago

    Selected a few options, and added Nokia Vangaurd to the list. It's a catchy name that also signifies leadership, which I expect Nokia would like to exemplify for the new era of mobile devices.

  • ibe - 13 years ago

    how bout Xphone, referring to Xbox live features? I think Xbox live will be a killer feature of this phone. But MS has to enrich it even more and possibly even accept indie games to use some of its services like achievements and player data.

  • Traxan - 13 years ago

    mb Nokia EXpressPhone or ExPhone, or Nokia Amaze

  • Devon - 13 years ago

    Nokia Revive ... I like the name :]

  • Crunchy - 13 years ago

    Nokia Wanted

  • mojo - 13 years ago

    Call it the Metro, Duh.

  • Rex - 13 years ago

    To Charles: Uranus? Dude, no way, no how, no where do I want to see that name involved with anything Windows Phone! Phoenix is what I voted for.

  • lennot - 13 years ago

    Sure thing, Nokias phone will suck! :) Lennot

  • chami - 13 years ago

    Nokia Smart One
    :-)

  • Hosam - 13 years ago

    Either:

    Nokia Revolution

    or

    Nokia Shen (ancient Egyptian symbol for eternity)

  • Andrew - 13 years ago

    I agree with Allan, Connect is good although Microsoft use it in their developer services. Needs to be soemthing to be built on for years IMHO.

  • Oscar M. - 13 years ago

    Nokia Ultimatum rings a bell.

  • Allan - 13 years ago

    I think the name should set it apart from the myriad of Android phones out there. Many of the suggested names might as well have been a device from HTC. Most of these names have an adverbial quality, I would suggest something that is more verb-like, something that says what you can do with it. Another thing is, I think that the name should be a little more forward looking and not take into account that Windows Phone is 'starting over', hopefully the situation would be different in a year. The brand should be something that Nokia could build on for years.

    I like the Nokia Connect name, because Nokia once had the slogan "connecting people", which they could dust off. The word is an action directly pertainimg to something the device does very well. Only thing is, it doesn't signal top of the line, so maybe this should be for the budget conscious. For a more business oriented line they could consider something like Nokia Deliver. For the top of the line phone I actually like the Nokia Win, for the reasons others have stated, but also in keeping with the action-based naming scheme. Finally Nokia Create could be used for a device with amazing video AND audio recording abilities, including stills of course. Please make a device with professional grade audio recording quality! MIDI-in, etc. Musicians would flock!!

  • John - 13 years ago

    It's a no brainer - NOKIA Genesis

  • ibot_4t - 13 years ago

    Nokia Apollo
    +1
    Nokia Phones are the phones astronauts will use when they fly to the moon again a few years from now!:D

  • Scott - 13 years ago

    Nokia...
    "Arete" (Greek for puruit of excellence)
    "Ukko" (most prominent god of Finnish mythology, the god of thunder)

  • Jack - 13 years ago

    Nokia Origin

  • marzipan - 13 years ago

    hmmm.how about Nokia Nuke

  • Issems - 13 years ago

    Nokia Maximus
    Maximus (Hellenised as Maximos) is the Latin term for "greatest" or "largest".
    Nokia will be the greatest again, so looks like a fitting name ;)

  • Nettwerk - 13 years ago

    My vote goes for Nokia Donna

  • Matt - 13 years ago

    Nokia Elite!

  • Jean Baez - 13 years ago

    Nokia Windows Phone "Instigate" Series

  • Jean Baez - 13 years ago

    Nokia Windows Phone "Alpha" Series

  • Jean Baez - 13 years ago

    Nokia Windows Phone "OMEGA" Series

  • henning - 13 years ago

    I love "Genesis". Kind of underlines that this is a rebirth. Has a better ring to it than Phoenix, I think, although Phoenix might underline the circumstances under which the launch is happening in an even better way :)

  • Good idea! - 13 years ago

    Someone said Nokia Metro. I like that one.

  • gilly squeeze - 13 years ago

    Nokia element blue
    Nokia element fire red
    or speed Nokia speed 65mph

  • Jo - 13 years ago

    Droid is for Motorola...

  • Eric Nelson - 13 years ago

    I agree that it has to be unique and catchy. My best suggestion was "Effect". I can see people purchasing a "Nokia Effect."

  • Guenter - 13 years ago

    Nokia Apollo.

  • John J - 13 years ago

    Terminator

    T1, T2, T100, T1000

  • Charles - 13 years ago

    Nobody cares about the "meaning" of the name and non of the names are very catchy... We need something very catchy and will stick to peoples head. I suggest something out of this world, unique and something that will stick in peoples head!

    I suggest "Uranus"! Now thats a word that people can have fun with and catchy!

    Uranus is Cool!
    Uranus is the Best!
    I wish I had Uranus!
    I can use Uranus in everyday life!
    Uranus is beautiful and the sound is magnificent!

    Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and it has the third-largest planetary radius. So it does have some "meaning". Seven as in Windows Phone 7 and third as in Third Ecosystem.

    Here's am excerpt from Wikipedia.

    For some modern Western astrologers, the planet Uranus () is the ruling planet of Aquarius and is exalted in Scorpio. In Greek mythology, Uranus is the personification of the heavens and the night sky. The planet Uranus is very unusual among the planets in that it rotates on its side, so that it presents each of its poles to the Sun in turn during its orbit; causing both hemispheres to alternate between being bathed in light and lying in total darkness over the course of the orbit.Uranus takes 84 years to orbit the Sun, spending about 7 years in each sign of the zodiac. Uranus was discovered only in 1781 by Sir William Herschel.Astrologically modern interpretations associate Uranus with the principles of genius, individuality, new and unconventional ideas, discoveries, electricity, inventions, and the beginnings of the industrial revolution. Uranus governs societies, clubs, and any group dedicated to humanitarian or progressive ideals. Uranus, the planet of sudden and unexpected changes, rules freedom and originality. In society, it rules radical ideas and people, as well as revolutionary events that upset established structures.
    The planet Uranus. Uranus, among all planets, most governs genius.In art and literature, the discovery of Uranus coincided with the Romantic movement, which emphasized individuality and freedom of expression. In medicine, Uranus is believed to be particularly associated with the sympathetic nervous system, mental disorders, breakdowns and hysteria, spasms, and cramps. Uranus is considered by modern astrologers to be co-ruler of the eleventh house alongside Saturn.[citation

  • Nick BigRod - 13 years ago

    Underdog
    Contender
    Revive

  • Al - 13 years ago

    Like a lot: Nokia WIN, Nokia CONNECT, and Nokia EXULT

    Dislike with a passion: Nokia NEO

  • Spencer - 13 years ago

    All of the names above are too easy to overlook. If WP7/ Nokia is looking for a flagship device/name, it needs to stand above and beyond the crowd of anDROID synonyms.

    Some of my ideas:

    Nokia Prime
    Nokia Comet
    Nokia Titan
    Nokia Raven
    Nokia Eclipse
    Nokia Mach1 (Mach 2,3,4 for future releases),
    and one I heard from another website which i liked: Nokia Metro.

    What do you guys think?

  • Raji - 13 years ago

    New suggestion:

    Navatar (pronounced as in avatar)
    ==North America, New avatar(new form, new born), Nokia, NAVTEQ, navigation

  • Al - 13 years ago

    Exult

  • tom allen - 13 years ago

    Something personal and long lasting:
    * Nokia Friend
    * Nokia Mate
    * Nolia Buddy
    * Nokia Partner

    +tom allen, Cupertino, CA

  • maddogeco - 13 years ago

    Trojan. or just don't both and focus on the n9 and n950

  • Snitts - 13 years ago

    Nokia - Rena(issance) the re-awakening or enlightenment (I do like Neo))
    There are alot of good ideas posted....

  • Tino - 13 years ago

    Rebirth or Nova

  • Sam - 13 years ago

    I suggested the "Nokia Revolution."

  • Splendor - 13 years ago

    Nokia Touchpad

  • Ani7 - 13 years ago

    Nokia "Layers", is a good name for a smart phone.

  • Mark - 13 years ago

    Explosion.

  • Josh - 13 years ago

    Metro is the name that should be used!

  • Hugh - 13 years ago

    I settled on the Nokia Now Series

  • Brian234 - 13 years ago

    Its should be called either of the names below

    1. Phantom phones
    2. Clark Kent Series
    3. Nokia Elegance
    4.Dark Knight phones ( could use the promotion from the most anticipated movie of next year).

    by the way to the few haters bashing wp7 if you have never used it shut up. wp7 makes Android and Iphone feel like Dinosaurs. wp7 is a beautiful OS.

  • lukas - 13 years ago

    Nokia Phantom

  • TheSeph - 13 years ago

    "Challenger" has a poor association in the US. A space shuttle by the same name burst into flames in 1986.

    Avatar
    Spitfire
    Accent
    GT (for the gearheads)
    A42 (for hitcher fans)

    The name should be one that strongly represents the phone's capabilities and/or design language.

  • becreative - 13 years ago

    Gravity (brought down the apple!)

  • Omar - 13 years ago

    OK this may seem a bit odd or crazy but think about it, then judge. The Microsoft WIN Series. WIN is short for Windows and "winning". It also sounds cool...the WIN Series...the WIN 100, the WIN 430, the WIN 770...WIN 1000, WIN 1000x. I think I just had a eureka moment.

  • migz7 - 13 years ago

    I, too, like Nokia Neo.

  • meg - 13 years ago

    I say name it the "Nokia Connect" line, since WP7 connects us to all our social connections, web searches, maps, you name it...it's all about the "Connections" that WP7 has integrated seamlessly.

  • Nelson Ocampo - 13 years ago

    I love the WIN series.

    Reasons:

    1. WIN means to win. Success.
    2. WIN also is short for Windows.
    The advantage of this is that it could become almost a generic term when referring to Windows Phones. Just like the Motorola Droid became the default name for many who were looking for an Android phone. They just asked for a "Droid phone" because to them that meant Android phone. And they walked out with a Motorola Droid.
    So consumers might see commercials and think "WIN phone", even if they mean the OS. And will walk out with a Nokia WIN phone.

  • tee - 13 years ago

    You should call it the Nokia Phone, do it!

  • Justin - 13 years ago

    React, Enigma, The Ark. The Nokia Ark has a nice ring to it

  • anfal lebba - 13 years ago

    I think NOKIA SYNAPSE would be a good name, because it corresponds to nokias punch dialogue "connecting people":-)

  • Andrew - 13 years ago

    I like some of the metaphors possible in names like phoenix or genesis however it seems to me this is Nokia building their iPhone. I think that perhaps it has to have less specificity to last a long time. 5 years on and still people get excited about an iPhone whereas there seem so many variants of Droids that it seems to be a bit of a blur and hard to pick which is the iconic top of the line phone - similar to the naming conventions on HTC where it is hard to pick one from another.

    Perhaps a name that is not so noun-like (will 'phoenix' still feel fresh and appropriate 2 years down the track)? To me these names do not seem to give me the sense they will have the staying power of a name like xbox or playstation.

  • Juan Perez - 13 years ago

    They should call the line simply "W".

  • paul - 13 years ago

    Nokia Neo

  • bob Jones - 13 years ago

    Dominatrix

  • Jesse - 13 years ago

    phoenix for sure!! Love that name

  • hitas - 13 years ago

    Go for NOKIA TESLA !

  • david - 13 years ago

    I actually think that "Droid" is reserved for Verizon branded Android devices, and not Android in general.

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