Each day another news on a phone from the "E" series of Nokia. The Finnish producer seems to have alpha-tested the new Nokia E5 and they may have approved it for the launch in North America and Australia. However, it seems the E5 is not having any 3G support for the North American 3G bands. Anyway, a different approved model number (RM-634) seems to have availability in North America, Australia and South America too.

The data sheet also says there's a model of the smartphone with 850/1900 3G bands, which makes the device good enough for AT&T or any other Canadian carriers, such as Bell. Everybody says there's a good chance of this phone actually hitting the United States sooner than later.

The phone was announced at the same time with C3 and C6 and has almost the same design as any other phone from its series. It has a QVGA display, full qwerty keyboard, Wi-Fi, aGPS, Ovi Maps with free turn-by-turn navigation, as any other new Nokia handset, 3.5mm headeset jack and a 5MP camera. There is not any official pricing range yet, but it seems the phone will cost around $220 unlocked, which means the phone will be way cheaper with an upfront deal.

Via Unwired View