1997 research cohort / Phones
Nokia 9000i Communicator
Nokia · model variant
Candidate · no owner discrepancy decisionProposed phone classification · Phones · Smartphones · Clamshell
What it was
Nokia 9000i Communicator is recorded in the 1997 Phones research cohort under Nokia. The current display name and classification are normalization proposals.
- Source product name
- Nokia 9000i Communicator
- Source model number
- 9000i
- Source manufacturer
- Nokia
- Research scope
- GSM cellular handset
Why it existed
No sourced purpose statement has been added.
What difference it made
Comparable benchmark evidence has not been established for this record. Missing results do not imply poor performance.
Release evidence
The year above is a research-cohort label. Announcement, production, shipment and retail availability are distinct events.
- Proposed event
- product introduction
- Proposed timing
- 1997-11-05 · exact precision
- Assessment
- proposed
Evidence supports the named model, class, form and stated event; proposal remains noncanonical.
- Nokia introduces the new Nokia 9000i Communicator for GSM Markets
Nokia Mobile Phones · paras. 1, 3-6
Nokia identifies a new 9000 version, volume availability, open platform, third-party application work, fax, Internet, email, messaging, calendar and organizer.
Open questions and review
Human review required before any canonical promotion.
No owner discrepancy decision is recorded. This does not mean there are no unresolved issues.
family variant overlap · open
Nokia describes 9000i as a new version of the Communicator; original 9000 dates to 1996. Record is limited to the 1997 9000i variant.
Audit source · paras. 1 and 13
Manufacturer says new version; original GSM market introduction was 1996.
Follow-up: Keep version boundary explicit; defer family edge until separately sourced.
Original intake sources
These notes preserve the state at intake. Later verification is shown under Release evidence above; an original note saying verification had not occurred is not the current assessment.
- Nokia introduces the new Nokia 9000i Communicator for GSM Markets
Nokia Mobile Phones ·
Imported source reference; independent verification has not occurred.
- Putting the Internet in Your Hand
The Washington Post ·
Imported source reference; independent verification has not occurred.
Original research note
1997 9000i version, distinct from original 9000 first introduced 1996.