Nokia Intrigue for Verizon hands-on

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Nokia isn’t typically known for its virtually non-existent CDMA fare, but the situation’s gotten better in the last year or so — ostensibly to capitalize on Nokia’s already commanding position in the Chinese market, but also possibly to help the boys and girls from Espoo win some points with Verizon ahead of the LTE migration. It’s no secret that Nokia intends to invest big in LTE, and seeing how Verizon is one of the larger carriers in the world, it only stands to reason that manufacturers would be doing everything in their power right now to get in on the ground floor. To that end, Nokia has worked with Verizon to introduce the 2605 and 6205 in recent months, but let’s be very honest — they’re forgettable devices with little to differentiate them from their countless competitors in the dog-eat-dog midrange. They’re not phones that you aspire to own.

Enter the Intrigue. This is the phone has Nokia screaming “we do give a crap about CDMA” from the tops of the hills; a phone so good, so pretty, and so uncharacteristically Nokia for this market segment, that we’re a little bewildered by the whole thing. Read on for our quick take.

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