On 27 April 2005, Nokia announced a new brand of multimedia devices at the press conference of mobile phone manufacturers in Amsterdam.

The company introduced the Nokia N1 tablet on 18 November 2014, which marked the return of the N prefix, but 'Nseries' branding has still been absent.

As of 2008, in all recently launched devices GPS, MP3 player and WLAN functionality also have been present.

The numbers describe the traits of the phone: There are exceptions though - considering N8x, both the N82 and N86 8MP were top-of-the-range smartphones with advanced cameras, so are clearly 'high-end' as their fellow N9x models.

It is also the world's first pure touch phone with no buttons for home screen and a great new swipe UI.

Reviews have been average to good for this phone, with most reviewers liking the phone's good quality and operating system, but expressing concern over the fact that it loses out to competitors in terms of specs.