Nokia
6340i

The 6340i was a GAIT phone (GSM-ANSI-136 Interoperability Team) that was offered in the US market by the Cingular network. This meant that it was capable of providing seamless connectivity to both GSM and TDMA network. It was an upgraded version of the 6340 which was the first GAIT phone to be offered in the US. The 6340i variant added the support the GSM 850 MHz frequency. The 6340 / 6340i was almost identical to the TDMA-only 6360. This phone is also one of the few Nokia phones to have the number 4 in the model name. Nokia's relucatance to use the number 4 was due to the fact that was considered an inauspicious number in Asian markets. The number 4 四 , in pinyin "sì" is very similar to death 死, in pinyin sǐ. The only difference is the tone, which in the number is a lowering one, and in the word for death is a dipping one. The challenge is that the two are easily confused as it is a word that is already hard to pronounce. Some consider it to be a myth that Nokia's avoided having the number "4" in a model name. There were in fact, many models numbers that included the number "4". Often, but not always, they were sold outside Asia. Some examples include: Nokia 114, 2040, 2042, 2046, 2140, 2142, 2146, 2148, 2148i, 3410, 4310i, 450, 5140, 5140i, 5146, 540, 6124, 6234, 6340i, 640, 8146, 8148, 8148i, C5-04, Cityman 450, nk402 and several others. In contrast the number 8 was one of Nokia's favourite numbers.