Nokia N96 ships

bogman

I know the 5th is tomorrow but that what it says :-)
http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11364/digital-life/nokia-n96-ships-early

Interesting but hardly worth the upgrade from the N95 8gb

kmart6

Ah but the shipping could take ages:rolleyes:

flywheel

interesting how the headline (shipping) conflicts with the text of the article (pre-order):

"the N96, which is now available on Nokia’s website for pre-order – earlier than expected"

foobar

It’s going to interesting to see how the N96 does. The old N95/8G was a big leap forward technology wise and has done very well for Nokia. But N96 doesn’t look like a big improvement and AFAIK its biggest new feature, DVB-H, is not going to work in Ireland any time soon. To make matters worse, it will lack some features of the cheaper soon to be released N85.

bogman

foobar wrote: »

It’s going to interesting to see how the N96 does. But N96 doesn’t look like a big improvement
To make matters worse it will lack some features of the cheaper soon to be released N85.

My thoughts exactly, the N85 looks a great bit of kit

shoutman

Hey

any idea how soon the n85 will be released? Any guesstimates about possible costs? And presumably O2 will have it yea?

thanks

Mitch Connor

I read something on the net this morning that indicated an October release for the N85, at €450

shoutman

Tauren wrote: »

I read something on the net this morning that indicated an October release for the N85, at €450

Bit rich for my blood unfortunately.

Generally its only a few months before the price will come down anyway yea?

Gekko

read that it's shipping with bbc iplayer installed although I presume it won't work here in Ireland. Good for anyone in uk though

trellheim

available for preorder on nokia.co.uk @ 535 sterling


http://shop.nokia.co.uk/nokia-uk/product.aspx?sku=3879523&culture=en-GB

due in stock 24 September as the ad says

kmart6

Which means we'll prob see it going for over €700

PADRAIC.M

I was talking to vodafone cc at lunch today and they expect it in stores for first week of december..

Gekko

got a sim free one of these and a few for a friend on the way later this week. Should be with me Monday or Tuesday.

Seems to be a firmware update out for it already though which doesn't bode well...

kmart6

Where'd you get them from and how much?!

Headshot

Gekko wrote: »

got a sim free one of these and a few for a friend on the way later this week. Should be with me Monday or Tuesday.

Seems to be a firmware update out for it already though which doesn't bode well...

sim free wohhh

where did you get it mate

spill it

Gekko

kmart6 wrote: »

Where'd you get them from and how much?!

{(-_-)}HeadShoT** wrote: »

sim free wohhh

where did you get it mate

spill it

I have an account with a wholesaler there. Will pm further info.

trellheim

available for purchase now on nokia.co.uk .... [ i.e. moved from pre-order to orderable ]

kmart6

Gekko wrote: »

I have an account with a wholesaler there. Will pm further info.

Thanks

Headshot

any news on a release date for the n85

kmart6

Well supposedly Nokia have the support software and stuff ready so it should be getting shipped this month...think Expansys have it on pre order for the 20th!

fdevine

Available from Mobile Fun online for £499.95. Also available from play.com at the same (+5p) price of you know anyone in NI or UK....

http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/product/15893.htm

http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4-/5192150/Nokia-N96-Sim-Free-Unlocked-Mobile-Phone/Product.html

Headshot

kmart6 wrote: »

Well supposedly Nokia have the support software and stuff ready so it should be getting shipped this month...think Expansys have it on pre order for the 20th!

thanks mate

looks a very nice phone

i dought the price on expansy right

hopefully when it comes out it will be alot less than the n96

fdevine wrote:

http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/product/15893.htm

http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4...e/Product.html

thanks for the links mate