Nokia N95 due March 20th according to eXpansys
By Stefan Constantinescu on Tuesday, February 20th, 2007 at 5:47 PM PST In Devices
At 629.95 British Sterling that means $1,228.72 American Dollars or 935.88 Euros.
Holy mark up Batman!
Thanks to John Tokash for the heads up.
Wow! That is rather eXpansis, . . . err, I mean, expensive!
Ok, help me out here, what am I missing? Yes, a dual-slide phone is cool. The camera looks awesome (Even the with the Red). Yes, It looks like a rocking phone… But what is the big deal about the N95? Maybe it is just the epitome of a lot of different features that people want? I really want to know what the appeal is, because I’m just missing something if people are willing to spend $1200 bucks on this phone.
I want an E90 so bad I can taste it, but I WILL NOT spend $1200 bucks on it, and it’s a phone that appeals to me big time. I’m really not trying to be snide or snippy, I want to know if I’m missing something about the N95 that I haven’t noticed. I’m also not a typical American who wants a contract rate subsidized phone either (I still have that crappy 3595 in a drawer around here somewhere) as I’m a E61 addict and expect to NEVER buy another phone from a carrier unless I need a new SIM.
I really am genuinely interested in the appeal.
Why buy a Porsche when the speed limit is 55 mph?
Why buy $1000 Grado headphones when many Nokia’s come with their own earbuds?
Do you get where I’m going with this?
Just because you don’t get it, doesn’t mean there aren’t people out there who do.
The N95 is more of a “this is what we can accomplish with our best engineering” king of thing. In less than 5 years we will be able to pick up a phone with the same specs for less than $300.
It is the technology industry mate. It doesn’t stop for anyone.
Anyone.
Mobile City has it for $899
http://www.mobilecityonline.com/wireless/store/productdetail.asp?productid=21655
Mobile Planet for $1039
http://www.mobileplanet.com/p.aspx?i=141579
btw, Mobile City also has the E90 for $799:
http://www.mobilecityonline.com/wireless/store/productdetail.asp?productid=22047
I’ve bought from them several times, they have great service and availability, but I’m not too sure about the price for the E90
Mobilebee has had the N95 up for pre-ordr with an availability date pushed back about every 2 weeks (currently 3 days, yeah right)for a while $799.99 USD
http://www.mobilebee.com/Nokia-N95.html
Mayby it doesn’t pay (pun intented) to be one of the early buyers. Price will drop after few months. In the mean time you can decide to try a N73 or another quite new device which somebody will sell, because they want the N95 as soon as it’s released.
Mayby it doesn’t pay (pun intented) to be one of the early buyers. Price will drop after few months. In the mean time you can decide to try a N73 or another quite new device which somebody will sell, because they want the N95 as soon as it’s released.