Canadian Fido now offers Nokia E62 and Sony Ericsson Z710i
By Dusan Belic on Tuesday, March 13th, 2007 at 6:43 AM PST In Devices, Nokia, Sony Ericsson
Fido, the other GSM carrier in Canada, just boosted its offering by adding two neat devices.
The first is Nokia (NYSE: NOK) E62, a 2.5G WLAN-less version of the popular E61 business smartphone. That should bring some affordable Symbian S60 love in the country.
The other device is the midrange clamshell device – Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) Z710i, a fairly decent device, sporting the solid 2 MP camera and Bluetooth.
Finally the pricing. The Nokia E62 will be sold for about $170 (200 CAD), and Sony Ericsson for about $64 (75 CAD). The bad thing is that both devices require a way-too-long 3 year contract. And as Engadget guys said it – thank goodness for early upgrades.
I am a Fido user right now, and I have been using unlocked phones for my last 3 handsets. I currently have the N80 and I would never downgrade to a handset offered by Fido.
P.S.. Canada now has the option to change providers and keep your existing number!! ABOUT FRICKEN TIME~!
@ c-money, wow, I didn’t know Canada was so far behind on that one. Congrats I guess