Preliminary N97 Pricetag “Outrageous” Says Nokia
By Simon Sage on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 at 9:59 AM PST In Nokia
Expansys had ballparked the N97 as going for £689.99, but a Nokia (NYSE: NOK) spokesperson called the figure “outrageous” in a recent interview, although the June release date still sounds likely. That’s good news, especially considering the tight wallets nowadays, and let’s be fair – the N97 is a pretty sweet phone, that’s a little pricey. As a point of comparison, the XPERIA and unlocked iPhone 3G are going for and £714.99 and £679.99 respectively on Xpansys. The existing N96 costs £664.99. How much would you be wiling to pay for the N97?
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This is outrageously priced. 37000 is too much man. Look at Nokia 5800 xpress music(http://www.iphonekiller.com/2009/02/14/nokia-5800-full-specifications), its at 19000 Rs but gives you almost everything other that physical qwerty it has on-screen qwerty and used the same Symbiam S60 v 5 OS. You dont really need 5 MP camera, 3.5 is more than sufficient and delivers extremely crisp pics and videos.
I am not burning 37000 in times of recession…come on Nokia India what happened to your market sense, you could have sold billions of sets had you priced it reasonably. This is just an ounce better that Nokia 5800 (Uses the same OS – Symbian S60v5), so price shouldnt be more than 25K.