N96 release date & price?

WillyNelson · 10 Jul 2008 at 14:19

What is the likely release date & price for the N96? Will it be quite expensive for all but the top contract plans like the N95 was when it first came out? I guess it'll be a long time until the N96 is widely available as a freebie.

New contract time you see and I'm planning. I quite like the functionality of the N95 but it's a bit ugly. The '96 looks very nice.

Tunney · 10 Jul 2008 at 14:31

The only answer I can give is "soon". The manuals for it are already up on Nokia's website.

And yes, it's likely to be as expensive as the N95 was.

WillyNelson · 10 Jul 2008 at 14:34

How expensive are we talking here?

Oliet_No1 · 10 Jul 2008 at 18:58

Total guesswork but i would say free on £45 per month deals only. A certain etailer have them sim free at 599!

rossyl · 19 Jul 2008 at 09:37

what's this got that the n95 doesn't?

IamMed · 19 Jul 2008 at 17:06

Digital TV by looks of things, apart from that specs look pretty much the same and I expect the battery life is just as rubbish as the N95

http://europe.nokia.com/A4797549

Christo · 19 Jul 2008 at 22:05

..except we dont get DVB-H in the UK and wont until 2011! The only advantage is the slightly upgraded OS, faster transfer rates and inbuilt memory with the option of using a microSD card in addition.

matt100 · 20 Jul 2008 at 16:37

16GB on board plus expandable is the big deal and with sandisk launching 16GB micro sd in October it could be a pretty good music phone.

KennyBhoy · 20 Jul 2008 at 21:30

Any word on which networks will be getting the N96 first or has Vodafone grabbed another timed exclusive like the N95 8Gb?

CoreRipOffDuo · 20 Jul 2008 at 22:39

matt100 said:
16GB on board plus expandable is the big deal and with sandisk launching 16GB micro sd in October it could be a pretty good music phone.

Good music phone?! Please. I tried using various phones as a replacement MP3 player and none of them were up to standard.

N96 will be free on £50+ contracts to start with. Anything less will mean a fee ranging from £100-499.

SIM free is for the people with more money then sense. £599 for a phone lol muppets

matt100 · 20 Jul 2008 at 22:46

CoreRipOffDuo said:
Good music phone?! Please. I tried using various phones as a replacement MP3 player and none of them were up to standard.

N96 will be free on £50+ contracts to start with. Anything less will mean a fee ranging from £100-499.

SIM free is for the people with more money then sense. £599 for a phone lol muppets

I should probably have written a disclaimer to my statement.. a "music" phone in my world is one that has a 3.5mm jack and a decent amount of storage.

Anything I can talk people into bundling a set of decent headphones and a high capacity memory card with basically.

I'm totally with you on this, I've had loads of W series SEs, I go through phones for fun so if I really really wanted a phone for music I would justify it to myself N95/N95 8GB/W960 etc, I even have an iPhone right now but none of them have come anywhere near upsetting my 80GB 5G iPod.

If the iPhone had a clickwheel.. now we'd be talking.. I can't see how people even get on with the iPod touch!

Bog · 21 Jul 2008 at 11:13

it's ready to be released but the n95 is still shifting so many units they are holding it back i understand

Skalaberg · 21 Jul 2008 at 17:52

CoreRipOffDuo said:
Good music phone?! Please. I tried using various phones as a replacement MP3 player and none of them were up to standard.

N96 will be free on £50+ contracts to start with. Anything less will mean a fee ranging from £100-499.

SIM free is for the people with more money then sense. £599 for a phone lol muppets

There are some situations where is makes sense to be a muppet.

for example i have a company mobile provided where i do not pay anything at all for any calls i make. Lets say I bought a phone for the said 599 notes and kept it for 18months (could this be the min contract you would be offered on £50/month to get the phone for free?)

so total cost for me for the phone sim free over 18 months is £599 with unlimited calls/texts

total cost over 18 months on a contract with limited call/text at £50/month is £900

suddenly you begin to realise potentialy who the muppet is dont you!!

That said i wont be spending 599 notes on a nokia phone anytime soon...I'm a little tight like that.

scoopex · 23 Jul 2008 at 22:55

3 announced the N96 release for Sept, available for around £15 per month on mix’n'match

hybrid · 24 Jul 2008 at 09:55

October on O2.

WillyNelson · 24 Jul 2008 at 09:59

Sources?

Damien. · 24 Jul 2008 at 10:17

Im dissapointed that they havent got a better camera on there, such as a 10MP for example. Hmph, i'll hold back on my upgrade and get one with voda when there out.

WillyNelson · 24 Jul 2008 at 11:34

What can't you do with a 5mp phonecam that you can do with 10? Pixel count doesn't equal quality, especially if the sensor size stays the same. A 10mp sensor small enough to fit would probably be unrefined technology and thereby give poor quality results.