Nokia are finally shipping their flagship handset, the N97 to over 75 countries this month, including Australia. Symbian fans: Get ready to drop some cash.Pricing is still yet to be determined, and carriers are still yet to be announced, but what is known is that the homescreen will be completely customisable, and the N97 will be the first handset to ship with the new Ovi App store preloaded.
The other thing we know is that even though pricing isn’t yet set, it’s going to be a pricey handset. If we use the last two N series handsets as a guide, then we’re looking at over a grand to buy the phone outright. Ouch.
Obviously we’ll share any pricing info as and when it’s announced – in the meantime, it might be worth saving your pennies…
chris
Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 11:43 AMweird! it’s on the cover of the allphones buyers guide and that almost always means it’s due next month. that, and the nokia rep said something about july/august.
Aaron
Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 12:32 PMAny news on Nokia’s other Q2 releases? Specifically, the 5630? :)
Bornean
Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 5:12 PMyeeeaaaaaaaaa!!! finally, i feel like i have been waiting so long. I can nearly trash my E65! just one more month.
Chantal
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 2:20 PMSaw on news.com.au that nokia announced yesterday that they will release on the same day as the new iphone http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,25643409-5014239,00.html
Called Optus and Telstra and was not surprised to hear they knew nothing! Typical