Update: full details of the re-jigged Nokia N8 UK release date.
Nokia has confirmed that its eagerly-anticipated N8 smartphone will go on sale 'this month' with a sim-free UK price of £429.
The date of 23 September has already been outed, but Nokia has now formally announced the UK release date timeframe.
"The much-anticipated Nokia N8 will be on-sale at the Nokia Online Shop for £429 SIM free or on contract from £35 per month," said Nokia's release.
And a store near you...
The Nokia N8 will also be apparently also be available from the likes of Carphone Warehouse, O2, Orange, Phones4u, T-Mobile, Tesco Phone Shops, Three Mobile, Virgin Mobile and Vodafone from Friday 1 October. Phew.
Mark Loughran, General Manager, Nokia UK, says, "The Nokia N8 is a great multitasker, packed with market leading innovations, which include the best picture and video capability available on a smartphone.
"The Nokia N8 is perfect for creating and sharing great content in high definition, using HDMI out to connect to your TV as well as hot-USB swap.
"We're making it fun and easy to capture and share memorable moments on the go."
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skodi
September 8th 2010
5. Shame that Nokia's always playing catch up, it's specification is poor in the CPU department & as for the Symbian OS... The less said about that the better.
The 12Mp camera, overkill unless you're going to do seriously large prints.
I for one have dumped Nokia for good, their phones are dire compared to other smartphones.
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shadowtd
September 8th 2010
4. Nokia have already dropped the ball with this one. A Sim free price of £350 was mooted when this phone was first seriously outed. Another £80 is a deal breaker, especially when people won't actively chose this over an iPony.
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davewaine
September 8th 2010
3. I have had a few Nokia phones over the years and have been very happy with them. I don't need a smartphone so I won't be getting one of these, but it looks like a decent phone. I don't think Nokia will really compete with the do everything top end smartphones with this one. They will probably stand a better chance of that with MeeGo. As for my next phone, I am seriously considering the x3 touch & type.
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ripsnorter
September 8th 2010
2. Nokia has become a case study in how to drop the ball when you're ahead. I hope the N8 can bring the company back into the game but, like simonset, I don't feel it's a game changer because the market and opposition have moved on so far. I've never owned a Nokia myself and whilst I am curious about the N8 it's really going to have to convince me. I also have several friends who have owned Nokias in the past, all of whom have said, "Never again."
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simonset
September 8th 2010
1. Let us see whether Nokia can change it's decline with this new handset. Somehow I think not!
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