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Nokia N8 Launch Date, Price Revealed?
By Stephen Ebert on July 29,
 2010 at 00:00,

Nokia N8 Launch Date, Price Revealed?It's safe to say the Nokia N8's arrival is shaping up to be the big Nokia launch of 2010, but with the weeks rolling by we still seem no closer to knowing exactly when it'll be... until today, that is. Read on for more...

Turns out our Nokia chums in Italy have made their Nokia N8 pre-order page live, and revealed those two all important details: launch date, and price.

Starting with the launch date, the Nokia Italy site pegs it as “End September”, which exactly matches Nokia chief exec Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo's announcement of end Q3. The price, meanwhile, is listed as €469 (£390) – roughly €100 more than the pre-tax, pre-subsidies estimate quoted when the N8 was first announced in April.

Now of course, that doesn't mean the N8 will launch in the UK at the end of September, or for that price either. But despite pre-order pages having already gone up from the likes of Play.com quoting an end-August release date, we're more inclined to believe one of Nokia's own sites than a third-party retailer.

Interestingly, Play's page lists the unlocked N8's price as £449 – a fair bit more than the Italian site suggests.

In case you've forgotten what all the fuss was about, the Nokia N8 features a 12-megapixel camera, stunning 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen, and is the first – and last – Nokia N-series phone to run the Symbian ^3 operating system before the switch to MeeGo.

You can get official word of the Nokia N8's availability by signing up to the pre-order page on Nokia's UK site.

Via Finest Fones

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  • David

    I have just been advised by Nokia Sales that the N8 will be available for pre-order from their UK website the first week in August… i.e. next week!

    Thet couldn’t, or wouldn’t, confirm any price though!

  • Andrew Burgin

    Nokia have got to stop people getting hold of there Prototype mobiles,as the N8 was first known about in April an to get the N8 finally release end of September early October,is along time for to get a mobile produced an made available,Nokia must have known about the iPhone4 an Samsung Galaxy releases but why didn”t they release the N8 about the same time,to show they are willing to Compete,an with the iPhone4 signal problems the N8 might have had better sales,but people will now switch to Alternative mobiles instead of waiting for the N8

  • James

    After the bad experience with N97, I think even the most hardcore Nokia fans will hesitate before immediately buying upon release. They will wait 3-6 months before deciding to buy.

  • Aled

    If that’s the N8 ‘s launch price then all I can say is good luck Nokia. Apart from the camera, it’s really hard to see why anybody would want this, if you want a reliable open OS then get an Android device, Symbian 3 aesthetically looks like a dogs dinner, the widgets system is a mess and the interface in general does not look like a big change from s60 5th edition, I know Symbian is capable of doing almost everyhing but it’s just cumbersome to use. I think Nokia should get a Meego device out as soon as possible.