Companies promise things sometimes, and price and market conditions change. But then there’s occasions where you’re like, “Hey, hold on a sec…”, and the recent release of the Nokia 5800 is a case in point.
For those looking forward to the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic’s release date (which is supposed to be “some time in Q4 2008″, whatever that means), there’s both good news and bad news.
The good news: the 5800 XpressMusic is now available for pre-order, at least in Spain. Russia is supposed to get the said touchscreen phone on Dec. 5th, but there hasn’t been any updates on that so far. It’ll be hitting other regions over the next month or two, assuming things go smoothly.
And while the fact that it’s already up for pre-order might excite some forward-looking folks, there’s a chance that all those people may be pretty disappointed at the price change from the projected list price the company published earlier.
Instead of the originally announced 279 EUR price, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic goes for 429 EUR on their website. That’s about a 40% jack-up, folks, and with the global economy the way it is right now, that’s not cool at all. Granted, the 279 EUR price is supposed to be before taxes and subsidies, but it’s quite hard to believe that “taxes and subsidies” alone would be able to bump up the price to 150 EUR more.
For that price, though, you’ll get an unlocked phone that’s available in various colors: red, blue, or black. Early adopters have been effectively quieted with this strategy, but in my opinion this is hardly the way to bring touchscreen to the masses. Let’s hope this gets straightened out before it hits more territories.
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new cellphone 12.09.09 at 7:07 am
Try the new music-series from Nokia, “XSeries”.
Will it replace the Xpressmusic or both will exist together .. ??
.. just wait it .. !!!!