It has been months since the N8 was announced. We’ve seen several videos and tutorials on the device features and capabilities. And today here’s a good news for those of you who have been waiting for the device(atleast for those of you in Italy). The Nokia N8 is available for pre-order €469 price tag on Nokia’s own Italian online shop, and thats the SIM free unlocked unit. Shipping though is end of September, so you are booking now and waiting.
Now about that price. When Nokia announced the N8 back in April they said the estimated retail price was €370 before taxes and operator subsidies. With Italian VAT that works out to around €444, so €469 is still a bit more than what we expected. We wont be surprised if it comes down a little once the phone actually hits the shops.
What you get is the first Symbian^3 device, a 12MP camera with Carl Zeiss optics and a xenon flash, 720p HD video, a 3.5 inch AMOLED touchscreen, 16GB internal memory with microSD upto 32GB, micro-HDMI out and free navigation preloaded, all in an anodised aluminium body. Not bad at all !!
Italy is the only store we are seeing this on right now. If you are elsewhere, stay tuned and we will let you know the moment pre-orders open up in your region.
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