Nokia N96 Taking Over Europe October 1
The Nokia N96 finally has a shipping date – October 1st. According to Pocket-Lint.co.uk, the new S60 powerhouse (which might have already been upstaged) is set to go on sale across Europe in October, and with several operators stocking it, too. If you’re in Europe, you can stroll into your nearest 3, Carphone Warehouse, Orange, Phones4U, T-Mobile, or Vodafone to pick up the handset, which I nicknamed ‘Widebody’.
If you’re not familiar, the Nokia N96 rocks just about anything you can stuff into a cell phone these days, including a 5 megapixel autofocus camera with Carl Zeiss optics and dual-LED flash, built-in GPS receiver, and dedicated music playback keys. Connectivity includes quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz) and dual-band WCDMA (900/2100MHz) with HSDPA for data, and WiFi tacked on, as well. An internal DVB-H tuner offers live TV, and the 16GB of internal storage is paired with a microSD card slot.
No word on pricing, though the official PR for the N96 quoted it at EUR 550 (US$800).
I wish they had included a xenon flash too! And I hope that there are no battery issues! especially when the battery is not a huge one for this baby!
Hey thats my Birthday, maybe nokia wills end me one hahaha.
I’m really trying to get excited about this phone, I really am… But with the N99 only a few months away, it’s hard to feel the love for this ‘Widebody’ N95 (^_-)
Definetely going to touch is when it arrives in the stores in my country.
I’m a bit afraid that the N96 will be much like the N81 in terms of build quality and that is really not much to cheer for.
I thought they had upgraded one of the LEDs to a Xenon flash, (besides upgrading and tweaking the fw)
which was the cause to the belated release.
(This I will know once I try it in the stores)
I thought that the N99 was just a concept?
I have searched a bit and found out that it looks like a N800 / N810 but those could be the mockups I found.
Also the phones named N97 and N98 also looks interesting but how real they are and how the specs are on those are also questionable.
Hey Ricky, are you interested in this phone? I’m wondering if you’ve seen any sample photos with the double LED flash and how much of a difference it really makes in dark photos.
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This is great but doesn’t Samsung’s InnoV8 beat it to the punch by almost a month?
Nooo! in france the NOKIA N96 will be start to shipping in September. I have seen in a phone shop here in France :)