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N97 now available for preorder, $699 US.

Posted by matthew bennett | Posted in Blogosphere, News, Nokia, Uncategorized | Posted on 04-05-2009

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n97 preorder 150x150 N97 now available for preorder, $699 US.The N97 is finally available for pre-order.  The cost is $699 in the US, and you’ll get a free BH-703 Bluetooth headset with it if you pre-order.  For that price, you can buy an N95 and an E71.  

Will you be pre-ordering the N97?  I’m on the fence.  I’ve been lusting after this device since October of last year, but that’s a big chunk of chedder.  I already own the almost-perfect N95-NAM, and I feel like the main thing I’d be gaining is the qwerty keyboard.  The built-in 32GB of storage would also be a big selling point for me, as I shoot a lot of video on my devices.

The 5MP camera may not be that much of an upgrade from my N95.  The lens is a little different, and more “fish-eyed”.  The N97’s camera will likely start-up, focus, and jump shot-to-shot faster than my N95.  The N97’s video editor is much waeker than the N95-NAM.  The N97 supports cut, merge, and title creation only, while the N95 has a full timeline based editor.  Is there any device with a better video editor than the N95-NAM?  Please let me know, because I don’t know of any.

What else would I gain?  S60V5 is touch of course, and the N97 will be context aware widgets to the platform.  I’m not totally sold on the touch interface; I’ve been using it on my 5800 XpressMusic.  Switching between the onboard keyboard is the most annoying part, so the physical keyboard of the N97 should be a nice fix.

Leave a comment, and let us know.  Are you gonna pre-order the N97 for $699?  Should I, so I can review it for you?

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  • I did see two different coupon deals for the N97. I found them both on Twitter, using a search for "N97 coupon" in Tweetdeck.

    The first one was the good one, that supposedly knocked the price down to $500 something. That was apparently an error, and I didn't hear of anyone getting that deal.

    The second coupon code was to get the N97 without the free bluetooth headset for about $620. I saw that deal, but I'm still not sure I can afford to spend that on my next device.

    There are supposed to be big deals at the Nokia Flagship stores in the US this weekend. Maybe they'll have another N97 promo code. Watch Twitter!
  • DarthFern
    matt, when you are about to check out you can type in a code that will deduct some $ from the price total, but the bluetooth thingy will be gone, i've heard that some people managed to get the price to drop by $175 USD, you think this is true?

    this is supposed to be it: CARTP409N

    my price did not drop much =/
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