Its fairly clear why its been launched in italy first, they have DVB-H - so theres a clear differentiation between the N85/N96. which blurs somewhat in other regions.
so N85 isnt a threat to N96 - though to be honest in the high street (rather than in tech forums) the pushing of the handsets will be clearer. N96 will be sold as better - so people will buy them.
It's only available as pre-order in the finnish Nokia webstore. They are not shipping it yet. My (finnish) operator Saunalahti expects to ship N85's in the end of October.
from 22-09 to 02-10 in preorder: 519 euro, free shipping charges
from 03-10 in stock: 549 euro + shipping charges
Sorry for my english!
05-10-2008 11:26 AM
Tzer2
The price is 439 euros plus taxes.
The 549 price includes Italian VAT, but different countries have different levels of taxes so it's more helpful to list the tax-free price and let people add their own local level.
05-10-2008 11:23 AM
Unregistered
The price is 549 euro.
05-10-2008 10:42 AM
Tzer2
BTW I checked the other Nokia shops and they only have the N85 on pre-order, Nokia Italy is the only one that has it listed as in stock now.
05-10-2008 10:17 AM
Tzer2
Nokia N85 now available in Italy?
Nokia's Italian online shop currently has the SIM-free N85 listed as "in stock" with a price of 439 euros plus taxes, so presumably the handset's Europe-wide release is imminent. (Thanks to WhoUnregMe for pointing this out.)
