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Nokia N78 now available in Finland

Published by krisse at 9:54 UTC, May 24th 2008

The Finnish online electronics shop Verkkokauppa.com has started shipping its first Nokia N78 smartphones to customers, with a sim-free unlocked pre-tax price of 367 euros (the Finnish price behind the link is 448 euros which includes 22% local sales tax). The price includes a 1 year subscription to Nokia Maps Navigation for the Nordic region. It shouldn't be long before the N78 rolls out to other countries too.

In case anyone is interested in deciphering the link above, here are some helpful Finnish phrases:

"Saatavuus: Heti" = available now

"Hinta" = price

"Kpl" = unit

"Yli 25 kpl" = over 25 units

"Viimeksi myyty" = last sold

"Viimeksi saapuneet erät" = last received batches of goods

"Varastosaldo" = amount of goods in stock

Categories: Hardware
Platforms: Series 60, S60 3rd Edition

News Discussion

krisse
In case anyone's wondering, you can only order from Verkkokauppa if you live in Finland, Estonia or Sweden. So probably best to wait until it's available in your country then...
RenkliArif
How long do you reckon it will take for the other colors to come out? I don't like cocoa brown :(
krisse
There's also a "pearl white" N78 out now:

http://www.verkkokauppa.com/popups/p...o.php?id=13767

Don't know about the other colours though
RenkliArif
That's better...Now to wait untill it gets to Dutch stores. I expect a higher price though -.-
And I can't decide between this and the N81 :D
krisse
IMHO the N78 is much better value than the N81. The N78 has built-in GPS, a better camera, bigger battery, FM transmitter (so you can listen to it on your car radio) and a newer version of S60.
Unregistered
Euro is too strong at the moment... Means inflated price us Brits.
Unregistered
If anyone is interested in a complete translation, I might be able to convince my wife to do it.
krisse
Quote:
If anyone is interested in a complete translation, I might be able to convince my wife to do it.
I could do the full translation myself if you want, but it's really rather boring as it just talks about stuff like being able to order to the Pirkkala store for next day pickup. :)

The interesting part is "viimeksi saapuneet erät" which tells you when they got their last delivery from Nokia, and "viimeksi myyty" which tells you when they last sold the phone to customers.
davidmaxwaterma
Google Translate seems to do a passable translation in this instance - surprisingly.
Hurtta
Nice. Does krisse write to any Finnish site? It's just too plain weird to first read news about product availability in Finland from a non-finnsh site. Nonetheless, one pearl white version coming up to me (hopefully tomorrow) \o/
Unregistered
The coca brown version, is a Black phone with a coca brown back.

http://www.n78.nl
krisse
Quote:
Nice. Does krisse write to any Finnish site? It's just too plain weird to first read news about product availability in Finland from a non-finnsh site.
Nope, no Finnish sites.

Just keep checking Verkkokauppa.com if you want to know availability, they list shipments so it's really easy to see if a phone is now being sold to customers.
Vikkii
Doesn't have internet telephony. Nokia just didnt put the internet telephony software otherwise they wont be able to sell expensive models. Otherwise this phone has great value for money.
Bug: Right selection key makes problems sometimes
davidmaxwaterma
Quote:
Originally Posted by krisse View Post
The N78 has ... FM transmitter (so you can listen to it on your car radio)
Now *that* is interesting.

Can you use regular 'radio' headphones instead of bt ones?

Any other phone models with this feature that you know of?

Does this make it illegal in the UK, or has that issue been resolved now?

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