Nokia N8 Due In UK Last Week Of Sept For £429
Nokia has finally confirmed a UK launch date for their N8 Symbian^3 smartphone, with the touchscreen handset expected to arrive in the last week of September 2010. That's assuming you order it through Nokia's online store, however – either at £429 ($659) SIM-free or free with a £35 ($54) agreement.
As of October 1st, meanwhile, the N8 will drop into Carphone Warehouse, O2, Orange, Phones4u, T-Mobile, Tesco Phone Shops, Three Mobile, Virgin Mobile and Vodafone (Vodafone have the exclusive on the green version). You can preorder now at nokia.co.uk/N8 or alternatively wait for Nokia World 2010 next week to see what new goodness the company has in the pipeline.
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Press Release:
GET YOUR NOKIA N8 THIS MONTH!London, September 8th – The much-anticipated Nokia N8 will be on-sale at the Nokia Online Shop for £429 SIM free or on contract from £35 per month.
Pre-order now at www.nokia.co.uk/N8 to make sure you're one of the first to get a Nokia N8 when it goes on sale exclusively at the Nokia Online Shop during the last week of September.
The Nokia N8 will also be available from Carphone Warehouse, O2, Orange, Phones4u, T-Mobile, Tesco Phone Shops, Three Mobile, Virgin Mobile and Vodafone from Friday 1st October.
The Nokia N8 offers amazing functionality and usability:
It will come bursting with new and exclusive Ovi apps
12 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and Xenon flash
Record HD quality videos; edit using a unique, built-in editing suite and play-back with Dolby Digital Plus surround sound
Connect to your social networks and view live feeds from Facebook and
Twitter in a single app directly via up to three personalised home screens
Flick scrolling and pinch-to-zoom, plus a faster and more responsive user interface.
Mark Loughran, General Manager, Nokia UK, says, "The Nokia N8 is a great multitasker, packed with market leading innovations, which include the best picture and video capability available on a smartphone.
"The Nokia N8 is perfect for creating and sharing great content in high-definition, using HDMI out to connect to your TV as well as hot-USB swap. We're making it fun and easy to capture and share memorable moments on the go."