@Cozy, no, in the USA, all the good Nokia phones are unsubsidized. There are a few high-end phones that Nokia has played with customizing for the American carriers like the N75 on AT&T, but I heard AT&T made enough of a mess to it to cram in their own services that it may not even be running S60 anymore.
Nokia doesn't want to commit to mucking up their major phones to suit carriers (Verizon & BREW, anyone?) but that puts them in the bad position of selling those models without contract at full price. That's why Nokia has such a weird image in the States because people know the brand name from their mid- to low-end phones like the 6263 which the carriers do carry.
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namtastic @ Mar 11th 2008 11:21AM
@Cozy, no, in the USA, all the good Nokia phones are unsubsidized. There are a few high-end phones that Nokia has played with customizing for the American carriers like the N75 on AT&T, but I heard AT&T made enough of a mess to it to cram in their own services that it may not even be running S60 anymore.
Nokia doesn't want to commit to mucking up their major phones to suit carriers (Verizon & BREW, anyone?) but that puts them in the bad position of selling those models without contract at full price. That's why Nokia has such a weird image in the States because people know the brand name from their mid- to low-end phones like the 6263 which the carriers do carry.