Expansys puts Nokia N86 up for pre-order, gives it a release date
By Laura June 
posted Feb 20th 2009 9:19PM
posted Feb 20th 2009 9:19PM
If our trusty old, leaky friends at Expansys are to be believed, European markets can expect to see Nokia's N86 handset on or about July 22, 2009. This would seem to be in line with the Q2 2009 estimate we'd previously heard, though the Expansys price -- €659.99 (about $853) -- is a lot higher than the €375 quote we've heard. Either way, the dual-slider boasts an 8MP camera with a Carl Zeiss Tessar lens, AutoFocus, a mechanical shutter and a dual-LED flash, and is sure to be an eye-popper for cameraphone buffs when it does appear. Expansys has the N86 up on site and available for pre-order right now, if you simply cannot wait until this summer.
[Thanks, Stephen]
[Thanks, Stephen]
$850!!!! what the hell is in that thing? Gold mined from the moon?!?! Its a sweet phone but I can't justify nearly 1k for a phone.
It will be free on contract. Probably around the same price as the current n95 8gb
Yup, expansys tend to sell stuff handset only. Not many people buy any expensive phone without it being heavily subsidised because it is sold with a contract. The iphone would probably be a similar price /if/ you could buy it handset only.
No thanks Nokia, we love you but not so much, we still havent bartered our brains!
1 day / 7 days / 168hrs that is the amount of time people will have to wait to get the new iPhone after this thing. even less if this is shipped...
Launching any phone so close to the iPhone day (June 29, 2009) is like some crappy movie launching a week before Batman VS. Superman...
no one will notice...
I plan on buying an iPhone with contract, selling it on ebay and using the profit to the N86.
AHAHHA!!
I suck at reading teh dates....
They are going to release it AFTER the iPhone... talk about shooting yourself in both feet with the Wolfman and Headless Horseman chasing you in the woods...
And if you are going to sell your iPhone to use the money to get this Nokia, what does that say about the iPhone VS the Nokia...
Try selling this crap and see how long it takes you...
iPhone is fast sale...
Thought that's the funny thing enohPi. E71 did not have hype and sold 9 million till now, 6300 sold +20 million with no hype and ok N95 had hype and have sold 15 million with 800 euroes price tag on the first month till now. Normal people dont look at Engadget and follow tech news and get hyped because of phone. They go and buy unlocked phone(in Europe) or go to carrier and be told what to buy(in North America) and get what they want.
Nokia you better start making deals with ATT to subsidize your phones seriously.
It looks like that price includes VAT, which means for any North Americans ordering the phone the price would come down a bit. Not enough, IMO, but whatever floats your boat.
that thing is so damn expensive !!!!
thats the problem with mostly all NOKIA phones, there expensive as fuck, I priced the N97, and its gonna go for around 800, and you kno, nobody is gonna sign it, so theres like a perfect phone that would get so many buys but yet they refuse to sign it to anyone, just like all of the communicators back in the day never got signed. But I hear T-Mobile is planning on releasing the 5800 which Ima look into
Not really. I get an N95 8GB with 300mins/sms, 'unlimited' data and 90 video calling minutes for $40/£28 a month including the VAT
where the hell do you live? damn homie
I would almost bet that he lives in the UK. Using £ and all.
Expansys are a joke. i swear they just think of a price and double it then times it by the square root of the distance to the sun. why people buy from them is beyond me. I just bought a 5800 for £210 online, Expansys want £279! RIP OFF!
It's one shop selling it months before release with preorder. Just better wait till we are at least month away of the release, right?
I'm sure i can find shop with 1000 euroes preorder for it.
Nokia, Samsung, SE, Moto sell their phones globally and big part of the sales are unlocked phones so many shops sell them at the price they want. Like any other wanted Nokia phone if the price is higher than the Nokia estimate it will come down after couple of weeks... or get higher if the phone sells like no day even after months(like E71).
Haha, to make thing worse its just gone up another €5
Insane!!
So besides the camera, what is the difference between this model and the N85?
Hope not much. I'm waiting on my N85 to arrive which I ordered earlier in the week from Dell for $319 before tax:http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?p=17162481#post17162481