N95 8gb Price drop??

[dragon18007]

Hey all

I am thinking about getting the n95 8gb mobile and it works out cheaper if I just buy the mobile and use my sim since I only pay £10 a month with t-mobile and will be getting another discount in august (hopefully free internet add on at £7.50 a month if I can haggle it) and it is around £422 on the nokia site and around that else where, but I was wondering if the price would drop any when the new 3g Iphone comes out in a few weeks so they can keep up with the competition since the iphone is cheaper?? and also the n96 which I just seen on your site comes out at the end of July....

what do you guys think? should I wait or just buy it?

[PseudoFinn]

Well... I'm not so sure. I would imagine that the 3G iPhone's release would not do much at all to the price of the N95 8GB, certainly not at Nokia's site. It's not really a competitive device in terms of hardware and sophistication.

It be not too unlike expecting that Mercedes drops the price on the S600 because Toyota tacked on a supercharger to one of their two liter coupes. While the Toyota might be a fine car for some (and some might for silly reasons rather have it over a Mercedes), and the supercharger might be a nice addition to that vehicle, it's sure as hell no German engineered V12 super-monster, is it? I don't think it's in the same league, and therefore would not signify a price drop. Basically, the iPhone is cheaper for a reason.

Now when the N96 comes out- that might be a different story... you might see a price adjustment there with 3rd party vendors. Though, important to note, the N96 is NOT a replacement for the N95's position as the flagship device. N95 still reigns supreme, and it's going to be a bit before even Nokia themselves really rival that device. I would say that if you can wait a bit to see what the N96 does to the price of the N95 8GB, that might not be a bad bet.

[purplehaze27]

Originally Posted by dragon18007

Hey all

I am thinking about getting the n95 8gb mobile and it works out cheaper if I just buy the mobile and use my sim since I only pay £10 a month with t-mobile and will be getting another discount in august (hopefully free internet add on at £7.50 a month if I can haggle it) and it is around £422 on the nokia site and around that else where, but I was wondering if the price would drop any when the new 3g Iphone comes out in a few weeks so they can keep up with the competition since the iphone is cheaper?? and also the n96 which I just seen on your site comes out at the end of July....

what do you guys think? should I wait or just buy it?

I got mine for 60 quid ... few months old...cool phone but there is no way i would pay over £150 pound for a mobile phone!