Nokia N96, The Most Expensive Device in the Nokia Portfolio?

This is a big surprise! N96, the only mobileTV carrying flagship device from Nokia is the most expensive device in the Nokia portfolio here in my place. That’s according to the Price Guide that I receive from Gaisano Interface for July! Funny but so true! c”,

It’s PhP1,000 more expensive than the N900, Nokia’s Meamo flagship device, PhP5,100 expensive than the N97 Navi, Nokia’s NSeries Navigation optimize flagship device and PhP7,800 ridiculously expensive than N97 Mini, the best Symbian touch device in the market!

Well I hope this is just a glitz or misunderstanding from the supplier because technically, N96 is far more inferior than the current mentioned devices and even to N95 or my beloved N82. What it only have are bigger memory and DVBH TV receiver, other than that, it has nothing more to offer.

Anyways here are the pricelist of selected devices.

PhP 2,850.00 - Nokia 2220 Slide (My Nokia Story coveted price)
PhP 4,950.00 - Nokia 5130 + MD 9 Boombox
PhP 5,530.00 - Nokia 5530 XpressMusic (The only Touch Device I once own)
PhP 7,595.00 - Nokia C5 (Newest Phone in town)
PhP 12,495.00 - Nokia 5800 (My brother’s beloved phone)
PhP 14,795.00 - Nokia E75 (The only ESeries that I once own)
PhP 15,295.00 - Nokia N85 (My once upon a time AMOLED dual slider Dreamphone)
PhP 16,295.00 - Nokia E72 (My current QWERTY Dreamphone)
PhP 16,695.00 - Nokia X6 (The best Musis phone in the market)
PhP 18,795.00 - Nokia N97 Mini Navi (My Lust Phone!)
PhP 21,495.00 - Nokia N97 Navi
PhP 25,595.00 - Nokia N900 (Phone that I’m very interested to try)
PhP 26,595.00 - Nokia N96 (Are you kidding me?)

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Just Another Mobile Phone Price Watch Philippines

Its been awhile guys since I feature a Price watch, well this was because my mind is solely fixed on buying the most awaited smartphone in the entire mobileverse, Nokia N97, that I didn't care touring up to mobile shops and asking other phones prices, oh well here it is now, by the way, I was asking every store I've been to about N97 and as of the moment, they don't have any confirmation just yet but accepts reservations, you just need to pay Php10,000 so they can secure a unit for you once it becomes available.

Back to the price list, I've been following remarkable phones, to start with, the latest ESeries device that grace the Nokia portfolio, E75. Price range of this phone is now unbelievably within the Php20,400 mark in one of the stores I inquired while the rest plays below Php21,000, can you imagine this? a powerful device with a full QWERTY keyboard glory costing only a dime? hehe just kidding, its still expensive to me and most people here but the thought that it have almost crossed below Php20,000 marked in just 2 weeks after its release was remarkable and it will only be a matter of time when this phone cross below that line, incredible. People should buy this phone, its the best value phone at the moment among the new breeds.

The Nokia N85, my dream AMOLED screen carrying phone was now price within the Php18,500 sale marked which is also amazing since this phone is power featured and top notched. If Nokia N97 did not exist at the moment, I would have bought this phone by now to team up with my N82 but sadly, N97 is about to be release, so its a chao and final goodbye my once dream phone.

N96 on the other hand, the NSeries DVBH, 2.8 wide screen powerhouse phone is now within the Php27,900 marked. A remarkable drop rather but within the range of N97. I don't think this phone should be price this way knowing that N97 is just around the corner beaming within same price range, it should be lower by 5thousand so it can attract potential buyers. Maybe the phone production was costly thats why they cant lower it further, anyhow the DVBH will still matter in some buyers.

E71 has now cascade down to Php16,900 marked, the only QWERTY carrying power phone before E75 and N97, now its a cold shot but it has already become a legendary, a fleet only few can achieved, kudos to the makers and designers!

Finally the Omnipotent Nokia N82. Rumor has it that the phone will be put to rest together with the Nokia N95 variants after two years of existence. A sad news to the world since it will hinder peoples discovery of its greatness and capacity. This phone deserves to be in the hall of fame and must go down in history as the best xenon carrying camera phone to ever exist. The prize royalty is now within the Php13,900 range, the best of the best value featured packed phone out there. People should buy this phone and must hurry buying one before supplies last.

More Price Watch folks, Stay Tuned!

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The Smart Way, Q2 Phone Offering.

Smart Telecommunications, the country's biggest and widest mobile phone network launched its Q2 Mobile Phone Plan offering 9 Nokia phones on the list out of the 15. I call it a Smart way since this is a Nokia country and people adore the brand, and yes I'm now going to shift from Globe having my Plan filed and approved by Smart. I'm just waiting for the Sim Card stock to arrive and I can't wait to dished out Globe, the iPhone crippled company.

Back to the Plan offering, Smart added new handsets, (bravo!!) and shed off some, sad to know that one of the eliminated phone was my beloved Nokia N82, it would deter thousands of Smart users who wants to own this phone and another thousand who will discover how great it is out of luck. Hope they'll consider bringing this phone back to add up more N82 owners to our growing legion. Aside from N82, N95 8GB and N77 were nowhere to be found as well as the E71, the best E Series phone to date.

Among the new stellar phone added, the current flagship phone Nokia N96 which can be avail for free under the Php3,500 Plan and bundled with MyTV service, the only mobile TV service in the country. N96 has a 2.8 inches 16 million color screen, Wi-Fi, 5MP Carl Ziess camera with Tessar Lens, Mobile TV, 16GB internal memory and FM transmitter.

Another stellar device on the list was my dream phone, the Nokia N85 which can be avail for free under the Php2500 service Plan. N85 carries a powerful specs having a 2.6 inches AMOLED screen, Wi-Fi, 5MP Carl Ziess Camera optics with Tessar Lens, Symbian 60 feature pack 2 with over the air (OTA) update, FM transmitter and a 1,200 mAh Li-Ion battery which is a must for a mobile computer. I was once, seriously considering this phone as my next upgrade not until the N86 8MP and N97 came along so its a do or die between the two now. N85 is a great phone for people who are new to NSeries line up.

Mid teir phone Nokia 6220 Classic replaces the N82 on the best camera arena in the list carrying a 5MP Carl Zeiss Camera with Tessar Lens and Xenon flash. Wi-Fi though is missed out on the 6220 Classic as well as other great feature like 3D graphic accelerator, Dual CPU among others. The phone was offered free at plan Php2,500 which is a great mismatch against the N85. Smart should have offered this phone on the lower Plan bracket having less features compared to N85. Smart people, if your reading this blog, 6220 Classic is not worthy on the plan bracket, lower it down.

The rest of the plan like Nokia 6600 Slide, Nokia 6120 Classic, N5000, 3120 Classic and 2600 Classic are old featured phone on the list with emphases on 6120 Classic now offered free on a lower plan bracket from Php1,200 to Php800.

Smart will surely continue its lead on the Telecom provider front having the most number of Nokia phones on their lists. Its how they convince me to shift to their service and it will also do the same to other hard core Nokia supporters. Keep it up!!

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Just Another Price Watch

Just in time for another price watch, 2 days before the reddish day of the year, Valentines day. Would a new mobile phone be a perfect gift for your beloved? Yes and yes, it would melt your love one's heart, anybody care to give me one hahaha, just make sure that the phone is not Samsung c",

5800 XpressMusic, the fastest selling mobile phone to date has been lowered again and again, it was just days ago that i notice a remarkable drop in its price on eBay.ph, now, a power seller have tagged the phone at Php17,500 which is 2,500 thousand cheaper than the flagship price.

Another dream phone of mine the Nokia n85, the very first AMOLED carrying mobile phone is now within the Php22,400 bracket, almost 10 Thousand cheaper when it first came out, Flagship store price is at Php24,800. A chance to be able to used this device for at least a week would mean a dream come true because this phone is undeniably powerful and sleek.

The Enterprise 71, one of the most awarded mobile phone of 2008 is now at the Php17,000 range, I was once tempted to buy this device being arguably a talk of the town to date and my eagerness to use a QWERTY device but my lust just didn't go with my heart that's why it didn't materialize. A good try of at least a week or so would be great, it would be a great addition to my mobile experience. The flagship price of E71 is at Php19,600, not bad at all.

N96, the most converge all in one device in the market is at Php26,000 marked, sales of this device is not that remarkable compared to N95 but at least, N96 made quite a stir. I love the notion of television on mobile that's why I've been a great fan of this phone. If only it was price cheaper, i would have marched to mobile shops to buy one. It would have been a great device for me to use since I'm a frequent traveler and television on the go would be my best companion. I wonder how Smart TV plays here in the country. As far as I know, its a monthly subscription with 10 channels on board and only Smart Telecommunications offers such service. I love Smart, its by mile more better than Globe, honest to goodness opinion, and I'm stock to Globe without a choice, for the time being.

Back to the price watch, last on the list was the Nokia N82, my most beloved phone. Flagship price of this phone is at 18,400 while eBay.ph have it tag for a bargain price of 16thousand. The best price all in one device in the market today. I bought this for 21thou 7months ago, imagine how cheap it was now.

More price watch to come, stay tuned.

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Defending N96

I was able to read an article about Nokia N96 reviewed by, hmm I won't mention the blogger, and after reading it, I felt like I need to defend Nokia N96 from vicious attack made by him and also to the bunch of haters, freaks and geeks all over the web.

But before that, what I've notice about this attacks were that, they usually were made by non owners, pretending to be owners, full time geeks, fanboys from other manufacturers and haters who only base their comments and review on paper specs and prototypes, and most of this comments were ridiculous, ignorant and misleading. My advice, dont listen or believe in this comments and try to find the most fair and most credible reviewer like the people of Allaboutsymbian.com, they approach and explore every posible angle and never hesitate to go beyond the 4 corners of their techy knowledge. Kudos to them and to rest of mobile review experts who gives commendable reviews.

From my point of view, a non techy person and somebody who belongs to the mass market, N96 is the best all in one device in the market. Specs sheet will give us every best feature ever created by Nokia and top it with a DVB-H receiver. No other phone in the market has all this features and combine to one device. Yes we have other good phones that can challenge some of the features of N96 but can they challenge all? They have no DVB-H, their not dual core, no dedicated video chip etc, so they cant say that those phones are better than N96. Never to none.

About the battery life, N96 have only 960mAh with it but can N96 handle a whole day usage with it, yes and more than that, regular people like me dont use their phone that much compared to the geeks who have no life but their mobile phone. Who do you think lives normaly, I do, 98% of us and there not thinking normaly than the usual.

Camera, 5MP of N96 can produce the best images for normal users, and the geeks says its not enough, 8MP is better, and they even dont use camera that much, how funny is that.

Sound chip, N96 doesnt have dedicate chip for this but do geeks appreciate music like normal people do, nope, they dont listen to music, they dont have fun parts in their life.

N96 have dedicated video chip, geeks dont appreciate this because they dont watch videos and movies, they dont like entertainment.

N96 has N-Gage flatform, the best gaming flatform in the mobile world and why geeks dont appreciate this? they only like playing hide and seek and its not fun either.

Hmmm, I've written and defended N96 enough and I dont like to dedicated my whole afternoon for this post, I'm going out with my friends tonight, and so peace out friends.

Back to earth now! toooot!

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Nokia N96 and E71 Buenvinidos de Zamboanga

I visited one of the biggest mobile phone shop in Zamboanga City, Philippines 2 days ago, the Xpressmobile Store, and find exciting new stuff on its shelves, first, the Nokia flagship device N96 is now up for grabs that bear a hefty price tag of Php34,895.00, a cost that can be compare to the price tag of a decent laptop computer, a thousand Maling Luncheon Meat and boxes of imported Malaysian Chocolates, might have Melamin on it, that flooded the city's suburb stores and public markets. (I wonder if this products imported products from Malaysia, are legaly binded, perhaps not.)

The phone is realy super expensive and its not for everyone to own. I myself can only dream of owning one. I wonder how the N96 become so expensive when in fact the only difference it has with my Nokia N82 is DVB-H receiver, .4 inch additonal screen, dual slide form factor and 16GB internal memory. It was the only cellphone store by the way that has the N96 as of the moment, others will definitely follow soon.

Another device that was new on the shelf was the beautiful, powerful and award winning Nokia E71 that was price at Php21,295.00. This price tag is still expensive but the least its reasonable compared to N96. E71 was indeed very nice to look at, look only because they dont have sample units to fuddle and try with, but then looks alone can already entice, and it did, to me the least.

How I wish I can own every Nokia devices in the market but reality bites, I cant, I would have to be a milionaire to do that. Anyways, new things keeps on coming to Asia's Latin City and hopefully on my next visit to XpressMobile I could see Nokia N85 and 5800 XpressMusic on shelves as well.

Beunas Diaz and Chao Everyone.

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N96 Starts Shipping!

I have feature Nokia N96 the other day and I am thrilled to announced to the world that the most powerful and the most awaited flagship device from Nokia have now been shipped all over the world and it will only be a matter of weeks or two before it reach nearby retail stores.

I cant wait to try one, try only because for sure i cant afford the phone because it carries a hefty price tag when it comes out. The device was expected to cost at around $799 US Dollars, it will then be at about Php36,000 when it reach the Philippine shores, to expensive but true and their is nothing I can do about it. Its like buying two Nokia n82 plus a dozen of Dunkin Doughnuts hahaha.

Good news though, the price cuts will surely be implemented after the least 6 months. It will then be sold for $599, at around Php27,000 here. It will replace the position of Nokia N95 8GB as the flagship device as the production of Nokia N95 was already stop for good, talking about retirement with pride.

If I were to be asked, I will surely buy this phone because of the new feature it carries, Feature Pack 2, DVB-H TV, Dual processor among others and I will have to wait further to be able to do so or if Nokia S70 Touchscreen user interface doesn't come out by that time.

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Love Competition, Nokia N96

Among the phones to be release this year, I have already foreseen the overall winner in sales. Nokia N96, the newest upcoming flagship phone of Nokia.

My basis for coming up with such bold predicted? Well...

1. A power house feature, this phone is packed with the best and the most practical features.

a. 16 million color resolution, same that of Samsung Innov8 and Sony Ericsson C905 have only 256 thousand.
b. HSDPA
c. 5MP camera. according PC Worlds guide in buying camera, 5MP is just enough to produce good quality images and 8MP, just pure media hype, regular people doesn't need them with occasional used of camera only, unless if there into photography business, Its a waste of money.
d. 16 GB internal memory, 128MB RAM, 256MB storage memory, Dual ARM 9 264 MHz CPU, this phone is supper fast.
e. Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology
f. Bluetooth with A2DP
g. Built-in GPS receiver, Maps that you dont need to pay
h. DVB-H TV broadcast receiver
i. MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+/WMA player with dedicated buttons
j. Video player with dedicated buttons, Samsung have DIVX, but do you really need this on your phone? Nokia has an excellent Real Media player already and paying more for DIVX is just crazy.
k. Office document viewer, No document viewer for Innov8 and C905.
l. Best organizer in the mobile world

2. A powerhouse Product Support, Nokia have been very active in releasing firmware updates, showing how dedicated they are and there winning loyalty among buyers. This is absent in Samsung and Sony Ericsson

3. A powerhouse research team that is dedicated in coming up with new free softwares for the customers to enjoy, this is ansent in Samsung and Sony Ericsson

4. With the price of just $799, this is the most practical and the best valued phone. Samsungs Innov8 and Sony Ericssons C905 are price at $1,200.
Nokia will continue its winning streak as the world leader in mobile world, its all about marketing strategy, nothing more.

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Nokia's Crown Jewel; Love N96

The mobile world is excited in the coming of Nokia's new crown jewel, the Nokia N96.
The most power pack phone to be released in the market by September this year. The feature of this phone are yet unparalleled as to usability, practicality and affordability. Bearing a price of only $699, this will sweep every competitors on its way. (Just don't rush to the pre-order sites, price of this phone is around $1,200 in those sites, wait for the market price)

Nokia N96 is the real deal among the upcoming devices, being introduced with a power pack feature. To start with, the mobile phone will house a WIFI with DLNA, the first mobile phone to have such, this will be the benchmark of all upcoming WIFI mobile phones. This is the only phone to carry a dual processor also, same to that of computers, expect a faster interface, more battery life among other benefits to be gained using this system, another first from the mobile world market leader. The integration of DVB-H TV broadcast receiver, A-GPS receiver, 5 megapixel Carl Ziess optics camera will be a huge combination. All of this feature have been present in the past N series phone but this was the first time that it was combined into one device, a bold and smart move for Nokia. Other best features are the HSDPA 3.5G, 16 million color display, 2.8 inches size display, accelerometer for auto rotate, Bluetooth A2DP, 8GB micro SD capable aside from the 16GB internal memory, another remarkable first, huge, huge memory to spend. The phone will inherit the dual slide feature of N95, that would mean dedicated media buttons for music, video and television player. Nokia continues its streak of par excelance featured mobile phones.
The phone has become my obsession ever since I've learn about it. Since this phone will be release by September, expect the price to go with the hype. The price is expected to run around the $699, and will definitely go down after 6 months. It is only then than I can afford to buy one. For now my attention is getting Nokia N82 Black, and probably by weekends I can bring one home.

For more information's and inquiries about N96, visit this site: www.nokia.com.ph

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