SIM-Free Nokia N9 to land in UK through Unofficial Channels

When the Nokia N9 was announced during CommunicAsia we stumbled upon a list of countries which would get the device,  many countries including UK, USA and India were missing from that list. Now Nokia has confirmed to some publications that the device wont be coming to UK or US. Now couple of leading online retailers in the UK – MobileFun and Expansys are taking pre-orders for the device.

MobileFun is quoting 519.95 GBP for the device (inc. VAT) for the 16GB SIM-Free version of the N9 and Expansys is yet to disclose the price.The N9 is powered by the MeeGo operating system and sports an excellent design. While the N9 might not appeal to the average mobile phone user, tech savvy consumers were pretty pumped up about the N9.  I’m not sure if anyone would buy the N9 at such a price tag.

In countries where the device will be available the actual price might be close to our estimates. But in other markets where online retailers are going to be importing the device from outside , the price of the device is certainly going to come at a premium.There is so clear release date as of now but it might eventually ship in 2011.

Who want’s to buy the N9 ?

Motorola FIRE Price Revealed for UK, Due in September

Motorola Android phones are very well known around the world and they recently launched a new Android phone with portrait QWERTY Keyboard, which is known as Motorola XT316. Phones with portrait keyboard and touchscreen are becoming famous now a days, like recently we saw the LG Optimus Proand Samsung Galaxy Pro, and now the Motorola XT316 which is hitting UK where it will be launched by Clove UK and they changed the name to Motorola FIRE. The device is due later this September and it will go for £180 + VAT (£216 after adding VAT). Clove UK will offer the SIM-free version but if you interested in the XT531 which is actually a touchscreen-only variant of FIRE, then unfortunately Clove isn’t getting it but probably users will be able to get it from UK mobile networks.

FIRE seems to be a very good entry level device and it’s up for pre-order on Clove store. Anyway, have a look on the specs:

• Front Facing QWERTY keyboard
• Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
• 2.8” Touch screen
• 3MP Camera
• Wi-Fi
• Bluetooth
• 3G
• 1420mAh Battery

So who’s planning to get one from Clove UK?

Source: Clove Blog