Nokia N900 on sale soon, pricing details revealed

Posted by Katherine Hannaford on Tue 10 Nov 2009

It's Nokia's latest flagship device, and pulses have been increasing over this phone for months now

Facing delays, Nokia's "best browser device ever", the N900, will be going on sale by the end of the month in the UK, although some lucky customers who pre-ordered early will receive their devices this week, according to Nokia's President Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo.

- Read our Nokia N900 review

The N900, which runs on the new Maemo 5 operating system, looks very similar to the N97, with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The QVGA touchscreen measures 3.5-inches in size, and there's a massive 32GB of internal storage. The camera is 5.0-megapixels, and internally, there's an ARM Cortex-A8 processor keeping things ticking over.

While an official launch date hasn't been confirmed by Nokia, online retailers have jumped straight in with their own SIM-free prices. eXpansys will sell the N900 for £499.99 (with £30 of eXpansys vouchers), promising customers will receive their phones in eight days' time. Play.com is undercutting them with their £469.99 offer, although the expected date of delivery is the 30th of November.

Omio is claiming BuyMobilePhones will sell the N900 for £30 a month on both Orange and O2, offering 600 minutes and 500 texts.

Link: Nokia N900 (via Reuters)