Nokia N97 NAM US version @ $699 CAD? [Archive]

si1ence

Jun 15th, 2009, 08:29 PM

Just visit the sntraders (http://sntradersonline.com/phone_details.php?product_id=snp1063) site the online price is $759 .I senT them and email and got the response that it will b $724 CAD for local pickup but have to wait till 25th June :(

flexwong

Jun 15th, 2009, 09:31 PM

Just visit the sntraders (http://sntradersonline.com/phone_details.php?product_id=snp1063) site the online price is $754 .I senT them and email and got the response that it will b $699 CAD for local pickup but have to wait till 25th June :(

ok? they always knock $50 off the price when you do a local pickup, it's a good deal. decent price for the N97 but the reviews so far have been average.

captawesom3

Jun 15th, 2009, 09:34 PM

is this site legit though? i dont want to have to order and lose my money with no phone :S

scoobydo

Jun 15th, 2009, 09:48 PM

is this site legit though? i dont want to have to order and lose my money with no phone :S

Yeah for me it was, Ii bought my E71 from there when I was in US.

si1ence

Jun 15th, 2009, 10:07 PM

ok? they always knock $50 off the price when you do a local pickup, it's a good deal. decent price for the N97 but the reviews so far have been average.

that what i thought but this time it is $30 diff, just reconfirmed the price.It is $724 but still it is fine as nokia flagship store is selling at $699 USD which is $768 CAD aprox.

scoobydo

Jun 15th, 2009, 10:30 PM

that what i thought but this time it is $30 diff, just reconfirmed the price.It is $724 but still it is fine as nokia flagship store is selling at $699 USD which is $768 CAD aprox.
do they have a store within toronto?

flexwong

Jun 15th, 2009, 10:34 PM

is this site legit though? i dont want to have to order and lose my money with no phone :S

they are legit. i bought my E71 from them in store. i have heard some bad things about their shipping though so might be better to buy in store.

do they have a store within toronto?

they are located in mississauga.

mahdi

Jun 16th, 2009, 04:56 AM

I can vouch for them as well. They're good. I highly recommend that you go to their Mississauga store to see what they have (they have a little stock room full of their inventories).

The store (more like a large office) they have is actually located in some larger building (which IMO was not easy to find on first try). Just make sure you call them before you go to get directions.

Lulz

Jun 16th, 2009, 07:13 AM

There's a middle eastern girl working there her name is Sohaila.

She's really hot :o

bubble.tea

Jun 16th, 2009, 08:15 AM

Lulz

Jun 16th, 2009, 08:18 AM

I'm amazed that after all these years, Nokia is still able to con people into spending inordinately disconnected amounts of money on their devices.

Honestly, How is ANY of their phones worth this much???

I only hope their firmware was finalized and stable enough to reflect the price tag.

My Experience with a $700 N96 sealed my outlook on Nokia for life. Good thing I returned it for a full refund after a day 3 firmware hard-crash on a Nokia firmware update from their website with a full battery.

I'll only buy a Nokia if it is heavily subsidized. The n95-8gb was about the extent of my Nokia appreciation. The n96 was 1/10 the n95-8 IS.

Didn't you mean The n96 was 1/10 the n95-***4*** IS? :D

And yes, Nokia does pull weird crap.
Some of their new phones are really expensive.
But then again, HTC Touch Pro 2 and Experia also are damn expensive.
It's the way it is with new phones that just came out.

bubble.tea

Jun 16th, 2009, 08:26 AM

Didn't you mean The n96 was 1/10 the n95-***4*** IS? :D...

OOps., yes absolutely. I haven't had my coffee yet. Plus I just picked up two Dell 23"ers. Woohooo.

Thing is...if the Product is QA'd sufficiently, and the BUILD quality is worth it...I can see it being worth $700+...but the way the n96 was fabricated. It felt like a $250 phone I could sell on Kijiji...meanwhile Nokia expected me to buy it for $700??? WTF?

mahdi

Jun 16th, 2009, 08:31 AM

I'm amazed that after all these years, Nokia is still able to con people into spending inordinately disconnected amounts of money on their devices.

Honestly, How is ANY of their phones worth this much???

I only hope their firmware was finalized and stable enough to reflect the price tag.

My Experience with a $700 N96 sealed my outlook on Nokia for life. Good thing I returned it for a full refund after a day 3 firmware hard-crash on a Nokia firmware update from their website with a full battery.

I'll only buy a Nokia if it is heavily subsidized. The n95-8gb was about the extent of my Nokia appreciation. The n96 was 1/10 the n95-8 IS.

lol. I've stayed away from nokia for many many years my friend.

My last phone with them was the N81? (the 4gb music phone with sennheiser headset).

The only thing that kept me with nokia until then was that they had excellent reception.

I used to think that the most important aspects of a phone was the hardware...until I was seriously proven wrong by macOS/Android.

Software is everything.

bubble.tea

Jun 16th, 2009, 08:44 AM

lol. I've stayed away from nokia for many many years my friend.

My last phone with them was the N81? (the 4gb music phone with sennheiser headset).

The only thing that kept me with nokia until then was that they had excellent reception.

I used to think that the most important aspects of a phone was the hardware...until I was seriously proven wrong by macOS/Android.

Software is everything.

Oh...that is definately FA SHO!!!

Thing is...you can get the great RF + Battery life out of their BOTTOM-RUNG phones lol. The battery life...I doubt, will be as on par with the upper echelon (big screen devices..and perhaps understandably so..but who's to say if they start going with smaller and smaller batteries comparatively for their larger devices ;) ).

flexwong

Jun 16th, 2009, 05:51 PM

I'm amazed that after all these years, Nokia is still able to con people into spending inordinately disconnected amounts of money on their devices.

Honestly, How is ANY of their phones worth this much???

I only hope their firmware was finalized and stable enough to reflect the price tag.

My Experience with a $700 N96 sealed my outlook on Nokia for life. Good thing I returned it for a full refund after a day 3 firmware hard-crash on a Nokia firmware update from their website with a full battery.

I'll only buy a Nokia if it is heavily subsidized. The n95-8gb was about the extent of my Nokia appreciation. The n96 was 1/10 the n95-8 IS.

come on now, N96 was a flop. the E71 is an amazing phone, i've rarely heard anything negative about it. pricing is very high though, which is the largest drawback for Nokia. but their phones also retain value a lot better then other makes.

bubble.tea

Jun 16th, 2009, 06:55 PM

come on now, N96 was a flop. ...

I concuRRrr :D.

scoobydo

Jun 17th, 2009, 12:31 PM

Anybody did pre order for it yet?

Havo

Jun 17th, 2009, 11:00 PM

Anybody did pre order for it yet?

I ordered one from Nokia... I'll report back on how it is when I receive it.

xGambitx

Jun 18th, 2009, 01:21 AM

I bought N95-8GB for like $600+, imho it wasn't worth it. Iphone FTW!

si1ence

Jun 18th, 2009, 05:04 PM

Anybody did pre order for it yet?

I did and now waiting for 25th June

Havo

Jun 18th, 2009, 10:24 PM

I bought N95-8GB for like $600+, imho it wasn't worth it. Iphone FTW!

I preferred the N82... it was cheaper and it has a better cam. Micro SD support was more important to me than 8gb built in.

myGSMphone

Jun 20th, 2009, 09:07 AM

I did and now waiting for 25th June

How can I do pro order there is no option for it on thr site

caseyc

Jun 20th, 2009, 08:50 PM

si1ence

Jun 20th, 2009, 10:01 PM

How can I do pro order there is no option for it on thr site

You can send them $100 paypal and rest u can pay on 25th that what i did.

myGSMphone

Jun 20th, 2009, 10:07 PM

Going to buy an N97 soon but I am nervous about all of the bad reviews I've read regarding shipping... I live in Alberta so I have no choice, but this is hands down the cheapest I can find it anywhere. What do you guys think?

For me it worked when i bought e71 for them, i was in US placed my oredr in the evening around 5 pm and got it in the morning 11 am. That was my 1st experience with them.

This time i m planning local pickup, called them and they have 25 units left till now.

rapsfan12

Jun 20th, 2009, 10:35 PM

question - i'm using an old phone with a rogers contract that expires at the end of next year...can i get the N97 and add the 6GB/$30 data plan to my current contract and have it still expire at the end of next year (even though i am running the phone unlocked)?

caseyc

Jun 21st, 2009, 12:54 AM

For me it worked when i bought e71 for them, i was in US placed my oredr in the evening around 5 pm and got it in the morning 11 am. That was my 1st experience with them.

This time i m planning local pickup, called them and they have 25 units left till now.

Cool, that answers my question I guess. Which carrier did they ship overnight with? Do you remember?

caseyc

Jun 21st, 2009, 03:06 AM

Nevermind, emailed them tonight to ask who would be shipping here (Edmonton) because UPS is horrible and they said FedEx.... ordered myself an N97. :D

si1ence

Jun 22nd, 2009, 11:42 PM

Just got an email that N97 shipment has been arrived so we can pick to on 23rd ,it means 2 days b4 as they advertised

caseyc

Jun 23rd, 2009, 12:08 AM

Just got an email that N97 shipment has been arrived so we can pick to on 23rd ,it means 2 days b4 as they advertised

Saw your post (thanks by the way) so I spoke to one of their employees and confirmed that this is true for online orders as well. Any orders made online will be shipped out tomorrow (Tuesday) and received on the 24th (Wednesday).

If what they say is true, this will be the best service I've ever received online. Lowest price I've found for the N97, free overnight shipping, prompt replies from reps... pretty amazing so far.

scoobydo

Jun 23rd, 2009, 12:35 AM

Got the email too, asked them few Questions they got 100 Units 50 of them has been sold out in US and 35 in Canada till now and 15 Remaining .The shipment will arrive at 10-12 Morning if the custom will not delay it. so I think I dont have much to to save mine :P

si1ence

Jun 23rd, 2009, 11:09 AM

just called thr Rep and got the confirmation abt its stock can pickup anytime now

pnyknights

Jun 23rd, 2009, 10:24 PM

There's a middle eastern girl working there her name is Sohaila.

She's really hot :o

I can definitely vouch for that :)

I'm amazed that after all these years, Nokia is still able to con people into spending inordinately disconnected amounts of money on their devices.

Honestly, How is ANY of their phones worth this much???

I only hope their firmware was finalized and stable enough to reflect the price tag.

My Experience with a $700 N96 sealed my outlook on Nokia for life. Good thing I returned it for a full refund after a day 3 firmware hard-crash on a Nokia firmware update from their website with a full battery.

I'll only buy a Nokia if it is heavily subsidized. The n95-8gb was about the extent of my Nokia appreciation. The n96 was 1/10 the n95-8 IS.

But they got such nice sexy screens, I admit though, their (flagship) phones are damn expensive for what they're really worth.

caseyc

Jun 25th, 2009, 12:23 AM

Picked up the phone this morning from FedEx... crazy good service from SNTradersOnline.com. I'm impressed.

RedBaronXP

Jun 25th, 2009, 12:43 AM

But they got such nice sexy screens, I admit though, their (flagship) phones are damn expensive for what they're really worth.

Yeah, I agree. They should probably look beyond the price like Apple did.