Should I buy another N900?
 

I am from Hong Kong. I've been using N900 for 6 months. I'm not a geek, but I love this phone andI think it's the best phone I've ever had.

Now Nokia has discontiued N900 and they are not selling it any more in the official vendor shops. I could still get one from the unofficial shops tho', and the price has dropped from US500 to US380.

Should I buy and keep one more N900 or just wait for the next new model?

Re: Should I buy another N900?
 

If I were you I would not buy and I would not wait. As a Nokia customer I am unsatisfied.
And all the expectations about N9 are not convincing me. Who grants that Meego will not discontinued itself? Who grants that N9 will have better support and will not be another "experimental step" like maemo devices?

Re: Should I buy another N900?
 

I'd wait for the next model to be released, they'll be around on ebay for years if you really want another one.

People always say, "just because something new comes out doesn't make the old one any worse".
I personally don't understand this, and I'm sure Darwin wouldn't either!
What about when everyone upgrades to flash n+1, when html5 is a standard and anything with less than 512mb RAM can't even render a web page.

Will you be playing the same tune then?

Adapt or die!

Re: Should I buy another N900?
 

Why buy a replacement for something that's currently working?

Re: Should I buy another N900?
 

Funnily enough, i was thinking this exact same thing this morning... my advice would be to keep an eye on available stocks, and ask yourself the same question when it looks like it may soon become difficult to get one. That way, prices are likely to be cheaper, and also further developments may have occurred which will make your decision easier.

Re: Should I buy another N900?
 

I've been thinking buying one more to keep it as a collection because it's definitely a classic to me. So, I hoped the price would go down, which actually was happening, to around US300 then I'd get one. However, Nokia stopped the production that's why it became a little urgent for me to decide. :o

Re: Should I buy another N900?
 

100% agree.

Re: Should I buy another N900?
 

Hi papillon. You shouldn't have listened to all those discontinued/desupported bs if you're living in Hong Kong, because N900 is still selling here.

Some people would believe everything the sales at some large outlets like Broadway said. They just want to sell you the latest models and of course they'd try everything to discourage you from buying anything older than a month. Check the largest Wilson(衛訊) at 西洋菜街, Mongkok, ask 四眼仔, he'll take order for you if you want one. Sometime they keep stocks, because N900 is still very wanted by people from mainland China, where N900 has not yet been released officially.

To the question whether you should buy or wait, you must not have visited Golden (黄金商場) for quite some time. Come on guy, there IS 10" Meego tablet for sale there. Check it out (mc jin).

Man are you really a Hong Konger? ;)

Re: Should I buy another N900?
 

I would buy one if you have the chance, you can always resell it to someone else!!

Re: Should I buy another N900?
 

Hey 9000,

I am a 100% HKer. I've actually tried all those shops, Nokia and Wilson, you mentioned and they all came up with the same answer, "not available any more". I'll definitely go to visit Golden this week and check out hte new Meego tablet.

What I am doing now is price research like what Tedri Mark said and try to get another N900 in best bargain. ;)

Re: Should I buy another N900?
 

N900 prices will never go up.

You can always buy one when you need it for cheaper than they're selling for now.

Even if they're out of stocks in stores, you can find them in secondhand market for even less.

I think there will be enough signs (closeout sales, notice from other shops/countries, etc) before n900 stocks in the market truly runs out.

Use your brain, don't get consumed by fear.

Re: Should I buy another N900?
 

I doubt it will drop any much in price now. Discontinued items rarely do, despite what one might think. Why? Because dropping the price means some human using work hours on old stock instead of selling new stock. Once they're discontinued, items often remain at the same price, until the cheapest supplier removes it from the price list, at which time the price will rise, and again when the 2nd cheapest supplier removes it from the price list.

Take a look at any item you considered buying 1.5 - 2 years ago. See if you can find a price for it now. Is it much cheaper? I doubt it. Some might have a sale to empty their stock, but if they do, they actually lose money on not selling another, full price item.

That said, I can't see any reason to own to cell phones of the same model.

Re: Should I buy another N900?
 

I think your decistion is pretty easy and I don't see why you need to post this thread at all.

You love the phone. You think its the best phone in you ever had. Its cheap.

Just buy one!

Re: Should I buy another N900?
 

I would read around and see what is happening in the market place. Don't read this forum, read the other websites as well.

Meego is a new OS, like Maemo 5 was when the N900 was released. Which means despite the best will in the world and the fanboys on this website. Meego will come out with the same developer bugs that every other new OS has. Probably more as I think it will be rushed as Nokia really dropped the ball and bad publicity is hard to shake off.

Meego might be a great OS, but with Nokia at the helm?

Take in the past history of support from Nokia. Who announced in 2010 the removal of support for Maemo and also withdrew Symbian from the open source world to keep it in house, with dubious futures for Symbian jobs and support. A new CEO of hte organisation and rumours of winmo 7 being supported as one of their future OS's of choice.

Bear it in mind when keeping hold of the N900. Meego isn't supported on it, and won't be. It is a dead format and platform with no future beyond this forum and one device.

Re: Should I buy another N900?
 

i am not a geeek and i like the device too ....and you know what i am feeling now ...????i will be with my n900 for sure1

Re: Should I buy another N900?
 

I'll bet $10 (payable via paypal) that the n900 will at least hit prices in the $200s (BNIB, retail) before it goes out of stock everywhere.

Re: Should I buy another N900?
 

Personally, I'm waitng for the Moto Atrix, damn it's so fu**ing cool!

Re: Should I buy another N900?
 

What do you win if somebody were willing to bet?

Re: Should I buy another N900?
 

ten bucks?

Re: Should I buy another N900?
 

Yes you should. Go and buy a new one and give old one to me. :p

Re: Should I buy another N900?
 

reading about your post made me miss Hong Kong =D

you could also give 先達廣場 in Mongkok a shot aswell

Re: Should I buy another N900?
 

Bah. I thought you'd have something interesting... like $10 bucks and an ode to Nokia or something.

Or perhaps trim the Nokia logo into a beard.

Re: Should I buy another N900?
 

I'd be willing to sell mine in a couple of months...

Re: Should I buy another N900?
 

That's where I said you could get a N900 in US380, actually it's only about US250 for a second-hand. :D

Re: Should I buy another N900?
 

i've not been there in a while, is the top floor still full of 四仔 lol

Re: Should I buy another N900?
 

We'll need a taker first =p

Re: Should I buy another N900?
 

My opinion -- if you only use the n900 as a phone, there's really no reason to get a second one. Odds are, you'll be able to find new phones with similar (or better) attributes whenever you really need a new one. (Why would anyone need to keep two cell phones around at the same time?)

If, however, you use the n900 as an ultra-micro-computer, I'd go for getting a second one while you can. Every other device in this form factor is a closed box that only offers tiny pretty popcorn-sized apps; the n900 is the only thing that can run real, full-blown desktop application software. There's no guarantee that we'll ever see its like again...

Re: Should I buy another N900?
 

Oh no...anywhere but 先達廣場. Lots of thieves there are waiting for your coming. They've built a sustainable eco-system there once your belongings are being stolen, they're quickly transferred to the shops there such that you can find it back within 3-minutes for your reclaiming, with some handling charge of course.