i tell you what i just did, i just bought four 16GB HP touchpad's from amazon for £89 apiece. and i have to tell you guys, much as i love the N9 and sincerely want to own one i refuse to be ripped off by paying £520 for one sim-free because there are no subsidised contracts to be had, especially when there exists the potential of picking up a Pre3 for 80 euros sim-free as people in Germany have been doing. after all, it's not as if i am unfamiliar with supporting dead platforms, now is it!