Prices won't drop drastically but remember these are early adopter prices anyway. You won't see unlocked prices for iphones dropping anytime soon, but N9 prices will eventually drop. I could see these a little lower come December. That may be when I will jump on one. I won't pay $700 either.

As for reviews, since it's releasing over these weeks you can expect gsmarena, phonearena, etc to get reviews up soon. As for gizmodo, I don't expect them to review it. They didn't like it when it was announced and all they really care about from Nokia is Mango. Engadget seems to favor the N9 though so they will have a review up some time this month once someone gets a hold of one.

My uncle is passing through UAE on a trip this month so I'm debating on making him pick one up for me. Need to find out the pricing.