Thread: Are you buying the N900? (Quick poll)
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2009-08-27 , 02:33
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Originally Posted by st5150 View Post
When I first heard about the N810 and Maemo, it was on sale for about $350 from Nokia's website. I believe $400 was the normal price on the website. Needless to say, if the price tag is $700, I'll be holding off for a while.
The N800 was available here in Brazil for some time at a promotional price of R$350, approximately US$180. I think that was in early 2008. Today you can find it still by R$450 (US$250) at auction sites, and the N810 is being sold at stores for R$700, something like US$380. It was R$1100 (US$600) until few weeks ago...

R$700 is also the price you can get an iPhone 3G at one of the local cell phone companies. The 3GS is being advertised with much fanfare "beat your friends and be the first in your block to own one!"... I believe if you get an iPhone you must get a plan that costs at minimum R$90 a month. I would expect the N900 to cost at most as much as an iPhone 3G, and allow us to get cheaper plans... My poor man's plan is R$35.