No N9 for UK, USA, Germany? Nokia N9 availability down to the operators
As you may have heard already, there will be no Nokia N9 going to operators for USA, UK and Germany, the lack of such regional availability was already suspected before (though you may still be able to get them via local online retailers).
jedibeeftrix emailed Stephen Elop about the recent news regarding the Nokia N9′s availability. There were a couple of replies (from Elop or PR team? I’m amazed he could reply to such emails from the public) the last of which said,
“Ultimately, the operator makes all decisions about which products they make available.”
But before you despair, the N9 will still be available officially in 29 countries, not including the online retailers.
Availability List:
- Australia
- Austria
- Bulgaria
- China
- Croatia
- Finland
- Greece
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Malaysia
- New Zealand
- Portugal
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovenia
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Arab Emirates
- Vietnam
- Italy
- Philippines
- Indonesia
- Belgium
- Brazil
- South Africa
- Norway (via Telenor)
- UK (via Expansys/Play)
- Kazakstan
- Germany (Amazon.de)
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Does any body have any idea about launching N9 in India?
You Might as well add Pakistan on that list , the carriers here don’t offer contracts but do offer contract less and discounted phones with extra accessories . I believe one or two WILL pick up the n9. They picked up the n8,e7 why not n9 eh ?
Almost all local retailers show it as well
http://www.advancetelecom.com.pk/Nokia_N9-00_price-and-features.html
http://i2pakistan.com/products/Product_Sub_Detail.asp?PDid=1059&Pdname=Nokia%20N9
Who wants to see elop’s face when the N9 becomes a huge success?
Good one. Hope the n9 truly becomes a success.
i want to see!
and he must leave if N9 is the game changer!( at least compettiors are trying to get rid of homebutton)
no i do not want to see him then any more. (at nokia)
he then show me his ass!
will it really though?
where is it going to become a success? which of the above countries.
I think it’s a fantastic product, but Nomia clearly aren’t taking it very seriously.
They have virtually killed their dev’s in the face, tried to push symbian and meego off a cliff through sheer lack of advertising and telling people it’s a dead platform.
anyone who has any doubts that S40 and WP7 aren’t the one’s to keep an eye on for nokia now need but just sit back and watch over the next 6 months.
If you’ve got a good product and you don’t advertise it , it “may” become a huge success. But if you’ve got a bad product and spend a “billion” on it’s advertising it wont be a success. As for Dev’s Qt is their . Dev’s develop for platform with users. If N9 becomes a success it’s sure to have a lot of apps.
you got it.
It’s even sufficient to have a lot of fanatic users.
See iphone.
Well play.com no longer seem to have it listed (although they do have lots of accessories for it).
No it is on play.com
http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4-/20481995/Nokia-N9-16GB-MeeGo-Sim-Free-Unlocked-Mobile-Phone-Black/Product.html?searchstring=nokia+n9&searchtype=allproducts&searchsource=0&searchfilters=s{nokia+n9}%2bc{397}%2b&cpage=2&urlrefer=search
Really want this to be available on contract! mines up at the end of September! This would not have been so bad if they were going to release the searay at the same time! I could almost see where their were coming from if that was the case! but I doubt we will see the searay for a month or two yet! and the N9 could have been ready a month ago!!!
I would be very surprised if it was EVER offered to the operators in the UK, even if they requested it.
The UK is one of the launch countries for Nokia’s WP offering, so they will not let there be any distraction from that. Like for instance having a competing phone that is actually better than their WP launch handsets.
… and you can argue that this makes sound business sense, since they have decided they are going to proceed with WP and definitely not Meego…
… but I for one do not want a WP handset. Ever. No matter how good it’s surface user experience is. Because it’s overall user experience for me, of trying to integrate with the rest of my personal computing infrastructure will be a lesson in pain and frustration.
But at the same time, UK is member of EU and the devices will pop up there anyway… no one can stop retailers to import them.
i can only hope that you are wrong hewbass, and it’s not as is Nokia is sitting on a whole panoply of exciting smartphones that operators could choose in preference to the N9.
provided they are able to, at least some operators should pick it up in the UK.
This is just sad.
Judging by N950, this is to be the most advance mobile device on the market. Nokia has a potential disruptive device right here, right now. Ironically, at the same time it has an isolated OS and almost nonexistent apps ecosystem.
Do I really expect that my bank will ever port my mBanking application to MeeGo? No. Do I expect any solid, non-fart app to be available? Skype? Hardly. Even Symbian was a nonexisting platform for TweetDeck, Dropbox…
Does anyone expect bug fixes, support or new features for a phone that will be practically nonexistant to the countries that can actually afford a 800€ device?
I’s f* sad, that’s what it is.
Nevertheless, I’ll be buying my N9. And canceling my mBanking monthly fee
Skype already exists on the N9 and there is 3 dropbox clients for Symbian^3. Nokia also has their own “dropbox/cloud” service for Symbian.
Sorry, bad example, I didn’t know about Skype. It events comes pre-installed, nice. Kudos.
As for Dropbox, that’s an example of a popular service that gets no official client. Thank god for developers and their unofficial apps, and/or WebDAV mediators.
Ugh……no N9 for Indians!?
I’d have bought it, I guess I’ll wait for Windows Phone Nokia.
Then you just went under elops spell. What you wrote is music to elops ears
France is still missing in the list :’(
But it’s also one of the countries with N9 ID label – and countries on that label are popping up in terms of N9 availability. More hope than UK/Germany.
Helly Jay,
the N9 listed for Germany on Amazon.de is just an AT import, so you basicly only get an austrian device.
where they are planning to launch this device
may be Moon
Fire Elop and his staff and sue them in justice.
Fire Elop and his staff and sue them in justice.
No dutch launch in september 2. It’s confirmed by Nokia: http://www.mobilecowboys.nl/nieuws/14909.
Basicly the same statement they used for the USA
Biggest irony for me, ALL of the commercial shorts were shot in Toronto (Canada) 1 place the N9 will not be coming to.
The thing is this- somehow you can get it anywhere in the world if you care enough for it but Nokia doesn’t want this device to be a success and the lack of availability in the most important markets makes sure that developpers won’t develop for this. And that’s the big issue here in my opinion. And the lack of comitment form Nokia means that Meego or at least Harmattan will not use its huge potential.
I ll wait to read the 1st reviews and then pick on up here in the UK. Im sure i can get it from somewhere.
knowyourmobile says staff at exspansys reckon the n9 will land in uk in the next two weeks!!!
What the hell, is Nokia out of it mind….??? Why is India not listed in that list…..???? India is largest market for nokia after china and they are bypassing it…….. On the other thought I thnk N9 will launch in
india, because after the unveiling of N9 I talked to representative in Nokia store and they said that N9 will come to India when it is launched officialy…… Hoping for the best now……
I have got to admit I am not that surprised I mean operators are a weird bunch anyway. I don t think Vodafone especially would want to carry the N9 due to the low sales of the N900.
There have been a lot of operators excited by the Nokia Wp7 deal but they don’t seem to be selling the current once so its a bit confusing.