Nokia Lumia 800 – Highest pre-order numbers ever for a Nokia Phone on Orange? (or is it?) updated: Lumia to be a hit says Nokia
Nokia Conversations published a story saying that according to Orange UK, The Nokia 800 was the highest ever pre-ordered Nokia phone. Sounds good. In keeping with the results heard in ThePhoneHouse, France (ThePhoneHouse btw, the largest mobile retailer in Europe).
We should note that this is all relative. Some gritty numbers is what we’d like to hear about too, but still, it bodes well for the success of the Nokia 800. The only thing to gauge on is that the interest is much more than any other handset, more than the ‘huge selling’ N95 and 5800.
Something that is odd though – that post on Nokia Conversations has disappeared. As Surur points out, you can see the cached version here.
Something extra special on Orange is that there’s a promotion to get a FREE XBox 360 – so you can go make more use of Xbox Live or even pair up with some Kinect games perhaps (though you might have to get kinect).
Orange (like ThePhoneHouse) has had a huge response for the 800 BEFORE the marketing has all even started.
“As a result of the level of interest we’ve had in preorders, we’re really positive about the launch of the Nokia Lumia 800 which we believe will be really popular with our customers.
“This is the largest interest we’ve had in a Nokia handset, including the huge-selling N95 and 5800 handsets, and our marketing campaign hasn’t kicked in yet.
“When it does, this will further promote the Xbox 360 offer to new customers signing up to the device.”
But with such good news, why is the Nokia Conversations post not there any more?
UPDATED: Yes, the news is true: The post just got replaced (Cheers Fanel):
http://conversations.nokia.com/2011/11/16/nokia-hails-lumia-800-a-hit/
This time, it’s less on what Orange is saying but what Nokia is saying. Overall (and much better this way) there is a positive response everywhere. Reviewers are finding it to have a great user experience of both hardware and software, but also consumers are aware of the stunning Nokia Lumia and really want it. Ace job on the marketing. I’ve been begging for Nokia to give their phones the push to get the public attention they deserve. It’s a shame it wasn’t done to this level before but it’s better done now rather than never.
Source: Nokia Conversations VIA WMPU / NokiaGadgets
Cheers @keizka for the tip!
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fake!!! marketing stunt…
green with envy?
its believable though that this is a marketing stunt and if it isnt one has to wonder the impact of the free xboxs too
Bundling an Xbox 360 with a Windows Phone makes perfect sense. Anyone to whom that deal appeals, will get a kick out of Xbox Live on Windows Phone. It’s actually a great way to ensure a positive customer experience.
im not knocking the bundling of the xbox but pointing out that it would have an impact on preorders
First!
Fail, and not even first in failure because the first post was a total fail also.
time to buy some shares ;]
One of two things is going to happen to this post.. either Symbian fanboys ignore this post entirely or call this as fake.. you just watch.
I’m a NOKIA fan regardless of whether or not I prefer wp7 or symbian or meego. My 800 arrives today. I still think Nokia should have its own software on its own devices. But still want Nokia to do well. So I am happy for Nokia and so will most nokia fans. However these news of “selling well” should be taken with a pinch of salt. No official numbers as of yet, plus why did conversations take their article down? Hmm
Healthy suspicion is good, and I can appreciate it from someone like you, who has a preference but doesn’t let it blind them.
I wouldn’t mind a fully integrated Nokia experience, but at the same time this pairing works out very well for Nokia, possibly better than anything else. Working with Microsoft might also cure them of some of the bad habits they had with Symbian.
Buying Lumia you give money to Microsoft and Nokia, buing N9 you give money ONLY to Nokia.
Well either way it seems Nokia gets money.
Some made up numbers.
50% of 10 million
100% of 400,000.
or elop paid this to happen?
Elop himself might have secretly made the preorders to save his add
Me hopes its true, Nokia sure needs Lumia 800 to sell at least as well as N8 did.
nice to see you take a more neutral stand of the late. we are all nokia fans after all.
+infinity
It doesn’t matter which Nokia phone sells well, as long as some of them do. Even the ones that don’t are OK, because we all have different tastes.
They better. With all the millions they’ve wasted on marketing, paying various sites to feature Lumia on the opening page, practically giving away 85,000 lumias to devs and tech blogs (85,000 x €420 = €35,700,000, just for the phones alone, although not yet confirmed if all the phones have already been given away), just to make an impact in the internet and media, mediocre sales are not acceptable… I haven’t even considered internet and TV ads yet…
…and I almost forgot about the free Xbox as well.
85000 x 170€ would be more usefull…
It’s because we in the U.S. live in a state of severe depression because we do not have the Nokia 800 or N9 or Nokia Play 360 or anything through our carriers. Each Nokia 800 sold is a stake in our heart because we must wait and wait and wait. Oh sure..Nokia 800 released on some tiny island in the South Pacific before we get it. Mamo Namo is filled with happy people. We are depressed.
I think that the U.S. will get the ‘supercharged’ version of the Lumia 800 – FFC, more storage options, and a bigger screen. We might even get limited edition color or perhaps an aluminum body….
And, I’m even more hopeful that Nokia will bring the N950 design with WP to either ATT or Verizon as well – there still isn’t a physical QWERTY 2nd gen WP device on the shelves yet.
Only a couple of more months, and we’ll see. 2012 will be here before you know it!
I think there won’t be a physical QWERTY device for Windows Phone again until the software gets updated to support the existing ones better.
why wait. You can get an N9 online.
Nokia always left the US for last. Except with the 6620.
You can buy N9 here:
http://www.expansys-usa.com/top20/?f=1765
Mmm… The post was deleted mmm… Someone has done a bad job or Nokia is simply waiting to see the sales numbers.
they had to delete it cause I emailed them the source that iphone4 is still number 1 for a smartphone with highest pre-order numbers
I hate to break it to you, but the iPhone is made by Apple, not Nokia. Thus it has nothing to do with the 800 being the most pre-ordered Nokia ever.
lol
Wow seems to be good news…but I have been told that this post was deleted. =/ So I guess it wasn’t true.
They brought it back…. Go to the source website
Orange uk ran out of nokia n8s 3 times from memory ..
Wondering the exact number (since N9 has 15K pre-order in Russia, and it’s the largest for Nokia there)
As far as expensive phones are concerned, Russians seem to be more into iPhones – the “glamorous elite” there follows the American trend rather closely in this.
So I wouldn’t be quoting that Russian pre-order thing, it’s really not that much after all.
that post has be replaced with this one: http://conversations.nokia.com/2011/11/16/nokia-hails-lumia-800-a-hit/
Thanks. Updated post.
Go Nokia GO!!!!!
Here in Australia, N9′s were being sold with free Xbox 360 as well
Haha, nice try Nokia, this is a publicity stunt, nothing else.
1. They are giving away XBox 360s with the pre-orders.
2. LOL at comparing the numbers with N95… why not go back to the 80s and compare it to a phone from that time? In 2005 the market is tiny compared to what it is now.
If the numbers were that good, post them Nokia.
Your quality has been slipping as of late, when it comes to trolling.
Seems like a pretty cool partnership to me!
What if it was a choice of a free copy of Office? Or a free Kinect? Or a free Windows upgrade? Or a free music service?
Pretty good
The N95 was Nokia’s last big hit. If the Lumia 800 is doing better than the N95, that means things are turning around for them.
That hit was from 2007. That’s almost 5 years ago. An eternity in mobile terms.
The market has absolutely exploded since then, and beating the N95 isn’t any kind of feat.
Especially since back then most people were using what we now call “dumbphones” and the N95 was way out of their league.
all i want to hear is
SALE
NUMBER
zzzzz.zzzz……
good news, hope for the best nokia.
anyone know how to put virus into nokia 800?
Don’t know about virus on the 800 but I know people that successfully put a trojan on the N9.
What? Extra sabotage for the N9 I see. As if not being released in all major markets wasn’t bad enough?
Why can’t they just give us actual sale numbers? For this and the N9 too?
Why tip their hand?