Nokia 5800 XpressMusic NAM release details revealed

By on Feb 10, 2009 at 3:11 PM
Retail February 10, 2009

Nokia fans here in the US are most definitely used to waiting. First it was the long wait for Nokia to begin offering its Symbian handsets more widely in the US which then lead to the wait for a wider variety of S60 devices packing 850/1900 MHz WCDMA compatibility. While each of those issues have been addressed to some extent, there’s still the ever-present wait for NAM counterparts of handsets that have been available elsewhere for months. Enter the 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia’s first touch-enabled S60 5th Edition handset. Released months ago in some regions, it looks like North American Nokians will finally be able to get their mitts on the 5800 XpressMusic circa February 26th, a Thursday. This is apparently the date the handset will become available to US retailers however, so we wouldn’t expect units to actually be fulfilled for at least a few days thereafter. As for pricing, MSRP is set at $399 which has ballooned slightly from the ~$360 at which the handset was announced. All the same, Nokians looking to get their touch on will still be likely to jump on the 5800 especially considering a new round of rumors that suggest a delayed N97 release.

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  • truthtalker

    can’t wait.

  • blur(p)s

    WOW! This is actually really nice. ^_^

  • http://twitter.com/EricE51 Eric in Cupertino

    Hoping for an Eseries on 5th announcement next week.

  • youngscarface

    a little expensive. I was thingking aroung $300. Since the euro is flying at $360. Well I’ll wait a few more weeks till the price drop a bit.

  • Chuong

    I’ll bite @ $300 from authorized dealer even though I can’t even use its 3G (with T-Mobile now).

  • Pythagoras

    Is that a guitar pick? WTF? Is that what drove up the price?

  • Zak

    Yea, we are used to waiting, however North America is primarily a Capitalist Nation. This means we can vote with our dollars, and I definitely don’t “vote” for companies that disregard me as a consumer.

  • http://www.7he.cn/ 视频评测

    We can buy it in china

  • JonnyBruha

    They should have been released simultaneously. Unless I can make an even trade for my Euro version, I’ll probably just hold out for the N97 or the i8910.

  • veryfunny

    and they release the Xpress 5800 to the thundering sound of silence and crickets. Seriously, who cares? Nokia should be worried. N-Gage is a failure – I’ve seen the numbers and they are low. Ovi is finally getting together, but how would you take on the mighty iTunes store and the carriers at the same time? It is a shame, as they make decent phones. I’ve used the N series phones and despite their clunky interface, they are solidly built.

  • Pythagoras

    seriously, is that guitar pick supposed to be the stylus?

  • nick

    I know people say Nokia doesn’t care as much about the US market, but couldn’t this launch on ATT/T-Mobile at say $250? I mean, they’re the largest mobile phone manufacture in the world, they can get anyone to do some sort of deal? I wonder if ATT hesitates to create iPhone competition within the network and if T-Mobile has some wonky arrangement with Google. I might still get it just so the day to day person gives a look when a pull my phone out (you know the look, the ‘wtf is that’ look.)

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