Nokia N96 Starts Shipping

September 1st, 2008 • Mark Guim • Filed Under •

Good news for those waiting for the Nokia N96! Some of our readers waiting for their limited edition Nokia N96 were just emailed by Nokia that their Nokia N96 is ready to be sent and will arrive soon. Since they will be the first in their country to receive it, the general release should follow soon.

Nokia n96 1

Here is the email sent by Nokia:

Dear soon-to-be owner of a limited edition Nokia N96.

We are excited to tell you that your country’s limited edition Nokia N96 is now ready to be sent to you and will arrive soon. You will receive the delivery details to track your order in a separate email within couple of next days.

Thank you for purchasing a Nokia N96, and helping the Red Pandas of Nepal.

Kind regards,
Nokia


Update: Our reader, Julien have received his limited edition Nokia N96! Head over to his blog to see more photos.

Limited Nokia n96

Some buyers have also reported they received the free bluetooth headsets for waiting on the Nokia N96. Here are photos of the Nokia NH-503 sent by Nokia to our reader Julien.

Nokia bh 503
Limited Edition Nokia N96 buyers also receive Nokia BH-503 headsets

If you are one of the early limited edition Nokia N96 buyers, please keep us updated in the comments below. Who else is excited that the Nokia N96 finally starts shipping?

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  • icaka
    Looks like its about time, eh?

    The sooner the better - at some point Nokia's marketing department will cut the prices generously, considering the Q1 "smartbombs" coming.
  • Anup
    Hey i want to buy the N82 and am waiting for the prices to fall which has'nt happened till date! so when do you think the N96 actually starts shipping and will the price of other phones fall?
  • prices always fall. I can't believe you can get the n95 now here in the US for less than $400.
  • ricta
    hey anup, come on man the price of the n82 is already low considering its features...
  • Anup
    yeah agreed...but what to do :-) have become a heapo after spending a bomb on the N95 8GB and accessories and now the N82 accessories...think am gonna wait no longer...will buy the phone this week! and India INR 20, 000 is still quite a lot! you can get a 4th hand car for another 10/15 k or get a new bike or computer... :-)
  • NICCI
    Don't bother with n82 its not that great am in UK and its free phone on12 months, only nice feature is its titanium, rest feature are all same.
  • john mortimer
  • thanks john! I updated the previous post with your unboxing video.
  • john mortimer
    have you noted that the Technical Specifications have changed at http://www.nseries.com/nseries/v3/media/section...

    i.e. like the Processor now not getting listed
    hm
    have they changed it or is it a cover up
  • congrats julien!
  • Congrats Julien.!!! Great photos. Hows the OS. What firmware is it running?
  • The new firmware info box is amazing, lots of details :

    Version : 10.065
    FW date : 22-08-08 (wow ! 10 days !)
    FW personalised version : 10.065.098.1 (I don't even know what it means)
    Date personalised version : 22-08-08
    Lang group : 001
    Model : Nokia N96
    Type : RM-247

    This FW is auto updatable from the handset.
  • john mortimer
    i just had my n96 and no 8gb card
    anyone know what going on with that
  • Like I said, I ask the sender (Farfar.se) and they tell me that the micro-SD card will follow in some days (wasn't ready at expedition time)
  • john mortimer
  • john mortimer
    "This FW is auto updatable from the handset" (Julien Pellegrain)
    how do you go about doing that from within the phone
    i.e. what menu, do you go into
  • john mortimer
    sorry if you do a *#0000#
    you can do it from there
  • john mortimer
    also as there is no Manual includeded
    you can download it from http://nds1.nokia.com/phones/files/guides/Nokia...
  • Andy Burgin
    Why ? as took Nokia so long to get the N96 released as it got alot of people hyped up upgrading from the Black 8gb N95,i was one of them but now its dragged on to long i will either get the i8510 from Samsung or the N85 that looks alot better than the N96,Nokia could have changed the N96 an put a 8 mega-pixel camera on it as the N85 or N79 will sell alot better so the price of the N96 will drop down really quick to get people to sign up for it
  • john mortimer
    please read "why the n85"
    best to keep with your n95 8gb as the n85 is crap to that phone, ho it got a oled, oh my god, just buy a iphone, as that also crap
  • john mortimer
    why the n85
    best thing is OLED
    and that it
    it as a small screen (same size as the n95)
    i have used the n95 8gb and the n96
    and the bigger screen makes up for the oled
    also the n85 as crap phone internal memory
    oh dear if the n95 is to go by
    so there
  • I heard a rumor (From a Nokia Rep) that they held back the release date due to doing a bundle package with one of the batman movies, is this still the case?
  • Oliver
    The Limited Edition is bundled with Transformers, so it could be possible that Nokia has a exclusive deal with Warner Bros. but maybe it's just "Batman Begins"

    And even the operators in Austria, which are posting release notes very late, have the N96 already in their shop system. Which is a little bit annoying for me, because I thought the limited edition is exclusive for about 1-2 months.

    Did anybody already receive the Micro-SD card?
    This was the only key-feature of the limited edition and this little crowded box, which looked really better at facethetask.com ;-)

    Maybe we can open a N96 Lim. Edition facebook group to connect and share experiences.

    Cheers,
    Oliver
  • Nokia N96 Transformers edition? A little late isn't it?
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