Re: Ready, Set, Snap - Nokia N73 starts shipping!

Hmmmm the N73 now showing as "Out of Stock".....on the Orange website

Rang Customer Services - it is not available yet - it is going to be
1-2 weeks...at least.

I have also noticed that Orange have put "Current offers end 30th
September" under the listing of the price plans.

I reckon orange are waiting to release this phone until they revamp
their price plans...which are not as 'unlimited' as they currently are.

dsbmcr@hotmail.com declared for all the world to hear...
> I reckon orange are waiting to release this phone until they revamp
> their price plans...which are not as 'unlimited' as they currently are.

Actually the price plans are the same next month as they are now, and
the N73 has yet to make it into the warehouse from Nokia, which is why
it hasn't arrived in stores yet.

Sometimes the simplest explanation is the real one!
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Regards
Jon

Jon wrote:
> dsbmcr@hotmail.com declared for all the world to hear...
> > I reckon orange are waiting to release this phone until they revamp
> > their price plans...which are not as 'unlimited' as they currently are.
>
> Actually the price plans are the same next month as they are now, and
> the N73 has yet to make it into the warehouse from Nokia, which is why
> it hasn't arrived in stores yet.
>
> Sometimes the simplest explanation is the real one!
> --
> Regards
> Jon

Jon,
>From reading your other posts in this thread, you seem like you're "in
the know"... I spoke to Marie in Upgrades on 150 this evening, and she
told me that they've been having a lot of problems with the N series
phones, and they've been discontinued fairly quickly due to lots of
returns.

She gave me the impression they were considering not launching the N73,
and suggested I go for a K800i instead - was she just trying to get a
sale or is there any truth in this?

Should I wait another couple of weeks, or just go for the K800i?

Thanks!
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Andy Dent

dent.andrew@gmail.com declared for all the world to hear...
> Jon wrote:
> > dsbmcr@hotmail.com declared for all the world to hear...
> > > I reckon orange are waiting to release this phone until they revamp
> > > their price plans...which are not as 'unlimited' as they currently are.
> >
> > Actually the price plans are the same next month as they are now, and
> > the N73 has yet to make it into the warehouse from Nokia, which is why
> > it hasn't arrived in stores yet.
> >
> > Sometimes the simplest explanation is the real one!
> > --
> > Regards
> > Jon
>
> Jon,
> >From reading your other posts in this thread, you seem like you're "in
> the know"... I spoke to Marie in Upgrades on 150 this evening, and she
> told me that they've been having a lot of problems with the N series
> phones, and they've been discontinued fairly quickly due to lots of
> returns.
>
> She gave me the impression they were considering not launching the N73,
> and suggested I go for a K800i instead - was she just trying to get a
> sale or is there any truth in this?

There could well be. The N91 was dropped 6 days prior to launch due to
75% failure rate experienced by other networks.

Nokia simply cannot get a stable handset at launch.
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Regards
Jon