Nokia pounces on iPhone price drop with Google ads

One of the few hundred thousand that dropped 600 bones for an 8GB iPhone instead of the moderately more palatable $399? It's alright, Nokia still hearts you, and they want to prove it. Espoo wasted no time after yesterday's announcement in taking out Google ads encouraging disheartened, empty-walleted iPhone owners to check out its new MOSH service -- a collaborative mobile media site run by the phone giant -- to "salvage" their devices. With all due respect, Nokia, no amount of free content is going to put $200 back into our pockets, but we appreciate the thought nonetheless.

[Thanks, Roberto M.]

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 6th 2007 1:20PM]

hmm, ok.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 6th 2007 1:42PM]

not cool at all nokia

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 6th 2007 2:56PM]

Fair play ? Seems that Nokia is in full panic mode now.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 6th 2007 3:33PM]

So Apple gives everyone the shaft, yet Nokia's the bad guy?

Long live Steve Jobs, 50% profit margins, and marginally improved iPod models year after year with the same price point!

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 6th 2007 4:12PM]

although it's a *great* phone, that $700 price tag on the N95 is starting to seem pretty ridiculous right now. i wonder what it will drop to. (and yes i know it has lots of features the iphone doesn't. but still.)

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 6th 2007 4:32PM]

According to JP Morgan the manufacturing cost for N95 is about
220�-260�, while Jobs pays 200$ for 8GB iPhone. Nokia has plenty of room as well to drop the price if they want to.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 6th 2007 6:58PM]

How much is that in US dollars? Also, is it the same for the US version? They did have to adhere to our frequencies; wouldn't it cost more if they weren't producing as many as the European ones?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 6th 2007 11:51PM]

wah wah wah

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 6th 2007 6:07PM]

Yeah but first they have to offer it through a carrier if they ever want market share.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 7th 2007 6:38AM]

IN us that is.

[johdaxx Posted Sep 7th 2007 12:16AM]

I could imagine Nokia being just ever so slightly annoyed at Steve-o dropping the price. Makes a nice $700+ N95 just a little harder to swallow...