Nokia 2605 Mirage comes to Verizon, disappears as you approach it

Right on cue, the 2605 Mirage has graced Verizon with 2.32 ounces of low-end Finnish bliss. Your hard-earned $49.99 on contract is going to net you Bluetooth, a VGA cam, VZ Navigator support, speakerphone, and that's about it -- so if you were hoping for EV-DO or a CDMA N97, you just keep on looking. Oh, and let us know how that works out for you.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 5th 2008 4:42PM]

Who are they targeting? This tech's so outdated I don't see the purpose & certainly expect there to be a flip that already meets their needs.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 11th 2008 5:20PM]

About 75% of the market, thats who.

These low end phones sell more volume than a dare, voyager, curve, and storm combined.

[Peytral Posted Dec 5th 2008 7:38PM]

Maybe they should reduce the price by $49.99 and maybe....some random person would consider this.

[carcomptoy Posted Dec 5th 2008 9:03PM]

If it were free, it'd definitely be a hit. Americans in general still prefer a free phone, imho.

However, at $49.99, who are they kidding?? Maybe if it was at least an S60 handset, if not an Nseries, it'd be worth looking at. I love Nokia, but stupid decisions like this is why Nokia has a negligible market share in the US of A.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 6th 2008 4:33PM]

First, they said 6205 and then 6025.
Second, that looks almost exactly the same as the Nokia 6205 I got on Saturday for free with a two-year plan from verizon.
Third, Firefox dictionary doesn't recognize "Nokia".

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 6th 2008 9:36AM]

Well in understand that CDMA market is pretty far from Nokia's intrest as Europe and Asia don't buy them so they have just thrown some left over out from the year 2003.

But why Dosen't Nokia sell just those phones in states that sell like no day in Europe and Asia???? 5310(10 million sold), 6500 classic(8 million), 6500 slide( 10 million), 6300(+20 million) or N95(+15 million sold). All these phones can be get free from carriers in Europe so why can't example T-mobile pick them up. Kanadian carriers take more and more Nokia phones now days.

Those phones are getting replaced now so lets try it again with the new generation S40 phones Nokia?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 6th 2008 7:37PM]

*actually, it said nokia 2605 then 2065... oops.
I messed that one up because it looks exactly like my nokia 6205.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 7th 2008 12:54AM]

It has the smallest internal screen EVER! Not. Worth. It. I want at least 1.9 inches please.