Hey there again…New s^3 OS phone from Nokia is out on Vodafone. Has the best camera right now in the smartphone category right now. Hardware specs are pretty much one of the best as well. Software, well if you liked or have used symbian before, it shouldn't be a negative experience. iPhone/android/bb users please try before you buy or at least read the review given here
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/nokia-…
$450 credit + 1.5GB data or BlackBerry BIS for 12 months
12*$20= $240 for handset
and
9*$44.10= $396.90 for plan
Total is $636.90
thanking Feeblely for this post..
EDIT: ok so the outright cost is pretty low as well
Mobicity
Regular Price: $999.00
Sale Price: $669.00
Sale Price: $728.95 with 2 year warranty.
http://www.mobicity.com.au/nokia-n8.html#tabContainer.
If you want to buy outright but with only 12 months warranty while Voda has a 2 years one even if you terminate contract early or unlock.
I thought the DHD camera was pretty up there with 8MB and then this comes along: "12MP camera with Xenon flash bolted on the back" yikes! That's really getting into you don't need a 'real' camera territory.
Edit: After reading a bit more of the review found this which was quite interesting:
"We managed to easily knock out two days' use with the phone, although it wouldn't have managed to get far into the third day.
This is with push email turned on, the Wi-Fi scanner in full force and a fair smattering of internet and music too - in short, it's just fantastic and way ahead of nearly all the smartphone competition and shows off one of the plus points of Symbian^3."
Having said that they still said that the Symbian experience was unpolished :/