The N900 is not yet launched and its already taking the center-stage of a high octane drama. First came the pre-orders by Nokia and Amazon, which were promptly followed by unforeseen delays, and then Newegg came up with a definite shipping date for the device, attracting hordes of fans for the pre-order. Joining the bandwagon are the web’s largest retailers- Dell and Amazon, which may not have a definite shipping date at their disposal but their price is something you don’t wanna miss out on.
As of this very moment, Dell Smart Business is retailing the N900 at USD 519 and that includes shipping, which we gotta say is the sweetest deal we can expect from any retailer for a genuine N900. The deal was infact sweeter a couple of hours ago, when Dell stopped accepting the 15% discount on coupon code “9PD$33PJFL5P21″ . That made the retail price for N900 USD 442! (We gotta screenshot to prove) As one might expect, the avalanche of N900 fans pre-booking the N900 under this offer, forced Dell to terminate the offer in a little over 3-4 hours after the word got out.
Not to be left behind in the rat race, Amazon decided to pitch in as well by reducing their retail price by as much as 14%, pushing the N900 retail price to USD 559, including free shipping. While this price is around USD 40 dearer than the present Dell deal, fans who have earlier pre-booked the device at Amazon for the listed price of USD 649 should be able to avail the price drop.
In case you were wondering, the reason behind the sudden wave of interest in N900 and that too in a country like US which hasn’t been too kind to Nokia’s previous smartphones, we gotta tell you that the N900 has added one more feather to its gleaming cap after being voted the smartphone of the year by the readers of the Mobil magazine in Sweden. Now we know why the Dell discount coupon got pulled before we could even read about its existence.
Anyway if you happen to be in the US, waste no time and just pre-book your N900 now for we don’t know when Dell may pull the plug off this one!