Orange Switzerland to unleash the Nokia N9 on September 15th

01 August, 2011
Orange Switzerland promise a release date for the unique Nokia N9 MeeGo device, it's the end of an era.

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  • pyrex
  • kJq
  • 01 Aug 2011

Why would they limit the distribution of the N9. Eff Elop and his damn WP7! Nokia went down last time because they would give the customers the improvements they wanted now once again they going down for not listening to their die hard fans! If Nokia goes all WP7 then goodbye and good riddance to Nokia for me! been a very long support of yours and loved symbian minus its shortfalls but seriously they just needed to fix that and everything wud have been fine

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    • me go!
    • YiX
    • 01 Aug 2011

    i will try my best to get the N9 from oversea online or ebay in canada, but 1 thing i'm so sure is that i will not even take a look at windowphone from nokia, hate the ui.

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      • Anonymous
      • qbb
      • 01 Aug 2011

      I will be in Switzerland in September ;)

      YAY ME!

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        • AnonD-7555
        • Pru
        • 01 Aug 2011

        yall should check out a post on mynokiablog.com there isa post of somebody emailing elop and speaking about meego....my be a hoax but its worth a read:

        Hi Stephen,
        I have a few questions.
        First, i have no definitive answer on whether or not the second button on the side (beneath volume) is the Power/Screen Lock button. Can you confirm this?
        Secondly, I have heard Australia will be the first market to launch the device, is this true?
        Thirdly, Can you confirm whether or not Meego – Harmattan (or the N9 itself) will continue to get support in the coming years?
        Finally, Why kill off MeeGo when it has the potential to be better then WP and iOS? Is it due to past loyalties?

        Thank you for your time,
        Michael

        Hello there,

        Thanks for your note. The second button on the side is indeed the power/screen lock button. We are not confirming the sequencing of markets, as they each have unique requirements that must be considered and it is hard to predict the precise order as we go through various national certification programs. The N9 will be supported by Nokia in the years to come to ensure customers are well served. And finally, elements of the N9 will live on in the future, although we are deliberately not sharing all details, although we have noted that elements of industrial design, user interface and the development environment are of particular interest. In our strategic assessment, we determined that the MeeGo effort could not quickly enough deliver us a range of solutions across price points, radio technologies, etc. for us to effectively compete, so we had to make an alternative decision.

        Regards,

        Stephen

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          • pooja
          • s8I
          • 01 Aug 2011

          wow very nice

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            • AnonD-2815
            • YQA
            • 01 Aug 2011

            Wow.. That's very nice..! Hope it will reach india also..

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              • Anonymous
              • eeq
              • 01 Aug 2011

              Congrats to those that get one. No N9 for us in USA. :0(

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                • DJButler
                • 0Cj
                • 01 Aug 2011

                I guess nobody cares

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                  • Sun Down
                  • PBU
                  • 01 Aug 2011

                  From where I came from, the N9 has been labelled as "coming soon" about 4 weeks ago from the Nokia retailers' website. Can't wait to see how it'll perform IRL though.

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                    • AnonD-1131
                    • kJX
                    • 01 Aug 2011

                    AnonD-5197, 01 Aug 2011Interested to see how this one will turn out to be.It is, but I'm gonna go with Elop's plans on this device. XD

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                      • AnonD-5197
                      • Ti8
                      • 01 Aug 2011

                      Interested to see how this one will turn out to be.

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                        • Zak
                        • u1t
                        • 01 Aug 2011

                        After a long time something worth reading on gsmarena
                        Any ways , u guys hav any info regarding meego used by sm other mobile brand like samsung or htc ?

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                          • AnonD-15787
                          • fmj
                          • 01 Aug 2011

                          Even if i am a samsung fan but this phone is really nice loved it but sadly there will be no more meego for nokia

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                            • Annoymous
                            • ubc
                            • 01 Aug 2011

                            It's not the last meego device

                              If its only Meego not Windows. Nokia will be all on a gold craze.

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                                • doctorfajardo
                                • LGu
                                • 01 Aug 2011

                                waiting this phone in dominican republic.

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                                  • ancakbutula
                                  • S6D
                                  • 01 Aug 2011

                                  want this phone,in malaysia,hopefully..don't mind if its the last meego device from nokia,will be exclusive:)

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                                    • eks
                                    • 0TF
                                    • 01 Aug 2011

                                    lol it will be selled in a neutral country like a neutral OS that has :)

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                                      • AnonD-14101
                                      • vGe
                                      • 01 Aug 2011

                                      When is phone gonna launch in India? I am eagerly waiting for this one. I hope it's not so late.

                                      P.S - I still hate Elop and want him to die.

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                                        • arunod
                                        • t7X
                                        • 01 Aug 2011

                                        I hope it comes out in the Philippines, this is a sure buy for me