i was at fono and i saw the first customer who bought the 1st 9500 communicator from them it was reserved by him 3 months back i was shocked when i saw him paying the 4500 dhs (4000 for the mobile and 500 for the car kiy) can you believe that

Funny you called it great day for Nokia and not for gadget lovers - I agree with your title

Too expensive! For a Symbian device

Even though you can spend the AED 4000 to buy a decent Laptop you cannot justify this pricing strategy. I even think PDA2K is expensive at AED 3250.

I expect i-Mate Jam to be a hit in the market if it was priced at AED 2500.


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you are right Alman
you too mohd
i will never buy it more than 2200 dhs this is my opinion

but that is the trick here..get people to WANT the product sell it for mega bucks..promise that its the cheapest price on the planet and then 2 weeks later slash the cost....just look what happened with the 7610 started @ DH2900 (cost at that time in the EU incl 17% VAT was 2450) now less than 1800 !


and its not nokia thats maken all the profit !!!

current cost on expansys is DH3088 and they are WAY over the top on cost...found an offer on a german page for 610E = DH2885 (713E = 3371.495 including EU VAT!!!)and it will be available there on monday next...

so are they way over the top here, well yes, they are selling it again here more exspensive than in the EU and that includes VAT !!!!

so what happened to the low cost of living here in Dubai...think we are all being used by these people to get rich quick....

Here we have a good market for mobile devices in Dubai, unfortunately those people want to take advantage of it in a bad way, I hope there will be more regulations against those retail stores they really give a bad name for the market here. For example, some restaurants or cafeterias in Dubai will jack-up the prices during the Dubai Shopping Festival! They miss understand what the festival is all about: discounts and promotions. It is also ignorance; they don’t know theses days customers are educated and aware of what they are buying, especially those visitors who want to compare the prices. Those retails stores are very greedy and they want to make fast profits on the expense of Dubai’s reputation.

I know a committee who is working to investigate and issue proper fines against them. And don’t forget, it is also our role in PPCD to spread the awareness.

Hi Guys

Are you sure! of this pricing for Nokia 9500!??
Cos as far as i know from Axiom people it's for AEd. 3,000 or 3,100 max well within range of PDA2K

Funtions wise I think PDA2K is teh MOSt advanced in the market so Nokia has ot have pricing lower

I've been using Nokia 9 series for last 6 years now and ws waiting to make my final Decision between SE 910i, Imate PDA2K or Nokia 9500?

yes i am sure coz i saw the bill and i got shocked same as you ....
maybe this price was for ppl who reserved the 9500 2 months back ... i beleive that they will never sell it with this price next month coz of many reasons
one of those reasons is the jam

So just ordered a N9500 from www.expansys.ae including fedex it cost me 3450 AED (3080 excl)...like I said I will not be supporting the local dealers any more...


BTW it comes with a Nokia World Wide Warranty..so they still have have to repair it...even if they say it cant be done!!!!

and the SP3i is also available there for immidiate dispatch...

"Handset Only Price: £254.95
Availability: 213 In Stock Now"
AED 1725.96 excluding Fedex of approx 350AED !!!!

So how come they dont have it here in the land of I-Mates HQ !!!!!

Same goes for the I-Jam (2300AED)..... go figure

Great new NoBackUp!!!

Did you buy it from Expnasys UAE site or UK?

Update: Just saw the .ae