Heads up: Nokia Astound @ $99 no-contract (must order thru a postpaid account)
The Nokia Astound is now $99 NO CONTRACT but the catch is you must order it using a postpaid account. You can use a friend or family's account online, and you prepay for it with your credit card so there's no charges to their account. I know a lot of folks here like the Nuron and the Astound is just an upgrade with a nicer screen and camera while keeping Ovi Maps. Plus, WiFi calling is on-board. It will use your prepaid minutes, but is nice to have nonetheless.
I just ordered one.. Supposedly the bad reviews are for the initial firmware, but there was an update (Symbian "Anna") that makes it much more stable.
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I would love that.
Not to be though, I don't have anyone with a contract on T Mobile.
Oh well, it really does look nice.
I love my Nuron and this one really looks great.
I really really love my Moto Cliq too.
Originally Posted by IsLand_BoY
The Nokia Astound is now $99 NO CONTRACT but the catch is you must order it using a postpaid account. You can use a friend or family's account online, and you prepay for it with your credit card so there's no charges to their account. I know a lot of folks here like the Nuron and the Astound is just an upgrade with a nicer screen and camera while keeping Ovi Maps. Plus, WiFi calling is on-board. It will use your prepaid minutes, but is nice to have nonetheless.
I just ordered one.. Supposedly the bad reviews are for the initial firmware, but there was an update (Symbian "Anna") that makes it much more stable.
Interesting. Total come out to be $122 shipped for Californians. But for a phone with dead end OS? I would wait for the fire sale. Nuron was $50 less than a year ago. (possibly after a prepaid card, can't remember)
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Yes it was $50 with a free $30 card and $7.50 cashback from Fatwallet plus several of us got an extra $30 in airtime free because they did not send a MicroSD card with the phone.
I loved that deal!
This phone at close to that deal I would jump on fast.
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Nuron was $50 less than a year ago. (possibly after a prepaid card, can't remember)
I just ordered one.. Supposedly the bad reviews are for the initial firmware, but there was an update (Symbian "Anna") that makes it much more stable.
That's a great price compared to what even used ones are selling for on eBay. I saw the Anna update just came out but haven't really seen any info posted if it fixs the phones issues. I'd appreciate a review after you've played around with it. I don't know anyone on TMo postpaid either though.
That's a great price compared to what even used ones are selling for on eBay. I saw the Anna update just came out but haven't really seen any info posted if it fixs the phones issues. I'd appreciate a review after you've played around with it. I don't know anyone on TMo postpaid either though.
The phone was for a relative, but I did play around with it for a bit and I had to do the Anna update before giving him the phone anyway. You can't do it over WiFi, so I put my own SIM in it and it downloaded and installed the update. I didn't use it much but I didn't have any problems with it freezing or crashing. Every person who had it before the update has said the Anna update fixes everything. I see that you can flash the Belle update yourself too which is supposed to be pretty good.
In the end, $99 + tax and shipping ($110 total for me) is a nice deal. I just read online that it tethers via Ovi Suite. Offline GPS like the Nuron is a huge plus for those who don't have or want a data plan.
This alone: WCDMA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 --- is probably reason enough to pick one up for those who travel. You could have an unlocked 3G phone for just about any network!
Oh and just FYI: these are available again. They disappeared after a few days from the upgrade page for existing customers, now it's back. I think I'm going to order one more.
Thanks I appreciate the review. I see that Nokia said yesterday that the Astound won't be getting the Belle update. Disappointing but not surprising. It's true that you can flash it to Belle yourself but as I understand it you would lose the WiFi calling capability. At least that's what happened to people that flashed the Anna update before it was officially released by TMo.
I looked at the phone through My T-Mobile site, and I show $134.99 for the Nokia Astound with no contract extension.
Did they raise the price, or do I have to go through another channel?
Thanks I appreciate the review. I see that Nokia said yesterday that the Astound won't be getting the Belle update. Disappointing but not surprising. It's true that you can flash it to Belle yourself but as I understand it you would lose the WiFi calling capability. At least that's what happened to people that flashed the Anna update before it was officially released by TMo.
Sigh.. Yeah kinda sucks that T-Mo is not supporting the update to Belle. I'm still waiting on my .8107 Windows Phone update on my Radar and Lumia too -- T-Mobile takes too long! Anyway, I figure for $100 I can tinker with the Astound. I'm happy to report that my relative said he actually really likes the phone, though I'm sure his $10 'Loyalty phone 1st web" unlimited internet has a bearing on it. He hasn't ever had data but I added it to his plan two months ago cause he wanted a new phone but didn't want to pay $30/mo for internet. He's cheap, just like the rest of us
And yes! The price went up to $134.99 just recently. Must be flying off the virtual shelves at $99 so they upped the price. What a shame. I'd pay $99 but not $135 + tax + shipping. I ordered a second one just before it went up to $134.99.
sorry to bump a slightly old thread - but is anybody willing to buy one and send one up to Canada? I would of course pay all shipping costs + a little extra for your time, and we could do it through eBay for both parties' safety (I've got 182 feedback)
sorry to bump a slightly old thread - but is anybody willing to buy one and send one up to Canada? I would of course pay all shipping costs + a little extra for your time, and we could do it through eBay for both parties' safety (I've got 182 feedback)
The Astound is actually still at $134.99 for handset upgrades. It may drop back down to $99.99 but I don't know if and when. At $135 + $5.99 shipping + tax, it's not a hot deal anymore IMO.
sorry to bump a slightly old thread - but is anybody willing to buy one and send one up to Canada? I would of course pay all shipping costs + a little extra for your time, and we could do it through eBay for both parties' safety (I've got 182 feedback)
It's not really sold anymore outside of Quebec. Last one to sell it was WIND mobile who blew it out at $150 in December. Long since sold out though. I want one so I can use maps without Data when I go to Europe.
Thanks for getting back to me about that island_boy. Too bad the price went up!
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