if base on value, ya it is worth it. But even with all these, is it worth having a 5800, nah.... cos paying RM1300 for something like a prototype and laggy and beta-level is kinda wasteful. Cos if u say so, wouldn't having a G900 equally value for its money since it has wifi and touchscreen too. not forgetting too, for that amount, u can get a HTC Touch Viva which is very much better than 5800 since Winmo has been around for god knows how long and HTC is pretty good his few years producing good handsets.

Buying a phone using installment (translate added interest) is a no-no because phone depreciate from the start of your purchase. So you are paying extra for something that is already depreciating.

Same is applied for cars but you dont see that stopped people from driving, yes?

Because not everyone can fork out a lump sum to buy a car. If one is capable, please to do so as well. Phone is different, can't fork out a few thousands? just bloody save the money. Plus when you finally manage to save up the money, the current price for that new handset might already drop as well which doesn't apply to cars. Car price dropped year end true but car also depreciate more straight after purchase by the end of the year, so bad second hand value (pros and cons but let's not dwell more into the details coz the thread is not about cars). Worse come to worse, just buy a cheaper phone which you can afford if you desperate needed one but a cheaper car that you can "afford" is still at least 30k or so, which is a big sum for many people.

You picked a rather incorrect analogy to justify purchasing through installment.

This post has been edited by nebousuke: Jan 18 2009, 02:21 AM

you have to know that for the phone retailers that offer such installment or easy payment options (yes I know they are 0% interest), are ALL original sets with marked up price. Don't believe me please find the newspaper ads on Courts mammoth, Harvey Norman, I remember in Courts an N73ME costs RM1.4k... so good luck with your easypayment

http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_n97_will_be_...bp-news-739.php

Woot.. seemed like price lower than the announced price. 10 euro less. Woot!

fingers crossed its that price when it arrives in KL wil be quite cheap for a premium phone

normally, malaysia's pricing will be lower than europe before subsidy

Wow it looks so elegant! =.= But so expensive..

looks nice.. but dunoe how much..

Sorry boss, just simply think that there's no harm buying something u like with installment as long as the buyer feels worth it. No offense yah!

HAHA... yeah I get what you mean, don't mean to come out harsh on you. However, the feeling of "want" is pretty much spontaneous in nature. If one have the money to burn for that "want", fair enough. However, having to bear the cost of that spontaneous feeling with debt that you have to repay in installment might be a price to high to pay. Well that's the angle viewing from, anyway. Pretty boring huh?

Hello friends, don't fight lah... just use credit card and pay your bill monthly... EASY!!!

Wow! 32GB, even N96 16GB also damn slow le...

when black edition is coming???

it comes with black and white colors..

its depend on the storage usage too...

Its ok, I appreciate another view point always.
Thank you.

count me in for this excellent phone....

im in love with this phone