Nokia Flagship Stores in New York and Chicago have begun selling the Nokia N96 at $400 below the $1299 list price, with Amazon listing the device for pre-order at almost $500 below list.
The device features a 2.8 inch QVGA display, quadband GSM with tri-band W-CDMA and HSDPA support, N-Gage gaming service support, 16GB flash memory with an additional microSD slot that supports up to 8GB microSD cards, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, Wi-Fi radio with DLNA and UPnP network share support, GPS transceiver with aGPS support and built-in Nokia Maps client, 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and 30 fps video recording, with context sensitive music controls that disappear when not in use around the directional pad.
The device is now available from Nokia Flagship Stores in Chicago and New York City in limited quantities along with Best Buy Mobile stores for $899.99. The device is also available on Amazon.com for pre-order at $705.99 with a stock date of November 9th.
