Nokia N80 now available to buy on Orange

[Ben]

http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/show/handset/nokia_n80/detail/pay_monthly

Prices are around £50 on a £30/month tariff, silver version by the look of it.

[gorilla]

this is very tempting, but I think I'll give my vodafone sim only deal a month at least.

[Ben]

Mhm. I'm curious as to what extent Orange have branded the hell out of this one. They seem to have gotten it onto the market rather quickly, which is either a very good sign, or a very VERY bad one! :D

[stuartturrell]

Just phoned and out of stock :(

[Ben]

Yet they're still for sale on the website... the joys of retail in our modern world! </sarcasm>

[E616Vboy123]

Its odd though that Orange new customers get priority over upgrades but when three released the 6280 it was the other way round

[mob453]

Been hearing rumours that Orange have disabled the WIFI feature

[Hands0n]

That would be a very nasty thing to do to such a handset!

[crowfield99]

Been hearing rumours that Orange have disabled the WIFI feature

Are they allowed to do that? Its not a "Network Service" is it as such?

[3g-g]

Just been having a look through the instruction booklet for the Orange N80, and all the WiFi functionality seems to be there ok! Explains all the icons as well as how to connect to a LAN hotspot. Also the handset seems to have the ability to display what type of cell you're in, be it a GSM, EDGE or UMTS, this will only apply to Orange as they're the only ones offering EDGE. :)

[aunty-fred]

Yes wifi is there. There is no homescreen, only branding is a small badge on the back, start up screen and web icon when on orange theme, this disappears when you change it to the nokia theme.

The 6280 I just got has no branding at all, no badge on the phone and is unlocked, the box was nokia's and yes it bought direct from orange website on contract.