Nokia 8850




Nokia 8850

Originally uploaded by ew4n.

A few readers were correct in assessing that I’d just recently purchased a Nokia 8850 from eBay.

I posted note soliciting guesses here and said I’d send a handset to anyone who correctly guessed what one I’d bought.

Now, there’s a bit of a difficult position here because there is — clearly — no way in hell anyone would have guessed I’d have blown some cash on the 8850………… unless of course you had a hunt on eBay and that is cheating!

I think I’ll need to do a better more accurate competition in future.

So why did I buy the 8850? Impulse. I dunno. I wanted a smaller phone. People used to rave about this one. I’m going to give it a go.

oesn’t have Bluetooth on it and it stores about 10 contacts. Heh.

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  • http://invalid.name Dan Lane

    Bah, what a cop-out, I want my money back! :P

  • ewan

    Tell me you SERIOUSLY guessed and didn’t KNOW the answer

  • http://invalid.name Dan Lane

    No, I can’t say I guessed, in fact, the thought of guessing never even crossed my mind… I went straight to EBay and looked.

    That either makes me a bad person, or very resourceful (a very resourceful, bad person?)

    Anyway, I’m not entirely sure I see the appeal of the 8850, I’d have probably chosen the 6310i myself.

  • Fuad

    Hi Ewan!
    I was wondering where on Ebay did you buy the 8850? I’m looking to get one right now, but have trouble with finding a reliable seller. I purchased one couple of months ago, but had to return, because of fading screen problem. The phone would keep functioning, but nothing on the screen. I’ve heard, it’s a common problem with 8850.
    I’d appreciate any link or seller’s nick info.
    Thanks in advance!

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