Nokia 2605 Mirage comes to Verizon, disappears as you approach it

by Chris Ziegler, posted Dec 5th 2008 at 2:19PM

Right on cue, the 2605 Mirage has graced Verizon with 2.32 ounces of low-end Finnish bliss. Your hard-earned $49.99 on contract is going to net you Bluetooth, a VGA cam, VZ Navigator support, speakerphone, and that's about it -- so if you were hoping for EV-DO or a CDMA N97, you just keep on looking. Oh, and let us know how that works out for you.

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, CDMA

Tags: 2605, clamshell, flip, mirage, nokia, verizon, verizon wireless, VerizonWireless, vzw

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Anthony @ Dec 5th 2008 4:42PM

Who are they targeting? This tech's so outdated I don't see the purpose & certainly expect there to be a flip that already meets their needs.

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PeterB @ Dec 11th 2008 5:20PM

About 75% of the market, thats who.

These low end phones sell more volume than a dare, voyager, curve, and storm combined.

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Soulsaber @ Dec 5th 2008 7:38PM

Maybe they should reduce the price by $49.99 and maybe....some random person would consider this.

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carcomptoy @ Dec 5th 2008 9:03PM

If it were free, it'd definitely be a hit. Americans in general still prefer a free phone, imho.

However, at $49.99, who are they kidding?? Maybe if it was at least an S60 handset, if not an Nseries, it'd be worth looking at. I love Nokia, but stupid decisions like this is why Nokia has a negligible market share in the US of A.

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Pdexter @ Dec 6th 2008 9:36AM

Well in understand that CDMA market is pretty far from Nokia's intrest as Europe and Asia don't buy them so they have just thrown some left over out from the year 2003.

But why Dosen't Nokia sell just those phones in states that sell like no day in Europe and Asia???? 5310(10 million sold), 6500 classic(8 million), 6500 slide( 10 million), 6300(+20 million) or N95(+15 million sold). All these phones can be get free from carriers in Europe so why can't example T-mobile pick them up. Kanadian carriers take more and more Nokia phones now days.

Those phones are getting replaced now so lets try it again with the new generation S40 phones Nokia?

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