The smartphone is expected to hit shelves on May 17

Apr 20, 2012 15:18 GMT  ·  By

Unveiled two months ago at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Nokia 808 PureView is slated for a May release.

According to Nokia, the smartphone will be available for purchase for a suggested retail price of 450 EUR (595 USD) beginning next month. However, multiple European retailers have already started taking pre-orders for Nokia 808 PureView, though the prices are exceptionally high.

For example, Portuguese online retailer FNAC has the Nokia 808 PureView available for pre-purchase for a whopping price of 649 EUR (855 USD) outright.

Moreover, the retailer is sure that it will be able to start shipping the device from May 17, though we doubt anyone could guarantee this launch date.

Given the fact that exceptional devices are heavily overpriced before going live, we do not recommend pre-ordering the Nokia 808 PureView until close to launch when prices are surely to go down considerably.

via MyNokiaBlog