First Nokia E90 Sold For $5,000
The Nokia E90 that was up for sale at the sneak preview event, previous post here, sold for Rp45,000,000 (US$5,000).
Hartono Gunawan, won the auction and got the bragging rights to be the owner of "the first E90 sold in the world".
The event was organized by the local Communicator Community in Jakarta, together with Nokia and InTouch
The Communicator Community boasts a membership of more than 30,000 and is still growing. More than 1,000 Nokia Communicator users attended the gathering. The proceeds from the auction will be donated as charity to UNICEF.
Via Slashphone
May 18th, 2007 at 12:10 am
I think Indonesians has been proven as one of the biggest communicator early adopters.
May 18th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
Woah… I’m not adverse to spending MONEY on a phone, but that’s just excessive haha. Great way to raise cash for charity though.
May 18th, 2007 at 6:13 pm
How does that saying go??? “A fool and his money are soon separated.”
May 19th, 2007 at 12:25 am
Hardly foolish Ric. All the money went to Unicef, a pretty good cause and that dude got the most ultimate phone way ahead of anyone else. Essentially he didn’t spend $5k on an E90, he spend $5k helping the most troubled children of the world and got an E90 thrown in.
May 19th, 2007 at 2:03 am
I agree with Hussein it was all for a good cause , In Pakistan the first Nokia N95 has gone for approx USD 1700 , no charity no good cause if you want to be first you gotta pay , now the price has dropped ( in 2 mths ) to USD 750 now that’s how a fool and his money took seperate ways
May 19th, 2007 at 9:09 am
I totally agree with Hussein and Farhan! For a mere $5k he gets to:
1.) donate to Unicef (which we really never consider doing);
2.) be the 1st owner of E90 in the world albeit “for free”;
3.) have the above picture shown in e-series (so that we know he is a nice guy, the one in the middle)
I am an Indonesian and $5k means a lot in our country. I would say the equivalent of about 50 months of salary (minimum standard wage requirement). Honestly, I wouldn’t mind giving away that cash if only I have that much to spend on charity.
Congrats to Mr. Hartono Gunawan.
May 19th, 2007 at 11:48 am
Agree with you Hussein
May 20th, 2007 at 4:19 am
so when is the official release of the E90 to the Asian market?
May 20th, 2007 at 9:26 pm
Great!
I want 2 be the second person
But at 1000$, hehe!
Nokia has been very successful in Indo’s market, especialy Communicator’s range category.
May 21st, 2007 at 2:08 am
I know this guy for the past 24 years of my life!!
Congratulations for winning the first E-90 bidding! Heard of the event, but couldn’t go due to a photoshoot schedule.
It’s true that $5,000 is a considerable amount of money, but imagine the good it would do to the people who need it around the world. Most would say excessive, I’d say that it’s $5,000 well donated.
May 21st, 2007 at 11:21 am
Wow! I didn’t know Indonesia is so big on the communicator series! I think it is a real cool way to auction off the first E-90. I’m from Singapore, just an hour flight north of Jarkata… eagerly waiting for E-90 launch to replace my rapidly aging E61. I hope the launch pricec won’t break the bank!
May 21st, 2007 at 11:58 am
hahaha… hi-tech phone in no service area. data plan in indonesia cost arm and leg. its just for a fame.
May 21st, 2007 at 5:33 pm
Well from my visit, Malaysia, Singapore and India seem to be the place for the communicator series. Its like the phone to get, although i doubt that most features are hardly used. Its like a status phone over there. So i’m not surprised that it reached that price.
Anyway cant wait for it to reach singapore as well. Not many followers as the 3 countries mention but hey its a new toy so its good to have ; )
May 21st, 2007 at 6:48 pm
Here’s a message from the article for Ric. “The proceeds from the auction will be donated as charity to UNICEF.” Might want to read the entire article next time before you sound like a complete fool.
May 22nd, 2007 at 9:10 am
i know this guy as well in fact i am using his phone right now. The money wwnt to a good cause - and the phone is great. What more needs to be said
June 7th, 2007 at 6:28 pm
Great move by Nokia but all this fund raising is delaying the release of the phone. I need it now!
September 27th, 2007 at 12:09 am
i didnt know that the $5k was for charity, at first i had thought hartono wouldve been nuts to buy that piece at that price. But now i know it’s for charity, so it’s okay then.
Well, most indonesians are crazy about their mobile/cell phones. I think mobilephone is like one of the must-buy top ten items in indonesia. Most celebs or mid-up class people carry 2-3 mobilephones.