UPDATE: If you’re keen for a slice of Nokia N8 pie you can now pre-order the Nokia N8 on Vodafone. Want to swot up on all there is to know about the N8 in preparation?  Then check out our Hardcore Guide, where you can pick up all you need to know about getting the most from the N8, including all its camera secrets.

The Nokia N8 release date seems like a moving target. Last week we reported that the Nokia N8 release date and pricing had popped up on British retailers’ sites with an August ETA. Now Play has shifted the goal posts, pushing back its Nokia N8 release date prediction. Will we have to wait longer for the Symbian ^3 smartie?

It feels like we’ve been talking about the Nokia N8, with its 12MP camera, HD video skills and 3.5in AMOLED touchscreen, for decades. Last week’s indication that we might get our hands on it later this month was great but it seems those listings may have been a little premature.

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Eagle-eyed Electricpig reader Philip has been watching the Nokia N8 pre-release pages closely and spotted that Play shifted the Nokia N8 release date from August 2010 to October 8 over the weekend. Other retailers are still predicting an August arrival but the specificity of Play’s prediction makes us wonder.

Nokia World hits London on the 14 and 15 September so sticking the Nokia N8 release date in early October does make sense. The Finn’s could unveil the finished Nokia N8 at the conference and give themselves two weeks to get it shipping.

If you’re not sure why the Nokia N8 is so eagerly-awaited, try our Nokia N8 photos and Nokia N8 video for a closer look. Are you excited to get your hands on a new Nokia? Or have other phones distracted you during the long wait for Symbian ^3 to drop?

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  • novak84

    looks like the N97 farce all over again, by the time this drops it will be out dated and probably still full of bugs…………poor old Nokia, why did you let it go all so wrong???

  • senti

    I agree with Novak. By the time they will release N8, it will be outdated and all the craze will and excitment will finish. Poor Nokia will loe on smartphones again. So unbelievable that world's largest mobile maker can't even release a simple smartphone without bugs. Or perhaps Nokia is insecure as iPhone and Android will eat up this N8 pie as well.

    Shame on you Nokia and your R&D team.

  • Paul

    It makes scene to release just Before Nokia World Not After, so they can show off.

  • RMC

    This seems to confirm what a Nokia salesman told me last month – October.

    • sealwhisker

      Cant hardly wait to change my current phone. If this kept on resetting further i might get me a motorola xt.

      • bensillis

        Might I tempt you with a Samsung Galaxy S instead?

      • Jenniferlucyallan

        sealwhisker – we had some confirmation from Dolby (who are heavily involved in the N8 marketing and demos, due to the Dolby tech inside) today, that said the n8 would be ready to go mid september. Only a couple of weeks to wait! http://188.65.36.75/2010/08/26/nokia-n8-coming-…

  • amy

    “Are you excited to get your hands on a new Nokia? Or have other phones distracted you during the long wait for Symbian ^3 to drop?”

    I am due an upgrade now so it is frustrating having to wait. My contract expires in November so I could live with an October date but I'm getting ichy feet. The only thing stopping me going to another phone is that I'mnot convinced with any other phones at the minute.

    I'd never get an iPhone 4 as long as Apple insist we have to use the hateful iTunes software. HTC Desire looks OK as does the Galaxy S but neither gives me everything that I want. The N8 looks like it will providing the operating system is not full of bugs!

  • amy

    According to T3, the UK release date is 23rd September.

    [url]http://www.t3.com/news/nokia-n8-coming-23rd-september?=48685/url]

  • dfmp

    when nokia n8 come out it will be a crappy phone…. if it did came out earlier it would be an awsome phone… -.- poor nokia from now i think Samsung > Nokia

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