Nokia N96 : Crouching Tiger, Soaring Interest
Best. Marketing. Campaign. Ever.
Not only is the N96 an awesome handset but Nokia are fully aware of this fact, and have managed to blow the GDP of a developing nation combining all the best things ever on their new website.
Without trying to spoil it, ninjas, kung-fu and your face features prominently. All it would need is a giant robot to be the only site the interweb required. Oh, and they are giving away one-of-a-kind N96s to some lucky blighters. They come in a wooden box, are numbered, and are limited edition. Limited Edition.
Just when you think they are a soulless conglomerate looking to grab you with fancy ads and rarities, Nokia presents a more humane way to get your hands on one. By donating 759 EUR (£604) to the WWF (the nature people, not the men in tights), they will give you one of the 96 limited edition N96s and you will be giving the red pandas in Nepal a chance at survival.
You can also donate other, more palatable sums of money, but will only receive a warm feeling and the eternal respect of the bamboo-eating community.
Omio’s interest in this phone (and saving the pandas) has just skyrocketed from ‘lots’ to ‘prepared to infiltrate an underground fighting league, risking death by the hand of a shaolin master to get an N96′.
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