If the super swanky N96 isn’t your cup of tea and you’re holding out for the N85 instead, the good news is that the first batch of handsets has started to trickle through – at least in some parts of the world anyway.

There’s no sign of it on Nokia’s official web shop yet, but reputable online dealers in the US have started listing it as in stock with an asking price around $650 – about £380.

Of course, that’ll be the offline price. Once a chunky contract has been bolted on your can expect that to shrink to next to nothing if you sign up for a sufficiently long time. No word on UK arrival dates just yet – but we’ll let you know the very second we hear anything.

(via Symbian Guru)