The big news may be about 
the Tube but the 
Carphone Warehouse and 
Nokia
  have packaged together a rather intriguing proposition for those of the  pay-as-you-go persuasion. The deal is they sell you a Nokia 5310  XpressMusic handset for £129.95 and you get not only the phone,but also  unlimited access to the 
Comes With Music service for a year.  In fact, I think I demonstrated it rather well in the picture.  There's the £129.95 in pink, next to the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic phone  which, as you can see, "comes with" a pile of CDs representing "music".  And that's all at the 
Carphone Warehouse or at least on the forecourt of the head office.
The deal hits the insides of the blue-branded iPhone  stores on 16th October and, even after your 12 months expire, you still  get to keep all the music you've downloaded. Of course, it'll be DRM-ed  up to the eye-balls but there you go. Anyway, at least you can enjoy it  from the comfort of your own 
PC
.
The good news is that the 5310 XpressMusic will come in a choice of  eight colours, the bad news is that you still have to pay for all your  phone calls.
Now, the part I'm trying to figure out is can you take the music to  another Nokia phone when you're done and if that's the case, does that  mean you can do it immediately? So, infact, can you lay out the £129.95,  sell the 
handset
  for the £80 RRP and have yourself year-long, unlimited access to the  Nokia Music Store on an N96 or another contract Nokia of your choice for  £50? Because that sounds quite good.
 
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