"You don't make a dime on lost sales", Charles? You don't lose anything on them either, and many "lost" customers will buy later, so I don't buy this Wall Street hype (it's not their money at risk); you can't "lose" money you never had...
Not that I'm defending Nokia, mind; to be so under resourced as they were with the L920 smacks of incompetence, and heads should have rolled...
The enthusiasm here is palpable (and probably justified) but I'd caution you all that, if the Q5 is a stripped down Q10, then there is the question of: just how much better it can be than the rather awesome Asha 501 from Nokia?
The Asha will retail for 99$, unlocked, and it doesn't seem Q10 will be priced that low, so success is not exactly assured; there's real competition out there!
The impact of colour on cost varies according to what the material is; with a polycarbonate body, it is negligible, but not so with aluminium, in which case a single colour (or no colour) would make sense, especially if backed up with multi hewed covers, which could also provide additional shock protection.
That said, Fords used to be available in "any colour you want, as long as it's black", but not any more, as getting the colour options right can shift a lot more produce, so it's not a straightforward call for management to make; damned if they do and damned if they don't!
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wrs, I can understand your beef and it does seem like bad planning by Nokia, but recall that, if the product is sold at a profit, then "selling all that you can build", is considered by most companies as being "SUCCESFUL"!
Sure, Wall Street won't see it that way, but they make their money by getting others to work for them, so they don't have to worry about issues like overproduction, hence the barrage of hype we get from them...
Nokia's Asha 501 Proves The Company Still Is A Formidable Competitor [View article]
I got that, fly, and my point stands; is it really "vastly" superior? That isn't evident to me, and I don't see it does anything that'd make people on a tight budget, think it worth the extra. Think of the difference, not so much 30$ (which is a months salary in some places, though it may seem incredible in the States) but as 30%, which is a big hike, if one is already at the limit of one's resources.
Nokia's Asha 501 Proves The Company Still Is A Formidable Competitor [View article]
Good article, Mr. K! Now, if this new OS is undergoing continuous development, then it can only get better, so won't it become the replacement for W8 (at least, if W8 doesn't take off)? Here's your alternative already in place, so really no need for NOK to bother with Android!
Nokia's Asha 501 Proves The Company Still Is A Formidable Competitor [View article]
OUCH! to "Think new OS", but what if it's just a subset of BB10? Might they not have planned it like this from the beginning? Isn't that what differentiates the Q5, for instance?
Nokia's Asha 501 Proves The Company Still Is A Formidable Competitor [View article]
Oops, yes Mr. K; nothing to do with MF! The other point makes sense to me, as I don't know if it's possible to make a phone as competent as the 501, for a similar price, based on QNX, so "yes" to your question.
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No Jacob, Ford don't need to reinvent the car each year, but customers still expect new models to be different; I noticed soon after moving to France that, if testers didn't report favourably about a new dashboard (why change something that works?) then the car as a whole would be panned, though back then, about all manufacturers could do was change the position, size or colour of the clocks! It'll be the same with phones; different features on a regular basis, even if they are no real improvement!
Just one puzzle; what were you trying to state with "After that, Wal-Mart apparently ordered new copies as some stores reported having some copies."?
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Not that I'm defending Nokia, mind; to be so under resourced as they were with the L920 smacks of incompetence, and heads should have rolled...
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The Asha will retail for 99$, unlocked, and it doesn't seem Q10 will be priced that low, so success is not exactly assured; there's real competition out there!
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That said, Fords used to be available in "any colour you want, as long as it's black", but not any more, as getting the colour options right can shift a lot more produce, so it's not a straightforward call for management to make; damned if they do and damned if they don't!
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Can pure energy smell things?
What was the article about, anyway?
Nokia's Asha 501 Proves The Company Still Is A Formidable Competitor [View article]
Sure, Wall Street won't see it that way, but they make their money by getting others to work for them, so they don't have to worry about issues like overproduction, hence the barrage of hype we get from them...
Nokia's Asha 501 Proves The Company Still Is A Formidable Competitor [View article]
Nokia's Asha 501 Proves The Company Still Is A Formidable Competitor [View article]
Nokia's Asha 501 Proves The Company Still Is A Formidable Competitor [View article]
Nokia's Asha 501 Proves The Company Still Is A Formidable Competitor [View article]
Nokia's Asha 501 Proves The Company Still Is A Formidable Competitor [View article]
Nokia's New Phone Announcement Leads To A Sell-Off [View article]
Just one puzzle; what were you trying to state with "After that, Wal-Mart apparently ordered new copies as some stores reported having some copies."?
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