| Darkshine |
2011-06-21 18:04 |
Re: The EPIC N950 anticipation thread
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Originally Posted by ccarter
(Post 1035049)
Not my image of how a phone manufacturer should operate, I would hope they would be confident in producing excellent hardware with a qwerty keyboard -- after all, they made the N900 and have the opportunity to learn from their mistakes to make the perfect device many of this forum have been desperate for..
They are very close with the n950, except the specs are not he same as the n9 and it loses some awesome features in the n900.
I think we are from different schools of thought, no biggies - if your point were to stand though, .. sell it without warranty (if legal)
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It's easy - QWERTY keyboards add bulk and complexity, and people don't buy them anyway (in appreciable amounts). Out of those that do, a large minority would buy the same phone without a keyboard if they weren't given a choice (check out the droid forums for many examples)
A general N950 release would cannibalise sales of the N9, increase warranty repairs & returns, reduce the scale of production for each device and not sell very well. That's not counting the extra R&D costs, marketing, etc.
It's a shame, but it just doesn't make sense. |
