Thread: The EPIC N950 anticipation thread
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2011-06-21 , 23:40
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#98
Originally Posted by Darkshine View Post
Exactly this happens all the time, in companies all around the world. And Nokia are finally learning to do it too - release less phones, make them more focused, stop trying to cram everything into it. The N950 is one of those casualties.

I can't think of a better argument for why a phone is being produced and sold in small quantities just for developers - it would've made more sense to send out a stripped-back N9 (or hell, just a normal N9 on a lease). It's not like they're gonna be writing code right there on the thumb-board.
I respectfully disagree. I know products get canceled all the time, but my main point was that cannibalism of the N9 had almost nothing to do with it, imo.

Not in step 5 of 5; not at Nokia.

Defective production, maybe. PR move, maybe. Elop move, maybe. Cannibalism of N9, I don't believe so.

You don't produce 90,000+ devices (retail price ~$600+) and can them as an afterthought. Not at that stage for that reason.

And the fact they aren't selling them to anyone period also raises eyebrows.
 

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