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i guess i'm not the right person to criticize your choice of words, am i? ¦-)

nonetheless, consider this...
the N9 is presented to the world, and seems to have @ least the benefit of the doubt as to its ability as a challenger.
even so, the N9 won't be available everywhere in unlimited quantities even though there are obviously manufacturing lines planed for it.

how easy would it have been to pound the N950s and recycle them in a factory's scrap?
why going through all the trouble of sending them all over the world, partly by messenger to avoid trouble w/ the customs, if it was a dead end?

how easy would it have been for the CEO to cancel THAT?