Then why the **** aren't we talking about sales numbers. Real, hard mother****ing numbers.

Let's see them. Sprint, AT&T, Verizon all are touting "best numbers" for a device. Samsung talks about their Galaxy S II sale numbers.

Nokia? Dead silent.

What part of that equation is so damn hard to understand? Everybody else is talking about sales, Nokia is talking about what's supposed to come. And it's on an OS that doesn't have a foothold in the US, the land of its origin.

Lining up = sales

Marketing is so misunderstood by you people here. Mainly because they don't market to people like us... geeks champion some of the stupidest things because it makes sense to them.

But in this case, cold hard numbers will showcase which is selling the best. And that's what I'm equating lining up to. Sales.

Say it with me... mother****ing sales. Not debates on which OS or UI or app market or screen or SoC or CPU or GPU or <insert whatever you want>... but distribution channels, marketing and sales.

The things that actually keep a company up and running. Sales.

In fact... I'm not discussing much more than my quest to obtain 30 or so N9's - I've had 7 people drop out of wanting a N9, just tired of the "wait and see/hope" situation if you're in North America to obtain one - but I'm focusing in on numbers.

WP7, Nokia N9, iPhone 4S, Samsung Galaxy S II, et al. Sales. The rest can enjoy this masturbatory conversation about what's the best - it really produces nothing, doesn't even affect the company's bottom line.

Straight mother****ing sales numbers... that's a fact that is sorely missing from this thread.