Last night i went to a nearby shopping mall that has a huge fnac store, hoping to play with the N9 a bit more. Well, i did and had a surprise.

When i got there, the N9 was in fact on display, but on a stand that reads "Symbian". Look at the photos at the links below.

I think its a grave issue. N9 being marketed as having symbian can lead to all sort of wrong ideas.

Also, i talked to one of the salesperson there and asked about it. He said, in a very confusing way, that it was nokia themselves that asked to place the N9 on that stand. Then he blahbed about not being able to change the stickers on the stand that had symbian on it.

Afterwards, he mentioned that he had a nokia workshop on the day before and that he knew all about the N9, that it was great, blah blah - all that arrogant salesperson know it all crap - and then came up with the jewel argument that the N9 was the evolution of symbian. i blatantely told him it wasnt, but didnt follow up on it because he didnt know much about it anyway - but acted as if he did.

Anyway, i was appaled and upset with the whole situation. The N9 being marketed as a Symbian phone, a big international store allowing themselves to do something like this is staggering. At least in my opinion.

What do you guys think about it?

Photos of the stand:

http://www.inodium.com/N9_as_symbian1.jpg

http://www.inodium.com/N9_as_symbian2.jpg

PS - The photos are of a stand that has windows phone, symbian/N9 and Android on it in full display at the store. All phones were on and able to be tested by visitors.

EDIT: The store location is:
fnac store
norte shopping
porto, portugal