Thread: Nokia N800 discontinued?
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2008-02-25 , 18:12
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Originally Posted by nahkiainen View Post
Why would Nokia manufacture 2 almost similar products simultaneously, when they know that you would be as happy with N810 that you are with N800. It costs money and they don't want to spend it.
Because they are not similar. Price is just as important feature as any technical detail... it's just like futures said, price differentiation is essential when you're maximizing profits.

The classic cafe example: the dozen different coffees available at the coffee shop aren't there because they are so different products, they're there so the coffee shop can ask 4€ from people who are prepared to pay that and 2€ from people who won't buy more expensive coffee...

I don't know why you cry about this? If there will be a new ITT device after 2-3 years, I'm sure it will have lot of new features like wimax etc. You can use your N800 till' that day.

And generally I think that lifetime for all consumer IT products incl. mobile phones is about 2-3y anyway.
Many of us are here because open source has the potential to change that game... Look at the long time some Zauruses have stayed alive. Internet Tablets aren't "free enough" yet of course, but if we had free wifi drivers, we'd be pretty close.
Last edited by jussik; 2008-02-25 at 18:14.
 

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