Thread: N900 and USA market (T-Mobile)
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2009-09-05 , 06:29
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Originally Posted by ysss View Post
@sachin: i don't think that was nokia's decision to make. I believe carriers can choose their level of subsidies based on their valuation of the product's market appeal and sales expectation.

Yeah, AppStore was something else. Apple could make that move largely because of (their experience and invested infrastructure on) the iTunes Store.
I agree that it depends on the carrier's decision.... but do you seriously think nokia does not have the clout to influence a carrier? Even if nokia did not have the clout do you think they could not modify the phone to the carrier's requests if they really cared about america?

The bottom line is nokia has the guts..... they are really trying to change the ridiculous lock ins by the North American market. They dont reallly care about the Americas any more because the developing countries like India is totally covered by nokia. And the system there is very nice with carrier lockins. Even in India there has never been a system of carrier lockin. The apple iphone is the first phone to start that trend in India. But Nokia has India and the rest of Asia firmly in its hand.