Please stop looking for conspiracies when there are none. The DDP price is probably around the break even point (before someone jumps in: the BoM is only part of the total cost of getting the device to developers' hands), and we are only talking about something like 150 units total. Even at full retail price that would hardly amount to a profit worth talking about for a company Nokia's size.

The warranty issue is just the way Forum Nokia works, we just never had to deal with them before so we never knew or cared.

It's still a nice gesture (no self-important sense of entitlement please), whether you take it or leave it is up to you.