Thread: N900 - Yes, it sucks.
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2009-11-27 , 03:13
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Originally Posted by un-named_user View Post
And as for nokia I really hope they take the time and effort to actually do something about it, rather than their standard "will be solved in Harmattan". Its no longer feasible to stick to the old mantra expecting people to buy shiny new hardware every year.
Bear in mind, in some countries people really do upgrade hardware every 1-2 years "for free".

Their mobile contracts subsidise the handset, and they become eligible for a "free" upgrade after enough contract time has expired, and not necessarily eligable to lower the contract rental price if they don't take a new handset.

Because of that, it's not entirely irrational for a developer like Nokia to assume that a fair proportion of the user base will move onto new hardware.

I kept one handset for ~7 years and consider the whole upgrade cycle rather crazy, but you really can get shiny new kit quite regularly if you play along, even on low cost contracts.