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Originally Posted by iball View Post
1. iPhone will not be killed. Hundreds of thousands of Apple fanbois will see to that.

2. Nokia phone models will continue to sell because Nokia properly MARKETS them, unlike they do with their internet tablet line.

3. It will wind up costing the same as the N95, $750 or more.

4. Mass market will never arrive because Nokia can't figure out how to market anything in the U.S.

5. It won't kill their own nav kit because the same BT GPS receiver can be used with other non-built-in-GPS devices. And they would still be able to sell the software separately.

Nokia dreams they had the type of viral marketing and lock-in that Apple currently does, and that alone is why no device Nokia has - or will have in the foreseeable future - can come close to touching the iPod.
But I will say this...my Nokia N95 has more "connectivity" options/features on my Macbook Pro than the current iPhone does. Talk about pathetic (for Apple).

And wi-max will NEVER take off until every single GSM tower in {insert country here} has it up and running.
1. U might be right..But if nokia does this before iphone reaches other countries in world. It can Happen

I can guarantee you that ,if u go and ask about apple anywhere in asia most of them will ask "Are you talking about fruit" .US is the only market for apple.


Also US is not the only country in the world. Cost is the important factor in asian countries.

Nokia global share is greater than 36% and Asian share is > 70%. Other Manufacturers dont exceed 10% individually.

2,4 Currently They dont have any Very good low cost models. If there is a single handset meeting criteria.it is enough to dominate.
http://www.mobilepundit.com/2005/06/...dels-in-india/
See this link . A little old but worth watching. model 1100 has more than 30% now. so 3 out of 10 u get in india will have this handset. since it costs less than 60$ . It was so succesful that nokia stopped it since it was eating their own high end mobile share.

There are no lock-ins (absolutely 0%) from Mobile Operators in india for GSM Handsets. and i guess this is the same in most asian regions.Whereas in US it is opposite it is nearly 100% so nokia fails there to get in with Biggies of telecom.


5. who needs to spend 250$ on GPS if oyu can get the same embedded in a phone.

3. But again cost is main a factor in other regions.