Thread: Further discussion of Nokia's support for Maemo 5 (was: Nokia finishes Maemo5 support)
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geohsia is offline geohsia
2010-12-12 , 10:13
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Originally Posted by ericsson View Post
Nonsense! In Europe the average person gets a new phone every 9-15 months. And keep in mind, this is the average. A typical phone geek gets a new phone every month or even more often. This doesn't mean that some devices are kept longer than others (N900 vs iPhone for instance ).

The contract enslavement is a US phenomenon, a small percentage of the total users and not at all representative of the average user.
Let's think this through.

Does everyone buy the phone the day it releases? NO. The N900 is still actively being sold. Should support end now? NO. If today someone starts a 2 year contract in US or Europe or wherever, what expectations should there be for Nokia? I think the expectations are that they should support it for the life of the user's contract. If they stopped selling it tomorrow, then support should end two years after tomorrow.

BTW, your assertion that Vodaphone, Orange and T-Mobile don't have 2 year contracts outside the US is not true. Contracts are not specific to the US. Google it. The fact that the US leans heavily toward contracts does not mean contracts aren't used in other parts of the world.
 

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