Thread: Further discussion of Nokia's support for Maemo 5 (was: Nokia finishes Maemo5 support)
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ericsson is offline ericsson
2010-12-12 , 10:43
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Originally Posted by geohsia View Post
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.
Well, it's not Nokias fault that you are stupid/cheap enough to get sucked into a 2 year contract. Besides, if you are a phone enthusiast, why in heavens name would you do such a thing? I mean, if you purchase work phones for your employees - yes a two year plan makes sense in some circumstances if you get a good offer, but for private use? Why? It makes no sense at all, you give away all your benefits as a customer of both the phone and the carrier.

Anyway, my main point is that support != updates. Nokia will support the N900 for a long time, but that does not necessarily mean more updates of the OS.