@Ericsson - I bought my phone unlocked. The question isn't who is stupid and who is not, but industry standards which is what I think we are discussing. While folks do not like it, it exists and understanding reasonable support timeframes that apply for a variety of contexts is important. In your logic, a person should ALWAYS buy when a phone is brand new otherwise, they will only get support for a few months. That's simply ludicrous.

Nokia also sells to non-enthusiasts. I remember when the N900 was launched in Hong Kong. You mean every Hong Kong user is a Linux hacker? That was certainly not the way they were promoting it.

Support != updates, (is true) but from intents and purposes, the N900 has moved into sustaining level service waay too early when it shouldn't be. That's the point. Go back and reread my posts in that context.

@Slender - True. The context of the discussion is what is "industry standard" and I still refute the point that 1 year of support (updates) is sufficient as others claim.