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Originally Posted by supportnokia View Post
Re: several posts doubting my ideas or the the likelihood of contuining to buy or support Symbian / Meego devices having any chance of success in undermining WP7 or Elop:

The principle is very simple.

Facts:

WP7 sales have been diabolical outside the US and very poor inside the US, so far.

Symbian sales are still strong outside the US.

A Meego device - if not released in an intentionally crippled state - has good potential for sales outside the US and possibly moderate niche market sales within the US.

Effect of continuing to buy Symbian handsets and future Meego ones:

Those sales will be supporting a CURRENT revenue generator and profit maker for Nokia at a far higher profit margin than notional future sales of Nokia WP7 devices (which couldn't help but be at a lower profit margin), whilst at the same time sales of WP7 devices currently on the market will likely remain dire.

In the face of continuing high numbers for Symbian, possibly promising sales for Meego and awful sales for WP7, are investors and non-MS-stooge board members of Nokia likely to support Elop / this strategy? The answer is a simple and resounding no.
What are you saying?

For us to do Nokia's marketing jobs for free/at our cost and put a blind hope that an infinitesimal* uptick of their sales will reflect badly on Elop? Are you sure he won't take credit for this somehow to further his agenda?

For everyone to go to their closest Nokia retailers and hoard as much stuffs as possible? *Do you have any idea on how many handsets Nokia sells per year? What kind of numbers (and monies) required to do what you think would be done in this 'scheme'?

It don't add up.
Faaaaaaar from it.

PS: People don't buy handsets based on your idea of 'crippled' vs 'non crippled'. It's the same factors (difference) that sold iPhones and Android handsets vs the n900.
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