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2011-02-18 , 15:08
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Originally Posted by nocain View Post
I still don't see why anyone but a die hard nokia fan would buy a symbian device given that it is to be abandoned.
You got it backward.

I bet a big chunk of Nokia 'fanbase' are those who are loyal to the Nokia brand but couldn't care less of what OS it's running.

They like Nokia's design, build quality, interface.

That's why Nokia is king in candybar and featurephones, where 'smartphone' features are less of a priority. That's why they're seeing their smartphone marketshare is quickly decreasing.

And I bet they're also seeing a huge shift in price/cost/consumer preference from basic phones to smartphones (at varying price point), thus the exodus to WP7.
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