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2010-03-12
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I live in Europe and in my country almost nobody have heard about N900. There's not even marketing at all. It's just in some magazines that describe it like "super surfer" and stuff like that. But when it comes to N97, whenever i go, i see a billboard with N97 on it. It even has a TV commercial. I understand that N97 is more for average user and N900 is more for geeks, but N900 is a lot better phone. They should invest more money in it.
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2010-03-12
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@ Berlin - Love this city!!
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No, the N900 is not the better phone. It's the better mobile computer.
The N97 is still Nokias flagship smartphone.
And the N900 is only step 4 of 5.
Be prepared for a massive marketing campagne for the next meego device.
The N97 is still Nokias flagship smartphone.
And the N900 is only step 4 of 5.
Be prepared for a massive marketing campagne for the next meego device.
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2010-03-12
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@ Helsinki, Finland
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N900 is a concept phone, thus it has not been marketed at full capacity. As stated it's part 4/5. When we get to MeeGo (5/5), I bet Nokia will show us a whole new gear in their marketing systems.
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2010-03-12
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@ ˙ǝɹǝɥʍou
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Because they expect to make more money with the N97.
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2010-03-12
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@ London, UK
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Thanks ysss... the bottom line is always the answer to these types of questions!
white_ranger as well where do you live? if it's one of the poorer countires in europe, nokia might think that the stretch in price to the n900 over the n97 is too far. also they may be having difficulty getting carrier subsidies for such an expensive handset.
white_ranger as well where do you live? if it's one of the poorer countires in europe, nokia might think that the stretch in price to the n900 over the n97 is too far. also they may be having difficulty getting carrier subsidies for such an expensive handset.
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Nokia are a business and have chosen a path of using the OSS community phenomenon to reduce their overheads specifically after sales support and development. Unlike Apple who do the opposite and make a killing from their Applications store.
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2010-03-12
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Originally Posted by cashclientel
They are priced almost identically. N97 is sligthly cheaper in some shops, but still in same price segment.
white_ranger as well where do you live? if it's one of the poorer countires in europe, nokia might think that the stretch in price to the n900 over the n97 is too far. also they may be having difficulty getting carrier subsidies for such an expensive handset.
EDIT: Basically Symbian is the mass market product. Maemo still "Step 4/5".
Last edited by Rauha; 2010-03-12 at 11:43.
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2010-03-12
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Originally Posted by cashclientel
makes no sense b/c both was exactly same price at launch, it all comes down to how many units sold, they shipped and sold millions of n97s and n97 minis so there will always be more money invested there by nokia
Thanks ysss... the bottom line is always the answer to these types of questions!
white_ranger as well where do you live? if it's one of the poorer countires in europe, nokia might think that the stretch in price to the n900 over the n97 is too far. also they may be having difficulty getting carrier subsidies for such an expensive handset.
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2010-03-12
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@ Arctic cold of northern .fi
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Another way to look at it would be to check the active threads on TMO and see how many whine threads about lack of MMS, MFE, video calls and other missing stuff there are. N900's feature set just isn't t ready for same kind of mainstrem push as N97.
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2010-03-12
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the n97 obviously is more mainstream than the n900. so yes, they propably invest more on it than on the n900.
just yesterday, i saw a tv-commercial for the x6.
i didnt see any n900 commercials...
just yesterday, i saw a tv-commercial for the x6.
i didnt see any n900 commercials...