How many phones should you make? Every time a company launches a new smartphone, they have to make a decision on how many to make and balance the need to have stock, create a demand for the product, and not leave so many on the shelf that you lose money overall in the batch. Is this decision the key to market survival in a recession?
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"This is the current technological swiss army knife that every tech-head is looking to get their hands on"
You're still talking about the N97, right? You *really* know how to make people laugh, Ewan.
Why so? The N97 is indeed pretty good at a lot of things for a lot of people - isn't that the definition of a swiss army knife gadget?
I for one isn't looking forward to N97 especially when I sense that a newer, better N series device with a 600mhz processor would be just around the corner. They have the technology but they decided to save it for later. In today's recessioary times, it also makes sense for me save my money for later and not spend it on 'N96+1'. I'll look forward to 'N95+3'.
I Own the 5800, Here is the recipe...Add a widget Home-screen, A QWERTY key pad, More Mega Pixels and Giga Bytes and pay a premium, you end up with the N97(At least 5800 was Bang for the Buck).
I believe a Flag-Ship product should at the least be the best in class but more importantly be cutting edge. I�m sorry but the answer for the N97 is No on both the fronts.
It sure makes you wonder if Nokia is saving up for the sunny days! Talking about stocking them, my guess is that they won�t sell as many as the 5800 (which btw was superb marketing to cash into the audience who were iPhone fans but thought it to be too pricy).
Personally, I'm waiting for Mr. Jobs to present the next iPhone so that the lesser mortals will have a new list of things to add to their flag-ship products besides full finger touch screen Interfaces, Accelerometer and proximity sensors and an Application store. Besides, recession or not, this is the company which has made it a habit of proving the "Pundits" wrong!!!!
Hi Ewan
Could you explain why you think Palm is a start-up with an old name?
@hardeep1singh
In that case hardeep, it sounds like you may never buy a new gadget as you will always be waiting for "that next one after this next one"! Actually, in these hard economic times, at least for me, its not a matter of waiting for something that gives us more value for our money, its simply a case of just waiting for our damn money! Haha!
I don't get how people can be passing judgement on the N97 - good or bad - before it's even gone on sale, never mind received a couple of firmware updates.
It may be the new flagship, it may be a 'swiss army knife' of phones, but will it be any good? No, nor do I.
We all want the best for our $. I love my n95 8gb. Personally don't feel nokia have released anything that's better than it (n 82 on same level). I would like to see a better browser, email and notification implementation. Better os on a visual standpoint. Generic updates that apply to all devices. Build a unit that out the box is slamming. You pay $700 for a device, then got to pay another $500 to buy 3rd party apps to make the device what it should have been. I believe nokia has gotten very cocky and a reality check is on it's way. Hopefully, the symbian foundation are watching the competition, listening to customer opinions and are developping a os that makes us proud. Nokia has done much right. But time to come better.