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PMaff
10-26-2011, 02:28 PM
"Nokia’s recent button-less touch-based smartphone, the N9, has enjoyed strong demand, according to Elop. “In Russia, we saw our highest preorders ever.”
http://www.techcentral.co.za/elop-heralds-new-dawn-for-nokia-with-lumia-phones/26973/
"The N9 saw some success, especially in Russia. Elop spoke about how their Moscow store sold out in the opening sale and turned out the be the handset with the highest number of pre-orders."
http://www.wpcentral.com/summarising-nokia-world
Nokia N9 sales strong
http://www.ic-mobile.com/news/73-nokia-n9-sales-strong
8-)
Let's see if the N9 sells more than the
Lumina 710 & 800 crap.
Rauha
10-26-2011, 02:38 PM
Let's see if the N9 sells more than the
Lumina 710 & 800 crap.
Lumina is pretty much guaranteed to sell more. Production numbers, network partners, it will actually be availeable for people to buy, 100x or so marketing, and so on.
N9 doesn't even have a chance.
ammyt
10-26-2011, 02:39 PM
It isn't even called lumina! Much more stupid, lumia!
tissot
10-26-2011, 02:40 PM
Lumina is pretty much guaranteed to sell more. Production numbers, network partners, its will actually be availeable for people to buy, 100x or so marketing, and so on.
N9 doesn't even have a chance.
Indeed. it doesn't really matter what's the stronger device.
With that marketing and carrier push there's not even a chance of N9 selling more. Though the sales expectations are also quite different for Windows Phones compared to N9.
Rauha
10-26-2011, 02:52 PM
It isn't even called lumina! Much more stupid, lumia!
The name is the only interesting thing about it. At least I learned new english thanks to it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumia
Altough I'll just pretend that the name comes from finnish. Menneen talven lumia, koko Lumia vimputin. (http://translate.google.com/#auto|en|Menneen%20talven%20Lumia)
shamrock
10-26-2011, 03:06 PM
The name is the only interesting thing about it. At least I learned new english thanks to it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumia
Altough I'll just pretend that the name comes from finnish. Menneen talven lumia, koko Lumia vimputin.
Even more in Spanish
http://www.wordmagicsoft.com/dictionary/es-en/lumia.php
qwazix
10-26-2011, 03:12 PM
It's chosen to be confusing with lumix (lawsuit in the horizon?).
Anyway, the N9 m-a-y sell more in the end. After all it's available in china.
erendorn
10-26-2011, 03:20 PM
I think the ratio "number of sales"/"marketing budget" might be very very good for the N9... but in pure "number of sales", WP is sure to be above..
In other news: N9 suffering from poor suply and limited availability.
mikhas
10-26-2011, 03:58 PM
Well, I tried to put my feelings in my last blog post (http://taschenorakel.de/michael/2011/10/25/real-users-real-feedback/) – I *am* happy that the N9 is finally there. And for the Windows Phone stuff? Well, at least we have the choice, which also includes the choice to simply ignore it ;-)
Rauha
10-26-2011, 04:06 PM
Even more in Spanish
http://www.wordmagicsoft.com/dictionary/es-en/lumia.php
Well spanish has has only the second highest number of native speakers of all the languages. :rolleyes: At least it doesn't mean Mao loves young boys in chinese.
That also explains why that Microsoft executive said that MS expects Lumia to be really popular amongst female users. I can see 200 million or so spanish speaking females rushing to buy a phone with that name.
Rugoz
10-26-2011, 04:09 PM
The Nokia Lumia will introduce the era of Nokia being MSFT's *****, therefore the name is appropriate.
To be fair, there seem to be 50 synonyms for whore in spanish...
SamGan
10-27-2011, 12:04 AM
Let's see if the N9 sells more than the
Lumina 710 & 800 crap.
It isn't a fair comparison. Lumia is available in many more countries than N9 and and being churned out faster than N9. But in terms of profits I don't think N9 will do too badly as Nokia is probably making more from an N9 than a Lumia. I don't see consumers taking to Nokia's WP7 phones in large numbers as there is really nothing to make them stand out from other WP7 phones by HTC, Samsung or LG. Having no front facing camera and only 16GB with no micro-SD slots are negatives. Then there's the UI of WP7 which is really very ugly.
well n9 is better device that lumia phones, onnly thing preventing selling more its nokia itself.
we can proudly say n9 its nokia best until next year.
I don't think Nokia will succeed with windows. I don't think Stephen Elop thinks it will succeed.
WP has too much flaws in the system. Screen resolution fixed at 800x480 when all other phones are above and some have more than doubled the pixel count compared to 800x480.
Windows may have a chance when windows 8 is out in mobiles
SamGan
10-30-2011, 12:49 PM
WP7 has many Apple-like restrictions like opaque file system, no Bluetooth file transfer, tied to Zune for file transfer and no micro-SD card slot. Users willing to put up with these restrictions probably figure they may as well go for iphone with its huge appstore.
jonnyl
10-30-2011, 08:51 PM
WP7 has many Apple-like restrictions like opaque file system, no Bluetooth file transfer, tied to Zune for file transfer and no micro-SD card slot. Users willing to put up with these restrictions probably figure they may as well go for iphone with its huge appstore.As well as their superior customer service, etc, etc.
If Microsoft thinks they're going to beat Apple by trying to be Apple, they better step up their game on the retail, services, and customer service areas.
People swear like Apple just came out with the iPhone and everyone just was like, "well, I never heard of Apple, but I want this iPhone". No Apple built their reputation and their customer base for years, through their iPod, iTunes, Mac lines, and Apple Stores.
SamGan
10-30-2011, 10:52 PM
Apple has an iconic image and almost cult-like following. But Microsoft's image is negative. Nobody wants Microsoft to dominate mobile phone os like it dominates PC os.
youmeego
10-30-2011, 11:19 PM
i would not want to feel like i am working in office on my mobile phone,
btw, tile and metro are just an eyesore
PMaff
10-31-2011, 09:47 AM
WP7 has many Apple-like restrictions like opaque file system, no Bluetooth file transfer, tied to Zune for file transfer and no micro-SD card slot. Users willing to put up with these restrictions probably figure they may as well go for iphone with its huge appstore.
When I read your post I could not believe it:
WP7 has no BT file transfer?
Then I read this:
http://windowsphone7community.uservoice.com/forums/84435-feature-feedback/suggestions/1222359-bluetooth-file-transfer
http://wmpoweruser.com/windows-phone-mango-bluetooth-stack-updated-but-not-much/
and others.
It's true, that's not included in WP7!
Bluetooth with WP7 seems to be a nightmare:
"WP7 suffering from bluetooth woes"
http://www.neowin.net/news/wp7-suffering-from-bluetooth-woes
Did not read anything, that they fixed this.
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