| ericsson |
2011-07-25 10:15 |
Re: Another proof Elop is a trojan horse
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Originally Posted by gerbick
(Post 1057592)
Makes zero sense to not have a Plan B as they've pitched it thus far, especially for a company that hits multiple price points in multiple regions. WP7 doesn't hit all of those price points nor territories.
Of course you don't see the problem - therein lies the biggest problem. No solution for their cheaper phones once phased out. No solution for areas that don't have the Zune marketplace quite yet - necessary for WP7.
Surprisingly though, there's a N5 coming, Symbian based - remember when the N8 was to be the last N-series Symbian phone? - and other Symbian phones in the meantime. They can deliver those now.
This waiting game on the N9 and the Nokia WP7 phones means that Nokia loses more share per day. Once it gets low enough, they'll not be able to sell enough to dig themselves out of a hole, be it 3 years, 5 years or one blockbuster iteration of their WP7 phones (not likely).
I don't think much thought has been put into this plan. Nokia doesn't have time on their hands. Nor will they have all of the pieces to salvage their prior position in place in the next few years.
It will be interesting to watch what happens. So far, it's all speculation.
There should never be a Plan A, or Plan B. There just needs to be a damn good plan and that's missing from what we, mere mortals know.
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Plan A should have been Symbian, but Nokia ****ed it up. Actually it was Symbian+MeeGo+Qt, in which Nokia ****ed it up even more. They had no plan B, and plan A imploded. Elop came in to be in charge of the new plan A (WP or Android), but this plan A is more of a life saving act than a plan. Obviously they had no plan B this time either. Still, life goes on, and Nokia can only continue doing what they always had done; produce phones.
IMO WP may fail, and there is no plan B to pick it up if they do. Meanwhile life hasn't stopped, and S40, Symbian and Harmattan has evolved. Android is still there, even though Nokia does not consider it a good choice. They may have no other choice than eventually go Android, but that time has not come, and probably never will. |
