Nokia Lumia 900 to drop to $49.99 starting Sunday?

12. lubba posted on 14 Jul 2012, 08:46 3 0

Wouldn't be hard to sell if on tmo, which this magenta color is meant for. Yet Nokia Continues this ATT exclusive sherade. You know tmo, they usually take the left overs. They need to get their best known product to all. ATT alone ain't gonna boost any sales. Stupid!

19. remtothemax posted on 14 Jul 2012, 11:51 3 0

nokia has always played it like this
they only really put their good phones on maybe one carrier
and then whine and complain about how difficult the american smartphone market is
i don't remember ever seeing a decent nokia on sprint or verizon, i mean, if they ignore half of america's mobile market, what are they expecting?

26. Droid_X_Doug posted on 14 Jul 2012, 15:23 1 0

"...if they ignore half of america's mobile market, what are they expecting?"

Sounds like a self-inflicted wound.

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21. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 14 Jul 2012, 11:57 2 0

$50 still expensive, $130 can buy u a 1X with gorgeous screen, dual core 28nm CPU, burst mode capable camera etc...

24. haseebzahid posted on 14 Jul 2012, 15:19 1 0

well thats truth because wp8 runs on different kernel so any one can find this out and latter whould have said it and there whould be much more trouble

6. Droid_X_Doug posted on 14 Jul 2012, 07:27 4 0

Magic 8 Ball says a BOGO for $0.01 is in the near future.

8. SleepingOz posted on 14 Jul 2012, 07:50 4 0

poor nokia..

18. andro. posted on 14 Jul 2012, 11:02 3 0

It is desperate but networks have been left with piles of unsold WP stock and have little other choice. I've been saying it for ages,WP are extremely unpopular and networks were either going to have to reduce prices to try clear the dead stock or stop stocking the phones entirely

15. lubba posted on 14 Jul 2012, 09:56 3 3

you're not seeing WP in a bigger picture. It has so much potential, for consumers and developers. Some have already been shown at e3, surface unveiling, and MS's developer conference. Ok Nokia just partnered with MS less than two years and a year later produced three WP models in less than one year. Now that's without R&D to produce their own skin. Also MS paid Nokia 1$ billion in aid. Now lets change to Android. How much will Nokia have to put in for R&D and for how long just to produce their skin on Android. How about financial aid. Google? Good luck friend. There's a wild Android forest out there. Can't just walk through it easily. Take look at Sony, LG, and especially HTC. Their not doing so hot as they should be. Another thing I believe why Android sells is not because of the OS. Its the ratio of WP to Android, 1:5 or more. For every one WP in a store, there's 5 or more Androids. that's why I believe WP recognition is so low and sales are stale. There's not enough WP out there. Don't think for one bit WP doesn't sell well. There just not enough of it out there.

29. haseebzahid posted on 15 Jul 2012, 07:04 1 0

wp7.5 didnt sale well only because wolrd knew wp8 will come next year which was believed to be totally different so thats key reson for wp7.5 for not going in market with good sales

30. jroc74 posted on 15 Jul 2012, 09:56 1 0

When Android was only the Droid 1, Eris and the G1....Android picked up alot more momentum in a year than WP.

WP launched with more phones than Android did. When Android started....RIM and the old Win Mo outnumbered them.

Look at where Android started....and look at the bigger picture.

31. lubba posted on 15 Jul 2012, 10:52 0 2

But look now and not then. Truth is you still have 1:5 ratio. And Android has already established itself. Once the masses know and see more WP, the momentum maybe different now.

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34. jroc74 posted on 16 Jul 2012, 20:13 1 0

But you have to look at where Android started...

An unknown against very established players. Including the iPhone. Which also came out of no where...

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32. haseebzahid posted on 15 Jul 2012, 11:51 0 2

when android came it had no big challenger iphones were too expensive nokia was sleeping nothing was super hot taht time Android survived only because of that

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35. jroc74 posted on 16 Jul 2012, 20:14 1 0

Read my last two posts...again....

Android had a big uphill battle. Rim and Win Mo were still on everyones minds. Even if the iPhone was on AT&T and expensive...ppl still bought it. The iPhone has outsold each version of the iPhone since it launched, sets sales records every year. So the iPhone was very much so a challenger to Android.

You do know Android phones were still being bought on AT&T when the iPhone was only on AT&T, right?

Some ppl buy Android phones at retail, has since the beginning. See the article where the old Win MO... STILL .....has a bigger marketshare than WP? Means ppl have still been buying the old Win Mo, even after Android came out.

Android had a big uphill battle.....

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9. Droid_X_Doug posted on 14 Jul 2012, 08:00 3 0

MS hasn't exactly made the best set of decisions along the path of their entry into the smartphone market. Expecting Elop to rise above the previous fumbling experience was probably too much. He certainly hasn't demonstrated a grasp of the issues facing a company that has to re-invent itself. Having no hardware migration path from WP7 to 8 has to be the high water mark for either arrogance or stupidity. Not even Apple gives their customers that kind of middle-fingered wave.

13. steelicon posted on 14 Jul 2012, 09:36 1 0

Must be the new Nokia 603
http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Nokia-603_id6491

The Nokia 603 is a Symbian Belle smartphone with a 1GHz ARM 11 processor, 512MB of RAM, 5-megapixel camera, 3.5-inch capacitive display, Wi-Fi, aGPS, multiples sensors Bluetooth and NFC.

14. steelicon posted on 14 Jul 2012, 09:38 2 0

Don't forget to check out its older brother, the Nokia 701. For just a little bit more, you can have 1.3GHz and a front facing camera to do native 3G video calls.

17. alterecho posted on 14 Jul 2012, 10:38 2 0

Found it. Its the Nokia 700. Here's the review by PA
http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Nokia-700-Review_id2919
Damn fine build quality. It seems to have so many customization options like Android including a task bar (notification bar).

22. steelicon posted on 14 Jul 2012, 12:09 0 0

Ah yes, very good phone. Incidentally I did not consider this because it is orignally 1GHz but when updated to Nokia Belle FP1, the update gives it a boost up to 1.3GHz. :)

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23. alterecho posted on 14 Jul 2012, 12:54 1 0

Too bad it doesn't have front cam.

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27. steelicon posted on 15 Jul 2012, 01:46 1 0

The Nokia 701 does, and for a bit little more, it has a front cam and increased mass storage size in both C:\ and D:\

Bigger screen, too, and the brightest AMOLED Clear Black Display (CBD) among ALL the smartphones currently in the market today. Test drive one now, and be sure to have your wallet with you. :-)

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28. alterecho posted on 15 Jul 2012, 04:54 1 0

I read PA's review. It really does seem to have the potential for being the 3rd mainstream OS. If only Belle had come before Android 2.2.

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20. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 14 Jul 2012, 11:51 1 0

Haha, very scary analogy, but close.