Two Nokia Handsets Hurdle FCC
A new "new" N95...?
This is different from the other new N95 that was just announced, right? The US N95 that doesn't have the shutter lens, I mean. Because doesn't that one have 850/1900 UMTS?
If that's the case it means there are essentially three versions of the N95.
And they obviously made an 8gb version to directly compete against the iPhone...I wonder what the cost will be.
If that's the case it means there are essentially three versions of the N95.
And they obviously made an 8gb version to directly compete against the iPhone...I wonder what the cost will be.
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I would like to know where this announcement was made of a US 3G version of the N95. I would be very interested in this phone if it supported US 3G.
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No US version of the N95 has been announced to date. There are rumors... that's it.
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Hey Rich, I feel as though when it comes to the ONLY handsets that Nokia makes that actually matter, and are worth anything, to me at least, the N Series handsets, with the exception of the N75, I feel as though Nokia hates American 3G, because they purposley make they're best handsets 3G for Europe only, it happens all the time, and it's very frustrating , it really is.
Do you personally have any ideas, or thearies as to why Nokia seems to refuse to make a N93 or N95 that has all the necessary GSM bands to be excepted by AT&T??? I'm very curious, I really am, it seems as though Nokia hates us in America, or so it does to me.
Do you personally have any ideas, or thearies as to why Nokia seems to refuse to make a N93 or N95 that has all the necessary GSM bands to be excepted by AT&T??? I'm very curious, I really am, it seems as though Nokia hates us in America, or so it does to me.
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Jayshmay said:
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Do you personally have any ideas, or thearies as to why Nokia seems to refuse to make a N93 or N95 that has all the necessary GSM bands to be excepted by AT&T??? I'm very curious, I really am, it seems as though Nokia hates us in America, or so it does to me.
Nokia would LOVE to make such phones. It's US carriers that are the issue.
Much of it is that US consumers have historically been much more price-sensitive, and less interested in high-end features, compared to other parts of the world. There are some numbers to back this up although a lot of it is also just "common wisdom" among the US carriers.
AT&T (or any other carrier) doesn't want to carry phones they don't think will sel...
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Rich Brome said:
...they think the market is small for really high-end phones like the N95. At any one time, each carrier might have two or three such phones in their lineup - at most - and of course those won't always be Nokias. ...
I should clarify. I was thinking specifically of high-end phones like the N95 that are clearly for consumers. For the moment, I'm considering business-oriented phones as a different category.
Also, it's worth noting that a lot of industry folks have an eye on iPhone sales for exactly this reason. Carriers have always assumed US consumers didn't want expensive feature-laden phones, but Apple seems to be challenging that. If the iPhone is ultimately deemed a success, we ...
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Personally I don't think carriers have any right at all putting they're logos on handsets, they didn't make the handset, I feel as though that have no right to that. I don't see Cox Commications on my tv.
And with reguards to testing/quality issues.
If a phone is quad band there shouldn't be any worries, at all. By the way, I've been using an unlocked tri-band phone on Cingular's network for 16 months, and it works just fine. So a handset doesn't absolutley have to be quad band to work.
Well, it might be more intrigueing to AT&T if the N95 had 850/1900 HSDPA, like it should, one version for Europe, and one version for the U.S.
And with reguards to the pricing issues you mentioned, I think it's ...
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Personally I don't think carriers have any right at all putting they're logos on handsets, they didn't make the handset, I feel as though that have no right to that. I don't see Cox Commications on my tv.
And with reguards to testing/quality issues.
If a phone is quad band there shouldn't be any worries, at all. By the way, I've been using an unlocked tri-band phone on Cingular's network for 16 months, and it works just fine. So a handset doesn't absolutley have to be quad band to work.
Well, it might be more intrigueing to AT&T if the N95 had 850/1900 HSDPA, like it should, one version for Europe, and one version for the U.S.
And with reguards to the pricing issues you mentioned, I think it's ...
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this is an interesting discussion
i have to ask, what came first: the chicken or the egg? i feel that US carriers have coddled consumers and fostered this perception of phones being free.
For example, where do most US consumers learn about new phones/technologies/services? at their local cellphone store. Why did they go there? they saw a carrier-sponsored commercial that advertised a cool phone or new service ...
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Rich Brome said:
Much of it is that US consumers have historically been much more price-sensitive, and less interested in high-end features, compared to other parts of the world. There are some numbers to back this up although a lot of it is also just "common wisdom" among the US carriers.
i have to ask, what came first: the chicken or the egg? i feel that US carriers have coddled consumers and fostered this perception of phones being free.
For example, where do most US consumers learn about new phones/technologies/services? at their local cellphone store. Why did they go there? they saw a carrier-sponsored commercial that advertised a cool phone or new service ...
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