Reasons Verizon and Nokia are not friends

RIMissy,

tell your husband he doesn't have to tuck his chin and pull his hat low because he is carrying an audiovox phone. the 9000 series phones are made by toshiba. if he switches to an 8000 series phone made by hyundai, then he'll need to wear a hood to cover up.

 

It is the type of screen and the processor as well as the amount of memory reserved for the display. The 12 bit color 128 x 128 pixel displays that Nokia uses only need 24 kbytes of memory.

Today, LCD screens, memory and processors are very cheap compared to the costs a few years ago. Samsung's top phones have much brighter 16 bit color displays. The cost difference is minimal when the non-subsidized price of the handset is $400 to $600.

With the Nokia quality problems I have been reading about and their penny pinching on displays, it almost makes me believe that the thinking that came close to driving the US auto industry into bankruptcy in the early 1980s is now prevelant at Nokia. That thinking pattern was cut corners to keep the cost down, our customers will still buy our cars. It is easy to fall into that trap when you are on top.

The problem with this sort of thinkging is that consumers are really not that stupid. Eventually they start buying products that are better, particularly if they cost the same (or less).

The Japanese auto companies forced the US car makers to change. It appears as though the Korean and Japanese handset makers are the biggest threat to Nokia. In the last 5 years, Samsung has been steadily gaining marker share, largely at the expense of Nokia.