Nokia’s continuing blunders…
March 2nd, 2009 | by Chris Speight |
It was reported on RCR Wireless that the new 5800 that everyone has been talking about will be carrier-less… Unfortunately most of the talk has been about the phones problems… and after a very limited shelf time it was even pulled from the New York flagship store, probably indicating that the phones problems aren’t limited to rumor and isolated incidents alone.
Combining the apparent poor quality of the device, lack of carrier support, and current high price it’s no wonder people don’t flock to Nokia anymore as their stock price falls further and further. The companies current financial difficulties and hard times in the U.S. seem to be fairly apparent, and will continue if this device is any kind of example for the company. The device can’t seem to barely stand on it’s own, and even without the myriad of problems and disappearances, I really don’t see anything about the device that makes it stand out next to the dominant iPhone (except for 1.2 megapixels), who is available for a cheaper price, even if you a wrangled into a carrier and contract, which apparently isn’t a problem for most people these days. And to boot you at least with the iPhone you get decent support from AT&T and hardware that has been proven stable.
So what do you as the consumers think? Leave a comment. Do you think the 5800 NAM is an iPhone killer or is Nokia doomed to fall by the wayside in the face of the current competition?
-Image courtesy of BGR.
