Nokia's N9 handset launched

Nokia's N9 handset launched

Posted Jun 23, 2011 16:36 UTC (Thu) by zmower (subscriber, #3005)
In reply to: Nokia's N9 handset launched by ras
Parent article: Nokia's N9 handset launched

Yes. As I am sure you understand the concern is whether end of that list marks the end of the Nokia's Linux based phone line. Right now I haven't seen a single credible announcement from Nokia giving hope it isn't.

It is definitely their last linux phone. And they're trying hard to make it fail. For example only 92,000 are being made and its not available in some big markets (UK, Germany, Canada...). My guess is when they announce the price it will be sufficiently high to put most people off. So then they can say "See? There is no market for meego based phones; they didn't even sell as well as the N900. Our shiny new Windows phone is the future."

I'm quite surprised N900 sold 100K. With a launch price of £500 which fell to about £400 after a year, that adds up to quite a pile of cash. Not bad for a hobbyist device.

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