The Lumia 900 might be selling like hot cakes at AT&T's camp across the ocean, but things don't look so bright for Nokia in Europe.
Reuters has talked to several European carriers and they are unanimous - Nokia Lumia phones aren't good enough to be any sort of threat for the iPhone and Android smartphones. And there are several reasons why this is so.
Operators claim Lumia phones are too pricey and bring little innovation to justify that. The lack of proper marketing strategy and the various software bugs have also put some users off.
No one comes into the store and asks for a Windows phone, said an executive in charge of mobile devices at a European operator, where the Lumia 800 and 710 have been available since December last year. The executive also added that If the Lumia with the same hardware came with Android in it and not Windows, it would be much easier to sell.
Via gsmarena.com
2 comments:
This is just someone that want to kill a success story.
The Lumia 800 is the number 4th selling phone i northern Europe - and the Lumia 900 is not available for sale yet.
If we can't buy it, of course they're not selling enough. They need to check their facts before they check their post an article like this.
Many have ordered the 900 and will get it when it is available. The Lumia 800 is btw the phone model with the highest sales growth (together with Samsung Note).
Nokia and MS invested big money on AT&T to market Lumia.
European carriers are upset that they never got that kind of marketing money.
Now they are whining anonymously, so that they would be better served when the 900 launces in europe.
That's what this news is all about.
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