I asked my sister if she wants to use my e90, but, she opted to stay with her I phone 2G. Her reason? The experience she gets from her I phone.

I offered my 58 year old mum to use my E90, she used it for a couple of days, and then she chose to get back to her moto Q. For my mum a phone is only for calling and sms. According to dear mum, the slim Q with its small qwerty serves that purpose better than the E90.

We are living in Indonesia guys, and that’s how we see our phones. Now Imagine how much people in the rest of the world thinks as we do, and the prediction quoted in the beginning of this thread doesn’t seem too far strecthed anymore. At least not if nokia doesn’t change the way they design their smart phones.

I don’t really think contracts deter people from getting new phones. From my experience, when people want a new phone they just go get it and then extend the contract out from the time they start the new phone ownership. Look at the iphone. All those people are on conracts and they can’t wait in lines long enough to upgrade to the next iteration. Let’s not pretend European tastes are so above the rest of the world. USA has people who appreciate these fine shiny new toys as well and want the next greatest, prettiest one too.

Here the N97 is a status symbol. I work at the global HQ of a major Pharma company and everytime the white N97 comes out the crackberry addicts turn green with envy.

Apple only builds products their way and consumers are just bent to the Apple way. I just don’t think Apple can continue to bend consumers past a certain point and that would be about the 40% market share mark. I think Apple has done remarkably well with the iPhone in such a short time, but I just don’t think Apple is flexible enough to please the majority of handset users.

I think Nokia will continue to slide in smartphone market share because even though their handset have fine hardware, they probably need to revamp the OS and change their stodgy image like they did for the XpressMusic handset. RIM is definitely going to be above Nokia in market share in a couple of years.

just wanted to tell you that By the way the rest of the world change phones much faster than the US does, as much as a new phone every year. They are not bound by contracts and therefore by the phone at full value. In fact people easily pay more than US$600 for a new phone every year. It is more a fashion accessory than a communications device and owning the latest and greatest is a status symbol.