Thanks.
Yeah, looks are subjective, but that's where I think that's exactely where it is with Nokia. There was a period, right around the mid 2000s when its hardware was unbeatable, and not just in spec. I honestly think the 7210, the 5310, the 6000 slide etc, each where breaking ground in how the phones made you feel about yourself, AND Nokia.
The N8 was a step back to putting that at the center of what it means to own a Nokia, and the beautiful glass-slab-on-polycarbonate-block of the Lumina 800 goes further.
The Lumina 710 looks like an after-thought in EVERY sense of the term.
I don't understand who they think would want to own it, who they're trying to sell it to.
It has colorfull back panels.
You see, Nokia is going to be bought en masse (we assume) by the 3310 people...by the body behind Nokia.
If you price design out of reach, AND give up your OS, which they had to do, what differentiates your product, and how do you show this?
Look at the 710 and ask yourself, what is it telling you?
The reason I'm so passionate about it is because Nokia are going to get bashed by it, and then wonder why.
They should scrap it, reduce the price of the Lumina 800, watch the market impact and then allow the planned Lumina 900 to really take it to the competition.
With the Lumina 710 out there, wearing the face of Nokia, the only conversation people will be having is about the fellow in the bad frames hogging the cheese tray in the corner.
You've got to be coming with more than just windows.
The 800 does that. The 710 undoes it.
And where they've placed it in the market, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and HTC will eat it as appertif.
The Lumina 800 makes sense where the 710 is. It's the price you must pay to re-establish the presence en mass.
Or leave it where it is, just hide the 710 until you can revisit the issue.
Otherwise you'll be stuck with what you came with, and that impression will stick.
How long will it take to look beyond the hoax called i-phone?
You see, at least then you're hanging out on the Sofa.
See what I mean?
The Lumina 800 is right, but at that price, it's just another phone with people ALREADY weilding other brands. It won't hang around, it won't stick.
What will is the elephant in the room.
Not that elephants are ugly.
At least they have memory.
