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[FMH]

Large Gizmodo store survey finds Nokia Lumia 900 "selling like crazy”








-> Read article here

[Relativity_17]

I'm a bit surprised at the low stocking levels given how hard Nokia has been pushing this launch.

[Dot Matrix]

Somebody wanna buy me one? D:

[+Brando212]

I want one, I really wish it was on Verizon

[c3ntury]

I seriously hope all this hype about the sales figures is actually shown off by Nokia soonish.

[alwaysonacoffebreak]

c3ntury, on 19 April 2012 - 06:21, said:

I seriously hope all this hype about the sales figures is actually shown off by Nokia soonish.

They'll probably show the sale numbers in Q2 results.

[thealexweb]

I've heard many people saying its sold out in stores but the article says a lot of stores only have 8 units, it shouldn't be hard to sell 8 units so its not that impressive tbf.

[+Majesticmerc]

If you read the article you find that an employee at a single store said "it's selling like crazy", and that the stores where it's sold out actually had 8 (or less) in stock in the first place. It's just artificial scarcity by the look of it. Hopefully it works out for them and it encourages sales when stock levels improve.

[+sanke1]

I happened to have a hands on at a local store today. To be honest, it feels very solid and class. Cannot fault at the design. Very good suff. WP7.5 on the other hand feels like it is lacking features because most are hidden in some far away place.

[Gaffney]

sanke1, on 19 April 2012 - 12:21, said:

I happened to have a hands on at a local store today. To be honest, it feels very solid and class. Cannot fault at the design. Very good suff. WP7.5 on the other hand feels like it is lacking features because most are hidden in some far away place.

What is it lacking?

[yowanvista]

The Lumia 900 may be a top selling phone but Nokia is still experiencing a big drop in sales.
http://press.nokia.c...interim-report/

[+sanke1]

Gaffney, on 19 April 2012 - 12:24, said:

What is it lacking?

sanke1, on 19 April 2012 - 12:21, said:

WP7.5 on the other hand feels like it is lacking features because most are hidden in some far away place.

It's the OS design philosophy of hiding all random stuff and steep learning curve, gives us that feeling. This certainly doesn't mean it lacks features.
However some apps which I depend on are less polished. Eg: Asee which I use for surveillance of our business premises. If I try to switch cameras at speed, the whole DVR crashes/reboots. This does not happen on same app in iOS or Android.
Waiting for it's update forever. Lazy devs are not bothered. However the same Android and iOS apps see a monthly update and bug fixes.

That was offtopic and not MS or Nokia's fault. But it definitely brings the whole WP7 experience down. This hurts Nokia's sales. Its a circle.

[simplezz]

Shouldn't it be - "given away like crazy” ? Considering AT&T are effectively giving them away for free (not including contract price of course).

Ah here's the caveat:

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They note however that initial stock was very low to start with, with most stores starting with only 3-4 of each colour, giving a maximum of 8 per store. AT&T has about 2,200 locations in USA.

[the better twin]

simplezz, on 19 April 2012 - 12:35, said:

Shouldn't it be - "given away like crazy” ? Considering AT&T are effectively giving them away for free (not including contract price of course).

Nope because Nokia still get paid. As do AT&T. A 2 year contract is far more lucrative than a single sale.

[the better twin]

yowanvista, on 19 April 2012 - 12:32, said:

The Lumia 900 may be a top selling phone but Nokia is still experiencing a big drop in sales.
http://press.nokia.c...interim-report/

Dont know what last quarters sales have to do with the sales of a phone that only launched this quarter. How about we wait till they announce those?