Now that the 525 is on the market what are the odds that the 520 will be removed from production. They are so close to each other in specs it does not seem prudent to keep both in production. Any thoughts.
They are the exact same phone in every way, except for the RAM. In other words, they will simply drop the 520 name in favor of the 525. Nokia doesn't need to retool the production line in the slightest. They just change the RAM chip for a 1gb version which is identical in size and shape to the 512mb version. Easy.Now that the 525 is on the market what are the odds that the 520 will be removed from production. They are so close to each other in specs it does not seem prudent to keep both in production. Any thoughts.
I can't believe another 512 mb of ram costs $100 bucks. Is it apple ram or something?
I guest it comes down to how little they can keep the price increase with the upgrade in ram. The 520 is perfect for the feature phone people (40%+) of the cell phone market to use as a upgrade. The 60 to 75$ range is pretty easy for these people to swallow. The 200$ (but I read where in China the 520 is selling for 100$) is not. When the price got to 59.99$ I bought one as a backup for my 820. Got a nifty red back cover for it and my wife decided she wanted it to replace her flip phone even though her flip phone cost 150$. I got another and my daughter took it in less than a week. Again she was replacing a flip phone that cost alot more than the 520. So I still don't have a backup for my 820 (which I like a great deal). Its small for a smartphone, has the same insides as the 9XX series, has a SD card.