falconeight#IM
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I would care if it were hiding behind a crappy rim device in a dark corner of the store. Wp7 is freagin sexy and Nokia is the king of hardware.
Wow - that was almost the identical experience to mine in the Tustin, CA corp store. Had me wondering whether there is truly any excitement outside of us phone geeks since the obliviousness was strong.
Should have gone to where I work in Orange, CA. I'm excited about this phone and so are a few others using it along with me.
Having already preordered one last Friday online, I have yet to actually seen one in person since the closest store was about half hour away, the one in my town closed a couple of months ago .
So, took my two sons out for lunch (Spring Break) and decided to drop by the AT&T store to take a look at it.
Walking in, was greeted graciously by a nice rep. I then asked if they had the lumia 900 demo to look at. His face then contorted, the smile was gone and said not for another week. He then asked around if any of the other reps had one. Finally found one rep who said she had one, but it was in the drawer. LOL.
He brought the black Lumia to me and was trying to tell me about it, but he had no clue what to say. Guess the training hasn't been really enforced.
I broke his awkwardness by saying that I already use a WP7 (Focus) and I just wanted to take a look at it. He was relieved.
I then asked for the sake of conversation if it will be available for sale on the 9th. He looked up for help and a "supervisor" holding an iPad said the 14th. I then defended saying that it said the 9th on the AT&T site. He said that's only for online orders.
I let that roll...
I left with mixed emotions, thanking the rep for his time.
Happy to hold the unit and loving how beautiful it was, frustrated that the sales reps are going to be one of the biggest obstacles for Nokia and MS to succeed.
Oh well...just 4 more days....
Happy April everyone!!!
I have a theory why some representatives might be hesitant to share their phone with customers. If the representative is using the phone as their personal device, and it has live tiles, e-mail, messages and photos, what happens if some of the stuff is very personal and they don't want a stranger poking around their "stuff". Considering some of the "stuff" I have on my phone, I love all of you here on WP Central, but I wouldn't want you poking around my phone. Does this theory make sense to anyone?
- Take me to your screen protectors, cases, whatever random accessory I need right away and can't wait to come in the mail for.
Weren't they waiting until the release of the phone to start doing all the advertisement? I know I read that on a few sites.
This phone is supposed to be the flagship Windows Mobile device with a launch bigger than the iPhone. Yet, the employees don't know much about it, there were no demo phones, only one employee out of 6 had one, and I did not see one lousy piece of collateral or advertisement anywhere in the store.
There were ads throughout the store touting the Windows Mobile OS, but nothing specific about the 900.
:straight: I am hardly a grammar nazi but it really seems like you threw the 'For" onto the end on purpose.