I wouldn't compare Nokia's launch or anyone else's to Apple. Apple has a unique ability to launch products nearly flawlessly. That comes from the fact they control the OS and the entire supply chain, they aren't delayed by the OS maker or the distribution channels and they are notorious for being demanding and calling the shots. They have also mastered the art of how to announce products and how to tease people with the waiting without going so far as to piss them off.
This launch HAS been a little goofy, but it's nothing different than what we have seen with dozens of other anticipated phones, whether they are Android or WP. Just check out some other forums and you will see people worked into a frothy lather over a hundred other things they have no control over. When's this Android getting the newest OS update? This is an outrage, when is this device coming to so-and-so??? And on-and-on.
This is a little frustrating, sure, but it is hardly unique to Nokia, AT&T or Windows Phone.
I want a Lumia 920 too guys. My 900's screen has a big crack in it now, so I'm eager to replace it ASAP. But there is no sense in flipping out about this stuff. All we can do is wait patiently. The phone will be released soon, I'm sure in the next couple of weeks.
There are people who've lost their homes in the flood this week, people who have no power and no heat in the northeast due to this storm. The damn Nokia 920 launch is hardly the most important thing happening in the world right now, so how about you chill the **** out? :straight:
The launch of a smartphone is
never the most important thing in the world. There's always an atrocity (or several) occurring at any given point. So given this reasoning, one should never criticize or take issue with anything concerning an optional consumer electronics device.
They're super unimportant within the grand scheme of things.
That being said, it's not so much that people are "flipping out". It's that they're tired of seeing opportunity after opportunity get wasted. Windows Phone could've launched alongside Windows 8 and Surface so that when people were lining up to buy those products in stores, they could get a hands-on with the phones and truly be immersed in this ecosystem.
Nope. Wasted.
They could've had an event yesterday that announced a bunch of new apps and services, then listed the phones across carriers with preorders ready the second the event ended for launching in the coming days. That way, even if the devices weren't immediately ready, there was an action people could take to seize on the excitement they felt from the "final" WP8 event.
Nope. Wasted.
They could've had reviews of multiple devices ready with an embargo lift for yesterday and truly provided reviewers with a range of displays to review the operating system on. Instead they just had reviews of HTC's "flagship" device. And that phone won't go on sale until.....16 days from now if you're on T-Mobile. Who knows when AT&T and Verizon are getting it? November. Yeah.
Yet another wasted opportunity.
The launch has been one one dribble after another. Information dribbled out over four separate "events". Release dates dribbled out via press releases whenever the carriers get around to it. Training dribbled out across stores at the absolute last second.
Not good.
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