I can't imagine the 822 is going to sell well as a sexy contract phone (unless it's free on contract). Perhaps the 810 will.
But I know one sure-fire way to get sales for the 8xx line -- prepaid!
Make a GoPhone version of the 8xx, a MetroPCS version, a Cricket version, a Boost/Virgin Mobile version (Sprint CDMA), etc.
Get the pricing down to sub-$300 (like the HTC One V and various Samsung Android prepaid devices) and sales should be strong enough to add credibility to Nokia's sales volumes.
They'll still have the issue of the top-line phones being relegated to a tiny niche on one carrier due to exclusives, but there's no reason they couldn't shift a few million devices in the USA in 2013 with a strong prepaid strategy.
If Nokia doesn't chase this niche, I expect HTC will with the 8S, so time to get ahead of the competition.
But I know one sure-fire way to get sales for the 8xx line -- prepaid!
Make a GoPhone version of the 8xx, a MetroPCS version, a Cricket version, a Boost/Virgin Mobile version (Sprint CDMA), etc.
Get the pricing down to sub-$300 (like the HTC One V and various Samsung Android prepaid devices) and sales should be strong enough to add credibility to Nokia's sales volumes.
They'll still have the issue of the top-line phones being relegated to a tiny niche on one carrier due to exclusives, but there's no reason they couldn't shift a few million devices in the USA in 2013 with a strong prepaid strategy.
If Nokia doesn't chase this niche, I expect HTC will with the 8S, so time to get ahead of the competition.