Ever since the 920 and 820 were announced the forums have been filled with threads on how Nokia was overrated, didnt bring anything to the table, the 920 was too thick and heavy, wireless charging was a gimmick, OIS doesnt matter because you didnt take pictures, etc and basically how they just should die.
Then HTC had their announcement and the sentiment intensified, with claims Nokia was dead, HTC would outsell them, beats audio was better than anything on the 920, the 8x and 8s looked better, etc.
So why all the anguish, gnashing of teeth, fervent proclamations of Nokia's demise now that its revealed it will be only on At&t? You never wanted the phone, didnt like the company, couldnt care less if they went bankrupt or not so its a bit strange to see forums filled with Nokia hate (guess thats nothing new) and at least 1 tech site already calling them a flop.
What gives?
Yes. This-- exactly.
I'm not interested in engaging all the whining people are doing about this announcement... and especially when people are just reacting to one small bit of news rather than intelligently waiting for actual information.
We don't know how long the exclusive is, nor do we know how exclusive it really is... 922? 822? We don't know whether this was AT&T, Verizon, or Nokia's insistence.
All this whining is why I've minimized my posting here this week. It's constant whining, and you know what they say-- if you don't like something, don't engage in it. Well, the whining has escalated to plague status on so many posts, I just stopped coming to post this week.
And YES-- to those asking-- it's from a lot of the same people, because they're just looking for some means to justify their dislike/disapproval of Nokia.
Frankly, it's aggravating, because I guarantee in 30-90 days, we're gonna see the 920 on some other carrier, and people are gonna whine that it took so long, and OMG, I should have waited! Why couldn't they have done this 3 months ago? etc. And really, how quickly we forget that only a month ago we were anticipating it ONLY coming to AT&T anyway... we got ONE unconfirmed speculative rumor about it coming to Verizon and somehow we rush to assume it was true? Give me a break.
Bottom line... people whine for sake of whining. I feel like I'm whining now about whiners, which is equally pointless, I suppose.
I just wish people could see the bigger picture and promote the platform and be thrilled that we have so many options to pick from... and they're all good options.