VagrantWade
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Again, knowing that an iPad mini is coming is not the same as knowing that THE iPad mini is imminent.
Using this logic, we should feel even angrier about Nokia because we knew a WP8 Nokia was coming from the moment WP8 was announced.
The start point is the official announcement because that's when you have a GUARANTEED product that actually exists. Nokia got everybody excited, killed a lot of it by having no details due to the software being unfinished, and have watch the rest drip away as iPad Mini, iPad 4, iPhone 5, Galaxy Note II, Kindle Fire HD, etc., etc. all made it to market before the 920 or ANY Windows Phone 8 handset for that matter made it to market.
Almost all of those devices had a shorter announcement-to-retail-shelves time than the Lumia 920. Actually, thanks to the Lumia being pushed back a week, they actually DID all have a shorter time!
Even the Galaxy Note II (announced August 29th, onsale in the UK 30 days later, onsale in the US 55 days later).
Blame the iPhone 5. They needed to announce it before the iPhone 5. Period.
I guarantee you there are people out there that were thinking of jumping on the iPhone 5 but heard about the 920 and decided to wait. I know this for a fact, because I am one of those people.