Oh yeah that's right - I forgot the US is the only country in that exists to Americans. If you pre- order a device you would expect to get it at least mailed out release day its not about getting cookies with it (although cookies are always good) You shouldn't at the time of release of 920 and even now with the 1020 have to wait weeks after release for your pre-order to arrive.
Putting three to four phones in stock in a shop isn't great for a new phone on release day either. And you are correct that's not an MS problem - either Nokia cant make phones fast enough or they are hedging their bets. Either way its limiting for a new device on an emerging OS which in my opinion is just as damaging as the carriers who really don't give a sh*t about WP8 - I've seen numerous times people asking for a WP8 device to be told they aren't in stock then get pushed into buying either a Android or iphone device. A fair percentage of would be WP8 sales are denied because of ignorant sales people pushing their own agendas onto a customer. Carrier exclusivity means jack when the phone isn't in stock.
Pretty much sinks your retort.
You still don't get the game huh. Nokia is hedging its bets because that is the smart thing to do. You don't make more phones than you can sell that is just smart Business 101. If the demand is greater then you can always make more phones. If its weaker than you eat the cost of those phones sitting in a warehouse. Nokia plays the role of nokia......they know they aren't apple...and they know they aren't samsung. HTC tries to play that game and you see where they are at now. Blackberry is in the same boat right now trying to play that game. Nokia isn't back at the brand recognition to play like those two do. So they hedge and pinch their pennies like a smart company does that is trying to gain some ground. The carriers play their role and so do the store workers. You can't complain because they exhibit the human flaw of recommending what is familiar to them and what makes them the best commission. A person will always think of their paycheck and what is familiar before all other things are doing anything new....that is a human flaw and weakness. To solve that takes evolution. Until Nokia gets a logistic chain like samsung and apple you are pretty much SOL. ANd until they get the market share to call shots like that they won't get high priority from the parts makers, logistical transportation, or carriers. All you list is a Nokia problem and one that they manage it quite well given the position they are in. I give wisdom to some people and this is what I have for the folks of WP Central.
Don't ever wait in line for a phone. (That is a form of control and cheapens your life to being a slave of materialization)
Having the latest and greatest of anything means nothing.
Don't fall for the trap of the never ending promise of something is coming.
Don't be afraid to do something new and go against the flow of what is the norm.
Get out of your comfort zone because it will trap you.
Realise that these companies do not care about you at all.(Treat them like you would do a stranger...with caution and disdain)
Moral is I have tried every phone platform and I gravitate to the one that serves my purpose for using it at the time I need it and thats it. The platform is irrelevant, the brand is irrelevant, and the manufacturer is irrelevant. All I require is that it do the job I tell it to do.
Well it's only few days since Nokia told that by end year their would not be any off the largest apps that not either already launched or in the process off being coded. So it's just around the corner
You know why the said that because even they have figured out it's time to put up or shut up. I'm not saying the platform is dead but it will be if MS can't make the changes that need to be made. This is 2013 and even Nokia knows this will be the make or break year for this platform. I'm all for having tons of competition as it keeps the technology going further. But time will tell with a few platforms this year weather they latch on or become a footnote in history.
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