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although we told them a long time ago.
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Posted: 2006-02-15 10:43:46
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lack of EDGE didnīt stop SE from selling 3M illion walkman phones, and some more of k750īs lol
i stick to what i always said, EDGE doesnīt mean s.... for me, and in countries were 3G phones are right now dirt cheap either
right now in my country 3G is everywere, even competing with cable and adsl networks for internet acess
but i accept EDGE is a big thing in some countries, and that people love it there and wish that SE launched more EDGE phones
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Posted: 2006-02-15 11:47:36
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On 2006-02-15 11:47:36, Arez wrote:
lack of EDGE didnīt stop SE from selling 3M illion walkman phones, and some more of k750īs lol
mmm Maybe they would have sold more?
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Posted: 2006-02-15 11:55:27
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Well, I'm on Orange and now we've got EDGE I suddenly wish all me SE phones supported it!! It would have meant my W800i would have been nearly as good as the W900i.
I guess the W810i will be quite popular on Orange, if Orange actually do a good job of marketing EDGE in the UK.
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Posted: 2006-02-15 22:31:08
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On 2006-02-15 11:55:27, 786KBR wrote:
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On 2006-02-15 11:47:36, Arez wrote:
lack of EDGE didnīt stop SE from selling 3M illion walkman phones, and some more of k750īs lol
mmm Maybe they would have sold more?
I doubt it, 99% of customers I speak to don't even understand the concept of GPRS data, never mind 3G. The number of customers who didn't even have GPRS settings and were quite happy using dialup GSM was alarming! Edge would just be pushing it.
The fact is, the consumer market doesn't particularly care how data is downloaded, just so long as it doesn't cost too much. it's only the comparitively small specialist market that needs/understands/appeciates edge. I don't think I've ever sold a phone in the last 3 years on the basis of it's data speed, I can't see why edge would change that situation. As far as your average punter is concerned its just another meaningless accronym on the box.
I don't blame SE for concentrating on the larger consumer market. In scotland anyway the demand for high speed data is pretty much non exisitant, gprs is more than enough for a few wallpapers and a couple of dodgy ring tones. The customers I deal with on 3g rarely use their phones bandwidth for anything more than text wap pages, so why should edge be included, when people rarely use data enough to warrent the extra cost?
Sure it's popular on here, but we count for a very bias section of the market.
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Posted: 2006-02-15 23:08:17
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On 2006-02-15 11:47:36, Arez wrote:
lack of EDGE didnīt stop SE from selling 3M illion walkman phones, and some more of k750īs lol
mmm Maybe they would have sold more?
I doubt it, 99% of customers I speak to don't even understand the concept of GPRS data, never mind 3G. The number of customers who didn't even have GPRS settings and were quite happy using dialup GSM was alarming! Edge would just be pushing it.
The fact is, the consumer market doesn't particularly care how data is downloaded, just so long as it doesn't cost too much. it's only the comparitively small specialist market that needs/understands/appeciates edge. I don't think I've ever sold a phone in the last 3 years on the basis of it's data speed, I can't see why edge would change that situation. As far as your average punter is concerned its just another meaningless accronym on the box.
I don't blame SE for concentrating on the larger consumer market. In scotland anyway the demand for high speed data is pretty much non exisitant, gprs is more than enough for a few wallpapers and a couple of dodgy ring tones. The customers I deal with on 3g rarely use their phones bandwidth for anything more than text wap pages, so why should edge be included, when people rarely use data enough to warrent the extra cost?
Sure it's popular on here, but we count for a very bias section of the market.
Ok we going in circles! YAY for EDGE and SE...
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Posted: 2006-02-16 07:30:15
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Arguing against EDGE rollout is pointless. Like mentioned before many markets won't 3G networks any time soon, switching over to EDGE is a good transition on the eventual path to 3G rollout.
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Posted: 2006-02-16 07:52:00
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There are a lot of edge-applications in the mobile networking business, where one uses a card rather than a phone. Edge then is an rather cheap and fast way of offering complete coverage at an useable speed.
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Posted: 2006-02-16 08:42:17
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