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@mib1800
You are extrapolating rather more than is present from my last post. Your reasoning assumes that Nokia will no longer be seeling any of their previous non-smartphone mobiles. Your reasoningalso presumes that other manufacturers will not follow Nokia in releasing a wider range of smartphones aimed at a broader section of the market; SE, as dave_uk already mentioned, are going down this road themselves with UIQ3.
Change takes time, especially if manufacturers want customers to buy smartphones, no matter how watered down they may be. I imagine non-smartphones will still be on sale and presuming that you don't have an inside source at Nokia, there is no reason why Nokia should not release a few non-smartphone models alongside their smartphone range.
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Posted: 2004-11-03 16:13:09
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That's simply market evolution, as when analog phones turned into digital phones, for a while you'll have both types on market and sooner or later all will be, in a way or another, smartphones, why?, because evolution does happen, and older technologies are always discarded.
That doesn't mean than Nokia or SE will leave a segment on the market, but sooner or later you'll have cheaper smartphones, and top of the line phones will evolve with more features turning them on even smarter phones.
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Posted: 2004-11-03 16:38:03
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@Asterix
Indeed, but these things do take time. It is unrealistic to expect smartphones to dominate the market within the next year or so, I think we will be waiting a little longer before that happens.
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Posted: 2004-11-03 16:42:33
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I agree with you, this won't happen from night to day, evolution does take time, but sooner or later it will happen.
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Posted: 2004-11-03 16:49:07
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@scotsboyuk:
I think the convergence is taking place at faster pace than what u r comfortable with. Nokia is now ramming smartphones to ordinary phone buyers and it looks like buyers r receptable to this. (Series60 sales increased 290% in 3Q y-o-y).
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Posted: 2004-11-03 17:09:05
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@mib1800
It isn't a question of being 'comfortable' with the pace of smartphone growth, in fact I am in favour of smartphones. I have no doubt that they will eventually dominate the market, but my point is that this will take time. Nokia can push all it wants to, but customers tend not to like rapid change where it involves complexity. Camera phones have caught on very well because they are something most customers understand and can see a practical role for.
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Posted: 2004-11-03 17:23:17
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@mib which smart design u prefer?
This message was posted from a T68i
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Posted: 2004-11-03 17:24:14
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Only now we are calling them smatphones ... On the future they will be a normal phones ... And UIQ3 and series 60 both are from Symbian and you can`t compare them both because they are made for different use ....
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Posted: 2004-11-03 17:27:52
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@bobafett
i like the 6260 clam. unfortunately its spec is the same as my 6600. so i'll wait for the clams version of 6630 (which is rumour to be coming soon).
i think I will only consider Series60 because I hv access to about 1000 apps and games. Will take a long time to finish exploring these software.
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Posted: 2004-11-03 17:37:36
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@scotsboyuk:
that's why the 3230 incorporates a 1.3MP, MP3 player, radio and host of other multimedia apps. I think Nokia is touting the 3230 as a multimedia phone instead of smartphone.
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Posted: 2004-11-03 17:42:36
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