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Nokia 900 Being Given Away Due To Software Glitch
joemite writes "On early Wednesday, Nokia said it had found a software bug in the new Lumia 900 smartphone, its big hope to take on Apple's iPhone, and was effectively giving the model away until it is fixed. It is offering anyone who has bought a Lumia 900 phone, or who buys one by April 21, a $100 US credit to their AT&T bill. The operator sells the phone for $99.99 with a two-year contract. Both Microsoft and Nokia still have big hopes for this phone. The bug apparently causes a random data connection drop. Nokia plans to push a patch the phone later in April."
Didn't I see a Windows phone ad recently that claimed other smart phones were treating their customers as beta testers? Talk about tempting fate.
While I"m an android fan..I give respect to Nokia for doing this.
What happened when Samsung's phones had/have issues basically randomly disabling the phone? nothing.
At least Nokia is saying "we're working hard on fixing this, in the meantime we'll give you what you paid for it back and let you keep the phone." Sure sure you're still in the contract, but you'd be in that contract with a different phone. Nokia is just paying you to stick with the Nokia while they work on fixing it.
While I agree with your point, the summary isn't inflammatory.
I still don't want one.
Have you got your LWN subscription yet?
That's news to me. I call people all the time without a contract, my phone must be special.
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