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Nokia N9: the World's Most Underrated Smartphone?

Posted by timothy on from the single-minded dept.

jrepin writes "Eighteen months ago, Nokia announced a smartphone unlike any other it has produced before. It was a proper smartphone, one that looked miles away from previous Nokia phones: it was sleek, modern and simple at the same time. The hardware was pretty modern, too; no underpowered processors with severely limited RAM issues to be seen here. And, it runs on an operating system that Nokia had announced dead months before the phone's announcement. This, ladies and gentlemen, is the Nokia N9."

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  1. Damn Microsoft by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They've ruined Nokia. I loved my N900 and was planning on buying the N9 for both my wife and I, but then they shot Meego in the head. I'm OK with Android, but really loved having full GNU/Linux/X access on my phone.

    While Ubuntu has made some mis-steps, I still am greatly looking forward to running Ubuntu Phone on my Galaxy Nexus.

    1. Re:Damn Microsoft by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Yeah because someone who's looking for a full GNU Linux mobile would be very interested with Windows Phone.

    2. Re:Damn Microsoft by dropadrop · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Nokia killed Nokia, Whilst they may have made products that appealed to you specifically, they were failing spectacularly in the wider smartphone market. Staying on the same path wouldn't have improved anything, they needed a major overhaul. I'm not saying that the MS deal will save them in the long term but clearly something had to change.

      Had problems deciding if I should mod you up or respond, but here goes... It's true they had to do something, but they actually already did now and then. The N9 for example was different and people liked it; so they did not sell it to people or make a new model out of it. They where already doing things, but they killed everything that could have saved them.

      What really killed Nokia was the belief that years of good sales where due to them being so damn good. Internal competition combined with that attitude caused them to stagnate. "This is what they want, so we'll just keep doing the same thing over and over again". It's a perfect example of how middle management can kill a company...

      So will MS phone save them? How could it? Phone manufacturing is outsourced, operating system is outsourced... The only thing left is what killed them in the first place. They might get something to work, but it will never be the same as before.

  2. Re:Fuck Nokia and Fuck Phones by Rob+the+Bold · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Who cares about this obvious fucking advertisement?

    Fuck dice.com and their dumb corporate partners.

    If it's an advertisement, it's timed rather poorly. Unless it's supposed to gin up sales on used phones.

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    I am not a crackpot.
  3. Re:It really is a pity it was killed by cheesybagel · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Android has better licensing costs and allows more customization than Windows Phone. It has more apps. What reason was there to pick Windows Phone anyway? Besides Elop having come from Microsoft that is.