Comments on: Nokia vs Apple – It’s a global thing http://conversations.nokia.com/2008/03/19/nokia-vs-apple-its-a-global-thing/ Stories from around the Nokia neighbourhood Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:42:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: European http://conversations.nokia.com/2008/03/19/nokia-vs-apple-its-a-global-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-3487 European Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:43:03 +0000 http://conversations.nokia.com/?p=155#comment-3487 The only reason Nokia phones aren't very popular in the US is that carriers won't offer them with contracts. Who would buy a $700 N95 vs a $300 Iphone with AT&T (I don't know the exact numbers). The reason carriers don't offer high end Nokias is because they don't like them. You see with Nokia's Symbian OS, you can do practically everything you like..even call and send sms for free or at really cheap rates, without using your service provider. There are the SIP settings, VOIP, applications that send smses over the internet etc.. The only reason Nokia phones aren’t very popular in the US is that carriers won’t offer them with contracts. Who would buy a $700 N95 vs a $300 Iphone with AT&T (I don’t know the exact numbers).

The reason carriers don’t offer high end Nokias is because they don’t like them. You see with Nokia’s Symbian OS, you can do practically everything you like..even call and send sms for free or at really cheap rates, without using your service provider. There are the SIP settings, VOIP, applications that send smses over the internet etc..

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