15 October 2008

Customers Are Disappointed With Nokia N96!
Somehow, I am not Surprised At All?

Nokia N96 is a device that pretends to be flagship Nokia phone but certainly it is not taking the market by storm as had been hoped by the worlds largest handset manufacturer, retail staff reveal!

Customers are totally disappointed with the Nokia N96 and somehow, I am not surprised at all, it is pretty close to what we were expected and actually I predicted that Nokia N96 has no chance to beat mighty Nokia N95!

There are two more than obvious reasons, outrageous cost and just a slight improvement on its predecessors!!

Don’t get me wrong, I am not saying it is a bad phone but if you ask me, there were no real innovations or upgrades over its predecessor beside the 16GB of flash memory build in! It looks like the Nokia N95 treated with some bad Chinese steroids that caused some strange self destructive mutations!

Actually the most common criticism that staff in high street stores hear from customers is that the N96 is too similar to the N95. According to a Vodafone saleswoman, customers are bringing back the phones saying they would rather stick to their old N95s.

T-Mobile shops have heard similar feedback. ‘People say it looks too much like the N95, the only difference is that it has more memory,’ a T-Mobile saleswoman said.

According to sales staff, the price of the handset is also a problem. One Carphone salesman said: ‘The deals are not great ... as soon as the deals get better they’ll fly.’

‘The cost is outrageous,’ the T-Mobile saleswoman agreed. The handset is sold for £49.99 on a £40 per month tariff at the operator, while Carphone offers it free on a £35 per month tariff on O2 and Orange.