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The Nokia 2650 Only €169 : Why ?

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  • 05-11-2004 1:00pm
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    dublin_apache
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    In the November issue of the cph brochure in the sim free phones section it has the Nokia 2650 listed for €169 Sim Free :eek: (Not in stock), why ?

    I rang the cph thinking it was a misprint but they said "No that's the sim free price" so still not believing this I went on to eXpansys Ireland to get a price and it's only €152.95 Sim Free (Not in stock) there :eek: ...

    The Nokia 3510i is still for sale in the cph brochure and that model has been out about 2 years now and it's €179 Sim Free :eek: ...

    The Nokia 2650 has alot more features than the 3510i and it's a brand new model on the market, why the hell is it so cheap ? :confused:

    I can only see one reason why it would be so cheap, it's only Dual-band ( EGSM 900/1800 (APAC, E&A) )


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    flywheel
    Registered Users Posts: 4,027 ✭✭✭flywheel


    market share

    Nokia have been cutting prices in recent times in an effort to shore-up their market share

    BrianG


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    fjon
    Registered Users Posts: 2,086 ✭✭✭fjon


    This may also have something to do with it. Looks like it's a crap phone.


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    quarryman
    Registered Users Posts: 7,496 ✭✭✭quarryman


    those reviews are mostly based on people that have just looked at the picture.


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    dublin_apache
    Closed Accounts Posts: 328 ✭✭dublin_apache


    DubWireless wrote:
    market share

    Nokia have been cutting prices in recent times in an effort to shore-up their market share

    BrianG

    Oh !

    Still, to me it doesn't make sense :eek: if they wanted to do that why don't they just lower the prices of their high end models like the 7610...

    It just seems strange to me that this phone is the price it is, I taught when this phone came on the market it would be €300 + !

    That must be a record by Nokia, I wonder if this 2650 model is the cheapest phone they have ever released since Nokia made mobile phones !!!


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    flywheel
    Registered Users Posts: 4,027 ✭✭✭flywheel


    dublin_apache wrote:
    Oh ! Still, to me it doesn't make sense :eek:

    hi - have a read of these two articles bearing in mind how much Nokia would want to keep it's market share and stay the No 1 handset manufacturer in the market...

    Nokia Starts To Slowly Turn Around [Nov '04]
    the company said it increased market share from 31% last quarter to 32.5%, indicating the company's strategy of cutting prices to claw back share was working

    and the second article from earlier in the year:

    [url=ttp://www.thefeature.com/article?articleid=100720]Nokia meant what it said about a slip in sales[/url] [June '04]

    although the detail on this kind of stuff would be better discussed in the Business / Economy / Finance forum...

    BrianG


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    cupthehand
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    The phone is €99 on Meteor pre-paid.
    Anyone know is it coming out on O2 or Vodafone?


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    SF1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 157 ✭✭SF1


    well sp is the 3220 is €199 vodafone upgread


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    bennyx_o
    Registered Users Posts: 4,114 ✭✭✭bennyx_o


    I thought I'd ask this in here to save a new thread. Does anyone have this phone? Is it any good? I have the Nokia 3100, would it be worth upgrading? (if you'd call it that)

    Thanks.


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    dublin_apache
    Closed Accounts Posts: 328 ✭✭dublin_apache


    DubWireless wrote:
    hi - have a read of these two articles bearing in mind how much Nokia would want to keep it's market share and stay the No 1 handset manufacturer in the market...

    Nokia Starts To Slowly Turn Around [Nov '04]



    and the second article from earlier in the year:

    [url=ttp://www.thefeature.com/article?articleid=100720]Nokia meant what it said about a slip in sales[/url] [June '04]

    although the detail on this kind of stuff would be better discussed in the Business / Economy / Finance forum...

    BrianG


    Cheers Brian that was very interesting reading, also this would be like you said be better discussed in the Business / Economy / Finance forum... :) ...

    Thanks

    P


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