If anything, choosing to launch dumb phones in Nokia's part is only poor business strategy. Nothing more. Google on the other hand is spending money on projects like wazi wifi...good business strategy. Maybe explains why one is on the rise and the other on the decline. On 9/3/11, John Doe <fivepings@gmail.com> wrote:
My two cents, I don't buy this argument. Is nokia a business or a charity? If you were selling a smartphone, would you launch it in a continent where only 12% use the internet and 70% can't afford it anyway? By 'launching' a low cost dumb phone does it mean I'm discriminating? What content will that 40 year old illiterate man in Bungoma or Machakos be looking for online anyway? Have we provided it yet?Nokia is just being real. I suggest we do the same too.
On 9/3/11, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
I personally love Nokia and blackberry too. their phones are Hardy,mostly work as advertised and easy to use. their attitude towards African or rather Kenyan consumers is rather disheartening though.
its almost like they expect us to take anything they produce because they are Nokia and they said so.
the best way to show that we have options is to go the Chinese or Japanese route.
The much publicized ideot can do everything a blackberry or high end Nokia can. Why is this so at such a price point? Does it mean this is the actual cost of the device and the rest is just markup.
On 9/2/11, Peter Osotsi <peter.osotsi@gmail.com> wrote:
The problem with Alai is that sometimes he comes off as very raw and hence crowd out any reasoning someone would have engaged in. But I fully concur with him on the Nokia issue.
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 5:30 PM, Kevin Omondi <kevin.ouma@gmail.com> wrote:
I really concur with this article by Robert Alai of Techmtaa
-- Regards,
Mark Mwangi
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