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do u think T68i is stupid move? |
ysfm
Joined: Apr 04, 2002
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i think making t68i is stupid move...
cuz this killed the t68, which everybody was reffering as
a legendary mobile, and was on the top of the sale for very long time
that no other mobile did before.
specially that after upgarding the t68 , it will be
alomst the same as t68i , only small diffrences in the hardware
and the software ...
is it only to put the name of sony on the phone??
at least they could make the reseloution better..
that what i first expected when i first heared about
t68i... |
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arroyootje
Joined: Feb 01, 2002
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I think you're right and that it is a rather stupid move, I think if they would have just updated the T68m in March and kept it that way, much more people would have bought it and it would have been a kind of nice way to say good-bye to "Ericsson"...
But I suppose that with the new "look" they've also convinced the people who maybe didn't like the look of the T68m to buy a  ...
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dw
Joined: Mar 13, 2002
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perhaps they want the first phone released to be successful a kickass release. They saw their chanse when T68 gained popularity
to ride on that success.
I think they prolly did the right desision think what would have
happened if the first phone would have sucked they would
have a hard time selling the next model they make.
Now alot of ppl will say hey T68i was a very good phone
I wanna test this new model from (whatever it is) |
jeffharris
Joined: Feb 05, 2002
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Well, the release of the T68i may have many different financial reasons we are not aware of -- i.e., maybe the newly formed SE merger does not include revenue from old E/// only phones, which the T68m was. Therefore, the SE T68i is SE's first revenue producing phone (outside of Japan), so they had to rebrand, change a little, and release.
Point is, they are a big corp, and they have many strategists behind their moves. Whatever they do, they now have the top market in technology, and I hope they make great money so they keep producing.
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ysfm
Joined: Apr 04, 2002
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i agree with u ppl...
but i think they should at least make one more
new thing in the phone..
as i said before, the could make the resloution better...
cuz making exactly the same mobile
only the diffrence in the name , is little bit pointless..
as u all can see , ppl r confused all over the world cuz of this thing..
everyday ppl send us ask about the diffrences ,
and if its worth the change..etc etc...
well...
there r things hiden as u said....and we dont know why they did this
but this is my idea:)
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john74
Joined: Dec 21, 2001
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I hate for the T68i move really makes us T68m owneras feel like idiots feels like a crappy phone now thats because they are stalling the upgrade so much |
Deltayoda
Joined: Mar 03, 2002
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Well, I'm happy with this T68i due to the fact that I don't have to upgrade my phone since I'm in the US.
But, I do think they should have added something special to this phone that would differ from the T68m, other than the stupid camera. |
arroyootje
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@deltayoda: Actually that's not even a difference, seeing that when the T68m has the upgrade, they will be able to use that too...
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jems
Joined: Apr 09, 2002
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the release of the t68i is to close to t68. they could have waited a bit longer. i was intending to buy a t68, but before i could do so, t68i was released. now, i'm confuse ! i dont know which to buy. i think i'll just stick to my t39 for the moment. |
bart
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very stupid. well everybody does stupid things thats how you can tell if they are human of alien  |
escobar
Joined: Feb 07, 2002
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It was a marketing strategy, SE needed a phone quick with both the Sony & Ericsson name on it! So they thought: "Hey, we have a new software ready for the T68m, why not redesign the phone, write Sony Ericsson on it, and launch it as a new phone, and stall the upgrade for T68m-owner till' the point they go mad and buy a T68i instead"!
Maybe not something I can base on facts, but it's a thought anyway! 
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lor
Joined: Mar 07, 2002
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office here said the upgrade is coming in june or july
i'm going nuts here
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jack078
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I hadn't tried any ericsson cell phone b4. I was amazed the look and features by t68m when SE announced it and I was starting to look at Ericsson's cell phone.
After it released, I brought it rite the way without thinking other alturnatives. Thought I was making the smart choice.
But I was totally wrong. I was only the tester, a stupid trial ware for SE to see if this shit gonna make profit for them.
After 3 months, after they knew you guys like that stuff, they released the T68i with the REAL T68 features, MMS, photo albums..etc.
What the heck is that Marketing plan??? Fooling customers around by releasing same cell phone with different look? The later you buy, the better the got??
yea.. whatever SE wanna do in the future, they would lose customer (me) at least. This phone is gonna be the last SE phone I use in my life. NO more fooling around by them.
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dw
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The later you buy the better you got.
This is true most of the times with almost
everything you can buy.
Factorys improve their products when they
gain more experience with manufacturing it.
Fixing both hardware and software bugs.
I think this is good, it would be worse if they
did not improve their products just cause
ppl who bought it first should have exactly the
same as one who bought it months later.
If you have warranty and have a problem
turn it in and get it fixed. (I recommend waiting
until the new software is released since the
change gonna be pretty big)
Someone said there will be a update of T68i software also
(might be same as T68m perhaps a software merge)
Right now I'm very happy with my T68i but if there is a later
software released and it fixes important stuff I will defenitly
go get it upgraded
(not in a hurry though since the phone works nicely)  |
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Posted: 2002-04-13 07:53
