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giorgetto
Joined: Jan 29, 2004
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From: Athens, Greece
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All around, enough p800's were sold to justify decent p900 stocks, but i don't know about telestet's affairs. What we all know is that they just upgraded to 3g and they 'll probably push those z1010's [which i 'm drooling over and waiting for release, some months now] first. I am bound to cosmote, so i 'll have to wait untill the olympics to use any 3g features.
About the SE marketing, i 'd say that SE it's established and marketed more as a prestigeous brand, which could account for their production choices. I do not dount that they will be starting to turn the tables a year from now. Their technology is up to par, but have no reasonably sized smartphones to deal with serie's 60 competition. What can they do? z1010 and t650 will give us more to talk about. Right now SE is on top only on the p serie's class. The t610/630 are very good, though i find them a bit lacking in menu speed and definately at camera quality. Though all is ok for the tech/fashion class [they 'll have to offer memory sticks over the nokia's mmc support next of course], they have to make some ultra-usable phones for the masses. But with these current menu speeds and styling, they are scaring off the plain user. I will still recommend a nokia to my father...
ps. Katerina Thanou and Kostas Kenteris have got a z1010 each, did you know? just for fronting the olympics campaign, wow.
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thanasis
Joined: Mar 07, 2002
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From: London & Athens
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Let me firstly just mention that i started this topic in order t view some serious opinions of fellow esatoans on the matter and am delighted at the quality and variety of responses that have been generated!
@ shadoweaver
Well for some reason i cannot disagree with you more on your statement that SE " is a major player". Look at the mere facts:
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SE's marketshare is around 6.7% and the Siemens and Samsung are now well over 11% (Cant remember exact figures). Motorola is around 15% and Nokia at a distant 38%. Untill SE reaches a 10% (Which is a company goal) i cannot accept that it is a major player.
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SE started in October 2001, which means it has only recently been formed. Look at the size of the company - employees, factories, departments- and compare it to Nokia, Motorola and Siemens. SE is still only growing so we cannot expect it to be at the same level as the other competitors. So when you look at the size and production output of all the competing companies, SE is still relativel minor, but on the right track.
You also stated that "major production does not guarantee major profit". Very true, but given the current situation in the mobile industry, where demand on the latest phones has increased, major production is needed to satisfy the demand.
"They are limiting production to make demand for their products higher"
Sorry but when you want to raise marketshare you simply DO NOT LIMIT production. That is not a logical strategy, its suicidal. You will simply lose to many impatient customers. Growth cannot be achieved by having empty shelves all the time. | |
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Posted: 2004-01-29 15:00
