(keitai-l) Re: The Death of the 503i

I guess that's why 6 of the top 10 sellers are 211 series (apart from the N503iS at #1 still). DoCoMo needs a lightweight i-appli phone if they want to keep the ARPU from tumbling.

http://k-tai.impress.co.jp/cda/article/news_toppage/0,,8288,00.html


form factor is still #1 item when people choose a new phone, followed by email functionality. I desire the day when they'll have working samples at POS - choosing a phone by its case without checking the UI is like buying a PC based on the case color (maybe that's why Vaios sell so well...)

/dc

//    -----Original Message-----
//    From: keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net
//    [mailto:keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net]On Behalf Of Curt Sampson
//    Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 5:34 PM
//    To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
//    Subject: (keitai-l) The Death of the 503i
//   
//   
//   
//    So what happened to the 503i series? I went to the Docomo
//    shop to change
//    my contract, and decided it was about time to get into
//    the i-Appli age
//    by upgrading my old phone (an ancient but very nice
//    P209i). I was hoping
//    to get a P503i, but it seems the only 503i model left is
//    the F503i; all
//    the rest are 503iS clamshell models that are
//    significantly larger and
//    heavier.
//   
//    Is it possible to get one's hands on older phones,
//    perhaps by buying
//    them from someone who's upgraded? Docomo wouldn't let me
//    keep my old
//    phone, even though it was paid for long ago and they
//    charged me full
//    price for a new one. If I somehow got hold of a P503i, is
//    it possible to
//    bring it into the Docomo shop and get my service switched
//    to that one?