(keitai-l) Re: Sharp GX20

ARPU isn't declining - not in Europe, anyway. 

FYI, sharp make their own screens - Samsung and Sharp have the TFT
market more or less sewn up.

IMO, the usability on the GX20 blows away the 7250. It certainly isn't
'hard'. 

Nokia still doesn't have any decent consumer camera phones - nor have
they announced any. I don't see the 6600 changing that. I think they're
coasting.   

-----Original Message-----
From: keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net
[mailto:keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net] On Behalf Of Johan Bengtsson
Sent: 20 August 2003 15:03
To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
Subject: (keitai-l) Re: Sharp GX20




Well... the screen is beautiful and the camera is quite excellent... but
isn't that hardware that they buy from third-party manufacturers!? Which
are the barriers that keeps Nokia from implementing that technology?
I've played with the GX20 for quite some time and I'll hold out for the
Nokia 6600 hitting stores Q4.

IMO, Sharp is still way behind in terms of usability (usability for a
European user that is). I wonder how much of the declining ARPU that can
be tracked to users switching from easy-to-use Nokia/random manufacturer
with long European history to hard-to-use Sharp/Panasonic/random
japanese manufacturer. The amount of SMS and MMS I send droped sharply
when I switched from Nokia 7650 to SE 610 and SE 610 isn't that bad.
Talking to others I begin hearing the same thing, I wonder if the
operators are tracking this!? 

/Johan

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> For those that missed it - the Sharp GX20 was released in
> Europe on Monday. I have one. To quote Beavis and Butthead, 
> 'This is the coolest thing I have ever seen in my life'. 
> Goodby Nokia...
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