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I just went to Nokia's regional site for my country and the products page there lists - get this - 135 different phone models!! How does something like this hap
by nimbix 17y ago
I just went to Nokia's regional site for my country and the products page there lists - get this - 135 different phone models!! How does something like this happen? And I have absolutely no idea what the features on any of them are. How am I supposed to pick one?
- jagjit 17y agoAre you complaining about choice? I just checked out their US site and it is pretty straight forward to search based on features etc. I can understand finding faults with Nokia for not being able to compete effectively against iPhone. But then which other mobile maker is right now able to do that. iPhone is pretty much a new product category. And Apple gets consumers and software like few others. But I cannot understand finding faults with the choice of phones Nokia provides.
- ohhmaagawd 17y agoToo much choice is overwhelming and confusing. This has been observed many times. Search google on "psychology too many choices". http://www.physorg.com/news127404469.html http://www.physorg.com/news127404469.html Not to mention having dozens of models shows a lack of focus.
- pstuart 17y agoFor example, Apple's product line prior to the return of Steve Jobs.
- nimbix 17y agoYes, I'm complaining about choice. I used the filters on the left and was still left with 28 phones to choose from. I'm sorry, but I'm just not willing to put any serious effort into comparing 28 different models that I know nothing about when their competition makes it so much easier not to screw up.
- jagjit 17y agoI agree choice can be confusing. And that is why Apple products standout. Maybe I should have clarified what I like about choice in phones that Nokia or others provide. One aspect of choice which I like is the different pricing options. The mobile phones are needed by people all over the world with varying purchasing powers. Everybody cannot or does not want to afford the total cost of ownership of iPhone or even Nokia N97 or Droid. But there are billions who want to make phone calls.
- blub 17y agoIt happens when you've been in business for more than a few years. Every phone manufacturer except Apple and Palm has this "problem". The local Nokia website allows me to choose a phone by features (e.g: bar, slide, etc; should it have bluetooth, wifi, GPS, etc). This -again - is typical of every phone manufacturer on this planet that has more than three models to sell.
- DLWormwood 17y ago> Every phone manufacturer except Apple and Palm has this "problem". Even Apple faced a version of this problem back when they only made Macs. For a few years, just before Jobs' return, the marketing for Mac models was atrocious. Dozens of Power Macs and Performas, and 3 different lines of laptops, each with a weird 3-4 digit number to denote one model from another. One of Jobs' first "fixes" was paring down Apple's product line down to the four square product matrix that's been a staple of his keynotes since then.
- WalkingDead 17y agoInitially there were only one version of iPod. Now check how many versions are there in the market.
- shpxnvz 17y ago4. Which is pretty close to the optimal number of choices to give potential customers.