Many people were scared to buy a N9 because Nokia didn't support it wholeheartedly. Many of them heard the suicidal announcements of Elop or the lack of support.

The N900 is a fully enthusiast/geek phone, while the N9 isn't and was never meant to be. But Nokia, those fools, tries to make the N9 to a niche-product.

Therefore the N9 ISN'T dead at all at this moment. But yes the future doesn't look very bright, because the biggest enemy of the N9 isn't the iPhone or an Android, it's Nokia.

I have to mention that I have nothing against WP per-se. Even thought of buying one before I bought my N9. But having tested it now a couple times it's just obvious that WP is such a step backwards from MeeGo or Symbian. Those live-tiles are a nice idea but they only show a little info and after a while most people will realise that a good notification page (which even iOS 5 has now) is much better. And I guess I don't need to mention all the missing features of WP... I'd rather buy an iPhone then, because at least I have tons of applications to choose from. BTW MeeGo already now has lot's of quality apps and most of them are free while I've notice that there are few free apps and games in WP store.

I often wonder, why should I even have a Nokia phone when the company is run by such incompetent idiots? Well the N9 might be my first and last Nokia smartphone, but never before am I so satisfied with a phone and still used it with such joy months since purchase. Everything I had to implement to my iPhone through jailbreak (ok iOS 5 finally has some basic features), the N9 already has and much more.. and Android, well they're pretty good, but too buggy. Just compare once a Skype-call on N9 and Android. First is a joy while 2nd a shame.

The problem is that many iPhone (or WP) users don't even know what a smartphone could do. Somehow the intelligence of users got lowered through the iPhone. To me it always was a mystery why with that smartphone I have less functionalities than with a typical mobile phone (like bluetooth transfer, FM Radio, mass-storage, etc...).

There are many curious friends (90% iPhone users) asking about my phone, especially when I tell that it's not Windows. In most cases they are absolutely excited about it (system and look) - girls and guys (except for Apple-fan-boys who defend everything) and not realize how cramped they are with their Apple-phones.

And believe it or not, with Maemo5 or Symbian I never could have left such an impression to other phone users like with MeeGo.

But there we are again at the incompetence of Nokia in pulling down a good product in favour of some American OS due to American shareholders.

I fear Nokia may not last long. It has burnt its bridges to Symbian and Meego and fully dependent on Lumia to succeed. Europe's response to Lumia is lukewarm; China, India and the rest of the world are indifferent. Now Nokia's last stand is the U.S. If Lumia 900 fails in the U.S. it will be the end of Nokia.

The core of the problem is that WP7.5 can't compete with Android ICS and ios5. Even Symbian users don't consider WP7.5 an upgrade.

It remains to be seen if Apollo can lift Nokia's fortunes. But it is only due at the end of the year so it may not come in time to save Nokia. There's more bad news. According to a GSMArena report current WP7 phones will not be able to upgrade to Apollo.

This may well be the death knell for Nokia. Sales of Lumia while not great now may tail off towards Apollo.

The denial that existing WP7 phones cannot upgrade is not official. If you follow the GSMArena link the denial is made by a WP blog site quoting a Microsoft "Evangelist", not spokesman. Evangelist means a private observer/enthusiast, not from Microsoft.

However MS is keeping quiet which is not a good sign.

It may not be a bad idea for Apollo to be unconstrained by existing WP phones. WP really needs to get rid of the 800x480 pixel resolution which is getting very dated. Structural changes like support for micro-SD cards, mass storage mode and bluetooth file transfer may not be compatible with existing devices.

An even bigger impact for Nokia is that existing Lumia may not be able to upgrade to Apollo. The 'Microsoft Evengelist' widely quoted as saying can has retracted his claim.

This means that sales of Lumia will tail off towards Q4 which will be disastrous for Nokia.

PureView 808 will not be a big hit as it runs on Symbian Belle. It will appeal only to photo enthusiasts who are willing to overlook a "dying os" for the camera. It will not be able to save Nokia esp. if they refuse to sell in certain markets like U.S.

Here is a typical comment from a Lumia user:

"Took my Lumia 800 to hang out with my friend, play music, and they want to transfer my file, I said sorry dude i cant do that, wtf!!! Then they ask me, ur phone doesn't have bluetooth? LoL, I said it has but strangely won't let me to 'share', they laugh and they ask me about the price, then they laugh harder, even cheap galaxy Y can do those things my friend. Then I say honestly I just wanna try wp and the result is ironic."

He means he has one wife (Android) but he still dreams of his ex (N900) and keeps an outside interest (N9) for what his wife cannot provide.

Hello, N9 sifus,

I have a small problem here. Under contacts there are 2 fields for tel. nos. which can be changed between Mobile, Home, Work, etc. Is it possible to add another field for phone nos? What to do if a contact has 3 phone nos. like Mobile, Home and Work?

I think I must be missing something here. Surely Nokia be so *bleep* as to allow only 2 phone nos? After all, this is not a WP right?

This post has been edited by Ginny88: Sep 13 2012, 11:56 AM

Got it! I was cracking my head looking for an option to add another number. Thanks for your reply.