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Technology Stocks : Nokia (NOK)
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To: tero kuittinen who wrote (1534)2/25/1999 1:15:00 PM
From: Valueman   of 34857
 
Thin Phone has 4 days standby, and weighs 120 grams with a standard 800mAH battery. Those are realistic numbers. I suppose they could come up with an "up to" number as well if they carefully controlled the situation. Why bother? The range given by Nokia is ??? I don't know what they mean. They use a 900mAH standard battery. They are the best GSM can offer now according to you. The latest CDMA phones are equals, and in many cases superior. Japanese manufacturers have 80 gram CDMA models using the MSM3000 chipset. Superior technology. CDMA handset development surpasses GSM after 3 years. Your "apples to oranges" comparisons will no longer be useful. Apples to apples? The Nokia 2170 offers 2 hours of frequently disconnecting talk, 53 hours standby. PrimeCo salesforce refuses to sell them. Ameritech will give them away virtually for free. Shame.

I don't see what's the point of even mentioning the times that require the external batteries. That's a strategy no other handset manufacturer has even considered.

It's called innovation. Because Nokia has not considered it, does that make it unacceptable?

Besides, the 3 ounce GSM-900 models will arrive in March from Motorola.

...and 80 gram CDMA phones are available in Japan. So what. CDMA handset manufacturers can develop and market phones much faster than GSM manufacturers. The development cycle is amazingly short. Unless Nokia uses QCOM chip solutions, they will not be able to compete. That is a guarantee.
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