On 23 Jul 2007, at 18:18, coomac wrote:
Is the Neo aiming to be the next crackberry, made specifically for
business users and a few stragglers from the general population? If
so, there's no point in the discussion. However, many people have
pointed out that a phone needs a keyboard to be a good business
phone so the Neo must be shooting for a broader market.
The point is, for now there won't be any camera. Not on the first
generation model.
I was pointing out that this phone could sell because of the lack of
phone.
Rather than alienate one group over the other, why not have
something for both? A non camera version for those who don't need
the feature as well as a camera version with the exact same specs
for those who can't live without it? I mean, why have a chip with
camera support if there are no plans to use if fully? Tag on a $50
difference or something. Problem solved. It won't be feasible in
the near future if it involves a major holdup or deviation from the
current product, but if it's doable, why not?
You're thinking component costs but there's more to it than that. The
case design requires high quality injection moulding and redesigning
the case requires expensive engineering of new moulds. There's quite
a few of these in a factory so it's a lot of cost.
This phone wasn't initially designed for this project anyway was it?
We're stuck with this design for now. If you don't like the phone
then I would suggest you help improve it (ie. take out a bank loan
for the case modification lol).
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