Nokia genuinely surprised about 808 PureView sales, ramps up production

Posted by in News on Aug 3, 2012 | 4 comments

 

Nokia 808 PureView has had plenty of good press all around, even if Symbian has been trolled to the ground. Seems like Nokia was not honestly expecting 808 PureView to sell as well as it is now.

We have been very pleased with the demand for the phone, it has been more than we have been able to produce. – Tapani Kaskinen, Communications Manager

Kaskinen also confirms that Nokia will be raising the availability of 808 PureView and there’s no problems with component supplies or problems with the phone. Nokia has simply underestimated demand for the phone.

We aim to increase the availability of the phone. We hope to have raise the production to the level of demand as soon as possible. We are sorry that not all consumers have not received their preferred device. – Tapani Kaskinen, Communications Manager

We made estimates of demand for the device and the phone is delivered according to those estimates to different countries. Demand exceeded our estimates. – Tapani Kaskinen, Communications Manager

 

 

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  • jalyst

    Funny how they didn’t talk like that round the end of last year and Q1 this year about the N9.
    The was a clear pattern to quickly slot the Lumias in wherever they didn’t share launch countries.
    And it continues to this day….
    I doubt this public announcement means anything beyond a statement of intent that falls way short of reality.

    • Nokiagadgets

      Though N9 did actually have okish supply in Finland at least. It’s whole other story of course how it went globally… with most countries to getting the phone at all. 

      N900 is still the worst i can remember. N900 didn’t sell any huge numbers, yet the phone was hard as hell to find for first 3-4 months. 

      • jalyst

        In some ways that’s right, but the N900 also existed in a very different environment surrounding it.
        Plus availability (at least in my experience here & elsewhere I observed) always remained very good in the retail channel.*
        It wasn’t pushed with telco resellers in as many countries as the N9, not even close…
        But for unlocked buyers it wasn’t a problem at all to get it for great prices, & that lasted for a looooong time.
        The N9 will fade away much quicker IMO…..

        *once it finally did get here, it didn’t get here until about 5mth after it was 1st launched, & normally australia is one of the 1st countries to get marquee handsets.

      • jalyst

        In some ways that’s right, but the N900 also existed in a environment that’s very different to the one the N9′s evolved in.
        Plus availability (in my experience here & elsewhere I observed) always remained very good in the retail channel.*
        And although it took quite a while, it was eventually made available to more countries, the N9′s still barred from about a dozen, most of them major economies.
        The N900 wasn’t pushed with telco resellers in as many countries as the N9, not even close…
        But for unlocked buyers it wasn’t a problem at all to get it for great prices, & that lasted for a looooong time.
        The N9 will fade away much quicker IMO…..

        *Once it finally got here that is!
        It didn’t get here till about 5mth after it 1st appeared elsewhere, & normally Australia’s one of the 1st countries to get marquee handsets.