Nokia Brings Windows Phone To Lower-End Lumia 505 Smartphone

I understand the necessity of appealing to a wide variety of potential buyers budgets but I'm not a fan of toned downed products with reduced hardware specs unless its for a specific purpose other than to make a sale.

The Raspberry Pi's Model A is a great example of this.

OSunday:

I understand the necessity of appealing to a wide variety of potential buyers budgets but I'm not a fan of toned downed products with reduced hardware specs unless its for a specific purpose other than to make a sale.

The Raspberry Pi's Model A is a great example of this.

Sprint made more profits from their temporary phones then they did their contracts in 2010.  I imagine that trend is still the same.  While the majority of us here are users of some of the higher end phones, our nation reflects a different different.  People need low end phones, rather it be because of a budget, a childs first phone, or perhaps they need a "burner".  

  Every drug dealer I've ever heard of carried a cheap phone.

How much? This better be a free phone after contract.

Even then... $99 for a lumia 920... So even free the 505 would be over priced, on contract they should be giving YOU $99 for accepting this phone.

I guess that's true but when buying a smartphone, most people are buying into a contract as well and a $50-$100 difference in that initial purchase can make a huge difference in the quality of the phone.

Are you serious about higher profits from temporary phones? I figured with the guaranteed income from contract plans they'd be making most of their bank of those along with additional fee's for data usage on smartphones.. 

Good Smartphone, the best of nokia!

OSunday:

I guess that's true but when buying a smartphone, most people are buying into a contract as well and a $50-$100 difference in that initial purchase can make a huge difference in the quality of the phone.

Are you serious about higher profits from temporary phones? I figured with the guaranteed income from contract plans they'd be making most of their bank of those along with additional fee's for data usage on smartphones. 

Yep, I wish I could the article, but it's shocking how much they actually make off of boost mobile.  It's more because of their market dominance in the pay as you go phones, but still.