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LucaFiligheddu.com: The immaturity of the US mobile market

  • PhoneBoy · 1 year ago
    Being charged for inbound calls is an artifact of the fact that you are not charged for "local" calls when calling from a landline in the U.S.. Since the FCC didn't want there to be a distinction between mobile and fixed lines, the mobile operator charges for both incoming and outgoing calls, at least on most plans.

    I get continually frustrated with my brethren at Nokia for not pushing for a stronger physical presence in our shops. Not just the operator shops, but places like Best Buy, WalMart, or Costco. To break the mentality that you can only get those phones in Europe, people have to be able to SEE the damn phones!
  • Luca Filigheddu · 1 year ago
    I totally agree. A person told me he was interested to buy the N95, but mine was the first one he could see (he was happy for that). WalMart, Costco etc. are the right places to engage the "normal" people.