[citation][nom]house70[/nom]I believe 2 phones would have been enough, one with full keyboard and one touch-only. Instead of 5 different (not so different ) phones they could have crammed these 2 phones with the latest hardware[/citation]
Consider some of those phones will go to specific carriers. Look at Samsung in which the same Galaxy phone has a slightly different body, but same exact guts for AT&T, Verizon, Sprint... so they can claim "Only at&T has the ABC Phone!". Normal business. This is/was same with TVs and VCRs... Best Buy can sell a SONY SLV-541, clame you won't find it lower... because the 541 is only sold by BestBuy, while other stores sold the SLV-540. The difference, maybe a slight color change.