Like every year, the year 2012 also started with the promise of many great devices that will rule the others. When the year is nearly at its end with almost all of those greatly anticipated products are now at the displays in the stores and in the pockets of the customers, it is the time to ask how many of those left the stores and made it to the pockets. With all those grand announcements and bold campaigning, there are many gadgets that failed to impress the customers. Here are the 5 gadgets that took the fall after the epic rises boosted by anticipation.

 Nokia Lumia 900

The almighty Nokia Lumia 900 was this year’s flagship released by the Finnish phone makers. It came with the latest Windows Phone version of that time and yet it failed miserably to attract the attention of the customers. The update was promised to have more than 250 significant changes that will change the user experience and yet it was as locked as before. Therefore, it was less likely to be chosen by the customization lovers and on the other hand, the conservative ones already have iOS to satisfy their needs. Therefore, the only customers were the ones who wanted to try something new which is not practical to everyone’s budget and the result is obvious.

LG Optimus Vu

Samsung created this field and LG took the opportunity. LG Optimus Vu was intended to be a Galaxy Note competitor. It should be a moderate hit as there were no competitors other than the Galaxy Note, but it was lacking too many things to attract any attention from the Note. Firstly, it was Gingerbread which was late for that time. Secondly, the form factor was a bit odd. Not great for watching videos and not good for carrying either. And last but not the least, it does not have a microSD slot, another great shortcoming which would not be missed by a consumer who can consider this type of phones. The failure was too obvious to avoid.

Google Nexus Q

This is a great product with lots of features and yet there was no doubt that it would flop. The insane $299 price tag is enough to make this streaming device a flop as there was lots of alternative streaming device with more features with lower price tags. Even the Apple TV could not do well till its third generation lowered the price to $99. Despite its ‘audiophile-grade” amplifiers and features like NFC, the price was never right for the utility. Honestly, it is hard to find a reason to buy a Nexus Q and even if someone can, it is even harder to justify the price.

ZTE Grand X

It was presented as a gaming smartphone within budget. To be honest, NVIDIA Tegra 2 and GeForce ULP GPU are not enough to make it call a gaming smartphone at this time of the year. It might be called a budget gaming smartphone but still the price is higher than what the consumers are ready to pay for such phone. The look is too close to the Galaxy Nexus but the performance was not. Gaming smartphone that does not properly response to touches? A perfect recipe for flop.

PlayStation Vita

PlayStation Vita is one of the greatest failures in the history of Sony. The first and obvious cause is the shortage of games. The PlayStation Portable was also suffering from the same problem and yet it passed it time with a moderated success, but now that people know that developers are not interested, they are not taking the risk. The market of mobile gaming is already snatched away by the iPhones and iPods. There are too few people now days to buy a separate device for portable gaming where the iPhone can offer great games at a cheaper price. The difference in the collection is too much to be ignored. So a flop was almost inevitable.

Whether promotional failure or poor performance, these products could not keep up with the expectation of the consumers this year. In this dynamic market of complicated demands, the reasons to blame are too many and sometimes there are none but there are still flops. That is what makes the technology consumer market more interesting than the others.