| Yawn MS just isn't cool, 90% of smart phones are bought for the cool factor. My guess on the 90% but I bet I'm close. |
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| How "cool" is it to have a bloody phone that looks like everyone else's?
I like the look of the new Nokia phones. This is what I'll be looking at when it comes time to get a new phone. I'm confident that these will be extremely high quality devices. |
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| said by kittyburgers:How "cool" is it to have a bloody phone that looks like everyone else's?
I like the look of the new Nokia phones. This is what I'll be looking at when it comes time to get a new phone. I'm confident that these will be extremely high quality devices.
I have the S3 for Sprint (Personal) and just picked up the Lumia 710 for T-Mobile (Work) and the Lumia is great as far as the quality. And it's the cheap one. As far as the cool factor if I have both phones out people seem to notice the Lumia more often than not. Mostly because everyone has an android and that they don't know about WP. People always seem to like it better but they're "Used to Android" or the similar
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 FBGuyPremium
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Evanston, IL | reply to kittyburgers
i guess I don't think of things that are "cool" in regards to how they look. |
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said by kittyburgers:How "cool" is it to have a bloody phone that looks like everyone else's?
I like the look of the new Nokia phones. This is what I'll be looking at when it comes time to get a new phone. I'm confident that these will be extremely high quality devices.
I come up for upgrade about the time these are supposed to be out. I may jump from my ancient iPhone 4 to one of these like that Nokia if its a quality product as i am not too impressed with iPhone 5. |
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rradina
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Chesterfield, MO | reply to FBGuy
Well -- I tend to agree but there's a certain point at which something is ugly and I don't want it. For example, take a look at this device that wraps the iPod Touch to give you free WiMax (limitations apply):
»FreedomPop Starts Selling iPod WiMax Sleeve
I don't know why but at first glance, it reminded me of a 1980's era computer like the Commodore Vic20/64 or Coleco Adam. It just has that blocky, retro look and horrible color scheme. |
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You mean a rectangle with rounded corners? 
Wonder how long before Apple sues them. |
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I tend to agree.
The large / eye hurting color schemed tiles that move about are going to cause someone to have a headache/lose their lunch (lawsuits  ) Speedracer style.
There are a few reasons why many people have flocked to devices like iPhone over others.
1. Simplicity - everything is kept simple (Keep It Simple Stupid) - on a phone, this is pretty much a requirement for use. Apple has done it - Android isn't far behind. Microsoft has features over simplicity (charms, gestures, etc.). In a few years, it may be the 'norm'.
2. High level of integration. This is where Apple has done better than others - as they own the hardware/OS and App store, it is a very integrated design. Android has multiple hardware platforms, vendors, and OS versions as well as App stores. Bottom line... my +3year old iPhone 3GS still runs current OS and apps (minus Siri and Facetime). On some Android versions, you can't get newer OS versions, some don't have access to Google App store. Typically, Android devices are less expensive, but that isn't always the case. For a tablet, this may be less of an issue than a smartphone, as its use is not the same. I'm curious to see how Microsoft's hardware upgrades go. I suspect that its much closer to that of Android than it is Apple in this regard.
Just in case anyone thinks I'm an Apple fan, I have both an iPhone 3GS and an Samsung SII, and run Ubuntu. |
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