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I need a new phone. Anyone know about phones?
Skewbrow:
When I next upgrade, I will likely go with Nokia Lumia. It is running Windows as opposed to Symbian, so won't be painful to use. Currently I have an N96, which is inevitably getting old.
Disclaimer: I worked part time for Nokia R&D in 06-08. I stopped working there because A) they closed their site in my hometown, B) students voted me into a permanent position at the university. But I don't own any of their stock (might be a good time to buy, though).
LTK:
--- Quote from: Akima on 12 Aug 2012, 19:05 ---I don't know what is available in the Netherlands, or how pricing works out for different brands, but Huawei is worth considering. In Australia I'd say you get maybe 80% of an iPhone's function for 20% of the price, but then iPhones are expensive here (800-1000AUD depending on model). You can buy a Huawei Ideos X1, and get a very functional Android 2.2 smartphone for 99AUD! The screen is a bit crappy, and the camera is nothing special, but it all works. Spend a bit more and the Ascend G300 is a lot nicer but still only costs around 170AUD.
Statement of interest: I own a Huawei phone, and my cousin works for the company.
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Now that's rather interesting. Unfortunately, every listing for the Ideos model says it's no longer available. All that remain are the Ascend and honor models, which are €400 and €235 respectively - not really less than comparable models of other brands.
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 12 Aug 2012, 23:37 ---Leaving aside the Google/Apple politics, my observation has been that every person I've seen who's been in a position to make a real comparison, in actual use, of Android and iOS phones or tablets has ended up choosing the iPhone or iPad (and Blackberry is nowhere - well, my sister-in-law has one, but that doesn't count because she's a lawyer).
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That's nice to know, but I actually do care about Google/Apple politics. :laugh: Mostly because I prefer an open platform, and Apple is coming frighteningly close to assuming complete control of their devices.
So far the Nexus is looking like an attractive option, and the device by itself is also under the €400 mark, which seems quite reasonable. Then the trick becomes to find a reasonable subscription to go with it. I suppose it's not a great idea to buy the phone and carrier sub seperately, is it?
--- Quote from: Skewbrow on 13 Aug 2012, 04:42 ---When I next upgrade, I will likely go with Nokia Lumia. It is running Windows as opposed to Symbian, so won't be painful to use. Currently I have an N96, which is inevitably getting old.
Disclaimer: I worked part time for Nokia R&D in 06-08. I stopped working there because A) they closed their site in my hometown, B) students voted me into a permanent position at the university. But I don't own any of their stock (might be a good time to buy, though).
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I actually haven't heard any good things about the Windows phone OS. It's very unpopular, that much is obvious. I wonder why?
Skewbrow:
--- Quote from: LTK on 13 Aug 2012, 08:09 ---I actually haven't heard any good things about the Windows phone OS. It's very unpopular, that much is obvious. I wonder why?
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It's relatively new, and therefore not as many apps may be available yet. I can't tell for sure (ask your vendor or in related forums for more opinions). My own work was on the physical layer only. The former coworkers are unanimous that it is a much easier platform for programming apps than Symbian ever was. Meaning that more apps are coming.
Of course, there may be something else. May simply be the marketing :-)
idontunderstand:
I know very little of the topic but I'm really happy with my iPhone 4s.
nobo:
That shows exactly how little you know about the topic.
BTW. I also love my iPhone4S and know very little about Android phones.
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