The big shootout: Nokia 808 vs HTC One vs Lumia 920 vs an imposter(!)
the review is overly biased or..?
the review is overly biased or..?
The megapixel race is an annoying fabrication by a bunch of marketers so they can have some sort of metric to spew at people to try to convince them to buy the phone (or camera).
I respectfully disagree.Neither the 808 nor the N95 are anywhere near as useful anymore when it comes to being smartphones.
Just saying, it depends on your usage and your own expectations.
If I'm going to have to carry a second device for photos, it's going to be a dedicated camera which will blow any smartphone out of the water when it comes to picture quality.
The first dedicated camera which would have noticeably better IQ is Sony RX100, it's double the price of 808 and 50% more weight. Also I'd rather combine 808 + surface or android tablet than some modern smartphone + dedicated camera. Costs less, takes less space and is a lot more convenient.
The first dedicated camera which would have noticeably better IQ is Sony RX100, it's double the price of 808 and 50% more weight. Also I'd rather combine 808 + surface or android tablet than some modern smartphone + dedicated camera. Costs less, takes less space and is a lot more convenient.
ive been a Symbian user since the 6630 , I recently took a 808 on a journey to Thailand for a month and to be honest as a basic smartphone it is ok , as a fully fledged smartphone for my needs it was pretty poor , Skype only supports voice calling , the web browser is so poor I couldn't book hotels through agoda on it where as android and windows etc it is no problem , the facebook and social networking aspect is also poor , gaming was poor , youtube not great , no soundcloud app for streaming my fave music etc etc
now the camera is good , very very good but there was times when I needed more then 3/4x zoom to get closer to great views , there was times when there wasn't enough manual control over my shots , the video recording on the other hand was simply superb , also nokia maps come in very handy for travelling Thailand and the coverage was excellent as was the gps signal , the tv out feature was also very handy for hotel rooms etc
for me I would rather have a proper smartphone with great web browser and nice app selection with a high end , high zoom point and shoot camera , I am currently using the 920 and a cannon sx 240hs with 20x optical zoom , its a nice camera , offers full manual mode , great zoom and I find it offers more versatility then the 808 , I also find the 920 to be more of a modern smartphone then the 808 with better app selection and web browser that offers again more versatility , there were times in Thailand when the 808 just let me down as a smartphone and havinga windows/ios/android device plus a decent point and shoot would have offered me much more
I am not knocking the 808 , it will be nice to have the sensor and lens on a windows phone and I hope they get it out sooner rather then later but when you chose the 808 as your smartphone then you simply have to make compromises and some of them suck , the web browser is sooooo poor in my eyes are things like social networking , gaming , usefull apps really let it down :-/
cmon nokia pull your finger out and lets get a windows pureview phase1+2 out there and show the sgs4 users what a true convergence device really is
am I excited about pureview phase1 coming to windows phone .... yes I am as it will offer a better convergence device then the 808 as for my needs the 808 just doesn't cut it as a smartp