I never took shots at Nokia, but I always said that it was not necessarily the best device for everyone... I also stated many times that I want a Lumia 920 or a ATIV s, but every time that someone states the cons or the not so useful about the Lumia 920 it is seen as Nokia bashing... Ironic since there is a huge amount of bashing towards the ATIV s and the ones who want it...Yep, not the first thread started taking shots at nokia under the guise of something else. Just gets more transparent each time.
I never took shots at Nokia, but I always said that it was not necessarily the best device for everyone... I also stated many times that I want a Lumia 920 or a ATIV s, but every time that someone states the cons or the not so useful about the Lumia 920 it is seen as Nokia bashing... Ironic since there is a huge amount of bashing towards the ATIV s and the ones who want it...
Well since I created the thread... you were talking about me...Didn't even mention any names but you answered. Thanks for making it so easy.
Where is this huge amount of bashing towards ATIV? Winterfang alone attacks nokia more than the total number of people getting on samsung.
Lighten up Francis.
I hope Samsung and HTC positively surprise me after Oct 29th.
Relax dude. He said it arguably has the best specs. Where's the lie?
All I am saying is that the ATIV s is a damn good device and it deserves respect... it might not have all the accessories that the Lumia has, but as far as I am concern it's like automobiles, more options doesn't mean better...
I'm not bashing Nokia, but there really is no need to bother with special Purity Headphones. They are just Monster headphones made in special colors to match Lumia devices. Any brand of headphones will work, since the Lumias use standard 3.5mm headphone jacks and support A2DP Bluetooth. My Klipsch headphones, which I've had for over two years, work just fine.
Because he made it look like it had stronger specs than the others, which it doesn't. It has the same specs, same processor and RAM. It has a lower quality screen than the others, with that cheap Pentile panel.
With 2 subpixels per pixel on the Pentile instead of 3 subpixel per pixel on a RGB panel, you can easily make the calculation of how many subpixels there are and come up with something interesting:
720 pixels x 2 = 1440
480 pixels x 3 = 1440
For Samsung, it's a win-win: They get to produce as cheap as with lower resolution displays because of the saving in subpixels, but they get to write high numbers on the spec-sheets.
As for the storage space (I already wrote a reply to that, but the system of this forum ended my session and so when I wanted to post it, it asked me to log in again and my post was los), my C: drive with Photoshop, Office and dozens of other programs takes up 30 GB, my Music Folder with over 2700 tracks around 13, my Photos Folder with over 5000 pics around 4-5Gb, and I doubt that someone will have that much stuff on their phone. I currently have about 10-12GB of media on my 16GB phone, and I severly doubt that WP8 and a whole truckload of 1-15MB Apps would take up anywere near 5GB, so on a 32GB phone you would, worst case scenario, still have around 25GB for media, which is twice as much as I have now and should be plenty for 4-5000 songs and easily a thousand photos that you would snap with your phone. Unless you want to carry around whole TV series' in HD, I don't see why non-expandable storage on a 32GB phone should be an issue. And if you do want to do that, just get a $250 7" tablet, they are incredibly cheap (given their specs, they are half the price of comparable phones, with a larger battery and screen), you will have much more pleasure watching videos on it than on a tiny phone screen which you have to hold close to your eyes, and you'll have more fun surfing the web with that larger screen, and they are still pocketable enough. I applaud the arrival of the cheap 7" tablets, as they give us the possibility to let our phones be phones again, and open up new possibilities for phone purchases as we no longer have to run after near 5" screens because we might want to surf the web more comfortably, we can now get "smaller" (4+ inches is still pretty large) phones which we can still surf on, and a tablet for longer sessions of web-browsing and movie watching. Now if only the phone manufacturers would understand that, and give us the same specs and technology that they have in their large phones in the ones with the human-sized screens, instead of forcing us to buy the larger phone just because we don't want 1-2 year old specs...
I don't care about pixel numbers. I've seen the gs3 screen and it's super nice. The thing about screens though is you won't notice the difference of an average screen from an above average screen unless they are side by side.Because he made it look like it had stronger specs than the others, which it doesn't. It has the same specs, same processor and RAM. It has a lower quality screen than the others, with that cheap Pentile panel.
With 2 subpixels per pixel on the Pentile instead of 3 subpixel per pixel on a RGB panel, you can easily make the calculation of how many subpixels there are and come up with something interesting:
720 pixels x 2 = 1440
480 pixels x 3 = 1440
For Samsung, it's a win-win: They get to produce as cheap as with lower resolution displays because of the saving in subpixels, but they get to write high numbers on the spec-sheets.
As for the storage space (I already wrote a reply to that, but the system of this forum ended my session and so when I wanted to post it, it asked me to log in again and my post was los), my C: drive with Photoshop, Office and dozens of other programs takes up 30 GB, my Music Folder with over 2700 tracks around 13, my Photos Folder with over 5000 pics around 4-5Gb, and I doubt that someone will have that much stuff on their phone. I currently have about 10-12GB of media on my 16GB phone, and I severly doubt that WP8 and a whole truckload of 1-15MB Apps would take up anywere near 5GB, so on a 32GB phone you would, worst case scenario, still have around 25GB for media, which is twice as much as I have now and should be plenty for 4-5000 songs and easily a thousand photos that you would snap with your phone. Unless you want to carry around whole TV series' in HD, I don't see why non-expandable storage on a 32GB phone should be an issue. And if you do want to do that, just get a $250 7" tablet, they are incredibly cheap (given their specs, they are half the price of comparable phones, with a larger battery and screen), you will have much more pleasure watching videos on it than on a tiny phone screen which you have to hold close to your eyes, and you'll have more fun surfing the web with that larger screen, and they are still pocketable enough. I applaud the arrival of the cheap 7" tablets, as they give us the possibility to let our phones be phones again, and open up new possibilities for phone purchases as we no longer have to run after near 5" screens because we might want to surf the web more comfortably, we can now get "smaller" (4+ inches is still pretty large) phones which we can still surf on, and a tablet for longer sessions of web-browsing and movie watching. Now if only the phone manufacturers would understand that, and give us the same specs and technology that they have in their large phones in the ones with the human-sized screens, instead of forcing us to buy the larger phone just because we don't want 1-2 year old specs...
I don't care about pixel numbers. I've seen the gs3 screen and it's super nice. The thing about screens though is you won't notice the difference of an average screen from an above average screen unless they are side by side.
Agreed, and I wasn't trying to imply otherwise.
I know the Purity Headphones are made by Monster, but what does that have to do with the discussion at hand? You missed my point. My point was ECOSYSTEM of accessories. Sure, people like you and me will not care that much about accessories, but just look at the iPhone market. If you think for one second that people don't care, you are blind or have your head in the sand. With Nokia's announcements for the Lumia line, they clearly see this as a differentiator to the other ODM's in the Windows Phone family.
I really do not see any device-specific accessories, such as headphones or speaker docks, becoming popular other than for Apple products. This article states it well here: "You see, accessory manufacturers have a problem when designing for any device other than one of Apples offerings. Apple?s offerings use exactly the same connection and, most of the time, position it in the same location on each device. As a result, manufacturers simply need to accommodate different sized devices in order to make their iOS accessory ?universal? across Apple?s line. (The worst case scenario requires a simple insert.) This is not the case when one leaves the world of iOS devices. Yes, while the microUSB connection is now standard, each device not only has a different size but also locates and orients the microUSB in a different place. For example, the HTC HD 7 has the microUSB connection on the bottom but offset a bit to the right. Another device I recently reviewed had the microUSB connection on the side while a third placed the microUSB connection on the top of the device. The connector is universal but that?s as far as it goes. That?s a problem if you?re looking to create one accessory that can be used with each and every device. It is, in fact, why we see such a limited number of ?device-specific? accessories for each new Android or Windows Phone device. It is simply not cost effective."
This is not the case when one leaves the world of iOS devices. Yes, while the microUSB connection is now standard, each device not only has a different size but also locates and orients the microUSB in a different place. For example, the HTC HD 7 has the microUSB connection on the bottom but offset a bit to the right. Another device I recently reviewed had the microUSB connection on the side while a third placed the microUSB connection on the top of the device. The connector is universal but that?s as far as it goes. That?s a problem if you?re looking to create one accessory that can be used with each and every device. It is, in fact, why we see such a limited number of ?device-specific? accessories for each new Android or Windows Phone device. It is simply not cost effective."