specs are overrated for a number of reasons and it seems that all people care about are the latest and greatest specs... who really cares?!?!? ive used every phone under the sun in the past 2 years, i change phones like i change my underwear... and i can speak from experience. specs are numbers, and nothing more. there is a lot more to phone quality other than the most RAM and the fastest processor. the OS is a huge part of what makes a phone smooth. android is a power hungry OS and therefor would run better with higher end specs. and thats why with every other android phone they have a faster processor or a more RAM. to me there is nothing groundbreaking about better specs. show me something that is useful, like an amazing accessory, or intuitive design. show me something that the average user can benefit from. show me deeper integration with the things we use on a day to day basis! give me a radio that works, not a quad core processor. we are getting way to consumed with specs. most of us here know, a first gen windows phone will run smoother and faster than a dual core ICS android with much higher specs... and i know technology is moving at a rapid pace, but it doesnt mean we have to have the latest specs to stay relevant! look at tv's for example. and 3d technology, does that mean if i buy a tv without 3d technology that it is dated? NO!!! in fact 3d is going to be dead very soon.
now cameras... The problem with having more than 8 in the Ativ is that by increasing the number of pixels, you need to either increase the sensor size or decrease the pixel size. Decreasing the pixel size leads to decreased image quality, wheras a bigger sensor would not fit in this phone - therefore it is pretty much at it's limit as far as resolution goes.
The Nokia pureview on the other hand has a massive sensor. In fact, each of its 41 million pixels is about the same size as each pixel in the samsung, so the quality of the pixels is just as good and there are more of them, hence a better image results. The other thing the Nokia can do isthe pureview mode, which uses an algorithm to shrink the 41MP image to either 8 or 5 MP. This basically has the effect of making an 8MP sensor with massive, super accurate pixels. So no matter what mode you use, it wins out over the 8MP image of the samsung.
As an aside, the other advantage of pureview is that you can do lossless digital zoom. Normal digital zoom at for example 8MP would just take a portion of that 8MP image (maybe 3MP depending on the zoom factor) and 'stretch' it out to 8MP, producing poor image quality. Because pureview has so many nice big pixels you can zoom and still be using 8 true megapixels, giving excellent image quality.
even with battery life you dont need a massive battery to run all day if the phone is optimized to consume very little battery life... a 1500 mah windows phone could run longer than a 3000 mah 4g android, depending on what the OS allows to run in the background, kernels, ect... so will a 2000 mah battery suffice? YES!!!
lets talk about hardware design? not much to say hear except there is no comparison when you feel how solid a nokia 900 feels compared to a sgs3... dont tell me durability isnt important...
so people please do us all a favor and STOP comparing everything by its specs! :excl::excl:
now cameras... The problem with having more than 8 in the Ativ is that by increasing the number of pixels, you need to either increase the sensor size or decrease the pixel size. Decreasing the pixel size leads to decreased image quality, wheras a bigger sensor would not fit in this phone - therefore it is pretty much at it's limit as far as resolution goes.
The Nokia pureview on the other hand has a massive sensor. In fact, each of its 41 million pixels is about the same size as each pixel in the samsung, so the quality of the pixels is just as good and there are more of them, hence a better image results. The other thing the Nokia can do isthe pureview mode, which uses an algorithm to shrink the 41MP image to either 8 or 5 MP. This basically has the effect of making an 8MP sensor with massive, super accurate pixels. So no matter what mode you use, it wins out over the 8MP image of the samsung.
As an aside, the other advantage of pureview is that you can do lossless digital zoom. Normal digital zoom at for example 8MP would just take a portion of that 8MP image (maybe 3MP depending on the zoom factor) and 'stretch' it out to 8MP, producing poor image quality. Because pureview has so many nice big pixels you can zoom and still be using 8 true megapixels, giving excellent image quality.
even with battery life you dont need a massive battery to run all day if the phone is optimized to consume very little battery life... a 1500 mah windows phone could run longer than a 3000 mah 4g android, depending on what the OS allows to run in the background, kernels, ect... so will a 2000 mah battery suffice? YES!!!
lets talk about hardware design? not much to say hear except there is no comparison when you feel how solid a nokia 900 feels compared to a sgs3... dont tell me durability isnt important...
so people please do us all a favor and STOP comparing everything by its specs! :excl::excl:
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