Then again, it shouldn't be a show stopper. The iPhone didn't have a few 'basic' things with version 1, yet it sold well.
The original iPhone sold well 4 years ago when smart phone expectations were much different, there was little or no comparable competition and video calling apps like skype and facetime just didn't exist in the mobile phone arena like they do today.
It is now 2012 and yet a brand new top end Nokia phone is missing basic features which every competing phone now has and that people were calling Apple out for not including in the iPhone 3 years ago... have they learnt nothing?
The original iPhone sold well 4 years ago when smart phone expectations were much different, there was little or no comparable competition and video calling apps like skype and facetime just didn't exist in the mobile phone arena like they do today.
It is now 2012 and yet a brand new top end Nokia phone is missing basic features which every competing phone now has and that people were calling Apple out for not including in the iPhone 3 years ago... have they learnt nothing?
On top of that the original iPhone was Apple's first foray into the mobile phone market. How long have Nokia and Microsoft been making phones now?
The A4 chip in iPhone 4 is clocked at 800 MHz rather than 1 GHz (which AI stated in the article), as I understand from a bit of googling around. Correct me if that's not true.
That seems odd. Microsoft buys Skype for $8 billion then releases their first Nokia phone that can't make video Skype calls.
Excellent point!
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Microsoft has a good chance of being big player here.
They have their way of starting small and slowly gaining market share. Their vast resources allow them to keep on trying until something sticks. Then again, in typical MS fashion they can also be inconsistent to that - think Zune.
At the end of the day it will be about which platform provides for the best Apps. Browser speed will be a second consideration. Microsoft will lose again.
The original iPhone sold well 4 years ago when smart phone expectations were much different, there was little or no comparable competition and video calling apps like skype and facetime just didn't exist in the mobile phone arena like they do today.
It is now 2012 and yet a brand new top end Nokia phone is missing basic features which every competing phone now has and that people were calling Apple out for not including in the iPhone 3 years ago... have they learnt nothing?
Valid point. Some companies do learn; the non-replaceable battery was considered a no-no by iPhone competitors, now look how many phones adopted that.
I ran the same tests on my 4S and pretty much duplicated their test scores last night. Actually, a few of my results were slightly better than their test numbers.
While it may not be up to the 4S speeds, it is nice to see MS has gone a completely different direction.They've went for another style of look and feel with the newest Windows mobile platform. It just goes to show that duplication isn't the only way to compete in the smartphone world.
At the end of the day it will be about which platform provides for the best Apps. Browser speed will be a second consideration. Microsoft will lose again.
At the end of the day all apps we consider have some value will exist on all platforms with equal functionality. This is not the case right now but we will come to that soon.
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Then again, it shouldn't be a show stopper. The iPhone didn't have a few 'basic' things with version 1, yet it sold well.
The original iPhone sold well 4 years ago when smart phone expectations were much different, there was little or no comparable competition and video calling apps like skype and facetime just didn't exist in the mobile phone arena like they do today.
It is now 2012 and yet a brand new top end Nokia phone is missing basic features which every competing phone now has and that people were calling Apple out for not including in the iPhone 3 years ago... have they learnt nothing?
The original iPhone sold well 4 years ago when smart phone expectations were much different, there was little or no comparable competition and video calling apps like skype and facetime just didn't exist in the mobile phone arena like they do today.
It is now 2012 and yet a brand new top end Nokia phone is missing basic features which every competing phone now has and that people were calling Apple out for not including in the iPhone 3 years ago... have they learnt nothing?
On top of that the original iPhone was Apple's first foray into the mobile phone market. How long have Nokia and Microsoft been making phones now?
That seems odd. Microsoft buys Skype for $8 billion then releases their first Nokia phone that can't make video Skype calls.
Excellent point!
Microsoft has a good chance of being big player here.
They have their way of starting small and slowly gaining market share. Their vast resources allow them to keep on trying until something sticks. Then again, in typical MS fashion they can also be inconsistent to that - think Zune.
The original iPhone sold well 4 years ago when smart phone expectations were much different, there was little or no comparable competition and video calling apps like skype and facetime just didn't exist in the mobile phone arena like they do today.
It is now 2012 and yet a brand new top end Nokia phone is missing basic features which every competing phone now has and that people were calling Apple out for not including in the iPhone 3 years ago... have they learnt nothing?
Valid point. Some companies do learn; the non-replaceable battery was considered a no-no by iPhone competitors, now look how many phones adopted that.
While it may not be up to the 4S speeds, it is nice to see MS has gone a completely different direction.They've went for another style of look and feel with the newest Windows mobile platform. It just goes to show that duplication isn't the only way to compete in the smartphone world.
At the end of the day it will be about which platform provides for the best Apps. Browser speed will be a second consideration. Microsoft will lose again.
At the end of the day all apps we consider have some value will exist on all platforms with equal functionality. This is not the case right now but we will come to that soon.
Nice trouncing Andysol!
testing 1,2,3