The Mobile World Congress 2012 thread
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It doesn't on the O2X.
do you at least see the notification bar and dock are different?
Have you even looked at Ovi market recently?
Whilst it does not have as many apps as iOS or Android there are still loads on there, certainly enough to cater for most peoples needs.
Personally I'd take a Symbian based phone over a Blackberry everytime.
I don't know why people always feel the need to bash the OS so much, as stated previously in the thread everyone has different needs/requirements and Symbian is fine for a lot of people.
For those not that interested in apps and want the phone mainly for calls and texting and also require a decent camera and free turn by turn navigation along with a battery life that can be measured in days rather than hours Symbian is absolutely fine.
Don't get me wrong, I like Android and iOS more than Symbian as an OS myself but I have very rarely come across a feature on either that I couldn't have on a Symbian based device.
Cross talk between apps on your Mac or PC wirelessly and being able to control file around a network seamlessly possible on Symbian? Also are you able to control your smart TV sets or bluRay players with a remote app etc?
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There appear to be some apps that serve some of these functions, not really spoiled for choice though.
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There appear to be some apps that serve some of these functions, not really spoiled for choice though.
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I think his point was that not everyone wants needs a huge range of apps many of which are not that useful. I agree iOS and Android are way ahead on apps but that doesn't mean they will stay that way.
There are people that value other things over smooth OS and lots of apps. Battery life and camera being big ones.
The odd thing Nokia have done (if rumour is true) is putting this camera into a symbian device rather than a WP one when they have pulled the plug on symbian.
They still make a dump load of new Symbian phones. Although they'll probably start replacing stuff like the 500, 600 etc with WP Tango devices this year, high end Apollo phones are slated for next year.
First press shot of the HTC One X, with that dull 2010 design.
First press shot of the HTC One X, with that dull 2010 design.
Do I spot a translucent status bar on the new ICS SenseUI?!
Indeed but it's pretty clear more people prefer features, a smooth OS and compatibility and freedom of choice in vast quantities (20 million SGS 2 phones in 10 months confirms most of this!) instead of just a better camera or battery life, battery life is much of a muchness across the board anyway at the moment as far as powerhouse smartphones go.
Indeed but it's pretty clear more people prefer features, a smooth OS and compatibility and freedom of choice in vast quantities (20 million SGS 2 phones in 10 months confirms most of this!) instead of just a better camera or battery life, battery life is much of a muchness across the board anyway at the moment as far as powerhouse smartphones go.
They still make a dump load of new Symbian phones. Although they'll probably start replacing stuff like the 500, 600 etc with WP Tango devices this year, high end Apollo phones are slated for next year.
First press shot of the HTC One X, with that dull 2010 design.
Dreadful.
According to the oracle of truth
p) wikipedia:2011 Market
Nokia 420 million sold
Samsung 315 million sold
Granted that will include sales in countries where high end handsets aren't as common too but as Nokia and the other phone companies are Global companies they make phones for all markets.
As far as I am aware S40 based devices as a whole still outsell most others.
a lot of tech savvy people seem to have it stuck in there minds that everyone must have / want top of the range gear, where in fact the majority of people really, really don't care.
Annnyyyhoooo...
Back on topic, have any Android devices been announced in this years MWC that have a proper flash?
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Yep, no wonder Sony Ericsson overtook HTC in the 2011 Q4 Android market share.
Nope.
its not dreadful but it is boring lets be honest.. nothing new nothing that makes you go "i want this"
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The new Sony phones kind do make me feel like I want this, dont really care for the specs, just a very nice design.
Here's a quote from HTC CFO Winston Yung from a few weeks back.
"We've dropped the ball on products” and "promise to become better in 2012"
Well Mr Yung, we're still waiting....
In other news:
Samsung finally demos the Exynos 4412 (32nm HKMG quad core cortex A9, probably Mali-400 MP4 or maybe even the Mali-T604?)
http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/23/samsung-demos-new-32nm-quad-core-exynos-ahead-of-mwc/
This might be used in the SGS3, kinda overkill as the 4212 would be more enough but marketing dictates quad cores are needed for a flagship.
"We've dropped the ball on products” and "promise to become better in 2012"
Well Mr Yung, we're still waiting....
In other news:
Samsung finally demos the Exynos 4412 (32nm HKMG quad core cortex A9, probably Mali-400 MP4 or maybe even the Mali-T604?)
http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/23/samsung-demos-new-32nm-quad-core-exynos-ahead-of-mwc/
This might be used in the SGS3, kinda overkill as the 4212 would be more enough but marketing dictates quad cores are needed for a flagship.