xiaomi mi note launched today being hailed iPhone 6 plus killer

kona786 · 26 Jan 2015 at 17:44

demelite said:
That's true, a good thing for consumers!
New phones with more functions come out so quickly!Why shall we pay more than 300￡ for just a phone!

Is a Desktop PC just a Word processor?

SexyGreyFox · 26 Jan 2015 at 17:55

kona786 said:
Is a Desktop PC just a Word processor?

Perhaps he should go back to a Nokia 3210

Amp34 · 26 Jan 2015 at 18:42

What's the battery life like?
What is the screen like?
What is it made of?
What is the camera quality?

Raw specs sheets rarely cover those (almost most important) features. It's the reason so many flagship phones fall by the way side.

And it runs android, which is another big killer for many.

jej_knowles · 26 Jan 2015 at 20:45

Amp34 said:
What's the battery life like?
What is the screen like?
What is it made of?
What is the camera quality?

Raw specs sheets rarely cover those (almost most important) features. It's the reason so many flagship phones fall by the way side.

And it runs android, which is another big killer for many.

Of coarse it runs android what else would it run when over 80% of the whole smartphone market are already using android!!! ios has just under 15%

mrochester · 26 Jan 2015 at 20:52

jej_knowles said:
Of coarse it runs android what else would it run when over 80% of the whole smartphone market are already using android!!! ios has just under 15%

Yeah but lots of people don't like Android.

SexyGreyFox · 26 Jan 2015 at 21:10

mrochester said:
Yeah but lots of people don't like Android.

15% compared to 80%.
No brainer.

snapdragon · 26 Jan 2015 at 21:12

Amp34 said:
And it runs android, which is another big killer for many.

Christmas themed thank · 26 Jan 2015 at 22:02

^ Irony.

Caged · 26 Jan 2015 at 22:35

Dimple said:
15% compared to 80%.
No brainer.

Lots of people don't want to pay iPhone money for phones. The sales share of each platform vs. the usage share are worlds apart, mainly because it's really difficult to get a non-smartphone any more. An 80% sales figure includes lots of Android powered handsets that cost £30 and never get used for anything remotely smartphone-like.

Terminal_Boy · 26 Jan 2015 at 22:49

Trifid said:
The OP made it about Apple by saying 'iPhone 6 Plus killer'. Which it has no hope in hell of being.

Correct on both counts.

mrochester · 27 Jan 2015 at 06:30

Dimple said:
15% compared to 80%.
No brainer.

80% marketshare doesn't mean 80% of people like Android. Android has 80% marketshare because it's cheap, not because people like it.

SexyGreyFox · 27 Jan 2015 at 07:29

mrochester said:
80% marketshare doesn't mean 80% of people like Android. Android has 80% marketshare because it's cheap, not because people like it.

You are correct.
I know people with iPhones who don't like iOS.

mrochester · 27 Jan 2015 at 07:34

Dimple said:
You are correct.
I know people with iPhones who don't like iOS.

Yep, just like there are even more people with Android phones who don't like Android.

SexyGreyFox · 27 Jan 2015 at 11:13

mrochester said:
Yep, just like there are even more people with Android phones who don't like Android.

Why post it again, we already know?

kona786 · 27 Jan 2015 at 15:22

mrochester said:
80% marketshare doesn't mean 80% of people like Android. Android has 80% marketshare because it's cheap, not because people like it.

I can bet that there are still more people in the world that like Android than not like it, compared to iOS.

SexyGreyFox · 27 Jan 2015 at 18:42

kona786 said:
I can bet that there are still more people in the world that like Android than not like it, compared to iOS.

I'll also bet that way more % of Android users are disappointed by Android than iOS users because you can buy really cheap phones that can give a bad experience.
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Amp34 · 27 Jan 2015 at 19:52

mrochester said:
80% marketshare doesn't mean 80% of people like Android. Android has 80% marketshare because it's cheap, not because people like it.

While I agree with your point it's not necessarily needed.

I'd say 20% of a couple of billion people is many no matter how you look at it.

After having used android and gone back to a non android phone I remeber how smooth non android phones are (WP and iOS). Even the high end phones (I had an HTC One "M7") still lag far more than the other OSs unfortunately.

Christmas themed thank · 27 Jan 2015 at 20:22

The issue with Android is that there are no limits on what it can run on. I think most of the people who hate on Android used it on bad quality hardware or when it was bad - maybe two years ago?

Whereas on the iPhone the hardware has always been "good". The experience has always been consistent for customers.

jej_knowles · 27 Jan 2015 at 20:24

This wasn't supposed to turn into an ios vs android argument. Sorry if the title made you think there was a new non apple smartphone running ios but that will never happen so you will have to stick with the same phone as everyone else on ios!

Amp34 · 27 Jan 2015 at 21:54

jej_knowles said:
This wasn't supposed to turn into an ios vs android argument. Sorry if the title made you think there was a new non apple smartphone running ios but that will never happen so you will have to stick with the same phone as everyone else on ios!

I doubt anyone actually thought that, but on the other hand does anyone have any info on these questions, which is says re just as important as the processor and amount of RAM.

What's the battery life like?
What is the screen like?
What is it made of?
What is the camera quality?

There are plenty of cheaper phones that don't have any satisfactory answers to the above, and that's how they save costs.

xiaomi mi note launched today being hailed iPhone 6 plus killer

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