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Nokia Launches Lumia 925 Advertisement Bashing iPhone Camera
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Risky move, Nokia.
Yup, your camera is really good. I like the idea of pixel density that lets you get high quality post processing zoom.
But keep in mind... this is simply a mediocre phone glued onto a pretty decent camera (although one that still doesn't have anything on the iPhone in terms of lens flexibility.) Not a pissing war you really should be getting into.
In addition this number of megapixels creates enormous files. (2, actually... a 5 MP 'little one' for sharing, and a big honkin' one for further editing. How are people going to feel about those memory requirements?
Yup, your camera is really good. I like the idea of pixel density that lets you get high quality post processing zoom.
But keep in mind... this is simply a mediocre phone glued onto a pretty decent camera (although one that still doesn't have anything on the iPhone in terms of lens flexibility.) Not a pissing war you really should be getting into.
In addition this number of megapixels creates enormous files. (2, actually... a 5 MP 'little one' for sharing, and a big honkin' one for further editing. How are people going to feel about those memory requirements?
A lot of defensive posts. You shouldn't take it so personally.
Nokia have always had very good quality cameras, so don't expect Apple to exceed Nokia in this respect. Apple have to work within a budget - they can't out price their phones, so they go for the next best [ camera ].
Nokia have always had very good quality cameras, so don't expect Apple to exceed Nokia in this respect. Apple have to work within a budget - they can't out price their phones, so they go for the next best [ camera ].
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Great points. I suppose photography is popular today because of the camera phone culture we've established today, which I think is cool if there's a level of passion and decent quality thats comes from it.
I'm still not very confident about capturing something like a "once in a lifetime" trip with my iPhones camera, but maybe in time I will. I certainly won't be buying a Nokia to start.
You're making things up and saying people said things that they didn't.
It's especially funny because in another thread you said all apple users are stuck in the past!
So buy a camera. You can still get a better camera in a camera than a camera in any phone.
One thing they won't talk about is the overall quality of the iPhone camera, its software. In everything but low-light, they're still the best.
If these phones start selling in any serious numbers, I'll pay attention.
There are shutterbugs who ARE looking for the best camera possible in their cell phone and perhaps this is the right ad for Nokia. I'm not the guy they're looking for, but I respect their attempt. You have to go with your strengths and maybe this is their only "in". I don't think it's their OS.
It's a nice phone. I'm gonna hang onto my Iphone until someone creates one
with a Leica lens. That would be day one purchase for me, unless it's a droid.
with a Leica lens. That would be day one purchase for me, unless it's a droid.
Let us hope Apple is never responsible for the slavery of young children... I'd hate to see the spin then.
Oh.. wait... yeah.. China.
Or any other digital device made by anyone else.
Ugh, I remember those days. Widgets as apps, no MMS support, no 3G, no video recording, no camera flash and yet it sold so well at $599 unsubsidized it was amazing. Could you imagine that happening today? Selling average mobile devices at full price like hotcakes?
Were all the shots taken with the Nokia and iPhone done at the same time using the same lighting conditions? If the lighting conditions were the same, then the comparison, in the ad are fair. I am not suggesting that they weren't as I was not there when they shot the commcerial.
I'm no Apple loyalist, but the ad has my BS-meter going off.
First, I take lots of photos with my iPhone and never get such lousy results, even in bad lighting situations. My photos are rarely as washed-out or underexposed as shown in the ad.
Second, I'm a little leery of the last few examples in the ad. How did they manage to take exactly the same photo with both the Nokia and the iPhone to achieve the split-screen comparison effect at the end? Doesn't that raise red flags to you? Looks like a little Photoshop fakery going on in my opinion.
When you consider all the "Apple hater" and "Samsung Troll" posts that have been posted time and time and TIME again around here, it's easy to lump your response in with all those others. Your reply is one similar to all the others that usually come up in that context.
...but since you or anyone else didn't EXPLICITLY STATE "Apple Hater" or "Samsung Troll" within the thread, you're gonna harp on it like it somehow proves something.
Seriously. It's tiresome. You don't discuss, you don't argue, you make broad claims, then look for the smallest literal detail in someone's response that you can exploit and run with.
Maybe it's just me but I don't see a better quality photo from the Nokia. It appears to have slightly less detail. You can always brighten the iphone photo if you like. And who knows what the lighting really looked like to know which is more accurate.
What's with the pervert at 0:48 rushing past a window, snapping a photo, and then continuing down the street?
Unless you are a professional photographer don't worry about this dumb ad.
Nokia has been beat down. One iPhone replaces every phone in their arsenal. Just one. I remember going to Nokia's website back in the mid 2000s and being overwhelmed by all the phones they sold. And the go to phone of all in Nokia's library was the 3310. A classic. I will give them those props. Respect. But that business model of having 100s of different phones is bs today.
Nokia has been beat down. One iPhone replaces every phone in their arsenal. Just one. I remember going to Nokia's website back in the mid 2000s and being overwhelmed by all the phones they sold. And the go to phone of all in Nokia's library was the 3310. A classic. I will give them those props. Respect. But that business model of having 100s of different phones is bs today.
It's "Nawk-ia" now because the company moved its headquarters from Finland to New Jersey.
I said "no-KEY-a" for years... then I started hearing people in the tech world call them "NO-kia". Now, we find out it's "KNOCK-ia".
Very interesting.
Sorry but until someone can squeeze a full frame sensor into a phone, then all this talk about low light ability and super-megapixel cameras just bores me.
For a quick snap shot of the family or a product shot for ebay, a phone pic may do the job. But if you want anything with a decent quality get a DSLR, even a compact or cross over wont do the job properly.
For a quick snap shot of the family or a product shot for ebay, a phone pic may do the job. But if you want anything with a decent quality get a DSLR, even a compact or cross over wont do the job properly.