I quite like the Lumia 800. Not sure about the Lumia 710.
The black 710 looks alright I think, but the white does it no favours. It's definitely the uglier one of the two though.
I quite like the Lumia 800. Not sure about the Lumia 710.
How is it a knockoff if it's way larger than the nano?Geez, the one on the left looks like a cheap knock off of the ipod nano.
How is it a knockoff if it's way larger than the nano?
I just can't jump on board with Windows Phone 7, does such a poor job of working with any software that is outside of MS.
Until they open up to Google search, Gmail, Google Docs and iCloud services, I'm not interested.
But if they brought MeeGo to the US, I'd be all over that device ASAP.
Shame on you Nokia! Why in the World would you go with Microsoft's garbage made in India? Microsoft is the equivalent of dog poo, they have no innovation anywhere on any of their products, all garbage! And they continue on the same path. It would be nice if they started investing right here in the US and hiring some folks that can innovate, get rid of all the old rags at Microsoft that are useless and never change otherwise start counting your days to doom!
-Mike
is the nano tapered? does the nano have curved glass, to fit with the overall curvature of the device? if no, then what? Apple not only has exclusive rights to "Square within square with rounded corner", but also "rounded square, within square"
Its funny. When Android outperform the iPhone, spec wise, all we hear is: Specs doesn't matter. When someone else does the same, then its fail...
MR logic at its best.
Shame on you Nokia! Why in the World would you go with Microsoft's garbage made in India? Microsoft is the equivalent of dog poo, they have no innovation anywhere on any of their products, all garbage! And they continue on the same path. It would be nice if they started investing right here in the US and hiring some folks that can innovate, get rid of all the old rags at Microsoft that are useless and never change otherwise start counting your days to doom!
-Mike
Nokia can never get volume shipping of these phones since they buy them from Korean OEMs (probably HTC).
If HTC have to chose between manufacturing their own phone or OEM one phone to Nokia. Who do you thing they will prioritize?
The Nokia moron CEO needs to get Nokia's factories online and start manufacture their own MSFT phones.
Then it can be interesting. Nokia is the only phone company that can manufacture 50 dollar phones and make profit. With this expertise they may be able to manufacture a full feature smartphone at 50% lover cost then others. That is the only way they can be saved in this oneway called Windows Mobile.
Unfortunately you are right. I think I just went off on that person because they make it sound like apple was building things in the US and everyone else Korea..
Should've put a dual core in here. Are there currently any dual core windows phones? This should've been the one to introduce it if not....I guess windows phone is similar to iOS in the aspect that it doesn't need crazy specs to run smoothly. Optimization is everything.
The 800 is an altogether more enticing prospect. It's a premium handset, with an unsubsidized retail price of €420, and it comes in three colors: black, cyan, and magenta. The body of the phone is milled from a single block of polycarbonate—apparently the same grade as is used for ice hockey helmets—to create a smooth, seamless object. The Gorilla Glass on the front is curved, so it too blends into the body with no joint or discontinuity (and as a result, the battery can't be changed by end-users). The phone's micro-USB port is hidden behind a small magnetically latched door. The result is extremely attractive, and the colored handsets are particularly striking. The phone's design—shared with Nokia's MeeGo-Harmattan-powered N9—is eye-catching and elegant.
Nokia set out to produce a phone with looks that people will lust after, and with the Lumia 800 it has succeeded. It feels good in the hand and the pocket, looks great, and stands out from the crowd.
Originally Posted by apolloa
Think it's time for some of you lot to have a history lesson. Nokia and Microsoft have BOTH been making mobile phones and operating systems for YEARS and I mean YEARS before Apple.
Do you seriously think anyone here doesn't know that?
The lumia Looks like an old nano, the first generation.
How is it Sony and Nokia and Samsung etc always have crappy names for their products like numbers etc or words that we don't understand, thats why they fail and the fact that there is not an abundance of third party accessories available means these companies will never compete with Apple, why not subsidize companies to make accessories generate some buzz, no one making accessories means no one cares, Apple deserves to be where they are.
Lumia looks okay the name sucks but I guess if Sony made it they would call it something like the mpd dsc2345eu so Lumia as pathetic as it is may sell if its cheap enough in bargain bins. How about next time calling it the Nokia Blue.
The Lumia 710: available in black and white... how original![]()
Over 90M phones sold in ONE quarter by Nokia...
Nokia's smartphone shipments fell 38% year-on-year to 16.8 million units in the quarter, while mobile phone shipments rose 8% to almost 90 million. Nokia said: "The year-on-year increase in our mobile phones volumes in the third quarter 2011 was driven by strong demand for our dual SIM devices, which reached 17.9 million during the quarter, as well as higher demand for our QWERTY products." source:
Symbian is still king in my country.
Nokia Lumia 800: The designer's story
I would rather get the N9 but there are trade-offs.
- Lumia 800 gets the faster processor, longer battery life, more supported OS, cheaper, and like more available in different regions.
- N9 gets a nicer looking OS (subjective), front-facing camera, slightly bigger screen, weighs lighter, has 64GB option, NFC, and double the RAM.
N9 = geeks, Nokia purists
L800 = mainstream
L800 will likely sell more, but N9 could be more versatile in the longer run since MeeGo is open source. The homebrew community can eventually try to put WP7 onto a N9 model. Majority WP7 doesn't have an expandable slot (sans Focus) and the only thing you can customize is the tile colors. MeeGo took some of the best elements of WP7 and iOS. L800 will get official updates and has the better future/ecosystem though.
I generally like TI's OMAP more than Qualcomm's, but it is odd L800 is at 1.4GHz and still has longer battery life than N9. WP7 is a light and efficient OS and Qualcomm's manufacturing process is probably at 45mm or 28mm which makes it even more power efficient.
God damn you, Nokia! Why do have to make this so hard? I will get whichever one in cyan, but picking the right twin isn't that easy as it looks. In cyan, it looks great with either OS. Cyan is unisex and this matches well if you sport Carolina Blue or whatever team closely matches the color.
Either way, my first WP7 or MeeGo phone will be a Nokia.![]()
Not anymore, I see more people with iOS, Android as well as BlackBerry devices nowadays.90 million smart phones or candybars?
Found it...
Nokia devices are far cheaper to own, contracts, Pay and Go.
Not surprised, never seen more Nokia devices in my life then in KL.![]()
Quite amusing how Nokia is now trying to be "open", "trendy" and "cool" -So much WOW as Microsoft would have you believe!
The 4th and 5th Gen iPod nanos have a tapering from center to left and center to right. It's profile from top down is a thinned out oval. So yes, it's tapered.
In addition, the glass that covers the LCD is curved to match the shell's profile. So yes, it's curved.
People got to stop with this stupid "Apple has rights to rounded rectangle" garbage. They don't. They never said they did. The Samsung lawsuit is much more than that. And while the rendering of the blue nokia windows phone might resemble a nano superficially, I highly doubt it actually does in real life because it's plastic, which reflects light differently compared to anodized aluminium. I'd guess it's probably closer to a polished up Danger Hiptop.
Specs do matter. They just don't matter as much as other details. Comparing a phone only on specs is stupid regardless of who's hardware specs are higher.
i really don't understand why anyone would buy another phone over an iPhone. I tried them all, and they are subpar.
Do you seriously think anyone here doesn't know that?
Um..... I think you might have misquoted your history textbook.
Regarding phones:
While Nokia has definitely been making phones earliest of the three, Microsoft doesn't make phones. Still doesn't.
Regarding OSs.
Symbian/EPOC32 was released in 1997.
Windows CE was first released in 1996.
Newton Intelligence was released in 1993.
If you meant tiny embedded systems platforms for early cell phones, then the discussion changes significantly as that's on the order of the MSDOS and AppleDOS.
We are all aware that Microsoft owns Nokia right? Therefore Microsoft does make phones now.
We are all aware that Microsoft owns Nokia right?
No, we are not aware of this. When did MS bought Nokia?