Not till there is an iPhone version for the poor. The iPhone is considered a premium handset. Well off people are going to have to buy by the crate to beat nokia in outright sales.
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Now Nokia is having a go at Apple over the Death Grip
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Not till there is an iPhone version for the poor. The iPhone is considered a premium handset. Well off people are going to have to buy by the crate to beat nokia in outright sales.
weird, I already replied to this, but my post seems to have vanished?
anyway, Apple don't have anything approaching a 'significant' share of the market. Check the figures.
They have a significant share of a very small niche of the market (premium handsets, as mentioned above).
FYI they are a public company out to make money and having the most profitable part of the market taken away does nothing to add to the bottom line. I am sure apple is happy as hell to leave them at the sub $49 handset market- If I were an investor in Nokia I would not be happy
Nokia own manuals show their phones have issues- dopes
http://www.appleinsider.com/article...at_iphone_4_death_grip_gets_called_on_it.html
Nokia's manual adds, "Contact with antennas affects the communication quality and may cause the device to operate at a higher power level than otherwise needed and my reduce the battery life."
http://www.appleinsider.com/article...at_iphone_4_death_grip_gets_called_on_it.html
Nokia's manual adds, "Contact with antennas affects the communication quality and may cause the device to operate at a higher power level than otherwise needed and my reduce the battery life."
Almost every manufacturer includes a warning like that in their manual. it's standard.
no other phone has the same issue, to the same extent, as the iPhone does
Useless posts sometimes get reported and removed.
In spite of Apple's announcement of 1.7M iPhone 4s sold, there's a subtext to that. Apple's goal is more in line with profit than units-sold. Just wait until they announce their latest quarterly-results for more proof. Also, see this: Apple's iPhone Operating Profit Beats Nokia For The First Time
It said "Significant? Check the figures."
or something along those lines. Which is a valid, albeit brief, reply.
Wow. I don't know what's crazier. That somebody actually reported it or that a mod saw fit to delete it. Especially since it was part of an ongoing conversation. And not even an unfriendly one...
it's one of the more famous grips in 2010.If you think a video of a 2 year old phone that costs half the price of the iPhone proves something... well I don't know what to tell you.
Also, I took care to note 'to the same extent' in my post.
Please post a video of another phone exhibiting this issue when a single finger is placed on it. Or when a key or coin is placed on it.
Then I'll happily concede the point.
Seen that. Would have liked to see the phone loose connection all together. And to be fair It would be good if was compared to an iPhone. The guy states that his other phones could only manage 3 bars and he lives in a bad connection area.
All the Nokias I have owned (and that's quite a few) have said something similar.
In practice, I have never lost reception/dropped calls/stalled data just by holding the phone in the "wrong" hand.
It helps when you buy phones from a company who is responsible for many of the patents that make the iPhone different from the iPod, instead of a company whose patents seem to be more about looks.
You should probably check with the mods if you would like a more detailed explanation as to what happened to your post.
Are you serious? The point here is that Nokia might want to work on getting their market share back that apple ripped from them, before they poke fun at someone they have documented as an issue as well.
Oh why bother. Not a big deal and I'm sure they've got enough on their plate right now.
Wow you got to work on your wit. Now wit is what nokia are doing here, they are having a go at apple, by trying to be funny by making up all the bs grip names. Do not tell me you think that you are taking this blog seriously???
How do u think antennas work? On any device? This is fine print in any manual that is based on an antenna system.
Seriously what is with you guys defending apple? Nokia has every right to take a stab at apple, apple has used the same marketing techniques themselves (see: I'm a mac; I'm a pc.)
Nokia has even more of a reason to do so seeing how apple likes to ignore any patents nokia has on products and just goes ahead and steals them.
Hell if it weren't or nokia mobile phones would be nowhere near what they are like today.
Nokia has even more of a reason to do so seeing how apple likes to ignore any patents nokia has on products and just goes ahead and steals them.
Hell if it weren't or nokia mobile phones would be nowhere near what they are like today.
As a former Nokia 5800 XP owner I can say that you probably don't even know how right you are.