maemo.org - Talk - The EPIC N9 anticipation thread

Phone shop assistants are usually uninterested in really understanding the phone market. A week before Motorolla Xoom's release in the UK I walked into a Vodafone store (Westfields) and was asked if I meant a phone and not a tablet. Shocked at his ignorance I stood there and explained the Android tablet market and even pointed out Vodafone's website advertising the Xoom.

Its not just the sales person .. Apple has been guilty of it too .. The original iphone was a feature phone .. what did Apple brush it up as ..

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A smartphone

qwazix

2011-06-20 23:46

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Yeah, and their attitude is that they know everything most of the time.

Krustylicious

2011-06-20 23:48

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I still see the iphone as a feature phone with some additional smartphone abilities - just like s40.

afaq	2011-06-20 23:49

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Originally Posted by Krustylicious (Post 1033505)

Its not just the sales person .. Apple has been guilty of it too .. The original iphone was a feature phone .. what did Apple brush it up as ..

...

A smartphone

The term smart phone was hijacked to make the average ignorant consumer feel 'smart'. Suddenly they could check weather on their phone and use currency conversion tools and then came the fart apps. People forget Nokia had an App store years before the iPhone (not implemented that great but perhaps the market/tech wasnt ready?) and the N95 I ran with managed to outdo the iphone original (and 3g) in almost every way.

qwazix

2011-06-20 23:51

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Can't stay up any longer. Hope the thread is still going when I wake up. Goodnight and hope for a stunning revelation.

afaq	2011-06-20 23:53

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It is still a device that is made to run Apps. it's an App Device. One interface with square buttons to open Apps.

As much as we might complain about apple and the unjust popularity it gains I rather own a device that performs and meets most of my expectations then a device that I spend hundreds of £'s on and then convince myself that is truly is magical. Sad that the mobile/tablet world has been corrupted by imitators.

Krustylicious

2011-06-20 23:54

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Afaq, Apple made installing apps easy.. Nokia failed in that .. Sure you can do paralell downloads and install on Nokia Store (bye ovi), but the apple "app" store is actually nicely laid out, especially on the ipad.

Talking of tablets ...

afaq	2011-06-20 23:59

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no one denies iphones ease of use. id rather not start a nokia vs apple debate because im sure most of us are in agreement on the key issues.

as for nokia apps - i hope intels appUp store has a big part to play in all of this. ovi was and is a major failure.

Krustylicious

2011-06-20 23:59

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Originally Posted by afaq (Post 1033511)

Depends what i want from that device, if we look at demographics, most people wanted a featurephone that could check their email or go on facebook.. The iphone serves that task and does that well. Android tries to copy and give extra options. Symbian erm well just gives you every option that you could possibly change but not make it easy for jessy's girl.

Question is has Nokia lost Jessy's girl for good ..

mscion

2011-06-21 00:00

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Originally Posted by Brock (Post 1033455)

ok... but you wont get it... thats it.

i am off now.. try to get some sleep.. see you in 2 hours...

Well it is what it is... Have a nice nap but I am now afraid to sleep as I may dream of candy bars, candied apples and mangos. What a nightmare!

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