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#36
Originally Posted by jalyst View Post
There was a fairly detailed debate I had with chenliangchen over at FMC.
But his post was off-topic, as were my/his subsequent posts, so I think they've been deleted.
We eventually wound-up our debate amicably, & he PM'd me with further Qns about the respective devices.
There was some other posts/threads though, they were more exhaustive, still looking for those.

I do find it odd that by virtue of the keyb, the N950's "just better" IYO.
It's a matter of whether a person's really going to benefit from that or not in their usage.
The VKB's truly excellent, combined w/Swype & it gets even better (in some respects it regresses).
Then there's the fact that there's awesome little BT/USB portables out there.

*64GB
*Better screen (yes it is better overall, if you're not one of the N9 owners with a dodgy panel, less common now)
*FMTX (not ruled-out yet, unlike N950)
*BT4.0 (also still a possibility, N950 uses slightly diff. radio chip, it'll never be an option)
*Slightly higher capacity battery
*NFC
*Better cellular reception (seen several N950 owners who own the N9 confirm this, can't recall if WiFi was an issue too)
*IIRC there's actually differences in the modules, apart from the higher MP count of N950.
Pretty sure I found more there that favored the N9, I'll post that later if I find it.
*No doubt I've forgotten something....

All of the above tallies up to make for a better choice if hw qwerty's not imperative.
Whether or not it's imperative depends on the user and their usage patterns.
He/she needs to use the VKB/Swype for an extended period to determine if it'll suffice.
We already brought up those points and you can't list things that are not supported or just rumours.. like the FMTX and such. So the N9 get a 0.5 for some but the N950 get a 1.0 for the hw-keyboard. So it is not that much tallying..

One of the big cons with the vkb is that it takes up half the screen and it is easier to miss the keys. Swype is worse in my mind. Draging the finger instead of pointing is even less accurate... when i use it anyway. The N9 and N950 has the same problems with Wifi. Seams to be the router and ps-poll/save that is the problem.

Anyway.. it always fall back on how it is going to be used. You can't just say the N9 is better.. because it isn't. For me and my usage the n950 is far more superior. And that is true for many.
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