USB MS is also one of my requirements. Having to use a custom piece of software just to transfer files is pathetic.

I also want USB OTG.

Bluetooth file transfer is important too. I'd imagine NOKIA's customers in countries with unpleasant, unelected regimes would find this particularly important.

In fact I want full bluetooth connectivity to any device.

I must be able to specify which access point the phone is going to use when I connect to the internet.

My phone must be able to recieve a text whilst I'm composing one without wiping out what I've typed so far.

I also like Python on my smartphones.

Navigation shouldn't require a data connection either.

I want an SD card slot.

I want a file manager.

I want to be able to sideload my own applications on my own device without needing third-party approval.

I want HDMI out.

In 2010 NOKIA could deliver all that, sadly they've gone backwards in every way since then. Back then I would have expected by now we'd have excellent new MeeGo devices with super hardware and even more power and functionality, I would be moving on from Symbian with barely a backward glance.

It's sad to see such degradation and decay that NOKIA are now turning out 'smart' phones that are arguably less functional than their feature phones.

The design of the Lumia's hardware is so handsome and so stylish and they've been very widely marketed, NOKIA devices also have a good reputation for their durability and longevity so the Lumias should be selling really well but they're not. You need to stop and ask yourself why, what's the problem?


What would be the point? I could say 'smooth' like you do (ad nauseam) but the fact is they're functionally such limited devices that I, like the overwhelming majority of smartphone customers it seems, wouldn't be interested in buying one.