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IMO, the Nokia Lumia 920 is the first truly worthy adversary to the iPhone! (Pics)

aznguyen316

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I also really like the live tiles. A lot. I'm all about having information ready at hand rather than going in and out of apps. I realized iOS is too much based on apps. Jailbreak plus the notification Window has helped some at least to not have it all app heavy..
 
THE JUICEMAN

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Faux Carnival said:
I don't understand people hating live tiles. I think live tiles are the greatest innovation in mobile device industry.

They do exactly a mobile device has to do. Give you information without going into the app. Get the phone out of your pocket and with a glimpse, you see all your texts, emails, missed calls, profile updates, weather and what not... Then put it back in your pocket. Convenient. Plus, the design is flawless. Clean, undersandable, simple.

On the other hand, it is still 73C on your app icon. Enjoy the 5th row by the way.
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I can't wait to try these live tiles. But how much time am I really saving vs iOS or android? If I pull down the notification tray isn't that the same thing? I have all my alerts right there at a glance right? Don't get me wrong, the lumia 920 will be my next phone to try but doesn't a notification tray do the same thing as a notification tray? Just some thoughts.
 
blackhand1001

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SnowLeopard2008 said:
Not the first few Droids. Only the Droid RAZR HD and Droid RAZR MAXX HD which was introduced this year.
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The first motorola two droids had a 265ppi non pentile display. The iphone at the time only had a 163 ppi display which was out at the same time. Thats an over 100 ppi difference.
 
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SnowLeopard2008 said:
I was talking about retina-class displays... 265ppi is not retina-class.
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Um yes it is. I guess the iPad and the macbook pro aren't retina then since they are both lower PPI. The majority of people wouldn't notice the difference between 265 and 320. They would notice the difference between 160 and 265. Apple was forced to simply double the screen resolution because of limitations of the os which doesn't support scaling to any resolution, something that android can do natively. They did this because the competition was using much denser screens than they were. The only option they had was to double the number of pixels.
 
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http://www.bgr.com/2012/10/01/nokia-analysis-recovery-unlikely/

Does this scare anyone else??? I know there is no way of knowing if this will or will not happen but I would hate to sign a two year contract and the company be dissolved. We all know Nokia is in a tough spot right now.
 
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THE JUICEMAN said:
http://www.bgr.com/2012/10/01/nokia-analysis-recovery-unlikely/

Does this scare anyone else??? I know there is no way of knowing if this will or will not happen but I would hate to sign a two year contract and the company be dissolved. We all know Nokia is in a tough spot right now.
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Id hate to see it happen. They make solid phones but it wouldnt scare me. Your not signing a two year contract with Nokia. If the phone has issues or breaks or you lose it, they should have some in stock or they will get you something else id think. Or nothing happens and you use it for those two years.
 
Technarchy

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THE JUICEMAN said:
http://www.bgr.com/2012/10/01/nokia-analysis-recovery-unlikely/

Does this scare anyone else??? I know there is no way of knowing if this will or will not happen but I would hate to sign a two year contract and the company be dissolved. We all know Nokia is in a tough spot right now.
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Companies like Nokia don't vanish into thin air overnight.They will find the financing they need to restructure.

Obviously there is always a breaking point, but I don't think they are there yet.
 
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Vegastouch said:
Id hate to see it happen. They make solid phones but it wouldnt scare me. Your not signing a two year contract with Nokia. If the phone has issues or breaks or you lose it, they should have some in stock or they will get you something else id think. Or nothing happens and you use it for those two years.
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I know this is just one analysts advice but it doesn't make you feel good about the company you are buying from. But you are right. Worst case scenario if I can keep the phone until its one for a new one. That is assuming I keep it in the first place of course.

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Technarchy said:
Companies like Nokia don't vanish into thin air overnight.They will find the financing they need to restructure.

Obviously there is always a breaking point, but I don't think they are there yet.
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Lets hope not. They have some excellent hardware and they seem to be pushing forward with things the most right now in the smartphone world
 
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utl768 said:
looks nice but that home screen is a colossal mess

that alone would turn me off
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Lol it does seem like it could be a little much. But the beatify of it is that you decide what is there and what is not. You decide how big the tiles are and how small they are. If you wanted you could make a bunch of little icons.
 
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I don't know if this is the right for this but here we go:

Edit: question. Does anyone know of a way in WP8 or Android (Tweaks, rooting included) to "tap to go to the top" ?? As in just like iOS? It is system wide. I use that feature ALL DAY EVERYDAY and I would miss it on these platforms. I'm goings to post this in the software section too.
 
007bond

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THE JUICEMAN said:
I don't know if this is the right for this but here we go:

Edit: question. Does anyone know of a way in WP8 or Android (Tweaks, rooting included) to "tap to go to the top" ?? As in just like iOS? It is system wide. I use that feature ALL DAY EVERYDAY and I would miss it on these platforms. I'm goings to post this in the software section too.
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Found this on the following site(note, this only works with the S3):

"'Tap-to-Top' Feature - This feature allows the user to quickly jump from anywhere in your e-mail inbox, contact list or within an e-mail message to the top of the list or message, which can save you time. To jump to the top of your e-mail inbox, contact list or the start of a message simply double tap the top of your Galaxy S3 device, just above the ear-speaker--tap the top of the device, not the top of the display."

http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/3669...s3-shortcuts-tips-tricks-use.htm#.UGtWh_l25Rw
 
b166er

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I don't think Nokia is going anywhere just yet. They are suffering, that is a fact. But I think they will find some balance and stay above water for a while. I do think it's a little silly to put the majority of their eggs in the WP8 basket, but WP8 could end up making Nokia a lot of money.

I can't wait to get my hands on this Lumina 920. I think I'll love it and welcome the change. If not, oh well, I still have my 4S. I'm just very eager to give each mobile OS an honest try and I think these 920's look choice.
 
Technarchy

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The Nokia 920 looks slick, but I find myself being drawn to the HTC 8X.

The smaller screen and thinner design appeal to me.
 
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007bond said:
Found this on the following site(note, this only works with the S3):

"'Tap-to-Top' Feature - This feature allows the user to quickly jump from anywhere in your e-mail inbox, contact list or within an e-mail message to the top of the list or message, which can save you time. To jump to the top of your e-mail inbox, contact list or the start of a message simply double tap the top of your Galaxy S3 device, just above the ear-speaker--tap the top of the device, not the top of the display."

http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/3669...s3-shortcuts-tips-tricks-use.htm#.UGtWh_l25Rw
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Thanks for looking for this. Unfortunately, this feature only works in contacts or mail :-(. In iOS it works system wide and in almost every app I have come across. The web browser is really where I use it so much.

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Technarchy said:
The Nokia 920 looks slick, but I find myself being drawn to the HTC 8X.

The smaller screen and thinner design appeal to me.
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I can definitely understand that. I wish they would have added more stand out features though like Nokia did. All they have is beats and the thinner lighter form factor. You may even be able to cancel beats out because Nokia has Dolby. It's like Nokia packed all the stand out features they could in the 920. Probably why it's bigger and heavier ;-)
 
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Technarchy said:
The Nokia 920 looks slick, but I find myself being drawn to the HTC 8X.

The smaller screen and thinner design appeal to me.
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Yet it's not noticeably thinner––10.12mm on the 8X, 10.7mm on the 920––and is taller than the 920. The most noticeable physical differentiator is probably the weight, with the 920 being over 40% heavier than the 8X.

On the things that matter to me, the 920 is more attractive. More storage, LTE, better camera enhancements, better display (including super-sensitive touch, enhanced scrolling, ClearBlack) wireless charging, larger capacity battery, and IMO a better aspect ratio. Even on the area HTC is trying to differentiate (Beats audio), Nokia is packing enhancements from Dolby.

Comparison chart: http://www.wpcentral.com/updated-comparison-guide-windows-phone-8-devices
 
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