Comments on: Rumours: Nokia’s Windows Phone device, Nokia W7 and W8 (and bump up of Windows Phone minimum Specs-not rumours)

By: James

James — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:11:23 +0000

I can hardly W8 for the Nokia W8!

Also, why stop at 12 megapixels? Go for 16 megapixels.

I’m sure Sony will be very happy to share its Exmor camera sensor technology.

If you want to make a flagship smartphone which is running a totally new OS, make sure that it is made to impress. Don’t settle.

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Fri, 15 Apr 2011 21:54:39 +0000

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By: inept

inept — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:58:40 +0000

So what does that mean for consumers of this older generation product? Do they get an older version of WP7 with no ability to upgrade and doesn’t that risk fragmentation, which Microsoft is aiming to manage very tightly?

There isn’t really a software management model built into WP7 to handle low-cost devices. It’s all about high-end and all the work going on on the platform now is to add capabilities and features, which inevitably mean higher specs.

And let’s not forget that it’s not just CPUs and GPUs that are in question here. You have the high resolution screen, you have the flash memory, you have minimum RAM requirements and then you have the sensor requirements. All of that stuff really adds up – GPS, accelerometer, proximity, etc. There’s a reason why Nokia ships its low cost phones with zero flash memory and a MicroSD slot – cost. Not an option with WP7, which demands a minimum of 8GB.

You’re probably right that you could maybe just squeeze a WP7 device into the C6-01 price point, but perhaps with low quality materials, but a C6-00 price point? Forget it.

Devices like those in the 5200-series, which are hugely popular in emerging economies and in pay-as-you-go scenarios would cease to exist. These are quite profitable since they’re 3-4 year old technology in new packages with updated, lower-cost components – that’s Symbian’s very long, long tail.

In a WP7-focused Nokia world, either you’d get a S40 feature phone or you’d get an Android smartphone from ZTE or something – I think I know what consumers will be picking.

By: Yemi

Yemi — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:09:27 +0000

I hope we dont W8 long for W8 or W7

By: Yemi

Yemi — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:07:29 +0000

His ignorance takes breathing lol. I couldn’t help it.

By: RVM

RVM — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:52:34 +0000

I hoped for ST-Ericsson chips, not Qualcomm

By: Meegomad

Meegomad — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 08:18:52 +0000

W7 its an x7 looking windows phone
w8 is an n8 looking phone with a great camera and stuff

By: NT

NT — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:26:56 +0000

pretty difficult to boycott Chinese phones. If you live in one of the countries mentioned, you’ll see why people keep buying them. (mostly price)

One reason is dual-sim. LG and Samsung understood this but Nokia is still standing still in this department. Almost a year later after announcement, C-2 dual-sim is still nonexistent

By: NT

NT — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:22:19 +0000

I think that sub 200 phones is where they are trying to place S40 in the future. S40 t&t phones are quite good but perhaps needs more eye-candy. (that sounds familiar ;p )

By: deep space bar

deep space bar — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 05:30:18 +0000

i don’t know why it’s taking nokia this long to get up to 800Mhz+ …….that’s all they needed for symbian and a better res and UI overhaul in Qt and BAM people will get nokia agian

and yea push the developers and have a port of the same apps on android,iOS and BB for symbian in Qt and they would be good since 70% of those apps are supported by the North America