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Nao

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Re: LG Nexus 4
« Reply #30, on December 22nd, 2012, 11:32 PM »
The PureView, isn't that what Pete has as well..?
I don't see the point, is it only for the camera?

What feels right to me doesn't actually exist. It should have the size of a Razr i, the screen and grip of an HTC One X, the design and compatibility of an S3, the price of a CloudMobile, the battery life of a Droid Razr Maxx, and the loudspeaker of a Nokia Lumia 920 (or, a bit worse, Galaxy Note 2). I could go on like this. ;) As I said, the S3 is either the best on some of these, or the second best. Apart from the buttons (which I found a fix for) and the width (for which I have nothing), it's hard to blame it for anything.

Maybe next year Samsung will release my dream machine... In which case I won't hesitate to sell my S3 and buy it. ;)
Oh, and for the anecdote:
- I first heard about the S3 while in San Francisco. Adverts everywhere. Having it... Well, feels like being in SF again.
- I bought it with my Aeva Media proceeds. I've kept the money in my PayPal account, and never use said account. So it's like I made Foxy! just to get an S3 two years later. I'm full of good ideas, ah ah.

Arantor

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Re: LG Nexus 4
« Reply #31, on December 22nd, 2012, 11:37 PM »
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The PureView, isn't that what Pete has as well..?
I don't see the point, is it only for the camera?
<-- ;)

Yes, it was primarily for the 41 megapixel sensor in the camera. Symbian's design does also predicate well designed, efficient code, and the single core processor enforces that.

I realise that you don't have everything, but figure out what's most important to you, and go with that. For me, beyond the ability to talk, I only wanted the camera. The maps are *great* (better than Google or Apple) but that's a nice bonus rather than a core feature.
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Nao

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Re: LG Nexus 4
« Reply #32, on December 22nd, 2012, 11:43 PM »
I don't really use cameras much. I don't go out a lot, and when I do, I don't tend to want to immortalize a moment. So I don't take pictures. But now, I know that if I want to, I'll have a good camera under the hand, i.e. the S3 ;)
It still won't be as good as my girlfriend's Canon reflex camera which cost me something like a Galaxy S3 and a half's worth, a few years ago... But it doesn't matter ;)

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Re: LG Nexus 4
« Reply #33, on December 22nd, 2012, 11:45 PM »
Well, what prompted it for me was a concert I went to over the summer; taking my decent Canon camera was out of the question, but had I had a camera phone, I would have taken pictures.

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Re: LG Nexus 4
« Reply #34, on December 22nd, 2012, 11:51 PM »
I can understand that.

Hmm... I'm trying to make a quick review of all other possible phones I could get my hands on... Apart from the CloudMobile (which has the advantage of being so cheap I can survive seeing it break if I drop it by mistake...), I don't really see anything convincing. Meh...
Posted: December 22nd, 2012, 11:48 PM

Well, still, there's a reason why I went from my iPod to an Android phone, and survived the idea of no longer having my Scrabble app (which I played something like a thousand times in tw oyears), or my Monopoly Hotels app, in my pocket... And it's not just because I get extra freedom.

It's just that I'm into innovation, like you are. My iPod was innovative two years ago. But right now, if I want to replace it for a similar price, I can get the same machine, a tad faster, a few grams lighter, a centimeter taller, and way uglier. That's not innovation to me... When for the same price I could get a machine that's twice more powerful and actually allows me to phone as well.

Anyway...

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Re: LG Nexus 4
« Reply #35, on December 22nd, 2012, 11:54 PM »
I'm not disagreeing that Apple haven't innovated the last few iterations ;)

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Re: LG Nexus 4
« Reply #36, on December 22nd, 2012, 11:58 PM »
I'm waiting for the second iPad Mini to buy one and (finally) ditch my iPod for good. All the iPad Mini is missing is a Retina screen... Other than that, it has the perfect size for a tablet to me. (Please note the very thin margins on it. I love that. I've always hated that the earlier iPads had such huge margins, it made them look like a photo frame or, worse, a baby toy...)
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