Nokia Lumia 800 • Hacker News Board

Re: Nokia Lumia 800

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Post by pieter » Wed, Oct 26, 2011, 10:48 AM UTC

teyc wrote: post #6

Interesting how it has only 0.5GB of RAM. Is this meant to be Nokia's flagship Windows Phone product? As an aside, I still think Apple got it right with the single hardware "home" button vs the three in WP7 and Android.

I think only Android devices ship with >512MiB RAM. More RAM is more expensive and eats your battery. The iPhone seems to work fine with 512MB, perhaps it's just Android that needs it?

Re: Nokia Lumia 800

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Oct 26, 2011, 10:53 AM UTC

coob wrote: post #9

teyc wrote: post #6

Interesting how it has only 0.5GB of RAM. Is this meant to be Nokia's flagship Windows Phone product? As an aside, I still think Apple got it right with the single hardware "home" button vs the three in WP7 and Android.

What needs more than half a gig? The 4S copes. Going up to 1GB adds an unnecessary $9 to the BOM which eats into margins.

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Re: Nokia Lumia 800

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Post by paul9290 » Wed, Oct 26, 2011, 10:53 AM UTC

Funner? I thought "more fun," is the grammatically correct phrase?

Re: Nokia Lumia 800

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Post by coob » Wed, Oct 26, 2011, 10:53 AM UTC

thisstreet wrote: post #3

It's a great form factor, I like it very much -- it feels slimmer than the iPhone: http://versusio.com/en/nokia-lumia-800-vs-apple-iphone-4s-64... (click at the top right to view the phones in original size) I'd love it with a different OS

That Versio site is terrible. For start, some of its facts are just plain wrong, the 4S has 512MB RAM not 1GB. It also has HDMI mirroring and video output. Branded Lens? Who cares? Why is a bigger screen better?

Re: Nokia Lumia 800

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Post by fauldsh » Wed, Oct 26, 2011, 10:56 AM UTC

Tomek_ wrote: post #5

Anyone actually managed to find a link to pre-order?

Have done in the uk http://tinypic.com/r/1zeflw3/5 There is a second page, but when ordered by price it's not available and I'm in a rush right now unfortunately.

Re: Nokia Lumia 800

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Post by lukifer » Wed, Oct 26, 2011, 10:58 AM UTC

paul9290 wrote: post #13

Funner? I thought "more fun," is the grammatically correct phrase?

Language is an evolving, organic thing. In casual use, I consider "funner" valid. It only sounds weird when you're not used to hearing it.

Re: Nokia Lumia 800

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Post by bgarbiak » Wed, Oct 26, 2011, 10:58 AM UTC

teyc wrote: post #6

Interesting how it has only 0.5GB of RAM. Is this meant to be Nokia's flagship Windows Phone product? As an aside, I still think Apple got it right with the single hardware "home" button vs the three in WP7 and Android.

Comparing specs for phones with different OSes could be misleading. I think both iOS and Windows Phone are less hungry for RAM than Android. On the other hand, there is a rumor about another Nokia model, codenamed Ace, which is supposed to be the ultimate, hi-end one (probably some kind of a N8 successor, but that's just my guess).

Regarding buttons: personally, I love Android's "Back" button and wish iPhone had one like this as well.

Re: Nokia Lumia 800

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Post by 2muchcoffeeman » Wed, Oct 26, 2011, 11:00 AM UTC

teyc wrote: post #6

Interesting how it has only 0.5GB of RAM. Is this meant to be Nokia's flagship Windows Phone product? As an aside, I still think Apple got it right with the single hardware "home" button vs the three in WP7 and Android.

Looks like they chose to increase battery life and keep the phone relatively small rather than go with more powerful hardware. It's a good trade off. My iPhone 4 has never felt slow and it's a good size. I'd really like more battery life actually.

Re: Nokia Lumia 800

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Post by 2muchcoffeeman » Wed, Oct 26, 2011, 11:02 AM UTC

pieter wrote: post #11

teyc wrote: post #6

Interesting how it has only 0.5GB of RAM. Is this meant to be Nokia's flagship Windows Phone product? As an aside, I still think Apple got it right with the single hardware "home" button vs the three in WP7 and Android.

I think only Android devices ship with >512MiB RAM. More RAM is more expensive and eats your battery. The iPhone seems to work fine with 512MB, perhaps it's just Android that needs it?

Browsers can always use more RAM.

Re: Nokia Lumia 800

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Post by majika » Wed, Oct 26, 2011, 11:34 AM UTC

kzkg wrote: post #7

thisstreet wrote: post #3

It's a great form factor, I like it very much -- it feels slimmer than the iPhone: http://versusio.com/en/nokia-lumia-800-vs-apple-iphone-4s-64... (click at the top right to view the phones in original size) I'd love it with a different OS

Why different OS? WP7 is a great system.

Really?

Let's talk about compatibility with Linux, ergo, being able to use your phone as a mass-storage device.

Let's talk about compatibility with all major mobile web apps.

Let's talk about the ability, or lack thereof, to detach oneself from Microsoft's ecosystem, should you decide to get a Windows Phone. Who wants to use Bing, Hotmail, or the Windows Live stuff?

Let's talk about universal usage in modern society, resulting in apps for everything you could ever want. For instance, my university offers Android and iOS apps for navigation throughout the obscenely large campus.

Windows Phone 7 is a crippled system. It makes me sad, because Nokia makes great phones. It's a pity they didn't go with Android, which would give them the freedom to do whatever they want, not needing Google's permission. I would buy a Nokia Android phone in a heartbeat.