CurlySaysX
Banned
Greyface said:
-
Hey Guest. Check out your NeoGAF Wrapped 2025 results here!
Windows Phone 7 |OT|
- Thread starter brotkasten
- Start date
- Status
brotkasten
Member
thirty said:
It's the camera.
And no, I don't think Microsoft ever mentioned front facing camera support for Mango.
e:
Strange, I really can't remember that, but it looks like the Nokia phone still has one.thirty said:
More importantly, microSIM slot. Ugh.thirty said:
Joel Was Right
If you smell burning, it's probably the generators acting up. Report it anyway.
thirty said:
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Meus Renaissance said:
I think you overdid the angle on the menu. But yeah, this is going to be a sexy device, I hope it gets to the carriers so they can offer it to consumers for a subsidized price.
http://wmpoweruser.com/new-nokia-sea-ray-picture-reveals-virtual-buttons/
Interesting revelation if it exists on the final verison.....
Interesting revelation if it exists on the final verison.....
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Heck no. Capacitive buttons are bad enough with the accidental presses, how will this work for games and stuff? Not feeling that arrangement at ALL.
Actually I don't think its necessarily that bad.... depending on the implementation.
What everybody hates about the capacitive buttons is you can hit them when in game very easily.... if that part of the screen deactivates when in apps or games it would be better than the current capacitive setup. Or even the windows 8 method to the bar where you have to swipe in from the left if you swipe up to see them.
What everybody hates about the capacitive buttons is you can hit them when in game very easily.... if that part of the screen deactivates when in apps or games it would be better than the current capacitive setup. Or even the windows 8 method to the bar where you have to swipe in from the left if you swipe up to see them.
Earl Cazone
Member
maybde you have to pull it up, with a small upwards slide, the oppsite of what you do, to see your battery and 3g stats
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Adding a swipe gesture just to have access to the home/back/search buttons seems like a really clumsy workaround to Nokia not bothering to elongate a bit to put in the buttons. I don't want extra steps for this phone, I use the home button ALL the time and with mango you use the back button all the time as well.
Joel Was Right
If you smell burning, it's probably the generators acting up. Report it anyway.
DOA
Earl Cazone
Member
this is no official announcement though. there is still time for things to change
jonnybryce
Member
That thing is gorgeous and I would be tempted by it which is saying a lot.
brotkasten
Member
giga said:
If this is the final version, I'm gonna pass. A friend lost his original Pre and wants to buy the N9 with Windows Phone. We had an argument that we can't have the same phone, but if this comes with virtual buttons, he can have it.
Anton Sugar
Member
Teetris said:
It just seems pasted on. Looks lazy, considering the aesthetic of the phone.
brotkasten
Member
The virtual buttons are the bad thing. If they're real, that's it.PG2G said:
brotkasten said:
If the buttons are virtual and come out looking like that, then I will have a problem with it. At a minimum the background should be black, haha. I think that's one thing I will give them the benefit of the doubt for. This is a leak and the software is probably early.
That said, I have never really expected the first Nokia device to be high end or ground breaking. It is obviously being rushed to market to be available this winter.
brotkasten
Member
PG2G said:
But that's really what everyone is expecting and exactly what Nokia needs. A high end smartphone in the holiday that "blows your socks off". Nokia is Microsoft's premium OEM.
brotkasten said:
Its what we want and need, I just don't know that its feasible for them to turn a product around so quickly on a brand new platform. I guess we'll have to wait and see though. It's important that we keep out expectations in check.
The WP7 spec doesn't even allow for phones that have specs that will be considered high end by the time these products launch. We won't be seeing dual core CPUs, we won't be seeing top of the line GPUs. What we get will not be comparable to the iPhone and Android phones launching in the same period. It will match up with today's mid-level Android phones (like the Thunderbolt, Incredible 2, and Droid Charge).
Product design will only take you so far.
wpcentral speculates that those are not virtual buttons but that it's just a sticker as a placeholder:
wpcentral article
wpcentral article
NotTarts said:
You could have said the same for the iPhone 3GS, and then the iPhone 4. But look at what we're getting in the iPhone 5 (assuming its the same internals as the iPad 2). They need to be in line with the competition.
Besides, the more and more the OS has to do, the more performance will diminish.
I can sort of see the same thing with the iPhone 5, though. 3G > 3GS upgrade made sense (basic OS functions ran slowly), as did the 3GS > iPhone 4 upgrade (higher screen resolution), but I can't see much reason for another processor upgrade so soon. I guess it's just progress for progress' sake.PG2G said:
They have kinda done that already by updating the spec adding newer processors etc.
WP7 will never need bleeding edge processors like you see on android. WP7 with old single core cpu's already run circles around android in terms of OS performance because wp7 can be optimized for the few processors it supports. The reason everybody is so gaga over dual core and faster processors on android is they actually need that more power to run android smoothly since there is not the same level of optimization.
WP7 will be very much in the same vein of iOS but a bit more open in letting oem's have multiple handsets using the same hardware spec and over time updating the spec. There is a new spec for 7.5 and I expect it to be updated again next year when (I assume) windows 8 takes over.
WP7 will never need bleeding edge processors like you see on android. WP7 with old single core cpu's already run circles around android in terms of OS performance because wp7 can be optimized for the few processors it supports. The reason everybody is so gaga over dual core and faster processors on android is they actually need that more power to run android smoothly since there is not the same level of optimization.
WP7 will be very much in the same vein of iOS but a bit more open in letting oem's have multiple handsets using the same hardware spec and over time updating the spec. There is a new spec for 7.5 and I expect it to be updated again next year when (I assume) windows 8 takes over.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
giga said:
The new phones this fall will ship with new processors.
- Status
Similar threads
- Poll