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antiquegamer
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About that brown color Verge video, if you watch that you would think the phone would score a 9 or something. Camera is awesome, low light blah, blah, blah , picture true to life color etc... best camera blah blah. Video is great, check out the image stabilizing on the camera etc... so awesome.
Then I guess reality set in that it's not Android or iDevices, so they have to weight the score down accordingly so it can't score higher than their favorite phone.
Camera better than iPhone ... let give it the same score as iPhone because people rather have bold, fault color photo. Night time camera picture ... It's too good, let give it the same as iPhone because no one use iPhone at night to take picture. Low light, just turn on the light you don't need low light camera (until iPhone does it then it will be god send, best camera ever). Video probably the best on any smartphone due to OIS but you know it's not needed feature because no one move when take video (until Apple implement image stabilizer next year, then it will be god tier phone).
And people saying the Verge review is fair ... seriously. May be they are scoring it to get hit as someone suggest because they know how crazy Windows Phone fanboys are.
SpoonyBard
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The Verge is very obviously corrupt, those reviews are full on spin and intellectual dishonesty. "A great camera for pros, but what about the rest of us" Us? What the hell does that mean, he should be a professional critic, he should know how to use a camera...
-Pyromaniac-
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Surface phone in testing: http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/2/3589212/microsoft-smartphone-testing-windows-phone-wsj
killer rin
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So I have a question for the Canadians here. Did any of you buy the 900 off contact to bring to another carrier? And if you did, did you run into any problems with any Nokia apps or updating the phone itself?
I'm asking because I'm looking at getting the 920 off contract from Rogers and possibly bring it over to either Telus or Wind. I have been looking to see if there were any problems form other people on the webs, although I'm coming up short. I did manage to see at least a few people talk about problems getting updates or using Wireless Internet Sharing. I'm just wondering if anyone has had any experiences to share so I know what I may be getting into if I chose that route.
Thanks
I'm asking because I'm looking at getting the 920 off contract from Rogers and possibly bring it over to either Telus or Wind. I have been looking to see if there were any problems form other people on the webs, although I'm coming up short. I did manage to see at least a few people talk about problems getting updates or using Wireless Internet Sharing. I'm just wondering if anyone has had any experiences to share so I know what I may be getting into if I chose that route.
Thanks
Cnet has the 8x vs 920 vs Apple 5 camera battle up. Some pics are extremely questionable.
Example.
920
a WTF is this 8x pic
iPhone
Example.
920
a WTF is this 8x pic
iPhone
Cnet has the 8x vs 920 vs Apple 5 camera battle up. Some pics are extremely questionable.
Example.
920
a WTF is this 8x pic
iPhone
:lol wtf
no way the 920 or 8X are that bad. If you look at the Verge's samples for the 8X, they look pretty good.
Edit: looking at some of the other pics the 8X does quite well. At any rate pic quality in these reviews can vary quite a bit.
antiquegamer
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You forgot the .9 this way people can't said they are bias, it's round up to 8 but you know can't give it 8 because that would make iPhone and Galaxy S3 looks bad.
Again, I just can't wait to see their Nexus 4 review.
"If theres one real problem is that its just too windows-ey"
shinshoryuken
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after looking at more camera comparison...
the "pureview" of the 920 should have been called nightview instead..under normal condition it doesn't come close to the pureview 808.
the "pureview" of the 920 should have been called nightview instead..under normal condition it doesn't come close to the pureview 808.
What's the chance this phone gets announced this year? I'd love to get a matching phone for my new surface.
-Pyromaniac-
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I'd say 1% chance.
http://www.wpcentral.com/sneak-peek-metrotube-windows-phone-8
Why is MetroTube not the official Youtube app by now? Shit is darn beautiful.
Why is MetroTube not the official Youtube app by now? Shit is darn beautiful.
Fjolle
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You guys should use your energy on actually getting your hands on a phone instead of discussing reviews. Maybe get MS to send the top *checks shame list* 20 posters here a new phone
Complaining here won't get you better reviews. And we have established by now that they are bullshit.
I wonder if it has something to do with MS/Nokia suing everybody that thinks of making an android phone...
Complaining here won't get you better reviews. And we have established by now that they are bullshit.
I wonder if it has something to do with MS/Nokia suing everybody that thinks of making an android phone...
You guys should use your energy on actually getting your hands on a phone instead of discussing reviews. Maybe get MS to send the top *checks shame list* 20 posters here a new phone
Complaining here won't get you better reviews. And we have established by now that they are bullshit.
I wonder if it has something to do with MS/Nokia suing everybody that thinks of making an android phone...
Top 20 posters? Where did you get that number from? *Checks list. Sees Fjolle at 19*
frontieruk
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You guys should use your energy on actually getting your hands on a phone instead of discussing reviews. Maybe get MS to send the top *checks shame list* 20 posters here a new phone
Complaining here won't get you better reviews. And we have established by now that they are bullshit...
I can get down with that.
brotkasten
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You guys should use your energy on actually getting your hands on a phone instead of discussing reviews. Maybe get MS to send the top *checks shame list* 20 posters here a new phone
Complaining here won't get you better reviews. And we have established by now that they are bullshit.
I don't have to check that list (not sure if I want to), but I wouldn't mind getting another phone.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
brotkasten
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frontieruk
Member
yes, and wp7 does to it's just harder to use them all as they didn't include them, but the codes are pretty universal.
brotkasten
Member
Emoji were implemented in 7.5, but the coding of the ones in 8 seem to be based on standards.
show me your skeleton
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they had the time to do all that but couldn't metro microsoft design language-ise the desktop icons in windows 8? bah i say, bah!
Anton Sugar
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Cnet has the 8x vs 920 vs Apple 5 camera battle up. Some pics are extremely questionable.
Example.
920
a WTF is this 8x pic
iPhone
What's up with this cabbage comparison?
Nokia 920
iPhone 5
Am I nuts, or is there some kind of light source with the iPhone 5? They look completely different.
Overall, I still don't really know what to think. 920 still seems to add a green shade, something my 900 has done (in addition to other colors).
I trust Nokia to update their camera firmware, but the daylight shots aren't terribly impressive.
SpoonyBard
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Are these 920 photos taken with OIS off? What's the point? The results seem to be very strange compared to this test for example:
http://allaboutwindowsphone.com/features/item/16087_PureView_shootout_Nokia_808_vs.php
brotkasten
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I'm waiting for a good Windows 8 Phone Store style design language icon pack for the desktop. I'm sure it will pop up on DeviantArt sooner or later.
Er, I'll just wait for a shootout by dpreview. They are even more fastidious the Anandtech when it comes to the camera details and don't have any of the slant.
Saw a Windows Phone 8 story on the news this morning while I was at the gym. It looks like they recorded it at the event the other day, they talked to some guy from Microsoft, Gizmodo, and... Jessica Alba <3
I'm kind of hoping this means the marketing blitz is going to begin, and hopefully bring some release info with it.
I'm kind of hoping this means the marketing blitz is going to begin, and hopefully bring some release info with it.
Last time I checked there's hardly any buzz about the 920 on their site.
Damon Bennet
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wow im poster #43 in this thread and I already feel like im in here all the time. I thought I'd easily be in the top 20
whatevs Microsoft, I've been rocking a Windows Phone avatar for years, if anyone deserves a free phone <- thats damon
whatevs Microsoft, I've been rocking a Windows Phone avatar for years, if anyone deserves a free phone <- thats damon
brotkasten
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wow im poster #43 in this thread and I already feel like im in here all the time. I thought I'd easily be in the top 20
whatevs Microsoft, I've been rocking a Windows Phone avatar for years, if anyone deserves a free phone <- thats damon
And yet you didn't bother to update your avatar with the new logo. Psh.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
wow im poster #43 in this thread and I already feel like im in here all the time. I thought I'd easily be in the top 20
whatevs Microsoft, I've been rocking a Windows Phone avatar for years, if anyone deserves a free phone <- thats damon
Brot should be embarrassed about his post count in this thread.
Seriously, who cares that much about windows phone?
Also, if MS would like to give me a free phone, I'd be much obliged. I'm still like $200 short of the 920 and my ps3 isn't fetching much on eBay. My trusty old Nexus One is next on the auction block.
Last time i checked the buzz for the 920 in general has now changed to frustration...
brotkasten
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And I'm still the best you guys got. Sad, isn't it?
I miss Coco.
Just because dpreview doesn't have 920 buzz doesn't mean they won't give it a fair review. In past years dpreview only evaluated the new iPhones but the Nokia 808 this year got a lot of buzz from them leading to more reporting on cameraphones including reviews of the HTC One X and Galaxy SIII in recent weeks. I'm expecting a good review of the 920 too. At the very least you can expect professional comparisons shots
Anton Sugar
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So when we updating the OP/getting a new OT for Windows Phone 8?
If only it were more magical and thinnovative
If only it were more magical and thinnovative
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