Nokia Lumia 900 vs. Apple iPhone 4S

[Guest]

The photo comparison.. the second one on Lumia was just taken crappy without proper foucs. My 2 year old can take a better picture on my 5 years old regular phone than the one posted!

 

[Guest]

Fools paradise

 

[iceman1992]

And with Apple now paying vendors to port their apps to Windows Phone, I expect the Marketplace to continue to fill up.

Eh?? Apple helping microsoft now?

 

[scrumworks]

I didn't know iphone 4s has a ridiculously crappy 0.3 MP front facing camera. That's like totally useless. But Lumia 900 is clearly better device at cheaper price.

 

[scrumworks]

If WP7.5 currently cannot do screen shots that's "Consider that a win for Apple."!?! Who gives a crap about taking screenshots from mobile phone? Ok, if that's not heavy Apple bias I don't know which is.

 

[scrumworks]

Not surprisingly, the reviewer makes us believe lumia 900 can only take blurrycam shots (clearly no flash was used). That's easy way to cheat not focusing on the image target or shaking your hand a bit. About apps, Rovio has publicly announced week or more ago that Angry Bird space is coming to WP platform which shouldn't be a surprise. Why wasn't the reviewer aware of this?

 

[scrumworks]

By when Apple has iPhone 5 (which has not even in speculations yet), Nokia has Lumia 1000! Why does the reviewer assume Nokia sits a thumb on it's *ss while only Apple does R&D? It didn't take many months Nokia to get from Lumia 800 to Lumia 900 but it took a year from Apple to get from iPhone4 to nearly identical iPhone4S.

 

[scrumworks]

[citation][nom]CompetitionIsGood[/nom]The photo comparison.. the second one on Lumia was just taken crappy without proper foucs. My 2 year old can take a better picture on my 5 years old regular phone than the one posted![/citation]

Yep, no goddam way 900 takes that crappy photos! I have tried 900 myself!

 

[chronicbint]

After playing with the lightning fast camera on the HTC One X(and S) and seeing these poor shots(other reviews also have poor shots) then the Nokia Lumia 900 is sadly bottom of my want list. Really really wanted to try a Windows phone but alas it is not to be.

Plus its too expensive compared to "rivals".

 

[_TuxUser_]

@scrumworks:
Sure, Nokia does a lot of R&D, but almost nothing of it will be running on WP,for example the camera in PureView, works fine in Symbian, but there is no driver for the camera in WP, so they can't use it in a WP-cellphone and it will take a year for microsoft to write the driver.
The issue isn't the Nokia R&D, but the bad software support from microsoft and of course a bad leadership at Nokia who seen to that the company has lost a lot of market shares and value, the money from microsoft don't even cover the losses. Nokia is loosing money foreach sold Lumia device (the same way as Ericsson lost 300SEK on each sold device back in 2002,while in Nokias case it's more like 100USD, plus they pay 20USD to microsoft for each device).

The big downside with WP is that all cellphones are the same, all you can play with is the design (in the Lumia case, it wasn't anything new, it was just copied from Nokias last successful cellphone).

 

[_TuxUser_]

Sorry to forgot to mention, the Lumia 7XX and Lumia 800 ain't made by Nokia, it's a cooperation between West Coast and microsoft and built in factories not belonging to Nokia, which is the reason why those models are so crappy.

 

[Guest]

This is just another author spewing hyped BS. "Microsoft's last, best chance"?, "To stop the Apple iPhone juggernaut"? What a load of horse manure. This is neither their last chance, nor is it MS's goal to "stop Apple". What they want to do is stay relevant. Phone 7 can get them there, but up to now, there have only been lackluter phones. Nokia's new 900 is definitely a step in the right direction, but it is only the first serious offering between the partnership. There is more to come with Window Phone 8 and host of newer mobile phones from both Nokia and Samsung later in the year. Not to mention HTC has a few.

Don't forget that the Nokia is also 99 bucks. It is a great phone in it's own right but for that price point it still has nearly everything comparable to the iPhone 4s and has MS's phone OS which nearly everyone agrees is pretty stellar. As much as I like my iPhone I think the 900 is a great phone and will be trading my iPhone in soon on a WP device. Not only do I think WP7 is a better designed interface, but I'm burned on all the hyp surrounding Apple in general. Pretty sure I'm not the only who is sick of the fan boys and elitist BS that comes with it.

 

[madooo12]

"And with Apple now paying vendors to port their apps to Windows Phone, I expect the Marketplace to continue to fill up."

why would apple do that?

 

[Guest]

The Lumia 900 is a wonderful phone. I personally would have liked to see a couple small revisions, but all things considered Nokia did a nice job. But here's the deal, Nokia isn't done. This is just the FIRST step. And there HAS NOT been any confirmation as to whether WP8 will be upgradable to WP7 devices or not. Microsoft hasn't really gone on any record yet, so at this point in time it's not fair to call that out. However, that doesn't mean WP7 devices stop getting supported. But the thing Microsoft has going for itself is it's ecosystem setup. Windows 8 brings a superior sync and cross-platform operation to Apple's iOS-to-Mac OS setup. Anyone who says differently hasn't done any research into how Win8 will work (remote desktop from any device FTW!). But while the Lumia 900 is a great phone, it isn't perfect. But it's a great phone for the people that are over-ready to upgrade. But even if you don't want to agree to a 2-year deal, you can still get it for $450 without contract. Compare that to an iPhone 4S @ $650 (o-ver-priced!). And imagine when WP8 drops, you'll see all devices capable of supporting things like microSD, which will really sock it to Apple and give WP devices toe-to-toe performance with even devices like the RAZR. Plus, you can get a phone on any carrier - however Sprint and Verizon are likely waiting for WP8 until they commit to new high-end handsets for their services. The Lumia 900 is just as good as the iPhone 4S, but not really better. Each have their plusses and offer something the other doesn't. But for PC users, the Lumia 900 is a smarter choice (Skydrive, Xbox Live/Companion apps, etc.). And Nokia's Drive app is stellar and works without any SIM card inserted since it has a real GPS locator on it (super plus) and allows you to download maps of entire states in case you lose coverage!

 

[erzhik]

Sorry, but you can't call this a review. The only the reviewer state was how great the iPhone is, without specifying cons of the iPhone and Pros about Lumia 900. In terms of connection, LTE is far better than HSPA+. I'm in Boston, and I have constant, strong LTE signal throughout the day. My Lumia switches to HSPA+ very, very rarely. Connectivity has nothing to do with Nokia. If AT&T's LTE coverage sucks in your area, its AT&Ts fault. Fair comparison of which loses signal first would be between new iPad and Lumia 900 to see which loses LTE first.

Also, everyone praises the screen and yet tomsguide says its too bright? How can a screen be too bright? If anything, iPhone's screen is too bright.

Battery comparison, Lumia 900 has bigger screen and LTE, therefore the battery holds a lot better than any other LTE phone.

And Nokia didn't have a choice in regards to 16GB. It's a limitation of the OS. Blame Microsoft for that.

 

[Guest]

How can you call a smartphone with a maximum resolution of 480x800 (limitation of Windows Phone not Nokia) a serious contender?

 

[Guest]

Was this review sponsored by Apple by any chance? Those performance figures you quote, the average person will not know what it means. Why don't you do "real world" figures like taking pictures and uploading them to Facebook etc., or tweeting, or finding a 5 star restaurant and finding the way there, you know, real world stuff? Simple answer is it would be very one sided, so you trawled through everything until you could find something that would out perform the Lumia 900. And yea, there are millions of apps in the Apple Store but how many do you have installed? You could also add that if your precious iPhone broke, you would need to be near your PC or Macintosh in order to get your contacts back on your new phone which is something you don't have to do with a Windows Phone. No, iOS and Android are Jurassic in comparison with Windows Phone and the beauty of the Lumia 900, even Apples co-founder Steve Wozniak agrees to this, although after a quick phone call from cup of tea no? reminding him of where his loyalties lie, he quickly stuck another post say he preferred the iPhone lol

 

[Guest]

actually the lumia products are selling very well in finland particularly the lumia 900 because in finland we have an excellent lte network.

 

[13felev]

I opted for Android (Samsung Galaxy S3). I can't get a good feeling out of Windows Phone to tell the truth and I still think Android is the best contender - having been an Apple user for at least 4 years.