Nokia's Next Gen Phone: 12MP Cam, 720p, HDMI

[JohnnyLucky]

They're getting carried away trying to see how much they can cram into a tiny little box.

 

[thething2]

Why would I want HDMI Out on my cell phone? I would never find myself using the HDMI out on a cell phone.

 

[Gin Fushicho]

720p video sounds good.... but whats the quality of the pictures?

 

[anamaniac]

[citation][nom]thething2[/nom]Why would I want HDMI Out on my cell phone? I would never find myself using the HDMI out on a cell phone.[/citation]
I would. Mobile movie player. =)
The higher end Nokia phones can game too.

Too bad the higher end Nokia phones are ridiculously expensive ($1,000 anyone?).
I want a 8MP camera, 1GHz CPU, 256MB RAM, 64GB internal memory with 2x MicroSD, mini HDMI/DP/DVI/VGA (preferably it can output to all with audio), a good GPU, AMOLED 1024x768 resolution (optimum resolution for viewing websites), any OS that's open (no gay phones that can't run custom programs thank you), multi touch, slide out keyboard, awesome battery life. You get my point. =)
And most of all, only cost $300. ($3,000 may be more like it though, ha.)

 

[mdillenbeck]

720p for watching your Slingplayer Mobile on... HDMI out for when you are at a friends house and want to sling your premium channels. =)

If a US carrier adopts this, the real question is how are the going to cripple it. *sigh*

 

[Guest]

not really unless we go back to phones that are bricks

 

[maigo]

I often long watch HD video on my 3.25" screen, once again Nokia has saved my from suicide

 

[necronic]

I'll be keeping my eyes on this. After watching an incredible demo of the N900 I am sold that Nokia makes the best high end smartphones around. Of course they are pretty expensive, but the N900 is actually priced competitively with the other smartphones out there.

It's not for everyone, the iPhone probably would suit 7 out of 10 smartphone users better, but I'm tired of the lack of document handling etc etc.

 

[thackstonns]

[citation][nom]grieve[/nom]Unfortunately i don't think a 12MP camera is going to derail iphone 4g this summer... (or whatever apple calls the next gen)Love it or hate it Iphone is crushing everyone... just like the Wii in consoles.[/citation]


Really, cause I just checked the Iphone is in second place. Behind rims blackberry curve. So I guess they arent really crushing everyone. Huh guess you are just a dumb fanboy.

 

[tayb]

[citation][nom]fonzy[/nom]Pay attention Apple[/citation]

Pay attention to what? A confusing ordering system and an unncessarily large amount of phone models? More is not always better. Give me one or two devices that can do everything instead of this stupid naming system and 12 devices. I'll have to bring a freaking rubric when I enter a store to make sure I'm getting what I want.

Nokia, pay attention to Apple.

 

[SchizoFrog]

[citation][nom]tayb[/nom]Pay attention to what? A confusing ordering system and an unncessarily large amount of phone models? More is not always better. Give me one or two devices that can do everything instead of this stupid naming system and 12 devices. I'll have to bring a freaking rubric when I enter a store to make sure I'm getting what I want. Nokia, pay attention to Apple.[/citation]

Of course we all want products that just work. However, there are multiple price levels to consider as well as many different markets out there. You can't cater for all markets and still offer value for money. There are many people who like the internet on their phone but don't use it for emails as well as many people who don't need the internet on their phone at all. There are customers who want a little piece of everything while keeping the costs down. There are also customers like myself who, while trying to choose the very best product, certainly doesn't want the same phone as everyone else. I do like to have a choice and to be different from the crowd if at all possible.

The only way to do this is to have various models that cover the multitude of product features at various price levels.

As for the naming system, I liked the old one although I can see it was rather limited if Nokia wish to expand on specific feature based products. The new system seems simple enough although I do think that the examples used are wrong as they express a lack of continuity.

As for the silly people who know nothing of what they are talking about. The new iPhone will not be called 4G as the 3G and 3GS were nothing to do with Apple's naming system but rather the telephony technology that the phone network uses for data transfer.

 

[grieve]

[citation][nom]thackstonns[/nom]Really, cause I just checked the Iphone is in second place. Behind rims blackberry curve. So I guess they arent really crushing everyone. Huh guess you are just a dumb fanboy.[/citation]
you people are funny... everyone makes assumptions.

IN FACT i HAD a 32 gig iphone 3Gs which i sold to get a blackberry 9700 (bold 2) you know ... the newest blackberry?!
My son has my old iphone 3g 8 gig which i still pay for and used happily for almost 2 years.

As i wrote in another post:
blackberry has FAR superior reception which is why i dumped my 3gs...

But the IPhone is superior in EVERY other category over the BB... i own both, this is my opinion after using both.

I wont tradew the BB 9700 reception for anything! The iphone is a better device, far better, just not a better phone... which is what i need.

 

[necronic]

[citation][nom]grieve[/nom]you people are funny... everyone makes assumptions.IN FACT i HAD a 32 gig iphone 3Gs which i sold to get a blackberry 9700 (bold 2) you know ... the newest blackberry?!My son has my old iphone 3g 8 gig which i still pay for and used happily for almost 2 years.As i wrote in another post:blackberry has FAR superior reception which is why i dumped my 3gs...But the IPhone is superior in EVERY other category over the BB... i own both, this is my opinion after using both.I wont tradew the BB 9700 reception for anything! The iphone is a better device, far better, just not a better phone... which is what i need.[/citation]

Comparing the iPhone to a BB or any other smartphone is disengenuous (even though everyone does it).

iPhones are designed for people who don't care about the back end. Completely removing access to the backend is part of why it's front end is so clean. That's also why most Tom's readers hate on it, since we want the backend. Also cause people here hate anything apple.

Denying any access to the back end is also part of the reason why the whole 'app' concept blew up with the iPhone (that and apple knows a TON about marketing.) By making it clean and uniform they made apps incredibly simple for devs to develop and standard shmoes to install. Kind of like what Java did for the internet. Maintain a highly standardized environment.

BBs or almost any other smart phone have ample access to the back end, but at the cost of a standardized environment. This allows for power users to do really incredible things with them, but also makes bulk development problematic.

As an aside its similar to the problem linux has. With so many different environments its very difficult to develop problem free software.

Anyways, back to my point, the whole iPhone vs _____ is generally just a dumb argument, as you are ultimately comparing apples and oranges (or blackberries.)

 

[cj_online]

[citation][nom]climber[/nom]A camera like a telescope is a light bucket, if you want clear sharp images you need more than high Mega-Pixels, you need a wide aperture and good compound optics, that just isn't going to be possible with a cell phone and no amount of image processing software will correct for information that just isn't captured in the first place. I'd say above 3.2MP it's a waste on a cell phone.[/citation]

Wrong... I often capture text documents.. and 5MP on my N95 is amazing for it.. anything less would be hopeless and anything uptil 8MP would be amazing.. above that would be beneficial, but unnecessary.