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So the Nokia Lumia 800 is priced at 29,999 INR 
Do you think people will get this phone over Galaxy S2 ?
Do you think people will get this phone over Galaxy S2 ?
Nokia Lumia 800 priced at 29,999 INR
Well the phone's design in based on Nokia N9 and it's top notch. Sadly the Lumia is just a copy of the Nokia N9 with WP7 replacing the awesome MeeGo in the N9, no front-camera, in essence it's a knocked out copy of the N9 at least IMO.
Now the answer will probably be no for me, but if it were the Nokia N9, then hell yeah it would have been a phone to have at least in my perspective.
Now the answer will probably be no for me, but if it were the Nokia N9, then hell yeah it would have been a phone to have at least in my perspective.
One word answer: no.
I think I can get it for 25k if I buy it (unlikely because my N8 is still going strong AND I like the N9 due to its superior hardware).
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the build is pretty good btw..looks great..
but 30 is too much....
the lumia 710 has the same hardware, lesser in built memory and a 5MP cam and LCD instead of amoled would be priced at around 18k AFAIK, would be a much better option who want a Windows based phone on a budget..
but 30 is too much....
the lumia 710 has the same hardware, lesser in built memory and a 5MP cam and LCD instead of amoled would be priced at around 18k AFAIK, would be a much better option who want a Windows based phone on a budget..
Nokia just completed digging its own grave. RIP 
One of my friend is just crazy Nokia fan. He will buy it even its 30k....
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Well, features of Nokia Lumia 800 looks nice but the price is little high. I will choose Galaxy S2 rather with bigger screen.
As someone said price of Rs.25k would be perfect...30k is very overpriced
There's only one way this phone could come to my possesion.
If somebody gift it to me.
Never can buy it over Galaxy S2!
If somebody gift it to me.
Never can buy it over Galaxy S2!
I think the pricing is justified. I would even go far to say that I will buy this phone at this price, provided I had an Android phone beforehand.
IMO, this is just a start for WP and Nokia has done it right.
At this point, the phone wouldn't surpass S2 in terms of sale.
I don't know how you guys are judging this device without even using it, but it feels pretty solid to me.
IMO, this is just a start for WP and Nokia has done it right.
At this point, the phone wouldn't surpass S2 in terms of sale.
Dumping N9's top notch looks and design and starting from scratch for Lumia 800 wouldn't have been smart tbh. They did it right with N9 and they did it right with Lumia by following the same.
I don't know how you guys are judging this device without even using it, but it feels pretty solid to me.
Too much, only for fanboys (which Nokia knows are too many in India).
"Namak Tata ka aur phone Nokia ka"
"Namak Tata ka aur phone Nokia ka"
So the Nokia Lumia 800 is priced at 29,999 INR
I have checked in ebay today & min price of it was 43k
"Imported from USA to India"I have checked in ebay today & min price of it was 43k
you are right. if you compare Lumia 800 to similar mango mobiles, Lumia is priced just right but problem is, Galaxy S2 & Sensation/XE cost less or same. Droid Razr with better build cost a tad more.
had 800 & S2 debut at same time, Lumia had a good chance of becoming second best seller. but now, we'll see.
This phone is particularly perfect for ladies especially as compared to the Galaxy SII.
Of course, but having the exact look and feel of N9 while adding those capactive(?) hardware buttons, removing the front cam, lower specs, no NFC, etc. and it doesn't look really a flagship mobile phone.
I'm talking about the design of the N9, they can't just dump it (like they dumped N9), can they?
I am not arguing about the choice of design. Just doesn't look the "greatest Nokia phone" as the price demands to me. And yeah it should have had the front cam, no idea why the removed it.
*www.engadget.com/2011/10/26/nokia-lumia-800-vs-nokia-n9-the-tale-of-the-tape/
Overpriced.
Dont compare it to Droid YET .
Hope we have a third world !
Dont compare it to Droid YET .
Hope we have a third world !
What?
Obvious isn't it?
*i.imgur.com/VlJtK.jpg
It's a minus because it takes screen space as compared to the N9.
Well, I'd have to agree with you here. It lacks in terms of hardware. It's because WP is pretty limited at the moment with mango (doesn't support dual-core, some bluetooth limitations). Fortunately, it's going to change in 2012.
So the Nokia Lumia 800 is priced at 29,999 INR
Do you think people will get this phone over Galaxy S2 ?
Yes. People who want to try mango and especially the Nokia tag. Instantly you get good battery life, reliability and camera in mind.
I believe battery life may (WILL) be the USP of WP against android, and with Nokia, its certainly going to be better, if not now, then sooner.
"Jab tak samose me aaloo rahega, India me nokia rahega"
Though at least secondary cam must not have been removed. It entirely(nearly) voids purpose of investing so much in a phone.
"Jab tak samose me aaloo rahega, India me nokia rahega"
Though at least secondary cam must not have been removed. It entirely(nearly) voids purpose of investing so much in a phone.
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WP is noting but clone of iPhone but with different UI. Same set of restrictions are applicable to WP as they are for iPhone.
You can chose your handset in WP7 unlike the iPhone.
And how the hell is it a *clone* of iOS if it has different UI?
Most people don't care about the 'restrictions' in all anyway, and WP7 targets them well there.
you really are what your name suggests aren't you?
There is hardly any similarity in the codebase of IOS and WP.
There are restrictions just like any OS, and those minimum specs have to be complied with for optimal performance of the software inside.
the only reason why there is a vast price range of android devices is that android is a barebones package and so it has s lower minimum requirements.
Er no.
The only reason for vast price range of Android devices that it is open source, and can be freely used.
WP7 on the other hand is restricted to very limited range of hardware.
On what kind of hardware and how?
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MS has given a bare minimum hardware requirement(processor, RAM, type of screen n so on ) ... not sure if any such restrictions are there for Android..hence far more flexibility...
but then, with such restrictions, the experience is going to be optimal on all devices..
) ... not sure if any such restrictions are there for Android..hence far more flexibility...but then, with such restrictions, the experience is going to be optimal on all devices..
You got it wrong. Android phones are cheap because android has lower minimum specs requirement. How much does a license on WP add to the cost?About 10% per phone?
Android is a barebones package. You should not be having disagreement there. Because it is a barebones package, you can have hefty customization (being open source also helps).
According to your argument even Symbian^3 should be as cheap as android because it is also open source. But I have yet to see an S^3 (belle and anna) phone that costs below 12k.
MS has placed restrictions only on the mimimum specs range. The sky is the upper end-limit.
I am NOT talking of cheap. Free is in terms of Freedom. Freedom to customize the OS and implement in your own device. (And cost will play a part too, but not much.)
As for barebones package, that's not exactly true. It's a modular design plus open source, which helps in customization. There's nothing called "barebones" package and certainly Android OS will not qualify as a "barebones" OS.
Symbian is barely adopted by manufacturers, it's a dead man walking. Poor comparison. And get your facts right, Symbian Belle is not exactly an "Open Source" OS.
And recheck your assertion on the restrictions. WP7 is not exactly "works for all but low-end specs". Being proprietary and having MSFT-induced restrictions on top will always end up with it being in a low range of devices.
Look at the part in quotes below.What does that statement say?
If you are going to talk about price range, and say "freely used" as in freedom, and not price then the two parts of your sentence have no connection.
Yes it is. The company implementing the OS has to design the interactive portion of the OS.
By barebones I mean that it comes with everything you need to set it up, but you have to do a major portin of the work in designing the look and feel of the OS (UI being the primary part of that).
You're correct. After Symbian 3 PR 1.0 it became shared-source. But in a way, Android is not open-source also. You have the freedom to open it up, customize the OS in any way you want, but unless certain requirements are met you cannot call it Android (none of the custom OS makers can if I am not mistaken, because they do not make devices).
:shrug:
Windows Phone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
What other restrictions were you speaking of?
Your quotes are mixed up. Fix that first., putting the name to quotes will help.
It's like saying Ubuntu is a "bare bones" OS, since there are derivatives which change the desktop environment to anything like Gnome Shell or KDE.
Android being "bare bones" has nothing to do with it. Nothing.
And yeah stop bringing irrelevant stuff (Symbian? Seriously?) in this thread, or the FUD like "you have to do a major portin of the work in designing the look and feel of the OS (UI being the primary part of that)". Thanks.
Companies don't have to do a *major* portion of designing for the look and feel of Android OS. I suppose you know there's something like stock Android.Extreme Gamer said:
It's like saying Ubuntu is a "bare bones" OS, since there are derivatives which change the desktop environment to anything like Gnome Shell or KDE.
Exactly, you can customize Android in any way and distribute it like you do with Cyanogen or any of the device ROMs. You cannot do that with Symbian. Hence your comparison is invalid.
Yes it does. "Vast price range" was your quote. It was simply being described that due to Android being open source, its freedom to customize, and the freedom to implement in any device, henceforth it has the great number of handsets and thus is being shipped with a large number of devices in a wide price range.
Android being "bare bones" has nothing to do with it. Nothing.
You've exactly listed the restrictions with a WP7 device which I'm talking about.
And yeah stop bringing irrelevant stuff (Symbian? Seriously?) in this thread, or the FUD like "you have to do a major portin of the work in designing the look and feel of the OS (UI being the primary part of that)". Thanks.
Isn't it too much to ask for? I mean this is not supposed to be called min requirements anyway. Is win 8 so heavy? I heard its very flexible and versatile.
I do, and it has no proper GUI (my brother works with the Android SDK when he has free time).
Those restrictions highlight my point about "minimum specs." If the above specs are followed exactly, the phones should only cost ~15k.
Terms and Conditions | symbian.nokia.com
You can use and modify it non-commercially. But you cant try to reap benefits from it.
This is WP 7.5 and not Win 8. No it is not too much. Its not low but its not high either.
Yeah rightExtreme Gamer said:
Jog on mate.
It is up to you to believe me or not believe me.
EDIT: Looks like it was a mix-up of terms. I was referring to the UI overlay as GUI. My bad.
EDIT: Looks like it was a mix-up of terms. I was referring to the UI overlay as GUI. My bad.
i was planning to take lumia 800 but the price is somewat on a higher side. now i will wait for the next gen of nokia-windows phones.
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It is the Architectural copy of iOS.
1. Isolated storage. Hence you wont see a system wide file manager in both OS.
2. Zune/iTunes, See similarity? No ?
3. No true muti-tasking.
4. Fast app switching
5. Only 4 apps can run in background and 1 in foreground.
The graphics on Rs30,000 lumia is handled by outdated 4 year old SGX530 which is the same one on .Iphone3GS. Motorola Defy+ at Rs18000 is more powerfull than Lumia. Couldn't Nokia take up some decent SOC ???
It is not an architectural copy. You could call it an ideal, but to be an architectural copy it would have to be reverse-engineered/ use identical tech, which certainly isn't the case here.
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my point is..what innovative /different thing MS brought in WP except UI ?
Also if you have used WinMo 6.5 you will see that WP7 UI = Stock WinMo 6.5 homescreen with big interactive icons/tiles
Also if you have used WinMo 6.5 you will see that WP7 UI = Stock WinMo 6.5 homescreen with big interactive icons/tiles
I did not like Windows Mobile. Havent had too much experience with WP 7.5 but to me, so far it did not seem like an exact copy with big interactive tiles.
Your words left scope for misinterpretation mate, which is why I said all that.
Your words left scope for misinterpretation mate, which is why I said all that.
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have you seen Lumia 800 Dark Knight Rises special edition ? :O
have you seen Lumia 800 Dark Knight Rises special edition ? :O
^^ better release it as a normal Lumia 800 BE with matte finish. will look lot better. and have you read whats special about it?
a black logo on a black backpanel & a damn paper box. lol. Nokia gone crazy.
yes i know they should have done a lot better but dude its batman, so cool !
but it will look sexi
but it will look sexi
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Nokia Lumia 800 Dark Knight Rises edition unboxed | Stuff magazine
Dont know why there are so much bad comments about it, those who pre booked the lumia are the lucky ones.
Lumia for 30k, which includes Microsoft Xbox LOL
Lumia for 30k, which includes Microsoft Xbox
LOL
Nokia Lumia over S2?
Not even a chance.
Not even a chance.
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No. Lumia is just too overpriced.
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guys no need to buy it there will be a sollid crash in the price after few month
this is done by nokia always
this is done by nokia always
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Both M$ and nokia draining millions in advertisement.. whichever site I am opening(including Linux sites)Nokia Lumia 800 is splashing . from the video reviews,this phone appear very good buy except their price ,(not withstanding their free windows phones for Android haters.) only the price fixing is borrowed from Apple..if I ever to purchase a Windows phone (GOD borbid !!) than i'll purchase it from Nokia only..(let them down the price between 18,000 to 20000/)
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its too much
Just got hands-on yesterday. Quote a good phone but a little overpriced, UI is good but a little confusing , maybe bcoz i'm an android user, Mango is really good as compared to its older versions.
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Don't know about India, but in AU people certainly are.
Nokia Lumia 800 top selling phone at Expansys AU
link Top 20 Most Popular Smartphones, Netbooks and Laptops - EXPANSYS Australia
Nokia Lumia 800 top selling phone at Expansys AU
link Top 20 Most Popular Smartphones, Netbooks and Laptops - EXPANSYS Australia
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I have finally purchased one for app development....
If you ask me it comes with its own problems and you cant even compare it with Android..Android is far far better than WP OS.
I will post in details soon.
If you ask me it comes with its own problems
and you cant even compare it with Android..Android is far far better than WP OS. I will post in details soon.
pics or it didn't happenI have finally purchased one for app development....
If you ask me it comes with its own problems
I will post in details soon.
price it right i.e. pit it against Arc S/Galaxy R & it may outsell S2. only a small percent of buyers care about dual core, a gig of ram, slimmest mobile. for most S2 is too big & Lumia comes in multiple colours (youth alert).
Lumia is being aggressively marketed though.
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not just color but unibody design.
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pics or it didn't happen
LOL , sure..tonight i will try to post it...Also got that free rubix cube....these days i play with it more than my phone..
So now i have a SGS as well as a WP.
Get an iPhone next.
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ah haha and then my friends will suspect me as Bookie
Na, Wont get it. No use to me. Would love if anyone gifts it to me
Worth noting the point "Nokia Retires Symbian Branding"
Nokia Retires Symbian Branding | Vivek's Blog
Nokia Retires Symbian Branding | Vivek's Blog
yup. Nokia is calling Symian belle as Nokia Belle now. saw it coming as they renamed Ovi Suite to Nokia Suite & even if you check ovi store, it shows as Nokia store. as all Symbian developments are transferred to Accenture, maybe Nokia doesn't want to keep any naming of the brand for itself.