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Leopantro: @ 4llerbuntu, good point there. you just can't best the uniqueness of Android. I have two friends that got the Nokia windows phone and they are seriously regretting it. the low cost windows phone will have sub par functionality and will still require zune ( in this day and age.? ). my first Android phone was 20K and I was performing wonderful and amazing things with it. I have gone through their app store; is very depressing. considering you can't side load apps on a widows phone, why waste time and money?

Another blind follower of your master fanboy.

I don't know where you get your stuff from but low cost windows phones are much smother than their android counterparts. That's an undisputable fact.

In as much as I want options, but the iPhone still does everything through iTunes and iOS is by far the most profitable phone OS currently.


I've been to the WP app store and its anything but depressing. It may not be as large as android, but its got lots of good apps. I doubt that's there is any basic app you would need as a Nigerian that's not already there.

4llerbuntu: forget story. this will not sell Jack in Nigeria.

the used phone market will not let it.

150 dollar phone plus imports ands profit mark up will be nearly 35-40k

we don't do mobile financing by telcos here.

but unfortunately a much better phone with a better usage profile can be bought for that price. I.e a gs2.

why would you buy this huawei for 35-50k when u can have a easily hackble android with better rep, enough Apps and games and a thriving piracy community?


worse still its not like the build quality and specs on this phones will be anything worthwhile.

and even worse there are countless budget androids that sell for less, eg those popular Techno phones.


android is the biggest problem every other phone os has. u can criticise it all u want, the concept is simply on point.

How pathetic!
You know, as a fanboy you never disappoint and like I keep saying, a fanboy will always be a fanboy.


Tell me what this thread has to do with android and why you and your folks have decided to pollute every thread on this section?


I don't know how you got the 30-40k price, but you know you're wrong. I remember I've handled this issue of phone pricing with you before.


Its funny how a leading tech company wants to bring specialised products with local content to Africa and all you can do is criticise.

Seriously, I don't know where you get this zeal from but like I've asked you before, let me ask you again: does google buy phones for you that you can't see any thing good in a non-android product?

Again this is really pathetic.

Also here is another one I saw quite recently.

As the name implies, it's a list of top 10 mods for S^3.
Though I already had most of the ones I need, it's still good having a brief look at the important ones.


http://symbian-developers.net/top-10-mods-available-for-symbian-devices/

I was cleaning up my bookmarks when I discovered this.
I thought I had shared it before but evidently I hadn't. So let me put it here before I delete it.

Its just a curated symbian app store from AAS. I have to point out that it does not contain some recent apps- especially those that help tweak up the UI.


http://stevelitchfield.com/appstore.htm

luluosas: Here is the explanation on this thread https://www.nairaland.com/1140414/glo-blackberry-plans-phones-other

Thanks

ndizzle: Yes! u can.

can you explain how to do that.
I heard somewhere that its not stable and disconnects easily or does not connect at all.

grandstar: It was said as much on CNN yesterday. There are more android users than iphone users and people want to connect. All more services are made for android that for iphone.

The iphone may end up becoming an ultra niche market

The fact that android has more market share than iOS doesn't make iOS a failure.
Though I agree that apple is facing really stiff competition and have to do something drastic to guarantee their future, but that does not change the fact that they are by far the most profitable tech company in the world.
One thing you should understand is that Apple is a premium brand and don't need very large market share to be profitable.


The only services that are made first for android are usually Google's services. All other services I've come across are first brought to iOS before android or at most done together.

okpara ugo: Oga, do you call Asha a smartphone

Na hin be say i get 2 smartphone and another smart nokia ''touch''. He hehe.

Nokia classifies the full asha touch as smartphones. Although I was skeptical at first, I see no reason why they shouldn't be classified as such.

If you have issues with that, you can start by telling us what smartphones are and why ashas are not.

[quote author=Sisi_Kill]In a world where a whole Iphone is losing the Smartphone war. . .some people are still holding on to the thought that BB will win that war.

Talk about your delusional BB users. [/quote]iPhone loosing smartphone war??

Please enlighten me on that.

Akainzo: Which one of them do you have issues with? What do you say is the right figure for that one you have issues with?

Though I haven't checked it up, I think the UK, US, and to a certain extent the EU numbers don't look like figures from 12 months ago.

Akainzo: Over 65% of Nigerian smartphone users.
Over 40% of Canadian smartphone users
Over 35% of UK Smartphone users
Over 12% of Europe Smartphone users
Over 8% of US smartphone users
Over 80% of Fortune 500 company CEOs.

Now have I answered your questions?

You might want to review your figures cos I don't think they are current.

mrkels: More Like 93% **Smartphone** Users in nigeria ...

Not really. The last figure I saw (which was late last year) says just over 50%. But that figure is growing very fast.
Don't forget that there are still quite a number of old symbian users and also the asha touch is becoming quite popular. (but i don't think those were included in last years figure)

pDude: He he he he he. It's already done that

who exactly is this mukina and what is his/her relationship with seun?

[quote author=Ileke-IdI][size=28pt]Who still uses BB?

This is 2013? [/size][/quote]Over 50% of smartphone users in Nigeria.

Do you have a problem with that?

I said it. Every thread that guy/girl views must hit FP.

walcolm: very illogical and poorly articulated opinion

Hmm...
Is this the Walcolm I know?

This one mukina is viewing, I'm sure its gonna hit frontpage.

Stanley08: OMO! See control + P oh! LOOOL! This guy sef. No wonder you call yourself a jedi. Guy abeg go rest jor! You dey Nairaland dey flex muscle. Oga behave urself.

That's good.
Next time you would think twice before coming here to spew trash.

Stanley08: Who took this one's bread? Blackberry shares are nose diving. I'm sure u are one of the many nigerians that think blackberry is a 'smartphone'. And definitely use one. You feel like calling me a fool, good for you. but I am calling you a fool. Be lucky if dat company is still standing after 5 years.

My friend uses a 9900 Bold or whatever its called, he saw my S3 and said, "This is my last blackberry phone". Laugh no gree me. LOOL.

Well for starters I don't use a BB. I know your little mind would find that hard to believe. I'm sure you're asking yourself why anyone would be so open-minded about phone OSes? Well not everyone worships devices they buy with their money.


So to you BBs are not smartphones? You are one ignorant fellow. You should look for blinded folks like yourself to argue with.


What disgusts me is your repeated use of the word 'Nigerians' as if we can't choose the phone that best suits our needs. I'm sure your main reason of using an android phone is because its popular in Europe. What a fool you are. Well let me tell you that android and iOS were once very small startups in the US.


You should leave the talk about shares to more intelligent folks seeing that you do not have the capacity to understand the very basic smartphone world. If I were to reason like you, I would say the iPhone is rubbish because Apples stocks has fallen almost 50% in the last 6 months. Mind you, they still make more than double of ALL what android OEMs make put together.


I don't know when you started using a smartphone, but you should ask yourself where android was 5 years ago and you would see how silly you really are.

This is the kind of news I want to hear.

We should be concerned about these big multinationals developing our local content. This is why I get annoyed when people are not in touch with the reality around them and instead think that we should copy westerners blindly.

UncleJJ: Ha Ha.... hope the BB, has touch screen, atleast 10GB internal memory, 4g, wifi,btooth,NFC, acurrate gps,

Ha Ha..... frgt you still in the dinasour age.... get on the android train....

My reply to Stanley08 above also goes to you.

Grow up man!!!

Stanley08: Leave Nigerians! Let them keep pinging, Technology will pass them by! Blackberry is the least innovative mobo ever made.

As for me, Android all the way! Rocking my S3 to the Fullest! Custom ROMs, Custom MODs and stuffs

https://sphotos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/603262_10200303190049131_731405850_n.jpg

I don't like insulting people but I feel like calling you a fool.


Your post is as childish, senseless and stupid as going out on the road and telling everyone who doesn't use thesame brand of car that you have that they are archaic.


What's worse is that I'm disgusted at your statement about Nigerians using BBs. That just goes to show you've got inferiority complex issues.
I can go on and list countless devices and services that are mainly limited to the US and still I don't see Americans criticising then for not being available all over the world.


Even if its only Nigerians using BBs, I see nothing wrong with that as far as it works for them.


Over 50% of smartphones in Nigeria are BBs and still I don't see them displaying such moronic attitude you and your folks continue to display here

@zazu04
you should have just posted a link to the review rather than copying and pasting the whole review here.
BTW its not too late to do that.

[quote author=bad_ass_nigga] ; D
dicckhead! it hurts right?
u know what to do if u r not comfortable with my view ....go hug transformer. [/quote]It hurts yes. But its nothing personal.

Maybe its because I expect a certain level of reasoning from people here so when I see something much lower than the minimum standard being displayed, I get irked out cos that's thesame reasoning that has chased alot of intelligent minds out of this section.

[quote author=bad_ass_nigga]BlackBerry users are
like MySpace users.
They probably still chat
on AOL Instant
Messenger.[/quote]FYI I'm not a BB user. I pay for the devices I use so I see no reason why I should make myself a mental slave of any.

Francheezy: fandr0id...
Jedi, which fan u bE ?

I'm a free mind who loves tech and is not a blinded worshiper of one platform.

[quote author=bad_ass_nigga]this is Rim now blackberry last attempt
I doubt if blackberry 10 will save them
android keep rising with constant updates.
we av to wait and see[/quote]A moronic fanboy you are.
I would refer you to my reply to you on this thread: https://www.nairaland.com/1180222/rim-changes-name-blackberry-unveils

[quote author=bad_ass_nigga]they should av adopted android as d platform ...most of d features av seen so far do not impress me because android devices have nearly all.
we need open source OS where any developer can build application.
this is why android will keep rising. I bet by d end of this year android will have nothing less than 80% of global market share from its current 70%.[/quote]I don't know how some of you fanboys manage to see android in everything.

If android is so good for you then stick to what you have because every smartphone is not going to run on android.

Shameless fanboys like you should desist from derailing every thread here.

bukahands: I believe the poster doesn't know bb10 is a new os with beta features than OS7

That's NL for you- peeps criticising blindly.

[quote author=o-prime]I wonder why RIM feels the name change will make any difference, at the end of the day the products still remain the same, it's a pity they didn't change their game while others were. RIP(RIM). [/quote]I still don't get what you're trying to say.
I wonder what this phone has to do with their past. This is a new start.

I don't even what is going on on this thread at all.

First, prices in pounds or euro don't equate to prices in naira.
We should understand that most european countries have about 25% tax added on these items.

Our prices here are more in consonace with american prices.

Personally, I expect its local price to be in harmony with that of other flagships (bar the iPhone) that is between 90,000 - 100,000 at launch.

Akainzo: When one starts needing "an app" to do basic things, then what is the essence.

Man one thing with me is that I hate fanboyism with a passion.

Now tell me what your post had to do with the question or reply.

But let me look at your senseless reply. I don't know whether you want to start comparing smartphones based solely on what they can do out of the box cos that would be moronic.

The last time I checked, the most successful smartphone OS doesn't even support it at all.
Maybe its time you learn the meaning of the word variety.

Revolva: But please why is nokia lumia not able to transfer just a comon picture file..to my BB..via bluetooth why na it can't even pair it no bluetooth facility to send out to other types of fone..shege for what

Man update your phone to WP 7.8. It has an app that enables you do that.