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Just came across it today on smartbuy. Lumia 900 goes for 96k, 800 for 63k and 710 for 33k.

http://www.smartbuy.com.ng/index.php/our-store/browse/25-nokia?sef=hc

I think its only 710 thats adequately priced in relation to prices worldwide. I expect their prices to fall really quickly especially if 920 comes in early.

Come to think of it, I don't know why these phones are coming so late.

Nokia Lumia phones are now officially a available in Nigeria. I saw it on their Facebook page some days ago although I didn't see it on any of the online stores.
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http://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=433088150060859&id=128858240483853&set=a.299044416798567.65160.128858240483853&refid=17&_ft_=fbid.433088176727523

@Jmaine
You're just wasting your time replying the one eyed novice. A fanboy will always be one.

You should have simply asked him to list what makes GS III the king of smartphones.

God bless Nigeria. God bless our Army.

These guys are really doing their best for this country.
I think we the civilian population should borrow a leaf from them.

Why sign agreements you cannot keep?
First it was with Doctors, now its with teachers.
But its OK to alot of people because its Fashola.

Perhaps he should employ his usual bullying tactic and sack all of them.
I'm waiting for someone to come and say they are greedy.

Orochimaru11: I'm not selling my n8.i just want to taste android.

K. No probs.

That means you may have to spend more to make the tasting worth it.

Let me drop a piece of advice for you.

I know its easy to get carried away with all the android hype, but android is built in such a way that if you want to enjoy it, you have to spend.

The N8 is a good phone and I can tell you that no android phone below 50k will be considered an upgrade to it especially performance-wise.

Except if you just want to buy another phone for whatever reason. Apart from that you have to bring out cash or you would end up opening endless threads on nairaland full of complaints.

Kudos to our own JTF!
Very soon some akata folks who think Nigeria only exists online will come and insult our military forces.

BTW its been quite sometime since there was an attack by these rats especially with all these protests. It really shows JTF is smoking them out.

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[quote author=Soul_caine]Just want to thank my family for being there for me, my friends for staying true and my enemies for propelling me forward. Its an honour and a rare priviledge to have the first post.*lifting oscar-like trophy* to the youngs ones out there just believe in urself and pray onila, afam4eva, humbledbygrace are not online. Peace.[/quote]Man next time use your head.
Post just a word or two immediately and later edit it to contain your full post.

Once again kudos to JTF!
Very soon some ignorant akata folks who think Nigeria exists only online will come out and insult our military forces.

Also its been sometime since there was an attack by there rats. Just hope JTF rounds them up in time.

The main difference is the operating system (OS) it runs. Windows phones run windows phone OS. Other smartphone OSes include Symbian, Android, iOS and BBOS.

The OS is just like Windows 7 or Windows XP if you're referring to PCs.

On phones, the OS determines the user interface (UI) of the phone, the apps you use, the phones you buy and a whole lot of other things.

Now to WP OS. The most recent version is WP8 which is based on Windows OS. I will use thesame metro interface as Windows 8 on PCs and Windows 8 RT on Windows tablets.

On a more technical part, its a well advanced OS as it uses thesame kernel as Windows 8 on a computer and also supports DirectX. In simple terms, these will ensure it will get advanced apps and games.

As regards the UI, it has a very interesting, unique, easy to use, fast, advanced and colourful UI. The UI essentially combines the easy-to-use and fast nature of iOS with the advanced and customizable UI of android. This effectively combines the advantages of both and to me its the best, most suitable and most advanced currently.

Finally, as regards the hardware. WP8 currently has the most unique and exciting hardware around.
First its phones come in multiple vibrant colours and you can even change it on some (Lumia 820). Apart from that, its flagship device which is the Nokia Lumia 920 currently has the most advanced display, the most advanced camera, the most advanced mapping or navigation system and much better battery life that its competitors. It also has other nice features like a solid and beautiful build, wireless charging, NFC support and a curved screen.

In essence, I think I've been able to give you a good summary of windows phone operating system and the latest version in particular.

Let me talk on file managers. These ones allow one to transfer files directly to and from any PC using wifi and without any software installed on the PC.

My Explorer- Very neat and handy file manager. You can use it to seamlessly transfer files between any PC using wifi which is much faster than Bluetooth.
All you need do is set up a network connection on the PC, connect your phone using wifi to the network on the PC, open the app and under 'add network share' input the PC name.
Thats it! Now connect to the PC from the app and start transferring.
Comes in very handy when I don't have a cable and need to transfer a large file from a PC or even when I have a cable but don't want to be glued to the PC


Dukto- Although I haven't used it but It offers thesame PC sharing capability as the one above. It has a windows phone-like interface. It can easily be got on Nokia Store.

Lastly, the regular file managers. The age-long X-plore that allows you to do almost anything you would need to do. An all-round, all-functional file manager.

My next post should be on YouTube downloaders or menu bar customization apps.

[quote author=Ogidi-Olu]Well done Jedisco!

Situations v1.01
We believe that the best interface is no
interface. Every day, we change the behavior of
our phone. In fact, it should change its behavior
by what we do and where we are. With Situations you can set your device to go
silent, open news app, extend its battery life, and
respond to calls with aSMS.
When: Time, Calendar, Accessory, Battery,
Network Cells, Connectivity, Location.
What: Profile, Theme, Mobile Data, Wi-Fi, BT, Power Save, SMS Reply, Send SMS, Launch, Close.
http://www.nokiavnn.com/2012/09/situations-v1014-symbian-belle-fp1-fp2.html?m=1[/quote]Thanks man. Thumbs up to you too.
Its good you put the link to the app. I wanted to do thesame but on a second thought didn't cos the link might get dead or the app updated. Anyway its still good to have it as it eases the stress of finding it for some peeps.

4llerbuntu: i thot the new king in town is d iphone 5?

so y r u nokia pple still posting GS 3 videos? go and destroy i 5 too na.

oh ok i forgot, thats not the competition eh? even u folks know wassup eh?

I don't get you and the king stuff.
The iPhone just got released while the 920 hasn't been released yet. For now those who have access to it are are really anonymous.

So yes comparisons with the iPhone 5 will soon start to tricke in just like this one taken at Photokina (the largest trade show in the imaging industry) where Nokia is exhibiting it and the 808. That is very very impressive to say the least. I mean its being exhibited beside the industries best.

sniperwolf: I'm having issues with my update. I see the update but it won't update. Did you use the Ovi Suite or the Software Update application in the phone? When I even dial *#0000#, then check for update it says SERVER NOT RESPONDING

I experienced this problem during one of my previous updates but I can't remember how I solved it. I think it was because the update paused too much while downloading.

Why not back-up your data (not application data), hard-reset your phone and try it again. This should delete any part of the un-installed update in your phone enabling you to start afresh.

You will have to re-install your apps again but I usually do that after any software update as it makes my device cleaner and faster

Seriously some people are damn crazy.

Except if they were re-sellers trying to get it early so as to sell at a premium rate. Apart from that, its senseless.

I don't see myself doing this just to be one of the first persons to use a phone, tablet, computer or whatsoever.

Finally, I know it may seem I'm trolling, but I came across this not too long ago. It made me laugh so hard and so I decided to share.
Well we all know this might not affect sale numbers.

Thirdly, following the release of iOS 6 there have been multiple complaints by users as regards the new apple maps. Nokia didn't waste time in showing what they're the best at- navigation.
The first pic shows the map features comparison while the second shows worldwide availability.

Well... It seems Nokia caught the gist and decided to come up with their own advertising which was at least more respectful that that of Samsung.

First after the Samsung vs Apple stuff, some Nokia fans thought Nokia was not doing enough in terms of advertising and so decided to help out with this.
Well I think its more sincere than that of Samsung.

I came across some interesting pics lately regarding this topic and decided to share them.
Although I agree with most, they may not be necessarily what I think but they're quite interesting.

4llerbuntu: oh i do, i sure do. its just same with how one has to respect girls that sag with no panties on a bike on the streets of lagos

i use a pearl white phone!!


just imagine going into a coporate establishment for a serious high level meeting and this bulky CEO type chap whips out his phone, BRIGHT YELLOW with ice cream sound ringtone, or britney spears



bros no go chop am o , this pics are advertising shots generated on a pc, e no look like that exactly


but the blue ain't bad, the black is sexy.

i g

Thats why there are black and white ones for the cooperate guys and coloured ones for funky peeps.

However, from the sale data of the Lumias which show that cyan colour was the most wanted, I think alot of people want a change.

They are already showing their intolerance here by hiding most posts that contradict their views.

@OP you would have posted this in politics section if you wanted a fair unbiased review not this trash I'm seeing here.

4llerbuntu: oh i do, i sure do. its just same with how one has to respect girls that sag with no panties on a bike on the streets of lagos

i use a pearl white phone!!


just imagine going into a coporate establishment for a serious high level meeting and this bulky CEO type chap whips out his phone, BRIGHT YELLOW with ice cream sound ringtone, or britney spears



bros no go chop am o , this pics are advertising shots generated on a pc, e no look like that exactly


but the blue ain't bad, the black is sexy.

i g

Thats why there are black and white ones for the cooperate guys and coloured ones for funky peeps.

However, from the sale data of the Lumias which show that cyan colour was the most wanted, I think alot of people want a change. The only thing is that the new Lumias are glossy which kind of gives it a cheap look.

It looks as if our mods have sworn for Nokia.

How would HTC WP8 device reach frontpage before the Lumias?

walcolm: @Lord_Reed,

you really have time to be explaining simple, straight up English to this self professed expert on phones...well done btw

Hmm... No comment.

coogar: change sides? you would grow old and grey waiting for me to do that cos it's not happening! this is not fanboyism - i am just laying it down for you that apple are so much better than their adversaries! it's not even debatable!

Well continue with that. I would have done some further explanation on why I chose the Lumia but it would be futile since you believe iPhone is infallible.
Good Luck!

coogar: it's not a blind attachment - you are just clueless and you have refused to admit it! now, that's pathetic!



what's my business with your past experience? we are discussing samsung and apple - don't lump me into your argument with neophytes like yourself - abeg!

The good thing about Nairaland phone section is that on one side you have fanboys who a blind followers of whatever product they use and believe its the best at everything. On the other side you have those who have left fanboyism behind and argue points objectively irrespective of the OS or OEM involved.
I'm sure you know where you belong so I'm gonna wait till you change sides before I start anything with you cos without doing that, I would just be wasting my time.

coogar: close but no cigar......

How pathetic!
The way you people talk sometimes make me wonder whether you're paid to use these phones cos I don't get this kind of blind attachment after using devices

The other day it was someone calling lumia 900 a feature phone cos it was being compared to an android phone, then later someone else started throwing insults when someone asked about a low priced symbian phone. Now you come up with this. Hmmm... I'm lost for words

Hmmm... It seems any Samsung vs Apple stuff is destined for front page.

coogar: ** quaking in my boots **

OK Mr. Coogar, the iPhone5 is the all-powerful, all-conquering, most superior smartphone ever known to man. Its so much better than anything and everything out there that a comparison should never be made. Infact it represents the future.

Does this make you feel better?