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Its a good idea although I would prefer that women be counselled and allowed to make informed decisions.

Another option is increasing the tax producers of infant formulae pay so that they could be more expensive while subsidizing it for women who cannot breastfeed.
They should also be made to put a bold caption (just like that on cigarettes) stating that the mothers milk is by far the best for the infant.

4llerbuntu: Nice try,

condemn the best features in one of the phones in the most ridiculous way you can and tout the other one to be the best thing since sliced bread.

Hahahahahahahhaha

Man don't paraphrase my posts- they're patented.
Or do you want another Apple vs Samsung with Sammy as the patent thief?


@all
Is there anyway to know if someone is using two different usernames on NL? #justasking

I tok am. The tin don reach front page.

Still no comment yet.

texazzpete: You really have his measure.

I keep telling this man that for every phone there are pros and cons. The one you choose to be 'better' is the one the pros outweigh the cons for you.

Left to me, I'd choose the Galaxy S III just for its raw power (I think I know what to do with it) and the fact that it has loads more apps (so gives me a softer landing from iOS).

But i'd be the last person to say the Lumia 900 is not a gorgeous, elegant phone. and for many people moving up from Symbian, it's fast, animates beautifully and the UI is perhaps the best out there.

4llerbuntu will only like a phone when he can spend his time editing all the *.ini and *.inf files in it.

Funny enough, from my conclusive post to him I said 'it may surprise you if I told you the device I personally prefer between them'
If I was to make a choice, I would also pick the S3 mainly cos of limitations which I'm not used to having on symbian. But if I was to use my money to do the purchasing, I would most definitely wait for a wp8 device.

What annoys me is that alot of them think android is better for just no reason. On the symbian vs android thread, I saw really annoying posts like no capacitive touch screen, no custom roms, no talking tom app, symbian sucks and a host of other annoying reasons.

I usually look at devices with an open mind. But being a lover of Nokia products, I usually don't entertain people insulting their devices without first getting their facts right. This sometimes makes me looks like I'm taking a defensive approach e.g on this thread.

This may soon get to the front page.
Let me leave before it starts

@puskin why are your fingers itching? Mine is already sore

***double post deleted***

4llerbuntu: seriously like HOW OLD ARE YOU?


SO U THINK ITS A WIN/LOSE THING? chai tex, see as your adopted son just fall your hand

I could sworn just a few posts back you said you did not say one phone was better?so what did you win on a vs thread?

ahhh, figures. now i understand

maybe u shld add a poll up there to see what pple think about this your "victory"

Shiittt!!! Whats it between you and tex that you see his shadow in everyone?? Where did you and him start having this issue. Moreover I ended my issue with you just before he reappeared. If you have issues with him, approach him and solve it like a man.

Its no point denying that this thread was turned to a debate by you and your likes. Afterall she was asking me to accept defeat. Atleast if this was to be done again, you would be more careful with your statements.

Your point was that lumia 900 is so much below S3 in every single aspect that a comparison was not necessary

My point was that none represents a better or more powerful device conclusively and that they both have their pros and cons. The best device depends on ones preference. However, if you want to do a comparison first get your facts right.

Putting up a poll is of no use cos you and your likes easily outnumber me- people who believe android is the best at everything. Afterall some of you have called lumia a feature phone.
It would be just like what we had on the symbian vs android thread where we were just about 4.

This thread is for independent minds to make a decision.

joanana: Accepting defeat is not a crime ooo una fingers no dey pain unaaa... na wa ooooooo. Samsung Galaxy S3 is best phone in the market now

There is on defeat here. My points are clearly written for all to see. And like I told you before, I've never lost a phone argument cos I don't make blind ones.

All my posts on this thread are undisputable facts.

The bottom line is that people should limit their phone arguments to their points of interest not claiming to be a guru in everything when Infact they're pathetically blank.
Next time he will think well before joining issues with me cos even if I was comparing a BB with him, I will still make him end up thesame way. Its not the device, its the know-how

4peace: Let me know not-so-popular ones so i can give the description

Mainly the ones that have not been talked on before like
SMSSpreaderFREE
sms to fi1e
SKydrive10
HPePrint
Melon PDF Scanner
CAM2facebook
filMark
LiveStation_Symbian3_Phase1
Mobile_TV
Emanuele Colombo Duktov5.01
The Vitamin
Photo Browser
HandyBlacklist
Talking time
timer pro
power calculator

4llerbuntu: hehehe, this has to be the strangest debate ever.

i dont use a lumia, i will NEVER buy a lumia.
that said i have both phones in close proximity, i have friends, colleagues, gf who actually buy and use this this things, and always come lto me for stuff.

that said. why is it that you type so much without saying anything? i ask you direct questions but you say so much without a single direct answer!!!

for a person who dont have a lumia, you KNOW FOR A FACT IT RUNS BETTER THAN A SGS3?

When i post specs, you say im posting off the net, am i supposed to manufacture specs offhand?


i try to structure this argument, but you keep going wide and introducing fallacies. PRODUCE JUST ONE INDEPENDENT REVIEW THAT RATES THE LUMIA BETTER!!!

then all your bull abt specs, thats how you lie abt the ram, when actually the ram stayed the same from sgs 2 to sgs 3.


tell us why d lumia is better, you say because of user experience etc. THATS OF A FONE YOU DONT USE O.
ok give us an example of another more learned independent opinion that says its better, you say online stuff is not valid.


u make assertions like d wp apps one or the multitasking one, i adopt the layman perspective coupled with hard tech facts, you refer me to symbian. are we discussing symbian v android?


like i said, this convo is done. continue deceiving yourself. incidentally even tex, your authority, does not align to your notion anyway.
then on the symbian thread i never joined d debate so nothing to finish. that one is a non-starter. if the company that owns symbian could publicly drop it and adopt another platform to.compete with ios and android, then i wonder what you are arguing. symbian is superior abi? SMH

Since you're never going to use a lumia is best you refrain from discussions concerning it. Lumia 900 hasn't been released in Nigeria. So if you're in Nigeria its very very unlikely you have even seen this device (which is evident from your claim of lack of Youtube and angry birds apps). I will take it that you've neither seen it or have you ever been interested.

I have always answered questions directly. Also I don't depend on any single review to make my decision. But if you're looking for one that rates lumia favourably, almost everyone I've seen does that.

I referred to symbian to make you see that no os has it all or is even close to that yet.

If you have issues with tex sort it out. That our views coincide here does not mean I know the guy. Moreover, I've not used any of his quotes in replying you. I'm really encountering him for the 1st time here and from my posts I'm far from a starter.

FYI Nokia has never said they're dropping symbian. Accenture will continue its development until atleast 2016 and maybe more.

Lastly, it may surprise you if I told you the device I personally prefer between them. If we were to switch roles, I would dismiss this in a single post (just like I'm about to do). I like people being truthful and straight and knowledgeable when making such comparisons.
Your best point about a device shouldn't necessarily be about looking for faults in its rivals but rather showing its strong points

If you're still looking for strong points of lumia, maybe you should consider these:
-Looks: especially when its the most beautiful smartie and has won several awards to that effect.
-OS: especially when its amazingly beautiful, easy to use and really fast and smooth.
App and game support: especially when it has the best exclusive apps that cannot be duplicated on others like Nokia maps and xbox live support.
-Price: especially when it offers so much for so little.
-Practical hardware: especially when it offers the best outdoor readability by a very wide margin.


In summary, you may see one as the most powerful, the other as the best for you or one of them as being the most powerful and the best. Its all about what you want and consider useful in a device.

Ozegbe: have been looking for that today app and cant find it and also the hear and write uses internet connection.

I came across it today while looking for something else. I had almost forgotten until I saw your post.

It was made by offscreen so you can check their list of apps for it.

Like apps also include:
History (also written in Qt) and
Birthdate.

I noticed sometime ago that meebible also has support for native Nigerian languages. The Last time I saw Efik, Yoruba and Igbo. Also, the supported language and versions keep growing.

All you have to do is just change the language to the preferred one and download for offline reading- All for free.

Here are some screenshots of the Igbo version

@4peace you've got a really good collection.
Let me check out some like lestartstop and some strange names. Although it would have been good if you added a note to the not-so-popular ones stating their use.

aze: I have USED One X, SGS3 b4 it was launched, lumia 900, 808 PV,
Hiphone4GS etc.

ALL NA GRAMMAR.


Galaxy S3 is da Standard bearer, Flagship and Pathfinder 4 all Smartphone.


Lumia 900 is a high grade superior feature phone. It is on same level Like Asha series which nokia calls smartphone,

A fanboy will always be a fanboy

[quote author=Lord_Reed]@jedisco
Yes we accept that you don't want to make a call on any of the phones however allow those of us willing to do so to make the call.[/quote]I have absolutely no problem with that. Moreover, many people have done that on this thread already without any interference.
However, if you decide to do a comparison, you should get your facts right or if you're looking for negatives in one device, then they should be valid.

bily: Interesting thread. What amazes me though is people that are arguing about phones they have not used extensively.most of us are basing our opinions on online reviews like jedisco, or 4Ller who has used Android extensively but can't say the same of windows phone.

If you want to compare phones or argue, please do so based on your own personal EXTENSIVE use. 4ller drop Android as your primary phone and use lumia for some months same goes for jedisco, leave your symbian world as a primary device and pick up Android to use as a primary phone then we can listen to you guys.

I do agree that texx no Sabi everything but his say is more credible cos he has used some of these devices for lengthy periods. I will listen to him NOW when he begins to compare iPhone vs S3 unlike way back when he was just a bloody iPhone fan without extensive use of Android. ;-)

Yes you have a point.
I never planned to post on this page until I saw people posting ridiculous lies. My plan was just to correct some of those lies. Since this is a device I've followed for sometime and should have bought if not for it unavailability locally and it not being upgradeable to wp8.

That is one of the reasons why I don't want to state which is better or do a full comparison but will rather focus on correcting lies. I would have had better points if I had used the device but even without using it, I am still giving them alot of clarifications.

Also this is the 21st century. You can get information about anything with just a simple search.

I don't buy phones to test them. I buy them because I believe they will suite my needs. Since I like buying phones within 3 months of their release there is no other way for me to check them up. I always knew how every part of any phone was going to behave before I bought it- from startup to shutdown.

I not new to the smartphone world. I've used an apple device (which I jailbroke and tweaked up), I've used android devices (though I've not owned any) and I'm one of the few people left still very good with symbian. So when I look up a device, I know exactly what I'm looking for.

In summary, like I said I'm not here to state which is better or do a review but to correct obvious and annoying lies from people who think the os they use is the best at everything.

Mafia4life: An andriod user: So Symbian belle got all these awesome stuff? Ah... I think I gotta search for the andriod version of those apps. I blame Nokia for annoucing that they will discontinue Symbian in 2016. If not, many developers will develope more for symbian since it has future.

Its good to see you guys surprised about current symbian apps.

Although you're got some points, 2016 is a very long time in the smartphone world add the contract with accenture for symbian development expires then. That does not mean Nokia may not renew it.

I have come across some really good apps recently. Will make a post this evening.

joanana: Finally, S3 wins!!!!!!

Not so fast.
I've been into alot of phone arguments on other sites and on this forum and have never lost any. This certainly won't be the first.

4llerbuntu: Up till this moment this convo has been civil, which is why i have continued participating and enjoying it.

now you wanna take it to the gutter, are you a GEJ 40 laptop member? cuz this is their modus operandi when arguments are not going smoothly



Now, to the point about the 3310, why is it not valid? you do know there is some sort of OS on the 3310?


You have severally said that the user experience is the key factor as to why the Lumia is better than the SGS3

you have also said that the fact that SGS 3 has better specs, or more apps are not definitive of its superiority

You also said that the performance of the phone is primary even tho you have presented nothing to actually demonstrate that the lumia outperforms the SGS 3


following your logic, i have used the 3310 as an example. it offers WORLD CLASS USER EXPERIENCE. there is no phone in the world that is FASTER, SMOOTHER, RESPONSIVE than the 3310

SO also, the apps and specs on the SGS 3 dont matter na going by your postulation. afterall its not about the specs and apps, moreover i have all the apps i need on the 3310. have you ever met a 3310 user complaining about his phone?

and performance, even in this regard 3310 outperforms any fone.


SO WHY IS MY ANALOGY UNINTELLIGENT? I FOLLOWED YOUR ARGUMENT TEMPLATE, and came to the conclusion that the 3310 is BETTER THAN THE SGS 3, just like you say LUmia is better than SGS 3!!!



anyways i think im done.

STart another more interesting thread, this one is now boring

User experience is the most important factor as it considers everything a device has from specs to apps to looks e.t.c

Your better specs should be translated to everyday usage before we consider them.

Wp has better looking higher quality apps. Its all online for you to see. On android its mainly bloatware and trash and the few good ones are highly fragmented so that you always have to keep waiting for an update that may never come.

As for your 3310 analogy, its not worth a reply until you start giving practical reasons why you think s3 is better and not just a spec sheet

4llerbuntu: You know what, Texazzpete is not an authority on anything! i say this because you seem to be taken in by his brighter grammar approach to posting tech thing on NL.

That said, you say android DOES NOT MULTITASK? tex, see what you have caused?

im not going to waste my time, on this point you definitely do not know what you are talking about. whats the processes or services FUD? what is the APP, and what actually runs? delete that post pls.

for the spectators. kindly do this on your pc, start three applications. then start task manager, check the processes tab. im sure you will see processes for the apps there.
now kill them, and check. they are gone no?

Now start any application like yahoo messenger that requires you to quit the application completely, close it via the x button. it still resides in your task bar, and when you check the task manager the process is still alive even though its not immediately visible and you have to go into the taskbar to bring it up. now in that state you continue receiving pings and what have you.


Now compare this to what Jedisco just put up there. now following his logic that "Android does not do this. It simply runs processes or services in the background (under strict modifications) while freezing the app and showing you a panel of recently used apps." I guess that means windows does not multitask too abi?


[size=14pt]In any case, does Lumia runs processes or services in the background (under strict modifications) while freezing the app? can you skype, and chat via messenger, and download a file in the downloader at the same time?[/size]

The SGS 3 sure can do that

What is it between you and tex?
Have you ever seen me on any android or iphone thread? I am just really encountering him for the first time on this thread so you should stick to the post.

Coming to multitasking what you have on android is a pity when compared to symbian. If I call that of symbian true then that of android is definitely not true.


Why not start by telling me why some apps do not support multitasking on android until they are re-written. Also try and see if there is and of such on symbian.


But before doing that go back and find out how android and symbian multitask. Also find out how apps run on devices. It would do you a whole lot of good.

4llerbuntu: I refer you o my previous post above to answer this question on why the performance differs.

AND LEST YOU FORGET THIS DISCUSSION IS [size=14pt](Samsung GS3 Vs Nokia Lumia900)[/size]

Not any other android and Lumia.

why do you keep trying to shift the goalpost to pad your weak arguments? LOOK AT THE FRIGGING TOPIC NA.

YOU CLAIM THE LUMIA IS A MATCH OR EVEN BETTER THAN THE SGS 3, A Lot of people have said you are wrong, and you are trying to argue why and how you are right!!. thats what this is supposed to be.

if you are no longer up to it, just quit posting

I've always said that specs mean nothing if they cannot be transferred to everyday usage. So please stop all this ram stuff and tell me about its performance.

Go back and start reading this thread from page one and see my line of argument. I have never said which device is better but that if you think anyone is better give reasons and not lies.

So stop trying to put words into my mouth. My posts are all clear for everyone to see.

4llerbuntu: You do understand the difference between the OEM's needs and work and what stock android brings?

Cuz you kinda like seem to think that what comes on every android is the same.
for example the nexus line is pure android without OEM customizations.

incidentally, in previous iterations of android, the OEM's "improvements" caused a whole lot of performance issues such that people tried Cyanogenmod or Stock Android on their Phones instead. AND IT WORKED LIKE A DREAM.

matter of fact, i can tell you confidently that stock android 2.2 will outperform the OS on Lumia.

Now if the OEM decide to bump specs to accomodate their rubbish bloatware, how does that degrade the platform? Its practically like running damn slow and buggy app on your phone, and the trying to run other stuff with it......

You conveniently forget that on the LUMIA there is very little room for OEM manipulation.



Coming back to your point, it is a FACT that ICS and JELLYBEAN outperform WP7 anyday anytime.
Ironically, even with the samsung bloatware, it suffers no ill effect and IS FASTER AND BETTER THAN THE LUMIA IN PERFORMANCE.

so where did you get this talk about not optimizing the OS?


IN CASE YOU MISSED IT THE INTERNATIONAL VERSION OF SGS 3 which i posted its specs above has 1GB RAM, same as is on the SGS 2. its specific carrier versions that have varying specs according to what the carrier wanted. go to GSMARENA and check the specs of the various version of SGS 3.

So if its faster than SGS 2, was the OS optimized or not? STOP SPREADING FUD NA

Are you so much of a fanboy that you bluntly deny the truth?
It seems as though you believe that android is the best at everything?
Well I pay to use these devices and not vice versa so when I see the truth I say it.
I can list very valid points where symbian, bb or iphone outperform your super android device.

The fact that android is open source and allows OEMs to add bloatware for the sole purpose of increasing specs and selling new devices not necessarily for performance. Now this is a very very big disadvantage to android.

I have followed this os for over 6months and you're the first person saying this. All over the web its its very clear (even from android users) that wp is much more faster, smoother and easier to use and has better looking apps than any android device ever made.

There are thousands of reviews that keep saying this os can only be compared to ios and you are the first person saying this.

Even Samsungs on s-voice and apples siri proclaimed it the best phone.

If you cannot see plain facts then I may just leave you to your fanboyism.

Remember you ran from the android vs symbian thread only to come here and start with this.

4llerbuntu: For this: here is your answer http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/windows-phone-8-release-date-and-latest-details-1065086


All Windows Phone 7 apps will run on Windows Phone 8 handsets; but in future developers will have to choose whether to make an app that only uses Windows Phone 7 features and works on both, or one that uses Windows Phone 8.

This means supporting features like Wallet, VOIP, native code or being able to run navigation in the background (which should mean we finally see some full-featured turn-by-turn navigation apps that go beyond what Nokia Drive offers).

There are other advantages, but with the interfaces to components like graphics, audio and sensors being far more similar to those in Windows 8, it's a lot easier to write Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 apps that share features.

Or, of course, they can make two versions, one for 7 and one for 8; how often that happens is going to depend both on how easy Microsoft makes it to share code between versions of apps in its developer tools and on sales of Windows Phone 8 handsets.

We are talking of the present not the future.
Future, apps may not work on current devices be it lumia, android or iphone. It happens everywhere.

Let me also bring it to your notice that Nokia will continue to release new wp 7 devices together with wp 8. Infact Samsung just released a wp 7.5 device last week.
Also Nokia has promises to continue porting non-hardware features of wp8 to this device for some time.

Some of the things you say are very annoying. First it was that there is no Youtube app on wp, now its about angry birds next it would be Facebook or twitter app. You should search well before posting.

So stop copying and pasting stuff you don't understand. You should be more worried about the fragmentation on android.

4llerbuntu: Please name 5 of these xbox compatible games. and explain how it works. do you mirror them from the xbox? play them through a service like OnLive how? i dont understand

are they the same things that are on xbox that you play on the Lumia? or just the mobile versions?

if they are the mobile version, do you know practically every major release game on playstastion and xbox are available on android in mobile format? and also a whole lotta exclusives that even Iphone has before android?

does the Lumia even have Angry Birds yet?

So if Both Platforms havelotsa great games, but Android has more= then on that point, the Lumia cannot be better no?

Ditto Apps. matter of fact on the Apps issue, its pretty subjective. However, fact remains that there is an app for every type of person on android, from geeks to casual users.
But on the Lumia that is not the case. on this point also Android wins no?

I expect that if we're to make an argument, you should do some work and not allow me spoon-feed you.

Wp has xbox live support which not only gives access to a whole number of unique games but more importantly a gaming world. A place where you can easily interact and play games with people around the globe.

Its not about the number of games but the experience. It gives you a gaming world. Its like comparing a broomstick to a full broom. If you ever used N-Gage you would understand.


Before you get to the app issue lets not forget that you have unfinished business on the symbian vs android app thread. Also consider symbian has fewer apps.
Moreover its a known fact that apps look better and are of better quality on wp than on android especially because of the tile presentation. Google could help you here.


Now for your list of xbox games, look at this http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Xbox_Live_games_on_Windows_Phone

4llerbuntu: Aww shucks. remember this is a public forum and quite a number of folks have been reading up.

kinda try sticking to not shifting the goalpost this late in the convo

Go back and read this from page 1 where people have asked me to do a comparison or state which is better and I explicitly said NO. So this is not a matter of shifting goal posts

I have always said I'm here to correct lies and misconceptions and not do a comparison or state which is better. I would only do that if the op states what he wants from a device

What attracted me to this thread was when walcom put up a bag of lies and went on to call the device a superior feature phone.

4llerbuntu: http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=4238&idPhone2=4578


[size=14pt]SALIENT DIFFERENCES[/size]

SAMSUNG I9300 GALAXY S III
vs NOKIA LUMIA 900


SAMSUNG I9300 GALAXY S III
LTE (regional)


NOKIA LUMIA 900
---------------


SAMSUNG I9300 GALAXY S III
Weight 133 g



NOKIA LUMIA 900
160 g



SAMSUNG I9300 GALAXY S III
Touch-sensitive controls




NOKIA LUMIA 900
---------------



SAMSUNG I9300 GALAXY S III
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
720 x 1280 pixels, 4.8 inches (~306 ppi pixel density)





NOKIA LUMIA 900
AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
480 x 800 pixels, 4.3 inches (~217 ppi pixel density)



SAMSUNG I9300 GALAXY S III
Corning Gorilla Glass 2




NOKIA LUMIA 900
Corning Gorilla Glass



SAMSUNG I9300 GALAXY S III
microSD, up to 64 GB,



NOKIA LUMIA 900
No


SAMSUNG I9300 GALAXY S III
16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM




NOKIA LUMIA 900
16GB storage, 512 MB RAM





SAMSUNG I9300 GALAXY S III
HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps




NOKIA LUMIA 900
HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps



SAMSUNG I9300 GALAXY S III
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot




NOKIA LUMIA 900
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n



SAMSUNG I9300 GALAXY S III
NFC Yes




NOKIA LUMIA 900
----------------------



SAMSUNG I9300 GALAXY S III
microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go




NOKIA LUMIA 900
microUSB v2.0



SAMSUNG I9300 GALAXY S III
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging,
touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization





NOKIA LUMIA 900
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, dual-LED flash
Geo-tagging




SAMSUNG I9300 GALAXY S III
Video 1080p@30fps
Secondary 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps





NOKIA LUMIA 900
720p@30fps, video stabilization
1 MP, VGA@15fps



SAMSUNG I9300 GALAXY S III
CPU Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9
GPU Mali-400MP[/b]






NOKIA LUMIA 900
1.4 GHz Scorpion
Adreno 205

is this the same one in the iphone? @ texazzpete




SAMSUNG I9300 GALAXY S III
Standard battery, Li-Ion 2100 mAh
Stand-by Up to 590 h (2G) / Up to 790 h (3G) )
Talk time Up to 21 h 40 min (2G) / Up to 11 h 40 min (3G)





NOKIA LUMIA 900
Standard battery, Li-Ion 1830 mAh (BP-6EW)
Stand-by Up to 300 h (2G) / Up to 300 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 7 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G)
Music play Up to 60 h



SAMSUNG I9300 GALAXY S III
Battery life 43h endurance rating





NOKIA LUMIA 900
38h endurance rating





SAMSUNG I9300 GALAXY S III
- MicroSIM card support only
- S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
- Smart Stay eye tracking -
- Dropbox (50 GB storage)
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- TV-out (via MHL A/V link)
- SNS integration
- MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
- Organizer
- Image/video editor
- Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration
- Voice memo/dial/commands
Predictive text input (Swype)



NOKIA LUMIA 900
- MicroSIM card support only
- SNS integration
- [s]Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic[/s]
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA player
- MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player
- Document viewer/editor
- Video/photo editor
- Voice memo/command/dial
- Predictive text input

You remind me of my old self when I was still new to the smartphone world and the best way of comparing different devices was to run to the spec sheet. Now I look at a host of other things when making comparisons.
One way is to look at specs when most of them mean absolutely nothing practically while another is to look at the users satisfaction from the device in totality.

Before I look into your gsmarena spec sheet, let me point out something to you.

Lumia and wp is relatively new so most people using them now have used recent android or iphone devices. So the issue of fanboyism is almost absent.

Have you ever bothered to see reviews of lumia?
Have you ever wondered why it is the top user rated phone?
Have you ever wondered why former android and iphone users are so taken by this device?
Have you wondered why users describe it as one of the smoothest, fastest, easy to use devices around?

I used to think wp was still immature until I saw the 101 reasons not to buy lumia. I did some more research and was struck that everyone who used the device was like wow (same goes for N9). Since then, I've closely followed this device.

When I compare devices, my top point is usually user opinion and ratings. This is better when looking at a new os than at an old one where fan boys abound.

I have not used the Nokia N9 but would personally select it over most high-end android devices cos everyone that has used it always says they prefer the swipe ui over anything out there even though it was declared dead before arrival by Nokia. Now that is user satisfaction.
I've bought alot of Nokia products before with alot of hardware I never used so now I focus on the satisfaction I derive from the phone which to me encompasses everything.

You can continue with your spec sheet comparison but alot of things on a phone are not found on the spec sheet. Moreover, it seems you left out everything going for the lumia. Although I don't want to go into a comparison, let me point out a few of your misconceptions on parts of a device I consider important.

1. Screen- Lumia may have a lower resolution, but this is spread over a smaller screen size. The screen of lumia uses RGB layout which is better than pentile used on s3. Most importantly you forgot clear black display which offers awesome viewing in bright lighting rather than your screen turning into a mirror.

2. Hard Memory- will only consider it an issue if 16GB is not enough for me on a phone.

3. Ram and processor- lumia 900 runs smother than the competition which is what I consider important not written down specs.

4. Battery capacity- too close to call. From user reviews, they both last a day of good usage.

5. Size- more of a personal preference, but I prefer the size of lumia 900. Atleast it can fit into my pocket.


Lastly, if you really want to do a comparison also put up the strong points of lumia which are obviously missing.

Except if your mind is made up, I would advice you to go for Nokia 701 as it possesses alot of advantages over the listed ones above except that it does not have the 4 inch screen of E7. Also its much cheaper. The C7 has amoled screen but I think I prefer the screen on 701 to it.

I don't know any phone called N7 but I think you're referring to N8. The camera on N8 is awesome but thats just about its stand out feature.
For me the best symbian device now is 808 followed by 701

In a local shop around. I just asked them for the screen guard of C7 cos I bought the phone really early and knew the guard wouldn't be out by then.

4llerbuntu: buhahahaha

before you waste NL Space, kindly answer this question:

[size=14pt]A hyundai requires 4 liters of fuel to get to Ibadan, whilst a BMW requires 10 Liters. Therefore, the Hyundai is a better car compared with the BMW?[/size]

That Hyundai sits the same number of people as the BMW, does the same job, has the same addons such as A/C, Radio, etc.

Can you rightly say, that the Hyundai is a better car compared with the BMW?

at least you know the little most folks know about cars

Before I answer your question, I think it would be better if you respect the fact that those with a different opinion from yours (especially as regards the highly competitive smartphone world) are not necessarily less informed than you.

And also like I've always stated maybe you should show me where I said either lumia 900 or GS3 was better


Now to your question- when comparing cars (just like phones) you focus on the entire build (hardware) and not just a single option like fuel consumption. This is exactly what you're doing with all this your talk about ram and processors.
And finally, if everything has canceled each other or all other things are equal then I would consider the car with better fuel economy as better.

So don't mirror on just one option, look at the product in everyday usage in combination with peoples preference.

Afterall lumia has gotten great reviews around the world and more importantly, its users majority of which have used other smarts and just wanted to give it a trial rate it very highly. If you think they are missing alot compared to where they are coming from, they should be the ones concerned. You hardly find anyone who has used a lumia device that is not just impressed but thrilled.

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Let me make it clear that I've never stated which phone is better. I have severally refused to do a comparison. But my problem is that if your major point for the s3 is the ram and processor, then bringing them down to everyday usability is what I'm trying to do.

You've said alot of things but let me try and list them

1. Apps and games- stop deceiving yourself that they don't have good and tasking apps and games.
Its been quite sometime they reached the 100,000 mark and unlike android and symbian, almost all these apps are available for every device. What you have on android is that a good number of apps and games are not available on most devices.
I can tell you confidently that they have well tasking apps. As for games it has a very good advantage with xbox compatibility. These gives it access to not only the normal HD games but unique games. This just reminds me of N-Gage.


2. Just like tex pointed out wp 7.5 and wp8 apps will be compatible except if those apps were made exclusively for wp8. But I don't think any developer will be in a haste to leave the installed wp 7.5 base.

3. In that post I never said Samsung increases ram stupidly. Infact I didn't mention any OEMs name.
I was trying to say that manufacturers now prefer to increase ram and processors rather than optimizing the os to run with almost speed on the current hardware.

How do you explain that some android devices receive the ics update and run smoothly while others with equal or even better hardware refuse to release it or releases something that is very laggy. Instead they prefer to increase ram and release new phones that may not be faster than the optimized version on lower speced devices. I remember reading somewhere that sense on some devices gulps a whole 200mb of ram. Just imagine?

What I'm saying is that I'm not blind enough to think that more ram means better performance.


5. Lastly, MULTITASKING.
I know there will be alot of controversy here.
True multitasking involves running more than one full app at once not necessarily just processes or services.
Android does not do this. It simply runs processes or services in the background (under strict modifications) while freezing the app and showing you a panel of recently used apps. On well speced devices, this may not be visible but on lower ones it shows up. Why do you think that some apps that are not well built do not support it? But rather restart or reload pages.
This is a problem especially on a fragmented os like android.

I'm not comparing multitasking with symbian, but on symbian I've never heard of any app not supporting multitasking on symbian. Also multitasking is less of a chore here.


Moreover, os developers are now making multitasking more practical than just theory. So whether it freezes the app, runs just some processes or runs the whole app is quite immaterial for everyday usage. What people need is the ability to seemingly run more than one app at once which wp provides for.

I would also not accept using a better multitasker on android as the reason for more ram. Afterall it doesn't multitask as good as webos or symbian which uses less hardware specs.


Finally comparing my analogy to 3310 ain't so intelligent. The problem I've been trying to point out is that more specs doesn't necessarily mean better performance when comparing two different OS just thesame way a higher capacity battery doesn't mean better battery backup when also comparing two OS