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aze: Guy u just made me break my glasses. Please, l beg don't do this again next time.

1. Samsung Galaxy S3 is the Flagship for all Smartphones. I mean Number 1.

2. Lumia 900 is a SUPERIOR FEATURE phone from Nokia. It is essentially in the same class with phones like Asha 305, 303,Tecno 9, etc.

3. With Galaxy S3, you are good to go without ur lappy and u can achieve alot with it.

4. With Nokia Lumia 900, you must CONSTANTLY be with ur laptop, charger, and many more.

5. Samsung GS3. You don't need ur PC to transfer sumfin to anoda Phone be it Nokia C2. Samsung GS3 can do it via bluetooth.

6. Shamelessly as it may appear, Lumia 900 cannot do bluetooth transfer, it doesn't support mass storage mode and many more. You WILL REGRET EVER BUYING IT. Except they bribe you to USE IT.

Though I use a Nokia phone, I'm not a so much of a blind fan and I appreciate good stuff when I see them.

With WP7.8 lumia 900 may have some minor restraints but so does apple which still sells millions of phones and tablets.

So let me just show you your errors
1. There is no such thing as a flagship for all smartphones

2. You must be a novice in the smartphone world to call Nokias windows phone flagship a superior feature phone.

3. You should rather list those things you can do with the GSIII that lumia can't achieve. You can also refer to the android vs symbian thread where after 7 pages, nobody could mention any tangible app not on symbian out of the 450,000.

4. I don't understand how you must constantly be with your laptop and charger to use lumia 900

5. Yes lumia 900 may currently have some minor restrictions, but so does apple. And Nokia has promised to look into some of those in future updates.

Next time you want to compare phones, try to list the strong points and weak points of both phones so you don't appear as a fanboy.

Also, I haven't said which is better. I just pointed out obvious lies in your post.
For me to say which is better, the op would have to say what he wants in a phone. I might even recommend a BB phone or a feature phone depending on his needs.

Just for the record, I'm not a novice as far as smartphones are concerned so if you want to reply, do your research well or don't bother.

spikes C: 1. Thats what most people believe, like i said before, Normal MTN monthly plan is 1300 while BB is 1500. so which one is cheaper

2. Thanks for the heads up but E7 has been updated to belle OS. E7 offers much more than atleast BB torch 2, i have checked. E7 is a business class phone also good for power users like me. But like you said, i think i have to do more research

Yes the package is 1,500 but people who use it say u can download much more than the quoted 250mb as it doesn't really track ucweb downloads. You could also look at that of etisalat and airtell and you would see the difference is clear.
I'm currently using the airtell plan (though on a Nokia phone) which gives 1GB for 1,200 as opposed to 250mb for 1,300 on mtn.


If you take the 4 inch screen out of E7 (which BTW is a little small compared to some devices), there is nothing left in that phone that is worth comparing it to any 2011 highend phone.
If you're looking for a business phone which u can also use for other stuff, then a 256mb ram, 687MHz device won't give you that in 2012.
Yes its been updated to belle but symbian has moved from belle to belle fp1 and is currently awaiting fp2. E7 ain't gonna get any of those but may just get minor face lifts.
Also, its not just about belle. Have u tried using a low spec pc and a high spec one? They may both run windows 7 but the difference would be very clear.

spikes C: yeah, maintenance cost and pinging trend. But do you know that MTN 1 month data bundle is 1300 while BB is 1500
BB10 Os which would be unveiled soon? Its not about BB, its about the general public mobile developers.

75million users *coughs*, in every 100 people in Nigeria, 98 has a nokia phone, not to talk of other parts of the world. Nigeria keeps BB alife, its a fact.

Now, am looking to buy a new phone, latest affordable BB is Torch 2 aka BB 9810. After comparing it with Nokia E7, am damned confused. i can't buy a phone i can't spoil.
BB is not spoil-able, but Nokia, damn... asphalt 7, Need for speed bluetooth multiplayer, Real football series (bluetooth), N-gage (jisos )

Guy, fuccckk pinging... am getting E7 joooor

First data rates on BB are massively cheaper especially in Nigeria- Thats not a point to argue about.

Also if u want to buy a high end Nokia phone, E7 doesn't cut it for 2012 especially considering its price and what it has to offer.
As of the time it wz released, it wz already outdated talkless of now.

If you want to go 4 a symbian phone, I suggest you look at the set released with belle (701, 700, 601) or you could also go for 808 as they have better processors, are faster and better updated.

If you're looking for the latest HD games especially from gameloft (which make the best games for phones) then you may get disappointed. Their last symbian release wz adventures of tintin which wz around January. This is the area where I can admit that symbian is lacking.
But if you're coming from older symbian versions, you may not notice the difference as there are over 50 HD games available which you can easily play.

I would also have recommended the current lumia series but they are not going to be updated to WP8 and have alot of restrictions.

The best thing should be to wait and see the first WP8 devices released especially since they seem to promise seamless synchronization with W8 on PCs and windows apps and games also.

sambass: I know of lagos, abuja, kano, ph, onitsha, aba, enugu, asaba, kaduna and others dat i cant remember.

Thanks. But do u need to link it with a functional smartcard or just pay the subscription fee?

Yea. About drifta, how many cities are currently covered?

benzion72: It is certain so many ignorant people are opening their mouth to say all manner of rubbish about a product that the intelligence that made it is a light year ahead of their country total intelligence put together. Their country cannot produce lead pencil not to talk of Nokia 3310. The only thing they are good at is consuming all manners of products with a lot of pride that is unfounded. millions of them are so weak with one or more degree without a means of livelihood. Some of the this foolish Nigerian still eke out money from Uncle and Cousins retired parent who ought to be benefiting from their fruit of labour on them. But because of foolishness they choose to waste their money and time on technology, and argue about application which are written by intelligence that is better than their own. Do you even wonder that this application be it game or what have you was written by somebody like you and is making money on it. You dull head still argue about it use, burning your precious time on one useless game and ping. enough

In essence what are you trying to say?

You need to learn that peoples interests differ. That you're not fascinated by something doesn't mean you should insult someone else who likes it. Same thing goes for football, fashion and almost anything you can think of.

Thats what you get when you blindly want to increase the number of apps just for number sake, even if the app is crap produced by a novice

How are we sure that the current investigation by EFCC is not another witch hunting exercise.

Sometimes, I get tired of this country.

omoboy08: Is anybody using sygic map on belle? Ve searched but culdnt get one

I think it has compatibility issues with belle. I don't know whether it has been fixed. BTW I don't use it.

[quote author=temmy.m3]yeah bro, before the year runs out. not totally switching though, will still hav a belle device with me [/quote]Ok. Seems everybody is leaving.

JASBROS: What are the current price of n8,e7,e5 and 701

Check this site:
http://wirelessphonetips.com/category/price-list/

You can compare with this:
www.slotlimited.com/categories/Nokia/

SimonAndal: I never said it's not. It's correct if we're speaking latin.

You should be man enough to accept you were wrong. Both forums and fora are recognised in English language as plural forms of forum.

And please, don't come up with the Latin stuff. The word forum was taken directly from Latin as are many other English words. So if you say fora is Latin, then forum is also Latin.
Or would you say its wrong to use the word 'ab initio' when speaking English?

aieromon: Tell Nokia to get their house in order and get a device that can compete favourably with the S3,HoX and the yet-to-be released Iphone 5.

Well.... Nokia doesn't pay me. I just need a good device which is not overpriced or just hype like the iPhone

Its a pity Nokia is reducing support for symbian cos I think with the Belle (and fp1), they finally caught up with the opposition in terms of UI. Also they've got most useful apps but with reduced game support. But they decided to kill it together with Meego and Meltimi.

For them, everything now depends on WP8. From reviews so far, it seems like a good one together with some Nokia tweaks here and there. App developers are also interested and Microsoft is willing to even pay them, cos this is the best chance they've got at penetrating the mobile market.

For me, I'll wait till September to see which direction Nokia is heading and if any WP8 devices would be announced.

I'm just hope they release a dual core, 1GB RAM, 4.3 inch display with pureview. Even if I get it on symbian, I will get it but its more likely on WP

[quote author=temmy.m3]Awww.. we gonna miss u bro but dont go far o.. cos am coming soon too [/quote]What is this supposed to mean

Are you also switching?

wale0911: i crash my nokia c7 during firmware upgrade with phoenix,,,,pls is there any way i can get it working again cos the phone only vibrates any never come up since then...pls help.

I think you have to flash it in dead usb mode. Check previous pages, I think temmy put up a tutorial for N8. Its basically thesame thing, its just that you would now use your firmware code where needed.

aieromon: Sony Xperia S LT26i running ICS

Checked up the specs. Its a Nice phone I must say. You should have a good experience with it.
As for me, I'm staying put for the main time

aieromon: I'm finally saying bye to Nokia and their wonderful tray of Symbian devices. Anybody interested in the mobile tv headset receiver or the Nokia N8 can check my thread in the market section.

Its time to try out my first android phone.

So long.

Hmm.... goodbye. Nokia has lost alot of users recently and at a point I almost moved.
I will be looking at how Nokia fares with their WP 8 devices for now.
But may I ask which android device you would be starting with?

aieromon: *141*712*0#

Thanks

[quote author=Ogidi-Olu]Yes, still works, both are for 1gb and there is no difference.[/quote]Also how to I check how much data is left. Tried sending 'STATUS' to 440, but it only shows me when its going to expire.

Mafia4life: Apart from that, programmers said writing app for symbian is too difficult. The compiler for .sis seems like a low level language.

I think that is just a lame excuse from them.

The main problem was that it took too long for Nokia to upgrade symbian. Also the older symbian versions didn't really have worthwhile updates not until symbian^3 which provided upward OS upgrades.

If symbian was still selling well, then developers will still be developing.

[quote author=Ogidi-Olu]Symbian is popular, belle is not.[/quote]Yea. Most of the symbian devices I see are the older versions. I now see the reason why people post some ridiculous stuff on the symbian vs android thread. Nokia should have released it much earlier.

[quote author=Ogidi-Olu]Yes, still works, both are for 1gb and there is no difference.[/quote]OK. Let me go and buy a sim. Got some stuff to download.

Wait o...
Does it mean that there are only 4 symbian^3 users or that the others don't use apps?
I think this thread should to the front page just like that of BB and android. But I thought symbian wz still quite popular in Nigeria

[quote author=Ogidi-Olu]I only know of airtel. Recharge ur fone with N1200 and send BSM to 440. U can restart ur fone after this and u're gud to go.[/quote]Does this stuff still work? If yes, then whats the difference between the 1,200 and 1,400 subscription? Are they both limited to 1GB?

Mafia4life: @Jedisco and Trmmy
Nice write up. Actually, I used old symbian ( E72, C6-00 and E5). I just wish symbian will be continued as long as we live.
How come nokia browser now implement Bittorrent protocol in its browser? Ar u really sure of this?
I know that "belle" of an OS is gonna be owesome, is just that my primary reason of getting an andriod device is the video calling. I wanna see my sister's kids oversea. She uses blackberry and u know BB is not in good terms with video calling. Thats why I used andriod since it can call PC. Anyway, I hope to grab Lumia. I have been a die hard fan of Nokia so I still remain their fan.

Good point. Since video calling is top on your list, then no probs. But just know that symbian is not still stuck in those old S60V5 days. Its a pity Nokia is not serious with it and are focused more on windows.

I'm also looking out for what the new windows 8 devices will look like but the 808 really appeals to me.

Mafia4life: @jedisco.
Someone said i should mention at least one function of andriod fone that a symbian device cannot do. So i gave him dat. The major reason i use it is because of video calling and movie playing and camera app features. I still love symbian for it served me so well but andriod try pass for services. Multi tasking is a problem for andriod.

Online Video calling- I have said it over and over again that currently symbian belle doesn't support it but its clearly being worked on. If its something you use, then I've got no probs with that.

Personally, its not a feature I've ever wanted to use. Its also not a feature used by 99.9% of android users in Nigeria. If you've been visiting the phone section frequently, you would have noticed that android users are always complaining of mobile data being used up when they do almost nothing and all the weird and worrisome advice fellow android users give them in return. They definitely do not sound like people using it for video calls.
With current data rates of 1,300 for 250MB, online video calls is the last thing on my mind.

Camera app feature- I'm definitely sure its been a while since you used a good symbian device. There are multiple apps for every camera feature u need e.g panaroma, face warp e.t.c. So maybe u should be more specific on what you need.

Movie playing- For the record, symbian plays .mkv files.
But let me ask you, how many sites do you know where I can download .mkv movies in phone friendly sizes?
All the popular mobile movie download sites I know offer them in .avi or .mp4 format. The few .mkv files are usually to large and are mainly for large screens.

If you really watch movies on your phone, you wouldn't be saying this

@mafia4life

I don't fully understand your post but if you were listing those as negatives for symbian, then you need to re-check them cos most of them are obviously false.

ahmmyreal: ubuntu OS

The thing is that android is open source so it gives people the chance to try alot of nonsense on the phones. This is a good example of that.

Motorolla tried it before and it was a total flop and now its this. You would need a mouse, keyboard and monitor to run it. The worst is that its so laggy on the dual and quad cores. I think you should get more info on stuff before posting.

If you were talking of a tablet, its still rubbish cos the tablet would not run it unless connected to other stuff.
If you look at Windows 8 which promises to run thesame OS on PCs and tablets and a separate one on phones, u see a workable idea.
I even thought u were referring to a dual boot of it running on the phone not this.

Any attempt to run thesame OS for a mobile and PC is not sensible mainly cos of screen sizes. The best u can get is a phone OS that can sync seamlessly with that on a PC enabling you to switch conveniently between the two and with app versions for both with almost equal functionalities.

Why do you think apple didn't run the MAC OS on their phones or why android on PCs are a total flop? Its simply cos the two of them are meant for different devices.

So the idea of running ubuntu on android as it is currently is plain senseless.

blink182: I forgot to add for N8, I know where to get it too without N8 compatibility.

I don't know about it working on N8 but u can Google it. I've heard that there is a Youtube video of it running on N8.

blink182: Thank you very much.

You're welcome.

But who hid my post? I think d hidden post may be helpful to you. Will retype it later. Typing with a phone ain't easy

blink182: Is there a place to get tintin HD

http://www.nokiavnn.com/2012/01/adventures-of-tintin-hd-1001-symbian3_09.html?m=1

But I usually prefer downloading from another site. Cos dey have upto 24hrs resumable downloads which is much faster with no speed limit (esp if you've got 3G) even on mobiles.
Its a russian site, so you've got to just guess the clicks and master them over time

Their symbian^3 game directory: http://rugame.mobi/game/43211/

Adventures of tintin: http://rugame.mobi/game/57434/ The .ZIP link is for the game while the (NAROD) link is the cache. After clicking the (NAROD) link, click the white link at the bottom, input the numbers and download (if you're using a PC uncheck the box so u don't have to download their toolbar)

Hope u know it works only on 700, 701 and 603.