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Nokia makes smartphones. Sure, they make (a lot of) dumbphones, but they also make (a lot of) smartphones. That graph was of app store visits, and thus only c
by samstokes 16y ago
Nokia makes smartphones. Sure, they make (a lot of) dumbphones, but they also make (a lot of) smartphones. That graph was of app store visits, and thus only counts smartphones.
I've not heard an agreed definition of smartphone, but by all the various definitions I've heard, Nokia devices like the N8 are smartphones:
* Downloadable apps? Check.
* Downloadable apps written in a language that can segfault? Check.
* App store? Check.
* Large colour screen? Check.
* Touch screen? Check. (This one's a pretty debatable requirement though.)
* Desktop-equivalent web browser? Check.
* Flash? Check. (Hehe.)
* Sends and receives email? Check.
* Share your 3G connection over USB, Bluetooth or wifi? Check.
* Called "iPhone"? Ch... ah, damn.
I'm not trying to get into an argument about which device is a better smartphone, but I cannot understand when people say things like "Nokia can't compete against smartphones".
- rospaya 16y agoThe definition of smartphones has gone to hell ever since the iPhone came out.
- kolinko 16y agoIt's like comparing an Audi to a Rolls-Royce: - Four Wheels? Check - Electric windows? Check - Radio? Check and so on... It's not about the features - it's about the polish. Before iPhone came Nokia was the best (IMO) producer of the phones in the world. But today? They are far behind Apple and far behind any producer that uses Android. Their phones are buggy, their OS is a crap, software development for Symbian is a hell, and the market.. Well - I don't know about the market. Numbers show that Nokia has 57% in China, but what about sales? Apple brags that they've put something around $1.5bln in the hands of developers. What about Nokia?