2013-09-03, 04:48 AM
I have actually been looking at smartphones recently. I've already looked at the SG4 and HTC One and I might end up going with HTC. However, I thought I'd also consider the Lumia 1020 just to check everything out. It's something else entirely - a high end camera slapped on a smartphone. It reads like the friggin' A-10 Warthog.
"Dude... For the A-10 Warthog, some guy looked at a friggin' gatling gun and wanted to give it wings. That is the essence of the A-10."
"Dude... For the Nokia Lumia 1020, some guy looked at a friggin' DSLR camera and wanted to give it smartphone. That is the essence of the Lumia 1020."
Yet I almost feel like it's the jack of all trades and master of none. Whereas mixing the pager and phone back in the 2000's led to the smart (dumb) phone, I doubt everyone wants a high end camera on their phone. I sure as hell don't want to pay for a feature like that, so I don't find the Lumia that attractive of an offer.
I'd really like to see Microsoft take Nokia into the more high end competition arena of smartphones because there really isn't anything Windows at the high end. It's all midrange stuff.
I'd love to see more of the Surface in a smartphone design. The ability to have the Windows operating system on a tablet is a game changer and makes Android/iOS offerings definitely less appealing on a tablet.
"Dude... For the A-10 Warthog, some guy looked at a friggin' gatling gun and wanted to give it wings. That is the essence of the A-10."
"Dude... For the Nokia Lumia 1020, some guy looked at a friggin' DSLR camera and wanted to give it smartphone. That is the essence of the Lumia 1020."
Yet I almost feel like it's the jack of all trades and master of none. Whereas mixing the pager and phone back in the 2000's led to the smart (dumb) phone, I doubt everyone wants a high end camera on their phone. I sure as hell don't want to pay for a feature like that, so I don't find the Lumia that attractive of an offer.
I'd really like to see Microsoft take Nokia into the more high end competition arena of smartphones because there really isn't anything Windows at the high end. It's all midrange stuff.
I'd love to see more of the Surface in a smartphone design. The ability to have the Windows operating system on a tablet is a game changer and makes Android/iOS offerings definitely less appealing on a tablet.