Feature phones aren't dead yet: Samsung REX series is announced
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25 Comments
9. evil_slayer posted on 14 Feb 2013, 07:46 4
yeah.there's already waaay too many galaxy devices followed the S3 design/colors
and now they are even doing it with the noun galaxy devices x(
21. hepresearch (unregistered) posted on 14 Feb 2013, 20:32 0
A lot of people seem to like the Galaxy design themes... they sell well. That cow makes a lot of milk to go to market...
2. mohammed2222 posted on 14 Feb 2013, 05:57 2
only for when needed for accident , but the specs suck
10. No_Nonsense posted on 14 Feb 2013, 07:46 4
What part of a budget/ featurephone is not understandable to ya?
20. hepresearch (unregistered) posted on 14 Feb 2013, 20:27 0
Even if you are looking for smarty-phone prowess, why bother blasting a feature phone for not being a smart phone? Plenty of folks cannot afford the smartphone, or its associated data plans, and would prefer something that just works the basics well enough to... you know... work. If it has a decent 2 Mpix camera (adding a LED flash might be a nice touch) and a music player, in addition to just being a great phone for voice calls and maybe texting, that might do it for many folks. You know, they tried to dumb the Cingular/AT&T Nokia N75 down to be more like a feature phone, so why not make a phone with a decent small touch screen, nearly the specs of the N75 in terms of camera, video, music, and connectivity, and maybe add Samsung's TouchWiz, and... WHAM! Killer feature phone! Can't compete with any modern smartphone, but it isn't even trying to, so who cares? If it works, and it's cheap, then it works for cheap!
I could go with a REX 70 and get a lot of use out of it... as long as the photos come out as good as the N75's 2-Mpix shots do, though I'm not sure its all that likely without the flash and nicer optics... but who knows?
22. hepresearch (unregistered) posted on 14 Feb 2013, 20:44 0
Well, okay... so I would need it to have dual-band US 3G on 850 and 1900 MHz to get the service that my N75 gets, and that's not likely to come down the pipe if this is going to emerging markets only. Yeah, okay, so it might not work after all. But if they made one for US the market, then it would be interesting to me.
5. boosook posted on 14 Feb 2013, 06:13 4
You can get an Android entry level smartphones for the same price of the REX90 and an older android phone (like phones from 2011 approaching their end of life) for the same price of the REX80 and still have better hardware.
12. SavageLucy42 posted on 14 Feb 2013, 08:54 3
Yes, but you'd have to continue paying for a data plan.
6. ReaperChief posted on 14 Feb 2013, 06:27 0
Umm.. some might now want a smartphone, but a cheap phone that can do a bit more. It has Chat On so you can chat with any Android device.. Neat!
13. Firedrops posted on 14 Feb 2013, 09:01 0
I really don't understand why would people who don't want smartphones want a pseudo-smartphone. You can get a similarly priced Android for that price.
Those that don't want smartphones usually want high durability/ruggedness, long battery life, t9 keyboards and simplicity of use. These pseudo-smartphones offer none of those, yet are not good enough to compete with actual smartphones.
14. SavageLucy42 posted on 14 Feb 2013, 09:05 0
There are people who want a smartphone but don't want a data plan. Feature phones are that compromise.
18. steelicon posted on 14 Feb 2013, 20:03 0
A large touchscreen, dual sim, most models with 3G, Touchwiz and APPS! Surely more than a match for Nokia Asha series. :)
19. hepresearch (unregistered) posted on 14 Feb 2013, 20:19 0
Samsung REX = Nokia Asha SLAYERS!
Samsung will dominate the last of the feature phone space in the same way that Nokia dominated it, when feature phones were at their height, for the last two decades. Feature phones are not dead yet, but they are dying, and Samsung may yet squeeze everything that is left out of that sector before either Android or Windows Phone become so inexpensive that Java-based and BREW MP feature phones can no longer compete with decent affordable low-end smartphones.
16. TheMan posted on 14 Feb 2013, 12:22 0
The ignored portion of the market lately has been touch-only feature phones. For a while there, LG and Samsung flooded the market (remember the Highlight, Dares and NVTouch handsets?). The touch technology was balky and there was a high failure rate within 2 years. Still, I get a steady stream of people looking for the same style phone because they don't want a smartphone and feel like a flip phone is too primitive.
17. downphoenix posted on 14 Feb 2013, 13:49 1
You know, I bet a lot of people would be satisfied with feature phones if they were just not so bad. Smartphones are great and a large part of the reason for the migration to them is how great they are, but the monthly costs are also quite crazy with them. And some features like Wi-fi for whatever reason are not available on 99% of Feature phones. Or they have terrible cameras. A lot of smartphone users only use their phones for the smae things they did with their feature phones, Im sure they would be fine with just having a GOOD feature phone.
24. steelicon posted on 15 Feb 2013, 06:52 0
Nokia Asha and Nokia Lumia are damaged goods as far as image is concerned ever since the marketing fiascos that were recently exposed, not to mention the other marketing blunders long time ago. Welcome to 2013, 14 years of Nokia domination ended by their own board of directors, shareholders and most especially their CEO who for two long years struggled with the Windows Phone Lumiacy.
25. hepresearch (unregistered) posted on 15 Feb 2013, 08:05 0
Haha... Elop is a 'Lumiatic'! I love it... hilarious!
