Luxury phone maker Vertu ditches Windows Phone 8 plans, will focus on Android

4. imsickwithsmartphone posted on 14 Feb 2013, 09:32 11

btw only rich people will buy this phone....XD

15. lolioslol (banned) posted on 14 Feb 2013, 13:43 1

Gee, should I file that under "no sh*t"?

11. Johnnokia posted on 14 Feb 2013, 11:53 3

Ditching !!!!

WHEN they announced they were making a Phone with WP8 onboard?

Again, Anti-Windows Article from Victor.H

5. RaKithAPeiRiZ posted on 14 Feb 2013, 09:35 7

in a parallel world :D

6. Kriksis posted on 14 Feb 2013, 09:46 10

As far as I understand Android phones are not smartphones, they are multimedia phones. They are meant for leisure - playing games, watching videos, etc.
Symbian phones are for productivity, with the ability to play games, watch videos, etc.

Android phones need dual core CPU to work smoothly, they need quad core CPU to shoot FullHD videos.
Symbian phones menages that with a single core CPU, wit no problems.

So which of the two is the smart one?

14. MistB posted on 14 Feb 2013, 13:07 2

The problem is that Symbian has been left for dead and abandoned by both Nokia and consumers whilst Android has been adopted by almost billions of people around the globe and that number isn't about to slow down anytime soon. I own various Symbian (E7/N8 and yes, the 808 pureview running Belle) devices and that lag you speak of does exist in Symbian also. Granted it's improved a lot since the 5800 days running series 60 5th edition but it's still awkward when required for web browsing and scrolling and Android does not require Quad Cores to run smooth, hell even my single core Desire S stuck on Gingerbread can outperform any Nokia Symbian device with a higher clock frequency in any given task.

17. jackhammeR posted on 14 Feb 2013, 17:39 1

yes yes...and maybe wildfire is as fast as the rest?

• This comment is posted in response to #14 Show
• This comment is posted in response to #14 Hide

16. jackhammeR posted on 14 Feb 2013, 17:39 0

good points

19. jroc74 posted on 14 Feb 2013, 19:25 1

Really...

I have used my Android phones to check the schedules for public transportation.....pdf reader.

I used it to connect to my home PC while at work to move files back n forth. One time to show some ppl pics of my kids...

I have Quick Office, Documents to Go....ya know productivity software?

I used a few remote desktop apps.

I used the eTrade app to do transactions.

There is a terminal app to run command line prompts. How many ppl even know what the command line is?

The HTC Droid Incredible was probably first smoothest Android phone out....running a single core cpu ad 512MB ram in 2010. Maybe the Nexus One was too, dont know, didnt use a Nexus One.

Most smartphones can be for both work and play. Whether its iOS, Android, WP, etc.

Any more questions?

20. a_tumiwa posted on 14 Feb 2013, 20:48 4

Cool, we still have Symbian fansboy,
Welcome to the club!!
here u will see, meet, and chitchat with Apple Fansboy, BB fansboy, WP/nokia fansboy, Android/samsung/sony fansboy

hey... we need WebOS fansboy!

22. Kriksis posted on 15 Feb 2013, 04:00 1

no, I am not a fanboy

I am FANATIC...