Nokia set to unveil 'iPhone killer' in Nov

[NIGHTMARE]

Nokia has decided to launch its first touchscreen phone in India in the third week of November. The Finnish handset major will position the phone—Nokia 5800—under its music platform XpressMusic series and is likely to price it at sub-Rs 20,000. The model has just been unveiled globally and pegged by analysts as the iPhone killer.














From the left: The Samsung Omnia SGH-i900 followed by the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic then the Apple iPhone 3G.

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[Indyan]

I read a few reviews. It seems to be really underpowered. One common criticism has been that it becomes very slow if too many apps are installed.
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-...-review-473014

[MetalheadGautham]

WTF ? Every phone calls it an iPhone killer these days...

Here are the minimum requirements for an iPhone killer

1. 192MB or more RAM
2. Inbuilt 16GB or more memory
3. 700MHz or more CPU
4. Android
5. Full touch screen
6. Full QWERTY Keyboard
7. Long battery life
8. Price tag without forced contract subsidy at 500$

AND I AM YET TO SEE A PHONE THAT CAN FIT INTO THESE SPECS

[Faun]

lolz...whats up gadgets killing each other now and then.
Damn, i need a cereal killer to kill'em all

[Cool Joe]

The only thing going for this device has got to be the low price..... Specs- wise, it can't beat the iPhone. It looks pretty good though.

[infra_red_dude]

The fact is that the iPhone is the iPhone not because its the iPhone.. but because its the people who make it "The" iPhone!! (ok... I know you all are looking confused after reading this! ) And no device can "kill" the perspective of the masses.

The iPhone may haf less features, maybe priced more but people still buy it coz its "The iPhone". The brand name here is all that matters. If specs was the only criteria of comparison then the iPhone would've been "killed" as soon as it was launched.

Easy recipe to "kill" the iPhone:
1) Displace Apple
2) Get your company to its place
3) With that position even your Nokia 1600 will "kill" the iPhone!

Makes sense?

[Faun]

^^reminds me of one quote from Denis Hayes

[abhinandh]

when will nokia ever learn not to underpower devices.......they just crawl.

and nokia badly needs a good icon designer.

[comp@ddict]

What's gonna be the price of this already mentioned above???

And what about the N96?

[ax3]

nice phone ...... bt i dont thinkso its an iphone killer .....

[x3060]

the phone looks good, but, anyways, i will wait & watch

[Cool Joe]

These days, anything with a touch screen is being touted as an iPhone killer....

[ico]

Originally Posted by MetalheadGautham

WTF ? Every phone calls it an iPhone killer these days...

Here are the minimum requirements for an iPhone killer

1. 192MB or more RAM
2. Inbuilt 16GB or more memory
3. 700MHz or more CPU
4. Android
5. Full touch screen
6. Full QWERTY Keyboard
7. Long battery life
8. Price tag without forced contract subsidy at 500$

AND I AM YET TO SEE A PHONE THAT CAN FIT INTO THESE SPECS

Sony Ericsson Xperia X1.....

384MB RAM......
400MB built-in memory + microSD card support [surely upto 16GB]
528Mhz CPU......
Windows Mobile Professional 6.1
Full Touch screen
Full QWERTY keyboard
Damn long battery life...Thanx to 1500mAh battery
3.2mp camera with AutoFocus and LED Flash....VGA video recording @ 30fps
Better resolution of WVGA 800*480pixels compared to 320*480pixels
Got Opera for Pocket PC to browse the internet

Price will on a higher side though.......900$ because it TOTALLY PWNS iPhone...

It got everything: GPS, Wifi, Java MIDP 2.0, 3.5mm audio jack, Track ID music recognition, FM Radio with RDS etc.

Originally Posted by infra_red_dude

The fact is that the iPhone is the iPhone not because its the iPhone.. but because its the people who make it "The" iPhone!! (ok... I know you all are looking confused after reading this! ) And no device can "kill" the perspective of the masses.

The iPhone may haf less features, maybe priced more but people still buy it coz its "The iPhone". The brand name here is all that matters. If specs was the only criteria of comparison then the iPhone would've been "killed" as soon as it was launched.

Easy recipe to "kill" the iPhone:
1) Displace Apple
2) Get your company to its place
3) With that position even your Nokia 1600 will "kill" the iPhone!

Makes sense?

Completely agreed.....

Steve Jobs is a marketing genius who has given the 'cult' status to his company called Apple....

Originally Posted by beta testing

The only thing going for this device has got to be the low price..... Specs- wise, it can't beat the iPhone. It looks pretty good though.

Price 279 euros UNSUBSIDIZED confirmed officially by NOKIA........

Lol, what did you say? Specs wise it can't beat the iPhone??

Well, except for the slow processor and a bit low RAM, I can't see any down points. People can manage with slower processing speed, if they know that they can still do a hell lot more things than the iPhone......

3.2mp camera with Carl Zeiss optics (just a branding though), AutoFocus and LED flash, Bluetooth with A2DP, TV out, GPS, Java MIDP 2.0, Wifi 802.11 b/g.

[krazzy]

Originally Posted by Indyan

I read a few reviews. It seems to be really underpowered. One common criticism has been that it becomes very slow if too many apps are installed.
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-...-review-473014

I think that can be attributed to the early firmware. I'm sure a couple of firmware upgrades later it'll work just fine.

Anyways it is still one of the very few full touch-screen phones that can run multiple apps simultaneously. The iPhone, for example, cannot. Nor does the LG Viewty. And these are much more expensive than the 5800.

[vish786]

Originally Posted by infra_red_dude

The fact is that the iPhone is the iPhone not because its the iPhone.. but because its the people who make it "The" iPhone!! (ok... I know you all are looking confused after reading this! )

nothing is confusing rather you look more confused, in short its "iPhone is iPhone"

[ico]

Originally Posted by vish786

nothing is confusing rather you look more confused, in short its "iPhone is iPhone"

Hahahahahah, . Yeah, 'iPhone is iPhone' and no other phone can be teh 'iPhone' from teh 'Apple'.....

[Pat]

Originally Posted by krazzy

I think that can be attributed to the early firmware. I'm sure a couple of firmware upgrades later it'll work just fine.

Anyways it is still one of the very few full touch-screen phones that can run multiple apps simultaneously. The iPhone, for example, cannot. Nor does the LG Viewty. And these are much more expensive than the 5800.

Wrong. It is possible to run multiple apps on the iPhone.

And I am not going to even comment on all the posts by "teh" anti-fanboys

[gopi_vbboy]

nokia rockz in reliability but sucks in looks and graphics.........my personal opinion ...

[Psychosocial]

Originally Posted by infra_red_dude

The fact is that the iPhone is the iPhone not because its the iPhone.. but because its the people who make it "The" iPhone!! (ok... I know you all are looking confused after reading this! ) And no device can "kill" the perspective of the masses.

The iPhone may haf less features, maybe priced more but people still buy it coz its "The iPhone". The brand name here is all that matters. If specs was the only criteria of comparison then the iPhone would've been "killed" as soon as it was launched.

Easy recipe to "kill" the iPhone:
1) Displace Apple
2) Get your company to its place
3) With that position even your Nokia 1600 will "kill" the iPhone!

Makes sense?

I strongly support you !

iPhone sux. People buy it coz its from Apple.....the famous makers of teh iPod and the g@yish MacOSX.

Sure iFone has good stuff like 8/16GB of memory, Touch-Flo (or w/ever it is), big screen, good music qality, etc......but it has way too many flaws which overshadow this .

And this Nokia fone dosent look like a iFone killer but Xperia will surely kill the iFone.........IF people stop drooling after the company name 'Apple'.

Originally Posted by abhinandh

when will nokia ever learn not to underpower devices.......they just crawl.

and nokia badly needs a good icon designer.

Which cult do you belong to ? Sony Ericson maybe.......or is it Motorola or any other ?

[kumarmohit]

Originally Posted by MetalheadGautham

WTF ? Every phone calls it an iPhone killer these days...

Here are the minimum requirements for an iPhone killer

4. Android

If it needs Android just coz android is open source then wake up, Symbian is open source too and is undoubtedly much more matured than Android.

[vishal.ecb2005]

if u want to just look at ipod killer just take an look at XPERIA X1 Sony Ericsson.u will forget ipod and N96

[krazzy]

Originally Posted by Pat

Wrong. It is possible to run multiple apps on the iPhone.

How many at a time?

[Pat]

Originally Posted by krazzy

How many at a time?

As many as you want.

[infra_red_dude]

Originally Posted by KPower Mania

I strongly support you !

iPhone sux. People buy it coz its from Apple.....the famous makers of teh iPod and the g@yish MacOSX.

Err... I never said the iPhone sux.

Originally Posted by vishal.ecb2005

if u want to just look at ipod killer just take an look at XPERIA X1 Sony Ericsson.u will forget ipod and N96

My speculation is that the Xperia will not cause even a small dent to the iPhone market.

Originally Posted by krazzy

How many at a time?

You can run as many apps as you want.

[skippednote]

Sorry to nokia fanboys but its no comparisan to apple iPhone....

[Cool Joe]

Originally Posted by gagandeep

Price 279 euros UNSUBSIDIZED confirmed officially by NOKIA........

Lol, what did you say? Specs wise it can't beat the iPhone??

Well, except for the slow processor and a bit low RAM, I can't see any down points. People can manage with slower processing speed, if they know that they can still do a hell lot more things than the iPhone......

3.2mp camera with Carl Zeiss optics (just a branding though), AutoFocus and LED flash, Bluetooth with A2DP, TV out, GPS, Java MIDP 2.0, Wifi 802.11 b/g.

As for the price, it was mentioned as below 20,000 by the original poster. And when I said that, what I was trying to say is it cannot perform better than the iPhone.

[krazzy]

Originally Posted by Pat

As many as you want.

Aren't the four dock apps, Mail, Safari, iPod the only ones to run in the background? All the other apps close when you press the Home button(?).

[Psychosocial]

Originally Posted by infra_red_dude

Err... I never said the iPhone sux.


My speculation is that the Xperia will not cause even a small dent to the iPhone market.


You can run as many apps as you want.

Dude, that 'iPhone sux' was my opinion.........I never said you posted it .

[a_k_s_h_a_y]

Am bored !! iPhone Killer ?? ROFLMAO !!
In reality iPhone is the killer. so STFU all the devices that want to be iPhone.
iPhone is in a class of its own. the brand apple that is !

[Power UP]

A true iPhone killer is a phone that is more shinier & n00b compatible than iPhone

Other specs like 2Ghz processor or 4 gig ram or 20mp cam don't matter