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Is a good camera a reason to pick one phone over another?

Yes 50 50.51%
 
No 12 12.12%
 
Depends on what OS it is running 17 17.17%
 
actual cameras are always... 16 16.16%
 
Total:95
theshonen8899 on 12 July 2013

I would love it if it was running Android. But it's not.



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pbroy on 12 July 2013
disolitude said:

pbroy said:
This phone looks odd to me. The 808 design was better. I got my GF a 920. For my needs, in what I need in a phone, WP still lacks in features. I like WM better, which Android mimicked. I used to use a Samsung Focus. Switched to a Lumia 620 just to mess around with WP8. Then switched to an HTC One. I'll be holding off on getting a high end WP until the OS matures a bit more. Android isn't the most intuative OS. I do prefer WP design, fluidity and ease of use over Android, but I need my porn downloads and fansub torrents. WP current lockdown on the file system is what's holding it back. It needs a proper file manager. Once that is remedied, I won't need Android anymore.

About the camera, that is Windows Phone's most prominent feature. Being able to take pics with a dedicated camera button. This makes it very easy to take perv shots, while acting like you are talking on your phone. This is the feature I sorely miss on my HTC One. :P

Remote torrent app to home PC + Plex streaming to phone = Porn downloaded safely to home server and accessible anywhere you have internetz on the phone?


Streaming takes up bandwith. AT&T is stingy with bandwith. I prefer to have the actual files to watch from the phone. I have bad recpetion at work and wifi is blocked.

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phinch1 on 13 July 2013
Psyberius said:
phinch1 said:
Its a shame it's on a windows phone, the tech inside them are no way near that of samsung or sony or even xaomi phones, Camera on the other hand is amazing! although this isnt too new. They have done this already thought with one of thier symbian phones last year...


Annnnd here's me wondering why I bother to reply on a board that is almost purely ANTI-ms YET AGAIN.

i work with phones everyday...its my job, i know a fair amount about mobiles  for example, even thought the windows phone have microsoft word, excell etc it still cant open some files that an old nokia n97 would be able to open or it struggles to upload images to onlne surveys etc



Cobretti2 on 13 July 2013

without reading the whole blurb surely this is just pixel sampling to create the 41MPs.

I remember when compact cameras did this and their images become grainy because of it. Wonder how this will stack up.



 

 

smbu2000 on 13 July 2013
VGKing said:
kowenicki said:
Of course it is and this is better than most compact digital cameras.

Most people use their phones for taking pics now. The end of dedicated compact cameras is nigh.

I will always still have a decent SLR (I'm a Nikon man myself) but for snaps I use my phone all the time. This is merely a way of replicating decent zoom.

This phone is awesome.

For personal use? Yeah phones have already taken over.

For professionals? Dedicated will always be the way to go.

But, but...

http://www.tuaw.com/2013/06/03/chicago-sun-times-fires-photography-staff-tells-journalists-to/

"Chicago Sun-Times fires photography staff, tells journalists to use iPhones"

 

Anyway, more pixels does not mean a better camera.




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Viper1 on 13 July 2013

High pixel resolutions on cameras is just a marketing buzz word to get the uninitiated to buy into it because of the big number.

Not knocking the phone or the camera itself, just the marketing behind the use of the number.



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Somini on 13 July 2013

Good camera, can't say the same about the OS. Put Android on it and i'll take a second look.



MDMAniac on 14 July 2013
disolitude said:

Windows phone is growing marketshare 6X faster than the smartphone market is growing - http://wirelesslyobsessed.com/2013/07/08/windows-phone-sales-growth-6x-faster-than-overall-smartphone-market/

 

Again, lol? It's only WP can outperform the market since 2011 and still remains distant "fifth ecosystem" xD



MDMAniac on 14 July 2013

Funny how 808 from 2010 had better sensor and optics than 808 wp'ized in 2013.

Its almost like Nokia is leaving space for Lumia 1025?



the2real4mafol on 16 July 2013

Kinda wished i waited a little longer for my new phone now. Nokia's seemed to be the best thing right now but they will some how get even better in 18 months time. The Sony Xperia T will do for now and i fought that had a decent camera. But Nokia just wipes the floor with everything when it comes to cameras on phones. So many options too. I should of said all this in the OP but my impressions didn't come to mind then



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