Evolution dead-ends: premium phone features that died off
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- AnonD-129806
- nFx
- 26 Dec 2017
AnonD-722719, 26 Dec 2017Cell phones have been cooler. There were several formats, d... moreSo do I.
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- AnonD-53041
- mBc
- 26 Dec 2017
What about infra red capability? I own a Galaxy Note 4... there's hardly any new phones with an infra red feature.
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- AnonD-722719
- 8UW
- 26 Dec 2017
Cell phones have been cooler. There were several formats, different features. Today they are more advanced, but they are all very similar. I remember the LG Black Label series, the Sony Cyber Shot models, Nokia N series ... Man, I really miss those times!
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- Crocop
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- 26 Dec 2017
Oh yeah in my last post I totally forgot about camera shutter key. It is barely on any smartphone today, and it is very useful if you ask me. Also, IR blaster. I never used it to be honest, because I never had one on a phone, but it can come in handy. Also, front facing stereo speakers on HTC and Sony phones, and dedicated buttons for controlling music on older Nokia phones. I mean, there are still phones with stereo speakers, but only some are really front facing, and those slide out buttons for music controls were useful.
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- Nexus 5
- nDy
- 26 Dec 2017
New Nokias have FM radio...
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- Anonymous
- mY2
- 26 Dec 2017
Anonymous, 26 Dec 2017You're wrong. The loss of sales of Nokia phoens was caused ... more*Nokia released worse phones than their predecessors
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- Anonymous
- mY2
- 26 Dec 2017
Anonymous, 26 Dec 2017I think you should learn the history of what happened to No... moreYou're wrong. The loss of sales of Nokia phoens was caused by Nokia, because Nokia released wores phones than their predecessors. For example N96 was worse than N82 and N95. And Nokia phones were worse than the competition's. While the Nokia flagship phones only had 300-400mhz CPU, 128MB RAM and video recording capability only at 640x480 resolution at around 2009, the competition had phones with 600-1000mhz CPU with GPU, 256MB or more RAM and HD video recording capability. So Nokia was far behind the competition and never was able to catch up to the competition anymore. This is why people started to hate and leave Nokia. Nokia ruined their own phones, didn't improve anything. They deserved the loss of sales.
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- Dan808
- Kxb
- 26 Dec 2017
AnonD-634530, 26 Dec 2017Until now i"m still using it Nokia 808 is awsome.I am also using my Nokia 808 Pureview without any problems.
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- Samarth N8 808 user
- Dk3
- 26 Dec 2017
Honestly, I would prefer a Nokia 808 Pureview working as it usually did, than any of these over-smart-phones that we have currently. Nokia were the pioneers in innovation.
Nokia can still make an impact if they get Symbian and Meego back on track, not everybody needs a spybot phone.
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- Anonymous
- teq
- 26 Dec 2017
Anonymous, 26 Dec 2017Dude you really need to learn history.. Stephen Elop acts a... moreI think you should learn the history of what happened to Nokia. Their sales were already down because of many factors:
> iPhone started get more market, people were choosing iPhones over other smartphones like Nokia, BlackBerry and Windows (Windows phones that had a PC like interface with Start menu and all). This led to the sales loss of Nokia smartphones.
> Samsung, cheaper Chinese phones and Chinese clones of Nokia phones came to the market. This led to the loss of sales in feature phone market.
They lost lot of money during those days. Microsoft buying Nokia helped them to sustain a little longer with that cash, but the policies after the acquisition made it harder for Nokia to operate independently. Otherwise Nokia could have bounced back with Android.
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- Riyaz Madappally
- rK9
- 26 Dec 2017
play via radio
analog TV
dedicated camera button
camera shutter
infrared
wireless FM
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- Anonymous
- mY2
- 26 Dec 2017
Another one is missing:
the DVB-H tuner.
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- Quiapo Dibidi
- wuj
- 26 Dec 2017
How about Console graphic games in phones? those were the boasting features of N-gage's and Xperia Play back in the days... now, it ll be slick if we get to see phones running console games!
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- AnonD-10768
- thi
- 26 Dec 2017
Usefull Features that died or almost dead.
Lanayard slot
Removable Battery
Dedicated Camera button
Headphone Jack
Tough Phones that can fall from 10 feet and survive
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- L337
- LcH
- 26 Dec 2017
You could have added user-removable batteries to the list. These days, phones that have a removable back, still don't have removable batteries.
It's surprising the number of features that brands like Nokia used to gain an edge over their competitors.
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- AnonD-634530
- HjD
- 26 Dec 2017
Yann, 25 Dec 2017I'm still using my Nokia 808 on daily basis and enjoying gr... moreUntil now i"m still using it Nokia 808 is awsome.
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- Anonymous
- TSQ
- 26 Dec 2017
M, 25 Dec 2017Even if you be a developer you don't have enogh information... moreDude you really need to learn history.. Stephen Elop acts as a trojan horse inside Nokia to kill Symbian AND Maemo/meego in order to force Nokia to support Windows Phone.. Yup Stephen Elop was crazy enough to kill the great N9 on its launch day by announcing the death of meego.. Meego was going to be the future we'll never had.. Seemless multitasking of over 60+ apps on just 1GB of ram.. Just search the youtube video on Nokia N9 interface and Nokia N9 multitasking.. Your jaw will drop in awe as you stared at a 2011 phone that is far more advanced than today's Android Oreo
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- Anonymous
- mY2
- 25 Dec 2017
In around 2009 I also used to think that xenon flash is a very important feature and it's much better than LED. Since then I have realized that LED flash is much more useful and important. I use the LED as a flashlight almost every day. In the contrary I rarely take photos with flash on. And when I take photos with LED flash on, they are as bright as if they were taken wih xenon flash.
Of course you can argue that we can have xenon + LED flash combination, but a brighter LED flash ( double or a more powerful LED) is more useful than a single/dimmer LED + xenon combination. Because the brighter flashlight/torch feature the better.