Android Nokia launches Android X, X+, XL
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Superbad
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my sister using a canvas 2 for more than a year.
just head on to xda for feedback on items before just generalizing about the gadgets.
i have seen the above mentioned problem with the flagship samsungs, HTcs and Lgs too.
same was the case with Sony earlier with accel who would service to other brands too.
having said that their service centres are a mess, but the phones in general are not designed to conk off at 6 months.
by june the same karbonn and micromax are slated to release windows phones too.
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There you go ->
Canvas is a premium phone for micromax. Go buy a 3-8k phone and then we can talk.
I myself own a Micromax tablet. The Usb port gives shocks, the charger pin came lose and broke in 15days.
Canvas is a premium phone for micromax. Go buy a 3-8k phone and then we can talk.
My canvas 2 visited the service center twice in 1.5 yes , now if something fails I'll throw it in the bin .
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And how does this help m$ ? if it makes android more desirable. Lookie here, we got root, oh there is a custom rom. Does WP have any of this ? no! its for your own safety.
I still can't figure out why Nokia did this. Asha++ ? or is WP an absolute failure and this is Nokia trying to hedge. Who knows with whom Nokia will be sleeping with next year.
There is the let's offer an alternative to google services thing. This then acts as a stepping stone to where exactly ? a lumia running WP8.x
..or a quest for a higher end android phone, which is also possible and a risk by putting affordable good quality phones in the hands of the budget conscicious, running the competitors OS (!)
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and you are still using it?.
its past its prime and given that it has had problems, you should have considered to upgrade by now.
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Talk about over analyzing. The simpler explanation is that Nokia found a very easy way to retire s40 and s60. Google's monoply will break as they make inroads in the next few releases, Android hardcore fans get a Nokia, cheapass phones get a capable OS, Everyone is happy.
Who know they might release highend stuff too once they have a better Ecosystem.
Ideally it should be a lumia with android inside . I'll throw away all my Samsung phones then .
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By using android ?
Asha sells so they need that segment but how the heck did they get m$ to agree to that.
hardcore android fans go with budget phones ?
no, they are targeting people with low budgets. Who once they get a taste for android will spend more on the next android phone and get the real thing. why settle for less. You can say without google services it will slow down their absorption into the google ecosystem.
The key determinant of whether 3rd party software will ever appear is whether the chipmaker of that phone releases the sources. Does not matter how popular it is, no code = no 3rd party support, that simple. So anybody want to comment on the likelihood of the chipmaker doing that ? OMAP, Snapdragon are very good at this. Others not that good to non-existent.
I don't know if the google monopoly can be broken. if the market does not do it the govt will. Goggle will get the same treatment that m$ got in the late 90s. You know you are successful when the govt thinks you have become too big
i wish they would but only if they get a divorce from M$ otherwise the chance is zero of ever seeing a flagship nokia with android as it makes no sense whatsoever. I find this decision already to be quite strange & risky.
Nokia's stock was in the toilet in 2011, this for a former market leader.
why didn't they go with android to begin with
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Developer support would help Nokia X to sell more than the devices which are not so popular with the developers, especially at the lower end and in the developing markets. And selling a few more extra devices other than the Lumias would at least help Nokia to live and fight for another day.
But higher end Android from Nokia doesn't look a possibility anytime soon. Going with Android is a 3 years too late decision from Nokia.
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Look up the chipset and see whether sources are available. Not so popular means no sources.
The low end nokia devices sell well. These phones are another option to the 'which phone to get for my parents or grandparents'.
Why cant ppl be just happy that they have some options? In a budget where mostly you get crappy build quality n other quality related issues, you now have a choice to buy a nokia device that can support all the important apps!
Why does one have to think over what microsoft was thinking while bringing these X phones to the market?? We can just talk about whats good n bad about the phone...
I personally will surely buy one if theres some developer support for these phones. (Just worried a lil about the performance)
Why does one have to think over what microsoft was thinking while bringing these X phones to the market?? We can just talk about whats good n bad about the phone...
I personally will surely buy one if theres some developer support for these phones. (Just worried a lil about the performance)
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because it isn't everyday that companies come out with products that feature their competitors OS when they already offer an alternative. The word 'android' appears in Nokia's marketing literature for these phones.
The gamble here is they get people onto the m$ ecosystem. Before its too late. Stems the loss from their services, might even add to it. The people this phone is targeted at and they are very numerous don't care about the OS. They have basic need sand want to move away from still lower end phones.
If it replaces asha then its not competing with 525, 625.
Asha line is a low-end feature-phone line where as Android line would be a low-end smart-phone line for Nokia. Most probably Asha will be replaced by X. They are also keeping the "fast-lane" approach of "Asha" to "X".
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Hard core android fans go for an android phone in whatever budget they have.By using android ?
Asha sells so they need that segment but how the heck did they get m$ to agree to that.
hardcore android fans go with budget phones ?
no, they are targeting people with low budgets. Who once they get a taste for android will spend more on the next android phone and get the real thing. why settle for less. You can say without google services it will slow down their absorption into the google ecosystem.
The key determinant of whether 3rd party software will ever appear is whether the chipmaker of that phone releases the sources. Does not matter how popular it is, no code = no 3rd party support, that simple. So anybody want to comment on the likelihood of the chipmaker doing that ? OMAP, Snapdragon are very good at this. Others not that good to non-existent.
I don't know if the google monopoly can be broken. if the market does not do it the govt will. Goggle will get the same treatment that m$ got in the late 90s. You know you are successful when the govt thinks you have become too big
i wish they would but only if they get a divorce from M$ otherwise the chance is zero of ever seeing a flagship nokia with android as it makes no sense whatsoever. I find this decision already to be quite strange & risky.
Nokia's stock was in the toilet in 2011, this for a former market leader.
why didn't they go with android to begin with
Seriously man, what bullshit do you talk about? Snapdragon is possibly one the most know names in processors and chipsets, why wont support be available for them? Have you seen the Nokia tweet there? They would be way more supporting of the community than any other company. This is what Nokia really excels at. And what do you care how they convinced Microsoft? Like are you here to just shit on the thread with out making sense? They wanted an alternative and Android fit the bill perfectly. If they dont make high specs phone it wont harm Windows phone. Loads of new OEMs have signed up for WP8.1 phones. Nokia wont be carrying that torch alone anymore. So it makes sense they get into android too now. That could be a strategy too. But Over all an amazing decision, and will hurt the bottom line of Samsung, Micromax, Karbonn and company.
I for one think this is awesome. Its all about the money. Nokia + Android can ONLY mean win. It was the saying for years and now its a reality. And who ever thought of this needs to be given a standing ovation. And whoever allowed this from MS needs a high five. A daring move. But going to pay off big dividends. No doubt they are going to launch high end phones. 
God you are so dumb in posting these idiotic comments. Nokia is a phone company. They dont have a single OS policy like Apple. They are already in Red. They are trying to make money, they are trying to make a dent in competitors market. Android is first and foremost an open source mobile operating system.
Making money is a good thing in business.
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Exactly, Who owns Nokia? Microsoft. So Now that Nokia is a Microsoft Company, unless Microsoft decides otherwise, it will sell Windows phones till eternity. Now thats ASSURED, can they go into Android, Eat some of their profit, which will go to Microsoft? Hell yeah.
They are doing a business. After acquiring Nokia, making sure that Android space is not left uncompeted makes total sense. Though I think for now,jut replacing Asha phones with these is a Master stroke of epic proportions. They solve so manythings including finding a replacement for an ageing platform.
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