jraduga wrote:
Hi Andy232, hope you had a good christmas and a happy new year. I know what you mean, the lumia is sexy, but i would never go to the 800, it has less features than many other phones. Now 900 might just cut it out here. I use the video conferencing already, so i would never go for a phone that doesnt have it like the 800, The 900 has it and has 4g as well, and the larger screen size. My eye sight is getting worse so no way would i want a smaller screen like the 800 compared to what i currently have.
So far Nokia have only listed it as some sort of technical constraint. Unfotrunately i fear this will be my last Nokia, I have had nokia phones for something like 14 years now, each lasting about 2 years before i upgrade. I have always enjoy my nokia phones, there reliablilty, there ease of use and the features. I fear in about another year (this model is not even a year old in australia), i will upgrade, i dont know what to yet, but i dont think it wont be Nokia, Reliablilty is great but if we are unable to rely on reasonable support then there is no use in buying a product that you throw away within its warranty period.
As it is only the major carriers out here now only stock the N9 and some will shortly stock the lumia, its only the little phone shops that sell any other nokia phones. So the carriers are showing Nokia that they need to pick up things, but somehow they arent getting the message.
Hey mate, you know it might not be all that bad that Oz aren't getting the update. Sure, you guys *should* be getting it, and Nokia's decision to cut you out is wrong IMO, but here's a couple of things that might actually make you wipe the sweat off your brow and say Phew!
Firstly, ALL of my apps on my E7 that I had paid for and downloaded from both the Ovi Store and from Beta Labs (obvi these were free) vanished. All my little tweaks and settings like my Rolling Stones ringtone, gone. Now I'm not too upset by that, because I'm sure they can - in time - be replaced. That's just a bit annoying. Especially seeing as Angry Birds takes about 10- 15 minues just install!!
But something more serious is battery life. I'm not going to post yet another 'Belle-battery' thread here, but you can see for yourself, plenty of folks are complaining about it, namely E7 users. My battery life went from all day yesterday, to update with Belle, and by 4pm today I was down to petrol fumes in the tank. Not good. My wifi was off, in fact everything was off except the 'Big Clock' on the lock screen. So that's a worry.
Also, some of those widgets aren't the best. The calendar widget has gone from Anna showing the next 3, to Belle showing the next ONE. Daft. The email widget is good as you can scroll through direct on the homescreen, but all those widgets are so big! No wonder you need 6 homescreens!
In a nutshell, to be really honest, (and I know I'm gonna sound like a loon here) I was better off with Anna. Belle is good in some areas (the pull down thingy is good) but in other areas it doesn't feel quite right and doesn't have a Nokia look about it. Daft I know, but now I've updated, I kinda wish I hadn't.
Good job my main phone is my beautiful, perfect, love-of-my-life N9. I know they're all the rage in Oz, so my advice would be to ditch Symbian and go with an N9. It is by far the best phone I've ever seen and now own. It's top dog. Belle can bu99er off for all I care!!
Nokias: 232, 3210, 3330, 6230, 6101, 6021, 6126, E75, E73, N900, N8, E6, E7, N9. There's a Samsung in there somewhere too, but...we don't talk about that.
