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Re:China's Cell Phone Pirates Are Bringing Down Middle Easte... by frent on Wednesday June 15, 2011 @09:41AM (#2657030)
I was referring specifically to the cheaper "feature phones" (such as the Xpressmusic, which certainly isn't a smartphone). We often hear that they rule the low end market, but even in that segment, their design and quality seem to be slipping.
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Re:China's Cell Phone Pirates Are Bringing Down Middle Easte... by daliusd on Thursday June 16, 2011 @02:47AM (#2660333)
I would like to know why it is not smartphone? I don't see the difference. As well I think I agree with you that in low end market design and quality is slipping because Nokia has to compete with cheap phones from China. Wikipedia article on your phone lists visible things that were done to lower the price of this phone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_5800_XpressMusic#Price_Dr...). I'm more than sure that there are invisible ones as well. But as I have noted that says nothing about Nokia overall. If you want good Nokia phone buy good Nokia phone but not cheap one. You got what you paid for. That's like buying Toyota Yaris and complaining about lowering quality of Toyota cars overall.
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