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Re:Microsoft 'mulled Nokia buyout, ran away screaming' by taligent on Monday June 11, 2012 @11:32AM (#4095106)
Probably not well.

Because the entire smartphone industry seems to have been whittled down to a meaningless hardware spec race by ignorant fools. Doesn't have quad core ? Crap phone. No 5 inch screen ? Old hat.

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Re:Microsoft 'mulled Nokia buyout, ran away screaming' by nickik on Monday June 11, 2012 @12:15PM (#4095368)
It dosn't matter how good the CPU is at least it reacts but the displays are quite importend.
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Re:Microsoft 'mulled Nokia buyout, ran away screaming' by moron on Monday June 11, 2012 @03:53PM (#4096569)
Really? The biggest-selling smartphones are made by Apple, who famously downplay specs in mobile devices.
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