I don't understand why people want or expect a cell phone to be a good phone, mp3 player, AND camera. If I want to listen to music, I have an MP3 player. Just as I don't expect to use my Eee PC to play Crysis, I don't expect to use my cell phone to play music and take pictures well.
I carry around a brick for making phone calls, a rolodex for storing phone numbers, a calendar for appointments, a BlackBerry for email, an mp3 player for music, and an SLR with several different lenses for pictures. Why would I want a single device that does all that AND fits in my pocket?
I just hope this doesn't completely break after only a year of normal use like my last Samsung slider.
Camera....I agree with you. There's just no possible way to get good optics (and sensor) into that tiny a body. But combining a music player into a phone makes perfect sense...there's no reason why it can't be as good a music player as a dedicated device.
I don't get why there are so many of these comments either... the "why would I want an MP3 player or a camera in my phone?" comments. I mean... WHY would having the most useful features in a device you have with yourself most of the time be a bad thing? Why would I want to miss taking a good shot because I didn't bring my camera with me? Why would I want to sit on the skytrain back home without any music because I forgot my MP3 player?
I you wouldn't use any of the feature (which is weird), then go ahead and buy an outdated phone that only calls and send sms. Most people would want to have these features with them all the time. Of course, it's better to have a dedicated device, but having a decent camera and/or MP3 player in your phone isn't stupid at all.
Besides, I doubt that this phone is even that dedicated to the two features... though I admit it looks so damn nice.
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thethirdmoose @ Dec 6th 2007 12:49PM
I don't understand why people want or expect a cell phone to be a good phone, mp3 player, AND camera. If I want to listen to music, I have an MP3 player. Just as I don't expect to use my Eee PC to play Crysis, I don't expect to use my cell phone to play music and take pictures well.
T-Bone @ Dec 6th 2007 1:25PM
I carry around a brick for making phone calls, a rolodex for storing phone numbers, a calendar for appointments, a BlackBerry for email, an mp3 player for music, and an SLR with several different lenses for pictures. Why would I want a single device that does all that AND fits in my pocket?
I just hope this doesn't completely break after only a year of normal use like my last Samsung slider.
Kevin @ Dec 6th 2007 1:27PM
Camera....I agree with you. There's just no possible way to get good optics (and sensor) into that tiny a body.
But combining a music player into a phone makes perfect sense...there's no reason why it can't be as good a music player as a dedicated device.
Ricardo @ Dec 6th 2007 4:59PM
Couldn't agree more with Kevin. I use my Motorola A1200 + Motorola S9 for music, and it's amazing.
But anyway, why should such a basic phone cost so much?
Poom @ Dec 7th 2007 8:13AM
I don't get why there are so many of these comments either... the "why would I want an MP3 player or a camera in my phone?" comments. I mean... WHY would having the most useful features in a device you have with yourself most of the time be a bad thing? Why would I want to miss taking a good shot because I didn't bring my camera with me? Why would I want to sit on the skytrain back home without any music because I forgot my MP3 player?
I you wouldn't use any of the feature (which is weird), then go ahead and buy an outdated phone that only calls and send sms. Most people would want to have these features with them all the time. Of course, it's better to have a dedicated device, but having a decent camera and/or MP3 player in your phone isn't stupid at all.
Besides, I doubt that this phone is even that dedicated to the two features... though I admit it looks so damn nice.