Nothing wrong with Symbian, all wrong with the way we interact with it. Agreed!
Symbian actually provides very very good battery life, e72 I just charge once per week in comparison of 2 days with iphone and still doing the same stuff... Even in the same series, E-series, there is a huge advance in terms of usability. Problem with Symbian Nokia phones, as said here, is that it lacks the bling necessary to catch the eye of the North Americans (hope that by adding the bling it wont marginalize the bigger market that is Asia-South America)
If all of these promises come true, and there is no reason to believe that they wont, we will see Symbian competing with iPhone OS directly.
I dont even mention Maemo because it is far superior than any kind of OS we have in the market right now. The only credible competitor to Maemo is a rooted Android. And still is not even close to it.
@Mr w00t Any implications Symbian has on the battery life of the E72 will be because it's such a lightweight and utilitarian OS. Much like a text-only browser uses less bandwidth than Firefox -> There is less processing for the E72 to do than the iPhone's.
@DestrictoEnse Then surely this is an ADVANTAGE of S60, that it uses less processing power yet it can multi task very easily and with minimal lag!!
The iPhone might have all these swish transitions and easy UI, but S60 can do it all too, and with multitasking, better battery management and support for absolutely any app, not just Apple approved ones!
The E72's screen is 55 % smaller than the iPhone's. I would consider that to be the main powerdrain. The E72 also has a bigger battery (1500 mAh vs. 1400 mAh). Those two would explain a lot of the difference you're seeing.
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Nothing wrong with Symbian, all wrong with the way we interact with it. Agreed!
Symbian actually provides very very good battery life, e72 I just charge once per week in comparison of 2 days with iphone and still doing the same stuff... Even in the same series, E-series, there is a huge advance in terms of usability. Problem with Symbian Nokia phones, as said here, is that it lacks the bling necessary to catch the eye of the North Americans (hope that by adding the bling it wont marginalize the bigger market that is Asia-South America)
If all of these promises come true, and there is no reason to believe that they wont, we will see Symbian competing with iPhone OS directly.
I dont even mention Maemo because it is far superior than any kind of OS we have in the market right now. The only credible competitor to Maemo is a rooted Android. And still is not even close to it.
@Mr w00t Any implications Symbian has on the battery life of the E72 will be because it's such a lightweight and utilitarian OS. Much like a text-only browser uses less bandwidth than Firefox -> There is less processing for the E72 to do than the iPhone's.
@DestrictoEnse Well, I dont know until what point this argument of yours holds true.
I have been using Java, wifi, browsing and so on (basically same stuff I would be doing on a iPhone) and the battery lasts much much longer.
I hope with the added bling to Symbian it will still deliver good battery.
@Mr w00t
Not only that, but you can actually multitask with Symbian, without needing to charge it everyday.
@Mr w00t
This. A thousand times this.
My E63 lasts a week even with heavy calling and WLAN usage.
S60 is simple and that's the way I like it.
@Mr w00t
Indeed. At the end of the day, S60 is *the* way that non-touch phones should work.
@DestrictoEnse Then surely this is an ADVANTAGE of S60, that it uses less processing power yet it can multi task very easily and with minimal lag!!
The iPhone might have all these swish transitions and easy UI, but S60 can do it all too, and with multitasking, better battery management and support for absolutely any app, not just Apple approved ones!
@Mr w00t
The E72's screen is 55 % smaller than the iPhone's. I would consider that to be the main powerdrain. The E72 also has a bigger battery (1500 mAh vs. 1400 mAh). Those two would explain a lot of the difference you're seeing.