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Why do you choose SE over Nokia? |
ardzuna
Joined: Jan 16, 2008
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I don't agree. I prefer SE sound quality and image quality.
These two things are of biggest importance to me, so as long as SE are better than Nokia in the image and music department, I'm gonna stay with them.
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Brightspark
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On 2009-03-05 03:29:42, ardzuna wrote:
I don't agree. I prefer SE sound quality and image quality.
These two things are of biggest importance to me, so as long as SE are better than Nokia in the image and music department, I'm gonna stay with them.
what experience/knowledge has somehow made you arrive at that conclusion?
[ This Message was edited by: Brightspark on 2009-03-05 03:23 ] |
SloopJohnB
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Well...I always hear the opposite...  phones don´t have good music quality and they are nothing special when it comes to imaging. They have perhaps a few different things when it comes to ´software´ ( cybershot features and interface) but that´s it, isn´t the best in image ´quality´. |
kreacher
Joined: Mar 24, 2006
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I find S60 slow and ugly hence SE. Unfortunately haven't been able to buy a new SE phone since the K790 because K850 was terrible and C905 is too expensive (not to mention the questionable build quality). |
driftmania
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On 2009-03-05 04:45:44, kreacher wrote:
I find S60 slow and ugly hence SE. Unfortunately haven't been able to buy a new SE phone since the K790 because K850 was terrible and C905 is too expensive (not to mention the questionable build quality).
You should try more recent S60's like the E71, N79, they are pretty fast. I still don't get what makes S60 "ugly", is it the theme? That could be easily changed. |
ardzuna
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Well, I've had a couple of Nokias (N70, N95, N82 - twice) and a couple of SE's (P1, G900, K850) so I've had some experience with both brands. I'm not saying that Nokias are bad or ugly, just that I found image and sound quality in Sony Ericssons more to my liking.
Could be that I just have a bad taste or something.  |
SloopJohnB
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It confirms what I´ve said before. People choose for subjective reasons. Objectively their phones are inferior. |
Brightspark
Joined: Aug 19, 2007
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On 2009-03-05 07:37:21, SloopJohnB wrote:
It confirms what I´ve said before. People choose for subjective reasons. Objectively their phones are inferior.
i'm led to believe that the choice of SE is a naive and subjective choice. because of SEs superb marketing, i often hear from joe-knows-bugger-all-about-mobiles type of people that SE have the best cams and also the best music quality. marketing is a powerful tool to convince the naive and the gullible.
in reality, SE don't really have much going for them these days. lots of people subjectively like the UI, but i've never seen the attraction of an interface that is forever falling over. quality-wise and reliability-wise, they leave a lot to be desired. price-wise, they charge too much for too little. design-wise, they are too boring and repetitive (many people would also say ugly). innovation-wise, they are a blank wall.
On 2009-03-05 05:48:09, ardzuna wrote:
Well, I've had a couple of Nokias (N70, N95, N82 - twice) and a couple of SE's (P1, G900, K850) so I've had some experience with both brands. I'm not saying that Nokias are bad or ugly, just that I found image and sound quality in Sony Ericssons more to my liking.
Could be that I just have a bad taste or something.
yeah  . the best of samsung, the best of moto, and the best of nokia all beat the best of SE. SE have traditionally included a good(compared with the competition) pair of headphones in with the package, and this can give users a false sense of quality............leaving users with the perception that the audio signal quality is better than it actually is.
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swat08
Joined: Sep 15, 2008
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first of all the designs. almost all se phones post-2005 look way cooler than nokia's imo.
my last nokia was the 3100 and i only used it cos i couldnt afford anything better then. it was ugly. the best nokias(n82,n95,n96) too. not my cup of tea.
and the built. many nokias hv that plasticky feel to it. se uses plastic too but they dont feel like a toy in my hand.
also the ui. i noe the symbian series is powerful and customizable but i dont quite like the look of it all. the menus, fonts, highlights, the camera interface and eveything.
i also prefer se's image quality and camera interface.
but at the end of the day this is just my opinion.
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se_dude
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I thought this was a thread about why we buy an SE over other brands. Not, a Bash-SE thread. Some guys have no work to do, but prefer to spam every thread that comes their way.
I have been using SE for the past 5 years. I tried a Nokia in the meantime. The phone was slow, the sound quality was pathetic and the Ui was a mess. Samsung and LG dont even come into the picture. A mid end samsung takes ages to open a file, and while multitasking, i try taking a nap before the application switches. aka Samsung 270 beat. |
mode
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@Brightspark
I disagree that premium headsets out of the box is all they have going. Try plugging HPM-77 out of a W902 box into a 'DSP' equipped, multimedia powerhouse N96 and compare. You'll then have the epiphany of how little you know.
Back on topic, SE's designs have tickled my fancy since the Ericsson days. Have always been comfortable using them & felt unique among the sea of Nokia users. I come from a design background & I've always understood the balance, proportion, geometry etc that they execute in their phones. Their UI looks way better than Nokia too like how Vista compares to Win98. Of course this is just my homegrown (and absolutely biased) opinion (I mean, look at my signature). They just have the X-factor over me that only Samsung comes close to. I do hate them for screwing with my loyalty but I'm hoping Idou will set things straight again
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forceabuser
Joined: Sep 11, 2002
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I can only judge on the nokia n82 which i owned for a couple of moths.
Nokia has a avantage hardware wise: speed, camera, gps, new hardware (tv tuner, fm transmitter, motion sensor etc)
But i switched back to a c702 because of te awful software on the nokia.
And not to forget: back in the days SE was THE innovator; first to introduce colour screen, bluetooth, touch screen, mms, video playback etc. |
gtr83
Joined: Sep 27, 2008
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It is naive and subjective, but I for one won't bother with any visible Nokia on the moment. So I won't try to convince you to buy an SE, because obviously you think they suck. Vice versa mate.
For a bit of afterthought: the act of thinking which phone to choose is already a subjective matter. There are people, for instance, who won't care what Xvid and DivX means thus they won't need an INNOV8. While it is obvious that INNOV8 is like God compared to SE's outings. Like someone else said, it's the X-factor or whatever.
[ This Message was edited by: gtr83 on 2009-03-05 16:29 ] Nokia 3520 > 6600 > W800i > W890i > C702 > C905 > BB 9500 > Samsung INNOV8 |
QVGA
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On 2009-03-05 15:22:31, mode wrote:
@Brightspark
I disagree that premium headsets out of the box is all they have going. Try plugging HPM-77 out of a W902 box into a 'DSP' equipped, multimedia powerhouse N96 and compare. You'll then have the epiphany of how little you know.
[ This Message was edited by: mode on 2009-03-05 15:11 ]
Or an epiphany of how little YOU know. Get an unbiased pair of headphones and try out N95 or N81 or N91 or N85 with any SE you want. i dont know why people think pumping bass suddenly translates into good sound quality,
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gtr83
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@QVGA
As usual, your posts are interesting.
Nokia 3520 > 6600 > W800i > W890i > C702 > C905 > BB 9500 > Samsung INNOV8 |
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Posted: 2009-03-05 03:29
