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Caspa
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On 2011-11-24 01:40:00, Bonovox wrote:
I preferred the p900 to the p900. Anyway that's good for the bug fix and I guess they had to fix it quickly.
Yeah, the P900 was the jewel of the P series... Looked better than the P910 as well... I remember that my P800 had an 'accident' just when the stock of them ran out (I worked there so I could check!), so had to be given something similar and guess what that was... Yep, the P900... |
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etaab
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The problem with the P900 and the P910i was the thin plastic surround around the screen which would crack and break off exactly where the rubber bumper lugs from the front flip keypad would smash into it if snapped closed with the slightest aggression. Or just normal use.
Still a great phone though and one of the most early phones with a VGA camera.
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Bonovox
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The P800 was a little too brash colour wise
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anonymuser
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See I think there's some early iPhone v Android indicators showing here - although I wasn't crazy about the P800's design itself, I liked the fact that it was trying to be a bit bold and friendly - the P900 and P910 were too buttoned down, in pinstripe and grey, trying to look like businessmen because SE obviously decided that smartphones had to be business phones and be used in offices like windows mobile, blackberry etc... the P800 was more of a crazy uncle that wasn't afraid to wear a loud shirt and have a bit of fun.
I think since then, a certain new breed of smartphone (cough cough iPhone) has shown that actually its not all about the office business and smartphones can and should be as much about Angry Birds as Excel, so to me that funkier old P800 had the better idea..
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Bonovox
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The P800 was also the largest it was massive 
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masseur
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yes, it was the largest but only by a mere couple of milimetres
Size (HxWxD)
P800 117 x 59 x 27mm
P900 115 x 57 x 24mm
P910 115 x 58 x 26mm
P990 114 x 57 x 25mm
edit: ... and to add some perspective to what is massive...
Samsung Galaxy S2 125 x 66 x 8mm
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adsada
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On 2011-11-25 23:25:05, Boinng wrote:
See I think there's some early iPhone v Android indicators showing here - although I wasn't crazy about the P800's design itself, I liked the fact that it was trying to be a bit bold and friendly - the P900 and P910 were too buttoned down, in pinstripe and grey, trying to look like businessmen because SE obviously decided that smartphones had to be business phones and be used in offices like windows mobile, blackberry etc... the P800 was more of a crazy uncle that wasn't afraid to wear a loud shirt and have a bit of fun.
I think since then, a certain new breed of smartphone (cough cough iPhone) has shown that actually its not all about the office business and smartphones can and should be as much about Angry Birds as Excel, so to me that funkier old P800 had the better idea..
I wouldn't say SE decided smartphones were for the businessmen, it was a given because they were the only people who at the time needed such a device, and would buy one. A phone with a PDA that could read messages, have meetings and contacts all on the device. The mass market wasn't interested in the features these phones brought, when they could buy a more fashionable compact phone that could phone, text and maybe take a photo and could be bought at a reasonable price
Now it has (clearly) completely changed with the majority of people opting for smartphones. It's interesting to look at what brought this about, but I think a main reason is to do with the increase in multimedia websites and social networking such a facebook?
Though I still think in some respects nothing has changed, I'm a student in the age group between 20-30 years old. I'd say the majority of this group don't have a job and still use their phone for texting calling, facebook web browsing etc.) My dad on the other hand who works as an executive in an office job has his iPhone with all his contacts and meetings, as well as his emails all synced to outlook. His colleagues all have this too. Similar phones yet their uses are completely different. And it was the same back in 2004, just the phones were far less similar. He had a smartphone and I had a Nokia 3220 with flashing lights! 
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Bonovox
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Actually masseur it was more too fat than just big.
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masseur
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you said massive... how come you say something and then change the meaning in a follow up reply when challenged? you've done that a few times lately.
The SG2 has only one dimension out of 3 that is less than the P800 and yet the P800/P900/P910/P990 are "massive"?
At the time I got the P800 I never considered it massive as it had huge functionality compared to previous devices and also huge potential. But of course if you compare it today with current phones that are wider and taller but thinner... well actually, how can you compare? does thinner simply not make it massive? I dunno...
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Bonovox
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Jesus I mean't to say it was quite fat chill out will ya. The GS2 is hardly massive 
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adsada
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This ad made me laugh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVkH9Hgvda4
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Caspa
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The P800 was very Fisher Price looking, but that didnt bother me at the time... It was just this great new device, different from that before it and one of a kind... The P900 was definitely more refined looking...
Loved the silver strip keys on the P900... I was one of (I think few) people who used both devices with the keypad attached, which in my opinion meant I got the best of both worlds...
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bavlondon2
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is this out on 3 yet? Went into a store today and they had a dummy, was too many customers in there to ask.
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kewsvnet
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On 2011-11-26 00:14:26, masseur wrote:
The SG2 has only one dimension out of 3 that is less than the P800 and yet the P800/P900/P910/P990 are "massive"?
P800 117 x 59 x 27mm = 186381mm3
P900 115 x 57 x 24mm = 157320mm3
P910 115 x 58 x 26mm = 173420mm3
P990 114 x 57 x 25mm = 162450mm3
Samsung Galaxy S2 125 x 66 x 8mm = 66000mm3
So when talking about size if you mean the volume "massive" isn't too bad for description....the S2 is less than half of the other ones...and P800 is almost 3 times the volume of S2 |
masseur
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agreed, but volume is a 3 dimensional measurement whereas "fat" is a 1 dimensional measurement which appears to be where this poster was coming from given that he was supporting the S2 as not being "massive" despite 2 of its 3 dimensions being larger than the P800 
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