Ah yes, time for the next crop of “xxxxx phones will beat the iPhone”. And like the other competitors they will fall in the iPhones shadow. People like the iPhone because it’s simple, thin and easy to use. When you get a iphone it comes with 5-6 apps and you buy the rest. Throwing numerous gadgets onto a phone won’t persuade users to use your phone.
I wonder what the battery life on the Galaxy Beam is going to be during a presentation?
Who needs a 41 megapixel camera?
Who needs a projector built in their phone?
The market for these so called iphone killers will be small.
You could have 100 zillion gabillion pixels and it won't make a good photo if you don't have optics good enough to take a shot that's any better at that resolution. How are they going to fit (and pay for) a lens of sufficient quality in a cell phone to make 41 megapixels any better than 6-8MP?? Typical geek think -- improving the specs on the digital electronic stuff will somehow make a better product without thinking about the mechanical, real-world, meat-space parts of the equation.
What none of these phones have is iOS. I don’t trust any device that requires a Google account for optimum use. I would consider a RIM Playbook if they added 3G and a no contract phone deal for a modest surcharge. HP’s Web OS coulda been a player. But no Android for me.
bleeech.....sometimes too much is just too much
One question for all of these phones ... how’s the battery life?
So, next year’s mobile devices are better than last year’s iPhones?
OK.
41 megapixels is pretty cool, but what about the lens? Giving a camera 41 megapixels without a big quality lens to let in the light and capture a distortion free image, is akin to putting an expensive sports car engine into a Smart Car.
Keep your projector and uber-camera phones ... I’ll take a Nokia Lumia 900 please.
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Pixel count is irrelevant these days. What matters is pixel quality, and the iPhone is one of the best for that. Unless Nokia has made an imaging breakthrough I haven't heard about, these pixels will be much noisier than the iPhone's.
Extreme feature: built-in projector!
Very cool, for that small market segment.
Extreme feature: It’s a phone, tablet and laptop in one!
These combo ideas haven't taken off so far, so it will be a wonder if Asus can do it.
Extreme feature: Functions as a universal remote with in-air gestures
Way too much of a gimmick as the main feature for a phone. You can already by IR attachments for others to do the same thing for those times you actually want your phone to work as an IR remote.
They’re WAY ahead of the iPhone in specific applications that really matter to people.
Specific applications that really matter to small groups of people. There's not one feature listed that I want in a phone, at least not built-in, adding to the bulk.
For example, LG is preparing to ship a no-glasses 3D smart phone called the LG Optimus 3D Max.
Wow, it'll be as exciting as the Nintendo 3DS, in other words, not.
LG also announced what it claims is the fastest smartphone in history: The LG Optimus 4X HD.
The Tegra 3 is a pretty cool idea with that one low-power core. However, while its CPU performance runs between on-par to much faster than Apple's year-old A5, that old chip still beats the Tegra on GPU performance.
I’m web surfing at this very moment on my Android 4g Razr plugged into a 10.1” screen Lapdock 100, which has a notebook sized keyboard and a finger mouse pad. Very nice, I rarely need to fire up the desktop PC anymore. My phone still functions as a phone when plugged into the lapdock, which has dual speakers...nothing great as speakers go but nice nonetheless. The lapdock has its own chargeable battery which also charges your phone as you use it.
The models designed for women oughta have a steam iron built in, me thinks, to iron their men’s shirts and ties.
Loving my HTC Amaze 4G and how I can tether my other devices with one button .... And use it as a wireless Wi-Fi router again one button on or off. I have unlimited everything & 5 gb a month network connection. I no longer need DSL in house can run everything wireless thru my phone. Do I miss my iphone & iTunes? Not once since I went droid!