What will 2012 bring to mobile?

What will the New Year bring to the world of mobile technology? Only surprises are certain

Published by Ian Delaney on January 2, 2012

Ian Delaney pulls out his Crystal ball

GLOBAL – If there’s one thing for sure, everything will be faster in 2012. That’s a pretty safe bet for anything in the technology space. But Moore’s Law is even more likely to hold true in (still) emerging spaces like wireless communications. The processor in your phone at the end of 2012 will be faster than the one in the phone you’re holding today. It will also receive and transmit data a lot faster.

Speed on it’s own isn’t very interesting, though. It’s what greater speed allows you to do that makes it important.

Does it really matter if your apps open a few milliseconds faster? Or that games deliver a few more frames per second? I’d suggest not.

The need for speed

There’s even a perfectly reasonable argument that we’ve already gone too far with processor speeds.

If we could make the software more efficient, then it might be more sensible to slow down the clock and claw back some of those lost hours of battery life that have disappeared over the last two-three years.

Or maybe we can put the limited battery life of our phones to better use. A brighter flash for our photographs might be a better cause. Or higher frame rates in video recording. Or perhaps a personal projector?

To me, better data rates through the realisation of technologies like LTE are the most exciting. I want “proper” streaming video, and to be able to transmit live video from events. I want my email now, together with attachments.

Can't you just see yourself?

Cloud cover

The promise of cloud services has yet to be fully realised on mobile phones, too, because data rates have been too slow. The whole concept of attachments ought to wither away once access to the real documents, pictures and videos on a cloud server is feasible.

I’d suggest apps, too, are reaching the end of their day of glory. Why run a program on your phone when you could run a better, bigger one in the cloud that puts less strain on your phone’s battery and processor? The battle between thin and fat clients on our laptops and desktop computers continues to rage, because there, power and battery life aren’t such an issue.

Mobile phones are natural thin clients, though: we will always want them to be light and long-lasting. Cloud services are actually a more apt fit for mobile than they have ever been for desktops.

The start of location

The second area that’s ripe for a rethink in 2012 is location-based services. It’s here that I think there will be more surprises.

At present, the most useful location service is still navigation. Public transport solutions are starting to get better. The others – checking in to places, restaurant reviews and so forth – don’t get a lot of use from me. If I want to find a restaurant, then I ask people. As for the game-style accumulation of points and badges, I’m not interested.

That doesn’t mean I don’t think interesting and very useful location services won’t happen, though. It means I don’t know what they are.

We’re always surprised when the future happens, though.

No-one thought SMS would catch on – “why type on a tiny keyboard when I can just phone them up?” No one believed in MMS – now the third most valuable mobile phone service (in terms of revenue). No one saw the point of cameras on a mobile phone when they first appeared.

The real winners of the mobile technology future are probably already with us, it’s just that they lack the final piece of polish or aren’t yet being used in the really clever way that will seem totally obvious once someone has actually thought of it.

It’s this unexpectedness; the strange tangents that the future takes, that keeps technology fresh and exciting.

So here’s to a surprising 2012.

image credits: Frogman!, klynslis

Comments

Anonymous

Talking about ”
A brighter flash for our photographs”…
Why do Nokia removes flash from Nokia 500, 603, Asha?
Erkki Ruohtula

About “cloud” putting less strain on battery than a local app, I’m not so sure. “Cloudy” applications imply lots of communication (be it 3G, WLAN or LTE), and that is what eats battery more than anything else, at least on my aged phone.
Apart from this, getting a longer battery life without sacrificing features would be high on my list of technical challenges for mobiles. In regular city life it is usually easy to charge a phone once a day, but when travels or other irregularities appear, one can win up with a phone that has a flat battery when one needs it most. A bit like the earlier days of NMT and GSM with NiCd batteries, but then at least the phones were made so that swapping batteries was easy and fast. I often had spares with me.
http://twitter.com/Hdrules Hradayesh Nimavat

2012 will be a big “catching up” year for Nokia phones with windows phone 7 os…..Hopefully in Q4 2012 Nokia wp7 Apollo phone will support dual core cpu,1080p recording capability and 720p display resolution but by that time most of Android flagship phones from rivals will be running on quad core cpu,next generation GPU for advanced gaming and camera with more advanced features like 1080p at 60fps etc
- http://twitter.com/HailMarxism fred sparrow
  
  No phone, regardless of OS or manufacturer, will be running a quad core processor in 2012. These are reserved for tablets, which can actually make use of the larger form factor to accommodate things like bigger batteries and camera sensors.
  - http://twitter.com/matbeeDOTcom Mathieu Gosbee
    
    Actually, the Galaxy S III is rumored to have a quad-core in 2012.
  - http://twitter.com/matbeeDOTcom Mathieu Gosbee
    
    Actually, the Galaxy S III is rumored to have a quad-core in 2012.
  - http://twitter.com/matbeeDOTcom Mathieu Gosbee
    
    Actually, the Galaxy S III is rumored to have a quad-core in 2012.
  - http://twitter.com/matbeeDOTcom Mathieu Gosbee
    
    Actually, the Galaxy S III is rumored to have a quad-core in 2012.
  - http://twitter.com/matbeeDOTcom Mathieu Gosbee
    
    Actually, the Galaxy S III is rumored to have a quad-core in 2012.
  - http://twitter.com/matbeeDOTcom Mathieu Gosbee
    
    Actually, the Galaxy S III is rumored to have a quad-core in 2012.
  - http://twitter.com/matbeeDOTcom Mathieu Gosbee
    
    Actually, the Galaxy S III is rumored to have a quad-core in 2012.
  - http://twitter.com/matbeeDOTcom Mathieu Gosbee
    
    Actually, the Galaxy S III is rumored to have a quad-core in 2012.
    - http://twitter.com/HailMarxism fred sparrow
      
      and that’s all it is, a rumor started by fanboys to appease each other.
      
      Like Ian, I’m more interested in what you can do with LTE than I am with superfluous specs that do nothing more than reduce battery life.
  - http://twitter.com/matbeeDOTcom Mathieu Gosbee
    
    Actually, the Galaxy S III is rumored to have a quad-core in 2012.
  - http://twitter.com/Hdrules Hradayesh Nimavat
    
    Quad core will improve battery life significantly as some cores are dedicated to handle system,gsm/umts radio etc processes unlike dual core cpu where one core gets overloaded and ends up in battery drain so there is no question of not using quad core cpu in smartphone
    And most of rivals will most probably release quad core phones in Q3 or Q4…..rumored sammy and htc flagship phones specs suggest that and sony will do same
- http://twitter.com/HailMarxism fred sparrow
  
  No phone, regardless of OS or manufacturer, will be running a quad core processor in 2012. These are reserved for tablets, which can actually make use of the larger form factor to accommodate things like bigger batteries and camera sensors.
- http://twitter.com/HailMarxism fred sparrow
  
  No phone, regardless of OS or manufacturer, will be running a quad core processor in 2012. These are reserved for tablets, which can actually make use of the larger form factor to accommodate things like bigger batteries and camera sensors.
Anonymous

Have you looked at data subscriptions around the world? Real cloud is not even close and LTE is nice only for the marketing folks.If anything, Wi-Fi 802.11ac is more interesting than LTE
What is needed is for the software makers to catch up and use the computational power available.Phones and tablets have to be more of a PC and less of a toy.You want battery life,very well,it’s easy to make a sub 10mm thick handset with a 3500 mAh battery but no one in the industry thinks it’s worth doing it.
Anonymous

Have you looked at data subscriptions around the world? Real cloud is not even close and LTE is nice only for the marketing folks.If anything, Wi-Fi 802.11ac is more interesting than LTE
What is needed is for the software makers to catch up and use the computational power available.Phones and tablets have to be more of a PC and less of a toy.You want battery life,very well,it’s easy to make a sub 10mm thick handset with a 3500 mAh battery but no one in the industry thinks it’s worth doing it.
Anonymous

Have you looked at data subscriptions around the world? Real cloud is not even close and LTE is nice only for the marketing folks.If anything, Wi-Fi 802.11ac is more interesting than LTE
What is needed is for the software makers to catch up and use the computational power available.Phones and tablets have to be more of a PC and less of a toy.You want battery life,very well,it’s easy to make a sub 10mm thick handset with a 3500 mAh battery but no one in the industry thinks it’s worth doing it.
Anonymous

Have you looked at data subscriptions around the world? Real cloud is not even close and LTE is nice only for the marketing folks.If anything, Wi-Fi 802.11ac is more interesting than LTE
What is needed is for the software makers to catch up and use the computational power available.Phones and tablets have to be more of a PC and less of a toy.You want battery life,very well,it’s easy to make a sub 10mm thick handset with a 3500 mAh battery but no one in the industry thinks it’s worth doing it.
Anonymous

Have you looked at data subscriptions around the world? Real cloud is not even close and LTE is nice only for the marketing folks.If anything, Wi-Fi 802.11ac is more interesting than LTE
What is needed is for the software makers to catch up and use the computational power available.Phones and tablets have to be more of a PC and less of a toy.You want battery life,very well,it’s easy to make a sub 10mm thick handset with a 3500 mAh battery but no one in the industry thinks it’s worth doing it.
Anonymous

Have you looked at data subscriptions around the world? Real cloud is not even close and LTE is nice only for the marketing folks.If anything, Wi-Fi 802.11ac is more interesting than LTE
What is needed is for the software makers to catch up and use the computational power available.Phones and tablets have to be more of a PC and less of a toy.You want battery life,very well,it’s easy to make a sub 10mm thick handset with a 3500 mAh battery but no one in the industry thinks it’s worth doing it.
Anonymous

Have you looked at data subscriptions around the world? Real cloud is not even close and LTE is nice only for the marketing folks.If anything, Wi-Fi 802.11ac is more interesting than LTE
What is needed is for the software makers to catch up and use the computational power available.Phones and tablets have to be more of a PC and less of a toy.You want battery life,very well,it’s easy to make a sub 10mm thick handset with a 3500 mAh battery but no one in the industry thinks it’s worth doing it.
Anonymous

Have you looked at data subscriptions around the world? Real cloud is not even close and LTE is nice only for the marketing folks.If anything, Wi-Fi 802.11ac is more interesting than LTE
What is needed is for the software makers to catch up and use the computational power available.Phones and tablets have to be more of a PC and less of a toy.You want battery life,very well,it’s easy to make a sub 10mm thick handset with a 3500 mAh battery but no one in the industry thinks it’s worth doing it.
Anonymous

Have you looked at data subscriptions around the world? Real cloud is not even close and LTE is nice only for the marketing folks.If anything, Wi-Fi 802.11ac is more interesting than LTE
What is needed is for the software makers to catch up and use the computational power available.Phones and tablets have to be more of a PC and less of a toy.You want battery life,very well,it’s easy to make a sub 10mm thick handset with a 3500 mAh battery but no one in the industry thinks it’s worth doing it.
http://vikas-patidar.myopenid.com/ Vikas Patidar

Completely agree with @KrisTross:disqus

Can’t believe anymore on Nokia that how it is going day to day in bullish way.

Aasha 300 and 303 are absolutely beautiful but only lacks camera flash
and a front camera. I think it is a consideration for making those
devices under better price points but the facts is that how much cost a
Front camera and a Camera flash in a device which is already having
price tag of about 9000 Rs. I think 500-1000 Rs is not a big deal for a
person going to buy such a device. Then why not release those devices
with front camera and camera flash also.
It’s very disappointing that 3G is becoming an standard everywhere and there are no devices which fits perfectly in this scenario having tight price points.

I’m sure if Nokia is going in the same way then future is going to be in more trouble.

On the contrary the biggest rival has all types of devices at every
price points. They have already Chat series with single and dual SIM.
Also Android 2.3 phone with 800Mhz processor in Young series and costs
less then Aasha 300, and 303.

But Nokia has nothing except same old devices in the mid and low budget price range.

C2-02 and C2-03 looks very shiny and design is also good but let’s accept the fact that OS is full of bugs and removed some of great features (Copy Paste, You Tube Support, Internet Configurations Settings etc) which are unique in Nokia devices. Only 10 MB internal memory for user. Same old software with boring icons. Support for themes but some ugly icons never changes. Most of java apps crashes with out of memory error. Even can’t rearrange the main menu icons.

Also none of the dual SIM phones (C2-03, C2-06, Aasha 201) support YouTube video playback but a tiny dual SIM phone C2-00 support for YouTube video streaming, strange but true facts.

I’m just wondering why Nokia is ignoring consumers in such a way?

Nokia Discussion forum is just useless. No one respond there with any genuine answers. All the time we got reply from the same guy who has a great job of copy & paste.

Still I’m hoping for good and Nokia will come up with something ground breaking in terms of OS in mid and low end segment.
Anonymous

Symbian3 mobile with dual sim and waterproof…thats all. :)
Anonymous

Symbian3 mobile with dual sim and waterproof…thats all. :)
Prasenjit Bist

guys why do we need non sense specs like quad core do u think we even really need them. Rather Nokia has always given us the best specs one needs why not rather ask Nokia to give us an awesome successor to the n8 camera, bring swipe on more devices at cheap price points….
- http://twitter.com/Hdrules Hradayesh Nimavat
  
  “guys why do we need non sense specs like quad core”
  I saw same discussions when N8 was released last year where most of phones were running 1Ghz cpu and then dual core cpu
  Or just compare specs of any 2006 released symbian phone and Nokia N8…….If you want more features then surely you need more resources sooner if not later even though how greatly optimized os is
Prasenjit Bist

Hey guys i think its some great hint to somethin amazin Nokia goin to bring us a device with LTE, gr8 camera may be N8 successor thats due from Nokia ;) isn’i it Ian. and some new gr8 LBS and may be full touch and Qt on s40 wooooooooowwww cant wait for CES any more. all the best Nokia love u
Prasenjit Bist

yeah have to agree wid KrissTross on putin a LED flash lite for markets like India.. nokia has it on many devices might be on low end aasha phones the feature wud have been gr8 imean i have a very basic nokia phone and it helped me on countless occassions with the torch its handy here in india. so nokia plz look in to it.

and yes as always s40 needs big overhaul to be competitive u guys are doing well but the UI and software needs more .. its true do it
- http://eve-c.org EveConnected
  
  Series 40 UI overhaul will be coming this year for sure.
  - http://vikas-patidar.myopenid.com/ Vikas Patidar
    
    Only UI or overhaul in the core OS too, like Qt support etc?
  - http://vikas-patidar.myopenid.com/ Vikas Patidar
    
    Only UI or overhaul in the core OS too, like Qt support etc?
  - http://vikas-patidar.myopenid.com/ Vikas Patidar
    
    Only UI or overhaul in the core OS too, like Qt support etc?
  - http://vikas-patidar.myopenid.com/ Vikas Patidar
    
    Only UI or overhaul in the core OS too, like Qt support etc?
  - http://vikas-patidar.myopenid.com/ Vikas Patidar
    
    Only UI or overhaul in the core OS too, like Qt support etc?
  - http://vikas-patidar.myopenid.com/ Vikas Patidar
    
    Only UI or overhaul in the core OS too, like Qt support etc?
Prasenjit Bist

yeah have to agree wid KrissTross on putin a LED flash lite for markets like India.. nokia has it on many devices might be on low end aasha phones the feature wud have been gr8 imean i have a very basic nokia phone and it helped me on countless occassions with the torch its handy here in india. so nokia plz look in to it.

and yes as always s40 needs big overhaul to be competitive u guys are doing well but the UI and software needs more .. its true do it
incognito

Interesting point regarding the software optimization and making it run more efficiently on current hardware than stacking up cores and buffing up batteries… If that was Nokia’s goal, why in the world did you go for WP which runs most of its software (and all of the 3rd party software) in a .NET interpreter? It’s the same approach Android uses, just a bit more streamlined.

You already had a RTOS (Symbian) and near-RTOS (Maemo/Meego, Linux kernel is moving slowly to full real-time approach) which both execute native software (even the Qt layer brings it as close as possible to the native execution while keeping the cross-platform compatibility), and that’s leaps and bounds more efficient than the interpreted environment, especially for battery-operated devices. What more proof do you need than Belle running on ~6yrs old ARM11 @ 680MHz as smooth as the latest Androids on dual-core monsters or WPs running on the last gen Snapdraggons?

That being said, there is a limit of how efficient your software can be – for example, if you want to have a fully-compliant HTML5 browser you cannot really have it on those ancient CPUs. A modern browser, even if written directly in ASM, optimized to perfection and with GPU acceleration still requires far more juice than a measly ARM11 can provide, and hardware updates will certainly make it far more comfortable. The trick is to find the right hardware to run what is required from modern (smart)phones at the lowest possible cost to the battery. Interpreted software environment certainly won’t help with that.
- http://www.mobilbekcisi.com GeceBekcisi
  
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  Well done, I could never express these better than you!
Anonymous

I think Ian is right that things will move closer to the Cloud and less on the device. Think Spotify, and Angry Birds in Chrome. But Nokia are going to have to satisfy the consumers’ thirst for 4G capable phones and up the battery life if they are going to compete with the other top devices out there.
http://aegisdesign.co.uk Shaun Murray

Unless there’s some major new battery tech in the next year, or Nokia are going to start making huge bricks again, battery sapping technology like LTE and superfast multi-core CPUs are simply stupid. Yeah, the USA might like specs but surely Nokia aren’t that dumb.

Nokia hopefully are looking at the other end of the market – getting Qt, their extremely cool Swipe UI and other technologies onto their bread and butter low/mid end handsets.

For 2012 I’m looking forward to a resurgence in Nokia’s core strengths rather than them following the herd which seems to be what 2011 was about.
http://aegisdesign.co.uk Shaun Murray

Unless there’s some major new battery tech in the next year, or Nokia are going to start making huge bricks again, battery sapping technology like LTE and superfast multi-core CPUs are simply stupid. Yeah, the USA might like specs but surely Nokia aren’t that dumb.

Nokia hopefully are looking at the other end of the market – getting Qt, their extremely cool Swipe UI and other technologies onto their bread and butter low/mid end handsets.

For 2012 I’m looking forward to a resurgence in Nokia’s core strengths rather than them following the herd which seems to be what 2011 was about.
http://aegisdesign.co.uk Shaun Murray

Unless there’s some major new battery tech in the next year, or Nokia are going to start making huge bricks again, battery sapping technology like LTE and superfast multi-core CPUs are simply stupid. Yeah, the USA might like specs but surely Nokia aren’t that dumb.

Nokia hopefully are looking at the other end of the market – getting Qt, their extremely cool Swipe UI and other technologies onto their bread and butter low/mid end handsets.

For 2012 I’m looking forward to a resurgence in Nokia’s core strengths rather than them following the herd which seems to be what 2011 was about.
http://aegisdesign.co.uk Shaun Murray

Unless there’s some major new battery tech in the next year, or Nokia are going to start making huge bricks again, battery sapping technology like LTE and superfast multi-core CPUs are simply stupid. Yeah, the USA might like specs but surely Nokia aren’t that dumb.

Nokia hopefully are looking at the other end of the market – getting Qt, their extremely cool Swipe UI and other technologies onto their bread and butter low/mid end handsets.

For 2012 I’m looking forward to a resurgence in Nokia’s core strengths rather than them following the herd which seems to be what 2011 was about.
http://aegisdesign.co.uk Shaun Murray

Unless there’s some major new battery tech in the next year, or Nokia are going to start making huge bricks again, battery sapping technology like LTE and superfast multi-core CPUs are simply stupid. Yeah, the USA might like specs but surely Nokia aren’t that dumb.

Nokia hopefully are looking at the other end of the market – getting Qt, their extremely cool Swipe UI and other technologies onto their bread and butter low/mid end handsets.

For 2012 I’m looking forward to a resurgence in Nokia’s core strengths rather than them following the herd which seems to be what 2011 was about.
Anonymous

I think we cant expect what will happen in technology.
but there are lots of things based on cloud services in the future.

More addiction to online services and the ubiquitous discussion about data security.
I just have a few things on my wish list

+ Nokia local transport support for my hometown
+ a Nokia Lumia device with NFC,front cam and lots of memory
+ new cool features fore my favourite app NOKIA MAPS
+ and the most important thing, a sync function for Nokias Windows Phones to sync outlook contacts, calandars,notes with the phone directly – not with the help of some cloud based services. I dont like it to put my data online only for syncing my local device.
Anonymous

I think we cant expect what will happen in technology.
but there are lots of things based on cloud services in the future.

More addiction to online services and the ubiquitous discussion about data security.
I just have a few things on my wish list

+ Nokia local transport support for my hometown
+ a Nokia Lumia device with NFC,front cam and lots of memory
+ new cool features fore my favourite app NOKIA MAPS
+ and the most important thing, a sync function for Nokias Windows Phones to sync outlook contacts, calandars,notes with the phone directly – not with the help of some cloud based services. I dont like it to put my data online only for syncing my local device.
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http://pulse.yahoo.com/_T4LQFJE47XG64MYLM2Q4QHQFEU Shreyas

we need belle update..and devices wid more frndly U.I
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_T4LQFJE47XG64MYLM2Q4QHQFEU Shreyas

we need belle update..and devices wid more frndly U.I
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_T4LQFJE47XG64MYLM2Q4QHQFEU Shreyas

we need belle update..and devices wid more frndly U.I
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_T4LQFJE47XG64MYLM2Q4QHQFEU Shreyas

we need belle update..and devices wid more frndly U.I
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_T4LQFJE47XG64MYLM2Q4QHQFEU Shreyas

we need belle update..and devices wid more frndly U.I
Anonymous

hopefully more meego phones
http://www.facebook.com/Madhav.Dharamdas Madhav Dharamdas

this year i wod like buy Nokia Lumia 800
http://www.facebook.com/Madhav.Dharamdas Madhav Dharamdas

this year i wod like buy Nokia Lumia 800
http://www.facebook.com/Madhav.Dharamdas Madhav Dharamdas

this year i wod like buy Nokia Lumia 800
Anonymous

Continuance and dare of releasing “twin” phones just like the “little crazy” N9 and the more sophisticated Lumia 800. I don’t think that I’m the only one wanting to have the best from the both worlds. You shouldn’t be afraid of competing with yourself, since many of us who needs two phones don’t necessarily want them both to be the same. So wouldn’t it be better business to allure people to have two nokians in their pocket, rather than the competing branded ones? That ofcourse means that the first one needs to bee that good that you will want the other one as well. So hopefully my pockets will get a super WP Apollo phone and one at least 16Mpx “Meltemi” Swipephone till the end of 2012!
Anonymous

Continuance and dare of releasing “twin” phones just like the “little crazy” N9 and the more sophisticated Lumia 800. I don’t think that I’m the only one wanting to have the best from the both worlds. You shouldn’t be afraid of competing with yourself, since many of us who needs two phones don’t necessarily want them both to be the same. So wouldn’t it be better business to allure people to have two nokians in their pocket, rather than the competing branded ones? That ofcourse means that the first one needs to bee that good that you will want the other one as well. So hopefully my pockets will get a super WP Apollo phone and one at least 16Mpx “Meltemi” Swipephone till the end of 2012!
Anonymous

Continuance and dare of releasing “twin” phones just like the “little crazy” N9 and the more sophisticated Lumia 800. I don’t think that I’m the only one wanting to have the best from the both worlds. You shouldn’t be afraid of competing with yourself, since many of us who needs two phones don’t necessarily want them both to be the same. So wouldn’t it be better business to allure people to have two nokians in their pocket, rather than the competing branded ones? That ofcourse means that the first one needs to bee that good that you will want the other one as well. So hopefully my pockets will get a super WP Apollo phone and one at least 16Mpx “Meltemi” Swipephone till the end of 2012!
http://conversations.nokia.com Phil at Nokia

Do I dare say the mobile phone industry in 2011, as a whole, was rather boring? (Nokia certainly kept it exciting)

But where’s the next big thing? Quad core processors and ice cream sandwiches aren’t revolutionary. I want the next big thing!
http://conversations.nokia.com Phil at Nokia

Do I dare say the mobile phone industry in 2011, as a whole, was rather boring? (Nokia certainly kept it exciting)

But where’s the next big thing? Quad core processors and ice cream sandwiches aren’t revolutionary. I want the next big thing!
http://www.facebook.com/HibgassAmysco Hibgass Ibraheem

why Nokia C1-01 v 04.40 not support themes? if it have the themes that will apply on it please i need it thanks you
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http://www.facebook.com/nobunaga.remnant Nobunaga Remnant

i want quad-cores phone!!! and more RAM more batteries More Faster browser i want it faster than iPhone and droid thiiner ligher better and smarter too
- Anonymous
  
  for what you need quad core?
  windows phone 7 is very fast on a single core.
  Android needs quad and dual cores to conceal the bad software base.
  
  there is no need for dual or quad cores especially when i think about the battery lifetime.
  
  one day we will have dual or quad cores on windows phone but at the moment there is no need for it.
  the platform is faster than android devices (some of them are very slow)
http://www.facebook.com/nobunaga.remnant Nobunaga Remnant

BUT IF YOU WANT NOKIA FASTER THAN ANY ANDROID PHONE USE INTEL CORE I7
Anonymous

Not to put a damper on your discussion, but when are the WP7 Nokia phones coming to the Philippines?
http://www.facebook.com/people/Lou-Carlo-Fabian/100000658966301 Lou Carlo Fabian

please do reuse the designs of x7 and n8 (especially the brown one) with updated hardware, just like what you did to the designs of c7 and n9. they really looks good but the hardwares are kinda disappointing.
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