Pakalini, 16 Feb 2018design is way behind flagships. NOKIA go bezel-less already.This is not a flagship phone... It is a mid range phone that comes with Qualcomm Snapdragon 620... Nothing wrong with Nokia design either
FinnishInquisition, 16 Feb 2018No. Your eyes focus on a circular point. You only use a small section of the screen when brows... more"No. Your eyes focus on a circular point. You only use a small section of the screen when browsing on a 2:1 aspect ratio screen, the rest is wasted space."
You know, one can move their eyes. Anyways, the rest would be wasted space, no matter what aspect ratio your device had.
"And phones with a 2:1 screen aren't easier to use one-handed than 16:9 alternatives. How hard the device is to use one-handed comes down to the size of the phone, not the aspect ratio. Not to mention that a 5" 16:9 display gives you more screen area than a 5" 2:1 display. You're literally being tricked by marketing here."
Yes. I know that 5 inch 16:9 is bigger than 5 inch 18:9, that's why S8 was 5.8" instead of 5.1". And usability also depends on aspect ratio, not just the size. Try to imagine a 500:1 screen, that wouldn't be usable, whether it was small or big. Even 1:1 with big enough screen wouldn't be as easily usable as 18:9.
"The 4:3 and 3:2 aspect ratios for productivity and surfing tablets has nothing to do with how many hands you use for it. It has everything to do with how we process visual information. Our visual field is a circle. A 1:1 tablet would be optimal for surfing the web, but would make watching videos and similar far worse, so a compromise is reached at the 4:3 and 3:2 ratios."
Why wouldn't 1:1 videos be a thing then? Wouldn't we benefit from having aspect ratio that would match our visual field? For me phone with longer screen is much better, even while surfing. It all comes to personal preferences.
"You say there isn't a single "well-known or widely used" smartphone with a 3:2 aspect ratio. What do you call the iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S?"
I meant phones released in 2017/18. So let's call them things of the past. There's a good reason why Apple started to mane 16:9 devices and now manufactures ones with even taller screens, they are much more convenient (to a certain point).
Fitbri, 16 Feb 2018It looks a classic European design. Tasteful, elegant accents give it personality and style. T... moreWell, you can buy the Nokia 7 now from the Chinese ( Chinese online retailer website).
Somehow the phone selling in the west are a bit higher, the Nokia 6 is 229(230)in the US ( not include tax yet). But the phone selling in the Chinese online retailer website are cheaper ( you pay the shipping, of course).
The Nokia 7 is currently selling for ¥1999, that's around 310 to 330 USD.
Alien , 16 Feb 2018Nokia doesn't allow us to unlock their bootloader so I've lost my interest completely for Noki... moreYou're kidding right? Only the fact that you can plug usb in and use it as a storage device, only this small thing is already 300 times better then.having an iphone.
It looks like the old Nokia designs, beautiful.
My wig just flew away, what can I say?
Great looking phone with one big issues it uses the data mining OS of Satan.
Nokia, 16 Feb 2018"Except you don't have any advantages when web browsing with a 2:1 aspect ratio. The optimal a... moreNo. Your eyes focus on a circular point. You only use a small section of the screen when browsing on a 2:1 aspect ratio screen, the rest is wasted space.
And phones with a 2:1 screen aren't easier to use one-handed than 16:9 alternatives. How hard the device is to use one-handed comes down to the size of the phone, not the aspect ratio. Not to mention that a 5" 16:9 display gives you more screen area than a 5" 2:1 display. You're literally being tricked by marketing here.
The 4:3 and 3:2 aspect ratios for productivity and surfing tablets has nothing to do with how many hands you use for it. It has everything to do with how we process visual information. Our visual field is a circle. A 1:1 tablet would be optimal for surfing the web, but would make watching videos and similar far worse, so a compromise is reached at the 4:3 and 3:2 ratios.
You say there isn't a single "well-known or widely used" smartphone with a 3:2 aspect ratio. What do you call the iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S?
T, 16 Feb 2018Nokia made their first smartphone way before apple did. There was nothing wrong with Symbian e... moreNokia was offered the touch screen tech, but didn't want it, as they thought no one would be interested......DOH
FinnishInquisition, 16 Feb 2018Except you don't have any advantages when web browsing with a 2:1 aspect ratio. The optimal as... more"Except you don't have any advantages when web browsing with a 2:1 aspect ratio. The optimal aspect ratio for web browsing is in the region of 1:1."
Except you do. 2:1 lets you see more of the web page while being easier to use with one hand vs 16:9.
"Did you never wonder why tablets with a focus on productivity and browsing tend to have far more square aspect ratios of 4:3 (iPad) or 3:2 (Surface, Pixelbook) instead of the wider 16:9?"
That's because they're designed to be used with both hands. With phones it's a different story. Do you ever wonder why there isn't a single* (touchscreen only) smartphone with 4:3, 3:2 or 1:1 aspect ratio?
There are also other benefits of 18:9 aspect ratio, for example LG's camera app has some neat tricks.
*Or at least well-known or widely used one.
What a beauty !
T, 16 Feb 2018Nokia made their first smartphone way before apple did. There was nothing wrong with Symbian e... moreIt was the form factor change I was talking about with the smartphone revolution. Nokia's devices still looked and functioned like dumbphones. They hadn't caught up in terms of design and usability until 2010 with their Nokia N8 and Symbian^3, at which point it was too late.
Nokia, 16 Feb 2018In my opinion the advantages (web browsing, multitasking and gaming for example) of 18:9 are f... moreExcept you don't have any advantages when web browsing with a 2:1 aspect ratio. The optimal aspect ratio for web browsing is in the region of 1:1.
Did you never wonder why tablets with a focus on productivity and browsing tend to have far more square aspect ratios of 4:3 (iPad) or 3:2 (Surface, Pixelbook) instead of the wider 16:9?
FinnishInquisition, 16 Feb 2018Speaking of writing nonsense, there you are! Even with an address bars, on-screen buttons a... moreare you using moto g with lineage os ?
bharcooldude, 16 Feb 2018Such ignorance. There are literally millions of smartphone users that get by without rooting t... moreits not about timely update.. they are using linux kernel. and they should release kernel sources of their device within three months of device launch as per GPLv2 (well most of the OEMs break this)..
FinnishInquisition, 16 Feb 2018Do as you will, but the 2:1 aspect ratio is a useless gimmick, intended to make people buy pho... moreIn my opinion the advantages (web browsing, multitasking and gaming for example) of 18:9 are far greater than the disadvantages like a small black bar when watching videos.
FinnishInquisition, 16 Feb 2018That's just not true.
The Nokia Devices division went under because they missed the smartph... moreNokia made their first smartphone way before apple did. There was nothing wrong with Symbian except that it took Nokia time to make Symbian touch friendly. Even today I have an 808 and the only problem it has is app support.
Marketing is the way to go. Steve jobs had a reality distortion field which made people believe that he invented the smartphone or an app store or front camera video calling. Fact is, Nokia had all of that before the iphone was even launched.
All that tech and innovation for nothing without proper execution, and without giving people what they wanted at that time: a touch friendly UI. Most people moved to iPhone not because it was better, but because it was easy to use.
What A Design.... Really Awesome.....Nokia Is Nokia.... My Heart Goes To This Device :)
Nokia is just getting started.I know this design is familiar to us but it looks cool with a classic back I'm gonna get this one!!!!
2.5d glass that makes it magnitude of times more annoying to put on a good screen protector
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