So many newfag posting here. -.-

If it wasn't for the 512MB ram, the Lumia 720 would be superior to the 820. It has a better camera that is nearly comparable to the 920.

This post has been edited by red streak: Apr 14 2013, 12:26 AM

Only because the Lumia 520 and 720 aren't out yet. If the shitty 620 can use it, why can't the 720s with near identical specs?

RM599 only So lucky I didn't buy the L800 last year in aussie. No value + obsolete dead end OS = GG. I was trying to find an unlocked Galaxy Nexus at the time (I was going through a major fandroid phase back then and had a hard-on for the "latest" Nexus line) but I couldn't find one. I did see plenty of unlocked 800s and the Gnex was the only thing stopping me from getting one.

Mother****** Nokia... No wonder they pulled it from the store not too long ago

That makes no sense.



Compare Apple to all these other "cheap" brand and what do you see? Slightly higher prices that never drop in RRP for years. High customer goodwill (epic customer service), wide perception of high quality products from Apple by the market (even those who don't buy apple products) and of course, major marketing bucks to uphold that "premium brand image". Of course they're gonna rake in the money (70% of the mobile market profits with only 10% of the market share).

Just doing community service for the thread: pointing out stupid comparisons that have no basis in fact.

This post has been edited by red streak: Apr 14 2013, 01:13 PM

Nah it's you who can't comprehend the situation here. Clothes aren't comparable to high tech electronics. If your clothes got issue, rips, missing buttons or whatever, can easily repair peanuts only. You use lower quality people can easily detect it and will not buy from you.

Whereas electronics if you use lower quality the probability of defects occurring (and thus incurring high repair costs/losses on the part of the manufacturer) exponentially rises. You don't screw around with electronics (i.e - unlike Acer). It's a well known fact that smartphones have a significantly high margin of profit which is why they can drop the prices so much, thus only cutting into their significant profits. So where are you gonna cut when production cost is already as low as they can get away with without compromising build quality? Let's say the cheapest high-end Nexus 4 is sold at near cost ($299) and let's say the L920 costs slightly more to produce ($350). The RRP for the L920 is $650 ($300 gross profit). Oh but wait, all the internals are locked down in price and bought in bulk (hundreds of thousands or millions of components all at once), the screen is only supplied by one company and there's only a few generational variants, and the polycarbonate shell casing is probably the cheapest part and manufactured in-house. So tell me, where are they supposedly going to get these "cheaper" materials from when they've got all these parts still lying around? Phone companies don't buy in piecemeal. They buy in bulk. You also can't change materials on the fly just because you want to cut cost because it involves R&D and time to test out the quality/suitability of the build and then retooling your manufacturing bases to produce these new materials . More time that could have been spent on producing more existing phones and more cost....in order to reduce cost on something that will be obsolete in a year? What a laughable concept.

The only reason why Apple can maintain their insanely high profits is because they keep their consumers happy and their price high (thus never cutting into their profit margins). Other companies can easily do the same, i.e - Samsung is getting into the game, but most aren't able to compete with quality or marketing and thus they have take less profit in order to move their existing stock. (Lumia 920 RM1999->RM1699). If Nokia is struggling, it's only because they aren't selling enough high-end phones.

Heck someone already pointed out that Nokia's profit margin is significant but you're too far in denial to see it. "Oh I tot it so small. Iz noookia doomed?"

Stupidity too damn high already. She cannot even prove which part is "lower-quality" and yet she claims it's so easy to do. All the internals CAN'T be replaced because they buy in bulk. The people who design and build the electronics already corner the market on prices. You can't buy equivalent internals from anyone else. You pick a supplier and you're forced to stick with them for that particular phone. The outside? Well that's already as cheap as it gets. Polycarbonate is a type of PLASTIC. How much cheaper can you really go? Only one company makes Gorilla Glass. What other shit do you want to pull out of your bum?

Want compare with clothes go balik kampung lah.

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