£89 – a smart price for a smartphone?

A smartphone is very much a multi-function device. Like a Swiss army penknife it will not function well at every task. Furthermore, additional smartphone features are very much a selling point, so they might not have been developed or be useful to many users.

From smartphones to tablets to laptops, there is plenty of demand for mobile devices. There is not a one-size solution that fits everyone.

Thanks for that marketing response wave change.

Have you ever considered that your comment implies that you are accepting a smart ‘phone’ not being very good at it’s supposed core function?

The point I am making, and you appear to have missed, yet confirmed, is that loading a phone with features, that it won’t be powerful enough to run well, is completely stupid.

Don’t fall for the marketing guff that you’ve just deposited, if you want a phone buy a phone. Java phones, whilst not great at ‘smartness’ are light years ahead in terms of telephony.

Apple make smartphones, Google Android is a cheap imitation smartphone for cheapskates, blackberry makes phones that have a few extra capabilities. Don’t ever try and think you’re getting something ‘like’ an apple, just buy what you need, not what marketing is trying to con you into buying.

Surely someone somewhere could fit a good quality ‘phone into a tablet computer then we can finally ditch these useless gadgets…

I use Skype on an iPad2 when I find I have gone out without my mobile phone. I don’t know if it’s good quality but it works reliably. I cannot remember how much it costs to phone a landline or mobile but I’m still using credit I bought years ago to keep in touch with a friend on holiday on a cruise ship.

“Google Android is a cheap imitation smartphone for cheapskates”

Boy, oh boy, thanks for the insult made to millions of buyers of Android mobiles (myself and two sisters, for starters). It’s YOU that seems to have written a marketing piece, on behalf of Apple, slagging off Android (and in your earlier piece, promoting the overpriced (my view) iPad.

There’s plenty of scope for different people to want different things. I have a number of phones, of which about a third are Android, including the Sony Tipo, Samsung Galaxy “Ace”, “Europa”, and “Mini”, plus a couple of Huawei. I use them to monitor a multitude of GMail accounts, watch security CCTV web cams, and assist me (with network and wi-fi tools) when fixing client network problems. While I admit to having a couple of games, the majority of apps I use relate to ‘office’ functions – keeping notes, sending e-mail, calculator, calendar and reminders. I also view random webcams worldwide, listen to radio broadcasts and podcasts from all over the globe, and do some web browsing (Dolphin browser can be set to default to ‘landscape’ and ‘desktop’ so does not show mobile versions of web sites).

Additionally, if I want to use the features of Android on a bigger screen, I have a unit with HDMI output that can plug into any of the TVs I have (19″, 21″, 32″, 40″ and 42″) and there’s no iPad to match those screen sizes !