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23.05.12
If my Mom asked me what smartphone to buy right this second, I’d tell her to wait — wait until the Nokia Lumia 900 is released. It’s that good. Windows Phone 7 is that good. It’s faster and more idiot-proof than Android and presents core functions like phone calling and messaging better than iOS. Windows Phone is, in my humble opinion, a fantastic product.
Nokia has had a rough decade. Trouble started in the States where the company continued to pump budget phones into a market that went upscale. They were an early entrant in the smartphone race, but didn’t curate a developer-friendly ecosystem as quickly as others. They were down, out, and looking dead in the water. Then Microsoft floated by and threw out a life preserver worth $250 million. Now, after just one quarter, Nokia is the top dog of the third most popular smartphone platform. That’s a great spot to be in.
I have a T-Mobile Lumia 710 sitting in front of me right now. As John said in our review , it’s impressive to a point. The battery easily lasts days, outlasting an iPhone 4S or even the Droid RAZR MAXX. The hardware feels of the Nokia of old: a tad plasticy but very solid. I doubt it’s as durable as 3310 or 1110i but it can certainly survive drops. I’m not sure I would use it as a daily driver, but I would wholeheartedly recommend it to someone looking for a reliable and simple phone.
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