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£6700 Phone Uses Android Instead of Windows

Posted by timothy on from the fool-money-separator dept.

judgecorp writes "Vertu, the luxury phone maker formerly owned by Nokia, has chosen Android over Windows Phone for its new £6700 Vertu Ti device. The bling brand is no longer part of Nokia, so is free to shun Windows Phone — apparently because there are not enough apps there for Vertu's rich customers." Previous Vertu handsets used Symbian. Note: £6700 is just over 10,000 USD.

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  1. Apps by DogDude · · Score: 1, Troll

    apparently because there are not enough apps there for Vertu's rich customers.

    This was nowhere in the article, so I have to assume that the summary writer hasn't used a Windows Phone. Windows Phones don't need access to a bazillion apps, usually, because the phones do so much more out of the box than the other two big competitors. But, all of the major apps are certainly available. I guess if you need 500 different fart apps, then the Windows Phone may not be for you. I only counted about 30 in the Windows Phone app store.

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    1. Re:Apps by DogDude · · Score: 0, Troll

      I don't know what "Temple Run" is. Sorry, I guess I misspoke. I use my phone for work, and it's got everything I need to work. It may not make the ultimate game machine, if that's what you're looking for.

      You should check out some info on the phone, if you're interested. I'm not going to build a chart comparing and contrasting the different phone OS' for you. All I know is that looking at iPhone and Android phones, I see they've always got tons and tons of "apps" to do everything, in cluding different apps for email, messaging services, social stuff, etc. The Windows Phone has all of that built in. I've got access to everything I need on my phone with just a few buttons on the start page. The only "app" I've needed to install onto it was a free flashlight "app" from my phone manufacturer (HTC).

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    2. Re:Apps by DogDude · · Score: 0, Troll

      and out of the box wp does shit all nothing, i

      You're right. I don't know anything. Running a multi-million dollar business via my phone is "nothing". Apparently, a phone today is pointless without a "Temple Run" app, whatever the fuck that is.

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