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Windows Phone “Smokes” Samsung Nexus Video?

Written by Anthony Munns | Posted in Forecasts, Smartphone News


Windows Phone Smokes Samsung Nexus

Published on January 17, 2012 with 32 Comments

Windows Phone Smokes Samsung Nexus, Really?

Windows Phone v Galaxy Nexus in a pretty pointless showdown between two very capable devices. I can not help but take the pi** out of Microsoft Windows for actually trying to showboat about their new O/S. As much as I like it, hold your horses guys, it ain’t that good yet!

Windows Phone versus Samsung Nexus:

We bring you what must be one of the most embarrassing episodes in the whole history of “my phone is better than yours” boll***ks.

Please watch as Ben Rudolph from the Windows Phone Blog team gets some poor self deprecating Samsung kiddo to “compete” with him in a vain attempt to show the world that his new Sammy phone is indeed a little bit slower than a new Windows Phone doing a status update to Facebook.

@BenThePCGuy will indeed offer you $100 dollars to compete in tests that he organises on areas that he knows his Windows phone will win on.

Brilliant. Nothing like controlled show boating to win the masses over.

You should go work for Apple at this rate Ben.

Windows phone maybe quick to update facebook et al but has no apps:

You know what, there is nothing us British hate more than showboating Americans, so Ben, if your putting your new device on the line and shouting from the rooftop to tell the world how good the Windows phone O/S is, and then getting them to shame themselves with a board to add to their humiliation (admittedly their fault for being so stupid, I will not hold that against you fully).

Then let me give you some food for thought also…

Currently the new Windows Phone O/S is great to use….but!

As a one trick pony, Windows Phone O/S lacks in depth of functionality beyond social media on the main few platforms for the simple reason that it currently has no decent applications other than Facebook and Twitter.

No apps no game:

Until this changes significantly, I am afraid that all Windows phones are sub standard when compared to the functionality offered by most Android devices and Apple iOS devices.

The trouble is that while Ben can indeed turn a pretty quick status update on his lovely Windows phone, he would be pretty stuck to do anything else on the device such is the lack of applications available.

Now if you are going to boast about your operating system, take a look at what “Users” of Apple devices do to show the world how much enjoyment they get out of their device when they used a suite of iPads to Remix an entire song live:

So yes, if you are itching to save 1 second per status update, then please go and get yourself a shiny new Windows Phone, especially a Nokia Lumia series device, but if you are not that bothered about being so quick, do not listen to quick handed Ben, and go get yourself an Apple, HTC, or Samsung device or better still wait for the new iPhone 5 release coming some time soon.

Want to watch Ben The PC guy make a tit out of a young guy? We got a video for that, but no app to show it on:

Yes if you are using a Windows Phone to read this article and now want to watch the video below, you may want to watch this video on your lovely Windows Phone YouTube application, but why bother, as it is just a link to the Youtube site! And not a real application from Microsoft….Crap!


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  • WindowsCrapola

    man these guys have some cheek, you hit the nail right on the head here, they have only just turned a corner with the help of Nokia in a market they looked idiots in and now they get all high and mighty….tut tut when will microsoft learn!…Windows 8 may not save you you know!… reading people comments on the windows app marketplace ut cires out rubbish….go take a look!

    • http://www.mobileinquirer.com/ Mobile Inquirer

      Hi, I agree, you put your head above the parapet your likely to get shot as they say!…it had to be pointed out as it made me cringe so much watching the video!

      • Justoneofmany

        Hmm.. My HTC 7 Surround has an itegrated Youtube app. And as far as streaming with my l’il 1Ghz, I sat with my brother and his new Samsung Galaxy II, opened the offical HD Avatar trailer, and watched him cry at his jerky, pixelated mess lol..

        • http://www.mobileinquirer.com/ Mobile Inquirer

          Hi, you windows guys sure like to laugh at others don’t you….;)

          • Am’rikaa

            You blogger guys sure like defecating on anything that doesn’t agree your own narrow minded opinions don’t you…..;)

          • http://www.mobileinquirer.com/ Mobile Inquirer

             Trust me my opinions are wide….;)…and always right…!

          • Luke Daley

            I’m not quite in the same vein, for me WP7 is a great platform, sure i love to tinker, but for me android was a pain, it just didnt work with me, Apple i felt had a great offereing but had became stagnent, and frankly i didnt enjoy having the software on my computer, to this day i wonder why people use iTunes,

            with my WP7 phone, i feel i can tinker a little and still have some quality apps, and the whole thing syncs with windows nicely and extends my office working capability .. oh shit thats a bad thing right hahaha

          • http://www.mobileinquirer.com/ Mobile Inquirer

            Hi Luke, it has serious potential, just not there yet in my opinion….it is very sweet to use though I must say.

        • GirthDiggler

          LOL

  • John D

    This can not possibly be a selling point, it is laughable!

  • Alex Coassin

    Go define “defecating”. Re-read the 1st sentence in the second paragraph. I’m not usually one to point out bad grammar… but I got too much humour value out of that one not to share it. I think you mean self-deprecating. Or perhaps something else entirely as I question the implication that whatever self defecating is (being able to take a dump unassisted?) is a bad thing.

    But on the topic… every other company does exactly what Microsoft did here. Did they unabashedly play up their strengths while ignoring their weaknesses? Heck yeah. But PLEASE tell me what company doesn’t do this? To my mind, this is simply advertising. And they put their money where their mouths are and paid out the few people who actually beat them.

    Apple brags about it’s 500K apps. It fails to mention that a larger chunk of those are simply lite and full versions, cheap knock offs, apps for different locales, or one of the how many thousands of talking apps.

    Android device makers rave about the speeds of their dual and quad core chips, ignoring the fact that Android struggles to render simple OS animations like swiping between screens even with some of the fastest hardware on the market, or the OS fragmentation making it difficult for developers to write quality apps that will actually run properly on your superior hardware.

    At the end of the day. It doesn’t matter which camp you’re in. Your camp plays just as dirty and uses the same lame tricks.

  • Alex Coassin

    Go define “defecating”. Re-read the 1st sentence in the second paragraph. I’m not usually one to point out bad grammar… but I got too much humour value out of that one not to share it. I think you mean self-deprecating. Or perhaps something else entirely as I question the implication that whatever self defecating is (being able to take a dump unassisted?) is a bad thing.

    But on the topic… every other company does exactly what Microsoft did here. Did they unabashedly play up their strengths while ignoring their weaknesses? Heck yeah. But PLEASE tell me what company doesn’t do this? To my mind, this is simply advertising. And they put their money where their mouths are and paid out the few people who actually beat them.

    Apple brags about it’s 500K apps. It fails to mention that a larger chunk of those are simply lite and full versions, cheap knock offs, apps for different locales, or one of the how many thousands of talking apps.

    Android device makers rave about the speeds of their dual and quad core chips, ignoring the fact that Android struggles to render simple OS animations like swiping between screens even with some of the fastest hardware on the market, or the OS fragmentation making it difficult for developers to write quality apps that will actually run properly on your superior hardware.

    At the end of the day. It doesn’t matter which camp you’re in. Your camp plays just as dirty and uses the same lame tricks.

    • http://www.mobileinquirer.com/ Mobile Inquirer

      Hi, got to say I laughed at that rather stylish error, kind of was my point though, but thanks for pointing out and doing the decent thing! You know basically I agree with you, but in some ways not. Apple do not really boast about the volume of apps in their market, others perhaps do, though I agree that android manufacturers can be a bit over zealous in the macho dept with devices that are, like you mention, still a bit crap to use. Cheers.

      • Alex Coassin

        Good point, I can’t actually think of anything Apple has said directly. In their keynotes they can some times shoot some subtle blows, but in general they don’t boast outright.

      • Anonymous
        • http://www.mobileinquirer.com/ Mobile Inquirer

          Its their Keynote speech man, what do you think they are going to do….suppose with stats like that they can boast if they want. Luckily I do not see it that often, others kindly do it for them.

          • Anonymous

            I think Apple should boast those kind of stats whenever they want. Good products and good results deserve good marketing.

            My point is both Apple and Microsoft like to show something in public they are good at and proud of.

  • http://techin5.com Jubbin Grewal @Techin5.com

    Didn’t realise we lived in a world where 60,000 apps were considered as ‘no apps’?

    • http://www.mobileinquirer.com/ Mobile Inquirer

      Hi, maybe I should rephrase that to remarkably low and decidedly average…go check out this new tool and app from Akai for the iPad 2: http://www.mobileinquirer.com/2012/akai-mpc-fly-review-ipad-beats-on-the-fly/

      • http://techin5.com Jubbin Grewal @Techin5.com

        And what does that new tool have anything to do with anything?

        • http://www.mobileinquirer.com/ Mobile Inquirer

          hmmm.

          • http://www.techin5.com Techin5

            hmmm indeed ;)

  • http://twitter.com/HailMarxism fred sparrow

    another pathetic android fanboy who can’t accept the fact that his phone runs on crappy software

    • http://www.mobileinquirer.com/ Mobile Inquirer

      My phone is a Samsung S2, thanks for your opinion though…it is rather shite.

  • Anonymous

    This posts absolutely makes no sense to me whatsoever.  It is wrong on SO SO SO many levels. True, WindowsPhone “only” has 60,000 but that is such a minor consequence since most of those apps are indeed high quality and malware free. The WP market place is very strict about reducing the number of spam apps in favor of quality apps. Did you know the WP platform reached 10,000 apps quicker than any other platform, then 20,000 and so on?

    This phone is about more than apps. One could even argue with the pure integration of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, soon to be Skype, that the need for apps is actually dimenished.  I can look at my home screen and see what is happening without even going into apps.

    Really the phone goes way beyond any of this.  WP7.5 sets a new standard for mobile computing.  It is smooth as smooth gets.  There’s no need to kill tasks.  It’s fast. It’s integrated.  It’s safe.  It is a pure joy to use.

    • http://www.mobileinquirer.com/ Mobile Inquirer

      Thank you for your opinion.

  • Anonymous

    Either you are not so fascinated and you can’t help your ignorance, or this innocent bit of Microsoft marketing hurts you so bad that you feel the need to deceive the common man ;)

    A little research would show you and your readers there are over 60000 Windows Phone Marketplace apps. Not only including great YouTube apps, also including most other of the most popular apps on iOS and Android.

    Even watching all #smokedbywindowsphone challenges would show you Windows Phone has far more tricks up it’s sleeve than just the one social media trick.

    Sub standard Windows Phone ‘smoked’ both iOS and Android in all kinds of common tasks. In some cases by far more than just one second. Without the aid of the hundreds of thousands of apps iOS and Android need to even compete ;)

    • http://www.mobileinquirer.com/ Mobile Inquirer

      Hi. Are you honestly still thinking that Apple give one hoot about speed…when will Windows users ever learn!…..Of course its a totally innocent marketing ploy, but I fancied taking the pi** out of it. Simple……;)

  • Me

    There are a bunch of words in this article, but absolutely no content other than a little emotional steam.

    • http://www.mobileinquirer.com/ Mobile Inquirer

      Thank you for that subjective fact.

  • Anon

    This is the most ridiculous collection of words I’ve heard in a long time. If this had been posted in any kind of forum whatsoever it’d be marked as trolling and deleted. Shame on you for taking up space on your servers HDD with this bulls**t.

    • http://www.mobileinquirer.com/ Mobile Inquirer

      Thank you. And thank you again for not putting your actual name to your pointless remarks….”….it’d be marked as trolling and deleted”…..smell your own I guess.

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