Guest davidrb84 Posted January 17, 2011 Report Posted January 17, 2011 Morning All, Was just wondering if anyone knew what makes Nexus S and similar phones cost £430 as opposed to the £90 for the Blade? I appreciate there's ... build quality (materials and construction) -Average on the Blade, not the worst but not as solid as more expensive phones Screen cost - we get oled (mostly) and a decent one compared to alot of handsets, same resolution as the Nexus S CPU - blade = average, better phone, costlier cpu RAM - not a bad showing from the blade matches the Nexus S 512 vs 512. Probably quicker on the Nexus though Flash MEM - No Comparison 150MB to the Nexus 16GB! Camera - No comparison, rubbish for us, brilliant for Nexus Nexus gets NFC and front facing camera I know better costs more but there's £340 to be made up! Am I missing some important aspects? That being said, would be happy to relive anyone of a spare Nexus S they might have laying around :-)
Guest Chrisund123 Posted January 17, 2011 Report Posted January 17, 2011 brand name, support, updates... and things tend to work slightly better on more expensive phones ;)
Guest davidrb84 Posted January 17, 2011 Report Posted January 17, 2011 brand name, support, updates... and things tend to work slightly better on more expensive phones ;) I guess Marketing is pricey, and I've not idea about support (not had any faults, unlike my Moto Dext previously) Fair point about Updates though, although I know my Motorola Dext didn't get one, still rocking 1.5, oh yeah! bought a year ago.
Guest majnu Posted January 17, 2011 Report Posted January 17, 2011 HTC bigger company, more staff, more support, more and faster updates, more research and development, more range of phones for the consumer, better phones hence the higher price in comparison to the ZTE Blade. If there was no development of ROMs from these forums I for one wouldn't have bought the ZTE Blade because an official 2.2 for UK users has not even been released yet. I don't think I could live on a bloated Orange ROM.
Guest davidrb84 Posted January 17, 2011 Report Posted January 17, 2011 HTC bigger company, more staff, more support, more and faster updates, more research and development, more range of phones for the consumer, better phones hence the higher price in comparison to the ZTE Blade. If there was no development of ROMs from these forums I for one wouldn't have bought the ZTE Blade because an official 2.2 for UK users has not even been released yet. I don't think I could live on a bloated Orange ROM. on the other hand, bigger company, more staff, ..... more phones lowers the cost per handset because of economy of scale. I would agree though HTC comes with marketing costs, saw an HTC sales stand in my shopping centre the other day. Can't think of any other manufacturers doing that? Your right though, I couldn't go for an android phone without a strong development community. I guess I feel the need to be moving forward with it always, rather than settling in one place.
Guest isambard Posted January 17, 2011 Report Posted January 17, 2011 more profits? ;) i have to say the SF is an excellent phone not just because of the price, but what you get for it. apart from the camera, and plasticky case, i can't really fault the phone. i would like a physical keyboard and better camera, but am having a hard time justifying how i can spent 650chf for a phone (desire z) with these additional features when i paid only 100chf for the blade. plus, the unlocked bootloader makes customising the ROM a pleasure. not sure how this would be with the desire z. the openness of the device counts for a lot, imo. maybe someone with this phone can comment...
Guest Stuart_f Posted January 17, 2011 Report Posted January 17, 2011 I got the Blade the week after Paul reviewed it despite having been drooling at a Desire HD for quite some time. Shortly after buying myself that I bought the wife a Desire Z. I could have bought myself the same but didn't for a number of reasons: Blade had a seriously active community right from the off. Blade is cheap enough that I can upgrade when the "next big thing" arrives and not feel guilty for evermore. Blade is significantly smaller and lighter than the Desire Z. on the other hand: Desire Z "just works". It doesn't have the bugs of the Blade and the interface is silky smooth and gorgeous. Hardware keyboard was a must have for Mrs F. (Too much facebook wall updating!) It's horses for courses. I'm a gadget geek and would certainly make better use of the features of the Desire Z than Mrs F does but do I regret the Blade? Not at all. It's a serious piece of hardware for the price, and that's the rub. The price is so good that we are comparing it to something 5 times the cost.
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