Smartphone Buying Decision: Hardware Or Software?

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  zm-i

  I would say that hardware has always been the most significant part of a phone, especially a smartphone. First of all, smartphones are meant to be used, and thus they have to be durable and convenient, as in not to big--can be operated conveniently with one hand. The hardware engineering will be sophisticated because user-friendliness, state-of the art technology, and size have to meet.
  
  It is easier to make a great display on a large screen than on a small screen; it is easier to built a camera than can capture many pixels if the space is bigger; it is easy to build a 20cm x 20cm powerful chip, but it is challenging when engineers have to design a chip that is powerful, small and not power consuming. There are more examples that supports why hardware is more important than software.
  
  I am not sure if I have present my arguments clearly, so this question might be helpful: where do you run a software? How do you make a software?
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  durga ch

  Nokia has great hardware - they produce war horses with longer battery life, robust handsets . They are as well coming up with better higher end models with better processors , but until and unless they move to windows /android i am not sure how many would prefer to buy it.
  If the software is the drawback and if I were to get a phone with no software advantage what so ever - I would rather buy a brick with antenna
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  zm-i

  I have a friend who bought a smartphone. I believe there was something wrong with the manufacturing of his product. He changed the SIM Card provider for a couple times to determine which provides the best (internet/data) service. In 2 weeks or so, his phone was no longer connected to any network but wifi. Long story short, he took his phone to a service center where he found out that he ruined the SIM Card reader. There weren't so many wifi spots back then in our place. So his smartphone was metaphorically a brick with antenna, and he had to use his "old" nokia to text and talk for a couple of weeks until he got his replacement smartphone (thanks to warranty).
  
  The appeal of any smartphones is their features which are delivered by a capable hardware.
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  zm-i

  I, however, agree with your thinking, #-Link-Snipped-#. 👍
  
  I do not buy Nokia because they are a little bit left behind on the OS. It's a matter of whether the company will open themselves to the latest software technology.