From the Forums: More iPhone comparing, how much would you pay for Apollo hardware?

From the Forums

It'southward time for another From the Forums where we bring you lot the latest and greatest discussions from our community forums. From discussing pricing and specifications of upcoming hardware, to ranting about competitor marketing, it's all covered in the Windows Phone Central forums.

To kick u.s. off is Bear lx with a thread to enquire the question, "How much would you be willing to pay for a windows 8 phone?" We're all the same to read up on carrier and retailer final pricing for Window Phone eight hardware, merely with how prices are developing through pre-order announcements, nosotros can conjure upwardly a rough thought.

"The Galaxy S3 is $549, HTC I X is $499, and the iPhone -- which is usually the most expensive -- is $649. If Nokia is going to charge $899 for a telephone, I am definitely going to pass... in fact it will upset me to the betoken of never buying 1. At this bespeak in the game, they cant await to convince people to purchase one of their phones over competitors if they are going to charge nearly double."

Until official pricing is witnessed at launch for all hardware in question, we'll never be 100% sure how this volition play out. But until then, how much would you lot be willing to pay for your next Windows Phone? $500? More? Be certain to head on over to the "windows phone 8 pricing... how much is too much?" thread to voice your opinion.

iPhone Comparison

The iPhone against Windows Phone Apollo

With the iPhone comparing confronting ... well ... whatsoever competitive device, it's relatively unheard of for such tasks to include iPhone cases that are usually purchased and applied past owners to protect the deivce. Forum usergwydionjhr decided to take a wait at the iPhone when comfortably sat inside an Otterbox.

"The affair that continually goes implied is that ninety% of people are going to wrap that "jewelry" like iPhone5 in a large honkin' example, just like they did with the iPhone four/4S. If y'all're going to practise a spec comparing, especially one centered on the dimensions I retrieve the example for the iPhone should be included in those specs. That super thin and light iPhone5 apace becomes pretty ridiculous when placed in a existent world usage senario."

As one tin see from the above chart, the iPhone really is a chubby little kid when compared against the Lumia 900, HTC 8X and the heavy and sizeable Lumia 920. Merely what are your thoughts on the size of the iPhone compared to Windows Phone 8 hardware? Does it really matter? Be sure to join in the debate over in the "A footling perspective on the iPhone vs WP8" thread.

Miscellaneous: Windows 8 app count blown out of proportion?

Windows Telephone Central forum usershingi_70 has created a thread to tackle the apps result that Windows Phone -- and soon-to-be-released Windows 8 -- will experience. Is Microsoft doing enough, or could the software behemothic pump more than funds into app development?

"There are reported to be around 2000 apps in the windows 8 store with around 100 being updated per day and a couple of weeks dorsum they opened upward the market to devs worldwide. Then anyone else thinking that its being blown out of proportion. Microsoft has shown off a ton of Windows 8 games that will exist in the market at launch."

What are your experiences with the Windows Shop? How do you think Microsoft can tackle apps through lessons learned from Windows Phone? Head on over to the "Practise you think people are blowing the windows 8 app count out of proportion." thread to throw in your $0.02.