Today I met a businessman who was very excited with his new mobile phone. Like a child he showed me the quality of the still camera and video camera, the flick action used to enable the camera and so on. I must admit I was impressed, and as my 2002 Nokia 3330 is beginning to be a bit embarassing I am in the market for a new phone.
My requirements are
3G
The browser is useful for using google on the move
A decent quality still camera
Speakerphone
A fast menu system
am I the only person in the world that cares about the speed of a phones response, I mean if I was to get to Zachary in the phone book I should be able to press down, Z and be there a split second after I hit Z, but unforturtunately so many phones have awafully slow user interfaces where there is a pointless 1 second lag)
Nokia or Motorola
I like their menu systems
After playing with my collegagues phone for 10 minutes I was sure it was the phone for me. The price point was even acceptable. I took out my notepad and wrote down “Get Nokia…” ah whats the model number… I looked at the front, and the back but there was no hint. I flicked through the menus and there was no information. All I could get was the IMEI. Eventually I took out the battery and found the details in tiny print next to a barcode.
Nokia already make it hard enough to decide which phone is best with the endless model range, that seems to have no logical categories, but when I eventually found my favourite phone, and even held it in my hands it shouldn’t require that much effort to find out the model.
Car marques always display the model for all to see, some even tell what engine and fuel is used, for example BMW 530 (3.0 litre diesel).
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