Today’s Poll: Amazon vs. Motorola vs. Nokia

Three big companies had three big press conferences this week: Amazon, Motorola, and Nokia. Which press conference excited you the most? Kindly vote in today’s poll and discuss!

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As for me, I’m going with Amazon. Motorola showed off some nice upgrades to its RAZR line of Android phones. I love the design and materials of the RAZR, but my next phone will not have a pentile screen and I don’t like Moto’s Android skin. Nokia showed off beautiful hardware, which wasn’t a surprise because the company always shows off beautiful hardware. Unfortunately, it didn’t have hard dates on availability. Besides, Windows Phone isn’t really for me.

That leaves Amazon. While I’m personally not interested in a Kindle Fire HD, I’m fascinated to see what it will do for the U.S. tablet market. I expect the low prices of the Kindle Fire HD — both hardware and LTE access — to continue the tablet craze. As for the Kindle Paperwhite…I want one now!!!

Now it’s your turn. Please vote in the poll and expand on your answer in the comments section.

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22 thoughts on “Today’s Poll: Amazon vs. Motorola vs. Nokia”

  1. Amazon by far. They not only showed new products but were able to deliver prices, prices on support items, and release dates. This is quite often overlooked by a lot of people. One of the reasons Apple sells so much is great supply chain management like Amazon.

    Nokia came 2nd. I think their devices look great but I would guess their unannounced release indicates a European release this fall with a late Q1 release for the US so carriers can enhance the software experience.

    Motorola really flubbed in my opinion. How can you showcase your next RAZR without JellyBean? That was pretty laughable despite the seemingly nice hardware. Except pentile.

    1. The latest rumor is that AT&T is getting the Nokia phones in November. The company really needs to do better with the American carriers.

  3. I went with Motorola simply because it will pertain to me the most. I love my kindle fire, but I will stick with the one I have for a while before I get a new model. Glad to see the new models look nice, but also not a surprise.

    Motorola seems to be making a nice push for really moving Android forward now that they are being run by Google, so that only has positive upside for me. It is especially good since I love using my razr maxx now, and would like the OS to stay current. With their announcement that the majority of motorola phones that debuted in 2011 (razr/razr maxx being the highest selling of that year I do believe) it is likely I will get that update. Since Motorola provided the best news for me they have to have the win here.

      2. There’s no doubt that it will get Jelly Bean, it’s just kind of ridiculous that it hasn’t happened already considering that Motorola Mobility is part of Google now. On a side note, I’m really annoyed at Verizon for the Galaxy Nexus delays. Even Sprint’s CDMA Nexus has been updated. After using Jelly Bean on my Nexus 7 and GSM Nexus, I want it now!!!

      3. It would be nice if it was here already, but the last update did only just come out a month or two ago for the razr. I think that Motorola Mobility being part of Google now is a big reason why they are offering the $100 upgrade credit in lieu of the update. I don’t see any reasons for the delays, but then again I’m not complaining with the version of Android I have now.

        The only thing I would like to do but can’t is use Google Wallet, and I don’t even know what would steps would need to be taken to get an NFC chip (if it’s even possible for my phone). Even then that would purely be a novelty for me at this point. Perhaps I would feel differently about the update delays if I felt there was something I absolutely had to have about the newest update that I cannot do/use now.

      4. The biggest difference is Butter. Everything feels faster and looks smoother. Once you’ve used Jelly Bean, anything else feels more sluggish. Google Now is pretty good. The notifications system is even better. It’s hard to go back.

      5. I’m sure that it is. Especially in your position since you have multiple devices I can understand the frustration of wanting them all to be same OS version. I get it though, because I think it would be weird to have to use Gingerbread again. It wouldn’t be hard to do, just weird.

      6. I will agree somewhat that the updates aren’t as necessary as some people make them seem but whenever an update is delayed due to an OEM skin that “enhances” the experience it just sounds nuts.

        NFC is pretty neat. I use it with my Galaxy Nexus. Google actually gave me $10 just by activating Wallet! You cannot just add an NFC chip to your device and in the US our awesome carriers do not want us doing mobile payments unless they can get a cut of it. That is another discussion for another day though.

        I wish the Chinese would just build a network here and pull a Walmart on the incumbents.

      7. That’s a good point, the OEM skin shouldn’t be a reason to delay an update. I do really like the Motorola skin though.

        NFC seems like it would be cool, but isn’t it only on Nexus phones right now? They are nice, but I’m very happy with my razr maxx and don’t feel the need (or have the cash) to switch. It would work nicely if the next round of razr phones have NFC chips.

        It’s also not surprising that the carriers would want a cut of the transactions. But honestly can you blame them? On one hand I despise limitations on technology and the way it can be used because everyone wants a piece of the pie; but on the other, that’s sort of the whole point of being in business- to make money in whatever way benefits the company in the short and long term. Ex) texting takes such a miniscule amount of data to actually send and receive, but costs an outrageous amount of money. If I were in the position to make money off of the cost of texting plans, would I really let them sell for next to nothing?

      9. I feel like the only phones I know of with NFC are Nexus devices. What other devices have NFC? Anything else worthwhile on Verizon?

      11. Why should the carrier get a cut? Transactions already occur over their network presently. Using an NFC field doesnt encumber the network any more than current usage.

      12. If I owned the network, then I would want a cut of the profit that was being made on that network. It’s similar, in my mind, to how eBay gets a portion of the sales on their site. I’m not saying I agree with carriers getting a cut of the profit, but I am saying I understand how/why they would want that and see it as something they should get.

      13. I don’t see how it’s similar to eBay at all. eBay is providing a service to the seller and the buyer. It’s eBay’s web site, bandwidth, etc. Verizon’s network has nothing to do with NFC transactions.

      14. Amazon sure as hell doesn’t give Comcast a dime when I buy anything. Why should ATT get 2.5% of my purchase when I already use American Express? That doesn’t make sense. Why should they get a cut? The CURRENT method of paying with a card and the credit machine using landline or even wireless infrastructure is already occurring so why should it change if I use NFC?

      15. Again, I’m not advocating that they should. But if Comcast thought they could get a dime off of Amazon transactions that took place over their infrastructure, don’t you think they would try to get it?? That’s all I’m saying. If the company thinks they can make a profit off of something, then they will try to do so while minimizing anyone else’s profits.

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