Now THIS is an iPhone killer

[hAnDyGUY]

I'm also a big fan of SE and never owned another brand since SE was founded.

As all have said, this shouldn't be compared to iPhone in anyway, in fact, this phone introduce the next generation of touch-based operating system that inspired Apple to make their iphone.

UIQ technology provided one of the best touch screen phones for many years. Many might remember the P800 (announced in 2000) and all its successors (P900, P910, P990,.. ect). Unfortunately, SE "killed" that OS with their bad management/marketing.

So, I'd say.. iPhone was the SE UIQ phones killer

The W902 runs what they call the SE OS, a variant of Symbian series 60.

Another correction:
It is as you said SYMBIAN OS, but not Symbian series 60 because this S60 is owned by Nokia, so no way SE will have it in their phones.

They used to have Symbian UIQ3 on several phones (P990, P1, M600, W950 & W960) because they used to own shares (with Motorolla) of that.
Now that UIQ technology has gone bankrupt (Software firm UIQ files for bankruptcy | Deals | Regulatory News | Reuters), they stopped making phones running this OS (G700 & G900 were the last to see the light).

Now the new "Idou" phone runs on the "Symbian Foundation" after it became an open platform: (Mobile leaders to unify the Symbian software platform and set the future of mobile free - Symbian Foundation)

[Mushroom]

I agree with you that the pictures of a 5MP phone are great, especially those on Sony Ericsson.
But the question is hoe much better are (if they are) than a 3MP.
And how much would a 12MP be?
If I shrink them, then I took away the only benefit they offer.

iPhone's camera is actually pretty nice for what it is. It has a tiny 2MP sensor and a NON-FOCUSING lense. If the sensor was able to capture MORE megapixels, the pictures would actually look worse than they do now. It can take decently sharp images within its range although the fixed lens cannot focus, it actually is a F/2.8, which is very respectable for its size.

You gotta remember that the number of MPs actually does not matter. Higher number of pixels does not mean better pictures. If you were to jam 5MPs on the sensor that sits inside the iPhone, the pictures would turn out crappy, because the size of those sensors would dramatically decrease while their number were increased by 250% on the same size sensor. That, along with the F/2.8 tiny lens would result in horrible underexposed pictures. Oh yeah, don't forget that the camera does not have a flash. All bad here. So if Apple were to try to shove a bigger sensor into the iPhone, its size WOULD have to increase and that would mean less room for other components and possibly a fatter case.

[macengineer]

Being an Android user (HTC G1) and having played with the iPhone, I think the Android platform is the way forward.
The G1 phone itself is not so hot (unless you're charging it from USB or using the Wifi.....would be a nice to have in colder climes tho )
I think this SE bit of kit is going to clean the iPhones clock.
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