From the Forums: Nokia's apparent desire to sue HTC, and potential iPhone refugees

From the Forums

It'southward fourth dimension for some other From the Froums where nosotros bring yous the latest and greatest discussions from the Windows Telephone Key customs forums. At that place take been a number of new threads created over the past couple of days, but which ones have peaked the interest of our readers and accumulated a number of replies?

Nosotros'll first tackle the rumour that's currently going effectually, which involves both Nokia and HTC. According to some news sources, the former is looking to sue the latter for copying the look and design of the Lumia 820. A thread on our forums has been created for word and contend to take place. Some interesting comments have been published.

Mitlov had the post-obit to add to the thread:

"If Nokia does sue over brightly-colored polycarbonate, I won't purchase a Nokia phone. I exercise think the HTC 8X is a fiddling derivative, just not the sort of derivative that should be sued over. This is just like Infiniti and other car makers adopting a BMW-esque Hofmeister kink. Derivative just not lawsuit-worthy."

We've non covered the rumour, simply we're extremely skeptical near the possibility of Nokia suing HTC over designs of its latest Windows Telephone hardware. While there'southward of form a possibility, we incertitude Microsoft would indeed allow such activeness to accept place within the platform ecosystem.

The question is: do you believe HTC has copied Nokia in terms of design? Be sure to head on over to the "Nokia planning to sue to stop release of HTC devices" thread to add your opinion.

iPhone bug are Windows Phone'southward gain?

Scratched iPhone 5

Forum user baseballbertcreated a thread in our forums to discuss the amount of bug the iPhone 5 is experiencing.

"If I paid $250-450 for a phone, I would be pretty angry if it came chipped out if the box, couldn't connect to wifi or lost a signal if information technology saturday on my leg. And yet, people aren't all that aroused it seems. At any rate, it will be interesting to run across how this affects WP8 adoption."

We've been following the iPhone news closely to run across how many problems are present and it's non looking too good. Twitter is all the same again full of tweets, using the newly created hashtag #scratchgate. It'due south definitely an issue that we endeavor to avoid with Windows Phones (or whatever other smartphone for that matter).

Gadgets are flimsy devices at best and information technology depends on how careful and protective the owner is. That beingness said, it's good to know Lumia Windows Phones are built like tanks and the Lumia 920 is heavy enough to reach the other side of the world should it be dropped.

Have you bought an iPhone v, what are your thoughts on the bug people are reporting? Have you experienced said problems on a Windows Phone? Exist sure to appoint with others in the "It will be interesting to come across of all of the iPhone 5 issues lead to people switching" thread. It will be interesting to see if this brings some custom Microsoft's fashion. We need all the marketshare we tin go correct now, and at least the iCrowd is dedicated.