Windows Phone OS can now run on phones which don’t have a camera. This move purportedly will help Windows run on the so-called low-end phones. Nice move right? Wrong.
It doesn’t have a camera and you call that a smartphone?
No WHAT?
In today’s world the hardware prices are dropping like a a pack of cards and there is no such thing called as low-end. We have a new breed of phones called smarter phones, which is nothing but a low-cost phone which can access Internet, has Facebook and yes a camera too.
I cannot imagine a world where there will not be a phone without a camera and especially a smartphone. Everyone wants a camera on the phone, albeit a VGA camera. The cheapest phone I could find with a camera costs Rs. 1500 or $30.
Are you saying that Microsoft wants to run on phones which cost less than $30? Not really and that’s where the irony is.
The irony
Here’s the irony with the Microsoft’s new loosened hardware requirements. WP7 needs these following things as a minimum requirement
- 4 inch capacitive touch screen
- A minimum of 256 MB RAM
- WiFi connectivity
- 8 GB memory
Did you see the 4-inch capacitive touch screen? Yeah that’s where the cost goes. Not to a camera. Of course, adding a camera compounds the cost but who wants a 4-inch touch screen smartphone without a camera? I sure don’t.
Here’s a challenge I would like to throw at Microsoft. If you really want to run on low-end phones, try running the OS and the apps with just 128 MB RAM.
PS : Now enabling the OS to run on camera less devices is a good option. More than an option, it is a bug. See in the software world we iterate forward and not backward. If you are working backward, it either is an afterthought or a bug. Either way, it really doesn’t matter.
Via WP Central
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7 Comments
Guest
This is actually a good move by MS . Since in many companies camera phones are not allowed. These days its hard enough to find a basic phone without camera leave alone a smart one. i wud definitely get myself a Windows phone if and when its launched without a camera. So a bit of introspection is reqd here on MS decision.
Guest
Many of the corporates doesnt allow camera phone due to securityreason…
If we are getting a smart phone without a camera that will be great. Coz it will help many people to buy such phone as there is no smart phone available without camera .
Anonymous
no offense, but your view is wrong… making it an option opens windows phone for users in secure environments, something that (right now) only blackberry provides…
think of government offices, or court rooms, etc, places where cameras are flat not allowed… just maybe someone would still like to use their phones in these places?
Guest
And for people who work in secure sites where cameras (including camera phones) are not permitted, what do you suggest? How "Smart" a phone is has absolutely nothing to do with wiether a camera is or is not included.
Sriram Vadlamani
You got me there. yes it’s a pain and yes camera-less phones are needed. I don’t think the smartphone makers would make them though. It’s still a very niche market.
ben
did you ever think to consider the people who want smart phones but can not have a camera because of where they work? i think it is a good idea.