Sheikah Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 Not as overpriced as some Android phones. The Nexus is great value as its sold at a loss. I'll look into it as its a nice phone and maybe the best way to get into android. The Nexus 4 isn't sold at a loss, that was debunked. It's sold without a hideous profit margin. What android phone is so much more than £530? You should read up on the Nexus 4, you have got an opinion of it that it's cheap from somewhere, which I don't really think is true.
Daft Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 Could a mod please rename this thread to The Big Thread About Smartphones and Not the Vita? Shhhhh, there are people in the Vita thread. You'll scare them away.
Sheikah Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 Its not exactly cutting edge though. Where is my 1080p screen? LTE? card slot? Its a nice device still and I may just go get it due to the price and for the software. I prefer to the other android phones actually. None of the phone stuff out right now excites me that much. The vita at least is exciting to use, very powerful and polished. Gadget wise you need that x factor. How is card slot cutting edge? Surely this is over a decade old? Why do we need 1080p on a tiny screen?! This is the resolution of most current TVs over 32 inches. The nexus 4 has a 320 DPI screen...I don't see how this needs to be higher, let alone if we could tell much difference if if was higher. Can you really justify these small things for over double the cost?
Sheikah Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 Its less than double though. 1080p is handy. 443 ppi screen. Even harder to make out pixels. Check this out: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sony-Xperia-Z-screen-comparison-more-camera-samples-emerge_id38887#3- Note how the Samsung OLED has an odd pixel arrangement. Thank god the Vita doesnt do this. It's more than double. £240 x 2 = 480. You could buy 2 Nexus 4's and have £50 left over. That image is very, very misleading. All it shows is that if you zoom in far enough to a degree that the eye never could, you will eventually pick out those extra pixels. Since when would you see individual pixels as chunky blocks with your eye? Sure you'll notice a big jump from say going from the standard to a retina display on the iPhone. Going much higher than 320 ppi though?
Magnus Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 Shhhhh, there are people in the Vita thread. You'll scare them away. At least when no one's posting in this thread, you don't get your hopes dashed every time you click on it. "Hey, someone's actually discussing the Vita! Nope, more smartphone talk."
dwarf Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 Hey guys, I was thinking about buying a Vita. Just a couple of quick questions: How does the operating system compare with the latest smart phones out there? Is it good at making phone calls?
Cube Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 Is it good at making phone calls? You can make calls though the Microsoft™ Skype software.
Cube Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 Also yes i can see pixels on these phones. Havent seen 1080p but it will be nicer. Look at the ipad. What do you mean by "look at the iPad"? The pixels are easier to see than all those phones, bar the HTC One SV.
Cube Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 Higher resolution, yes, but those pictures are comparing PPI, not resolution. Plus, the Nexus 10 has an even higher resolution, if you want to compare similar devices.
Daft Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 Sony really need to make an official price drop on the Vita, it's been out almost a year and GameStop have a WiFi model + 4Gb + Need for Speed for £140. Price drop, redesign and a soft-relaunch - pretty much exactly what the PS3 went through - and it could get going.
Cube Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 They need to drop the memory card prices. With how digital-orientated the Vita is, I honestly can't recommend it to anyone with the current memory card prices.
Sheikah Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 My apps on the iphone take up more than 8gb. It has to be 16gb. there is no expansion slot either. Weird choices. But the internals are top notch otherwise. Also yes i can see pixels on these phones. Havent seen 1080p but it will be nicer. Look at the ipad. Even if you get the £279 version it's still nearly half the price of the Xperia Z. You can't say whether you can tell the difference or not in those images. That's what you're not getting. Those images are very zoomed in. So you don't know, if you were to look at say the last 2 phones in real life at a standard distance, whether the pixel difference is really noticeable. I personally don't think there will be much noticeable improvement beyond 320 PPI on a small phone.
drahkon Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 (edited) Just got an email from Amazon saying that Virtue's Last Reward has been delayed to the 9th of March. Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy? Well, Jet Set Radio is free on PS+, so it's ok. Have been playing Uncharted: Golden Abyss last week. Well...it's boring. Characters are bland, story is predictable and the game is the same as every other Uncharted game. Had enough of those. Probably won't finish it. When Drake was pointing the gun at Dante, he should've killed him. THAT would've been something refreshing. Edited January 19, 2013 by drahkon
Magnus Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 @Ashley, can we please get a thread rip of all this smartphone talk? I would make it worth your while, obviously. Just got an email from Amazon saying that Virtue's Last Reward has been delayed to the 9th of March. Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy? Import it? That's what I would have done if I'd owned a Vita when the game was released in the US (plus you'd be able to choose between Japanese and English voices). I agree that Golden Abyss is Uncharted by the numbers, but that's kind of what I liked about it. If the original Uncharted had had the writing of that game and the gameplay of this, it would have been a much better game.
Aneres11 Posted January 19, 2013 Author Posted January 19, 2013 Does anyone know if there are plans to bring the white Vita to Europe? Interested in picking one up again as prices seem pretty good right now, and I'd like to make use of my PS Plus membership. However, the white looks sexy and i'd be gutted if it got a European / UK release just as I buy a black one!
Magnus Posted January 20, 2013 Posted January 20, 2013 I just beat the Jet Set Radio tutorial. Gaming achievement of the year, right there.
Magnus Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 I had to watch a YouTube video and even then it took me an hour and a half. ~TUTORIAL~ And I had no idea what I was doing in the main game and then the game crashed a second time so I gave up for now.
Cube Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 I also watched it on YouTube. Helped a lot, but not enough.
Magnus Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 (edited) What helped for me was not touching the analog stick while grinding until after I'd already jumped, or he'd just shoot off in whichever direction he felt like. Of course, what would have helped the most would have been if there hadn't been a trophy for finishing the tutorial. :p Edit: Also, I can't seem to beat the second level. The first time, the game froze, the second time I ran out of time, and when I finally finished the level on my third attempt, the game got stuck on a black screen playing music forever, so now I have to do the whole thing over again. I'm not enjoying this at all so far! Edit again: Fourth attempt, and now the game keeps pausing over and over again. I should have played Mutant Blobs Attack! Edit: Okay, I finally beat the second level. The game is going to last forever at this pace, but at least I can stop whining for now. Edited January 21, 2013 by Magnus
Magnus Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 I've already played both that and Golden Abyss. :p Unless that was a general suggestion to anyone who might read your post, in which case, yeah, you should all totally play it.
Magnus Posted January 28, 2013 Posted January 28, 2013 Well, I certainly regret ever playing Jet Set Radio, but at least I've beaten it now. Pretty much hated every second of it, which maybe wouldn't have been so bad if it hadn't insisted on being difficult as well. I should probably stop playing games I hate. I'm loving , though! I think this would have been really popular with certain N-E members if it had been released on a Nintendo system.
dazzybee Posted January 29, 2013 Posted January 29, 2013 With Wipeout coming out on plus in feb I'm going to sell my copy of it. Do the saves work on digital copies?!
Daft Posted January 29, 2013 Posted January 29, 2013 Well, I certainly regret ever playing Jet Set Radio, but at least I've beaten it now. Pretty much hated every second of it, which maybe wouldn't have been so bad if it hadn't insisted on being difficult as well. I should probably stop playing games I hate. I'm loving , though! I think this would have been really popular with certain N-E members if it had been released on a Nintendo system. I'm so glad I'm not the only one who hated JSR. It's ass.
Daft Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 Killzone looks surprisingly good. Looks like it has more potential than KZ2/3 ever had. I'll definitely pick up Tearaway day one. KZ depends on previews/review, the general buzz about it is pretty promising though, and visually it looks stunning. The bar is pretty low for me but I'll be happy if just these two titles are good. What else is out this year?
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