Nokia Claims a Memory Card Slot Would Have "Defiled" New Phone 371
nk497 writes "Nokia unveiled its flagship Lumia 920 Windows Phone 8 handset today, but it doesn't feature an SD card slot. There's a reason why: Nokia's designers didn't want to 'defile' the design. 'We started with the premise that we wanted an uncompromised physical form,' executive vice president Kevin Shields, said. 'To put an SD card slot in it would have defiled it.' He said most people don't use the storage in their phone, although the Nokia Lumia 820, which has only 8GB of storage, does include a micro-SD card slot behind its removable cover, which Shields claims doesn't compromise the design."
Call the lawyers (Score:5, Funny)
Surely Apple has a patent on undefiled designs?
Good idea Nokia (Score:5, Funny)
No defiling (Score:5, Funny)
I can't wait until their next phone that will have no speaker or microphone since that would compromise the physical form and most people don't talk on a Smartphone anyway.
Re:Call the lawyers (Score:5, Funny)
They certainly have a patent on not including standard features.
What's the problem? (Score:5, Funny)
Couldn't consumers just take their defiled phones to a priest and get them blessed?
Oh, I got it! (Score:5, Funny)
:-)
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Re:Good idea Nokia (Score:5, Funny)
I mean, no one uses storage, right?
Since most, if not all people won't buy this phone, it logically follows that they won't be using storage in it either. Cutting down on the memory chips for the phone that nobody is going to buy saves manufacturing costs, so it's actually a clever business decision.
Wrong Order (Score:5, Funny)
'We started with the premise that we wanted an uncompromised physical form,' executive vice president Kevin Shields, said. 'To put an SD card slot in it would have defiled it.'
Hmm, Kevin: If you're trying to channel Apple, you have the order wrong. First you build a strong following among artistic folks by consistently bringing pretty technology to market. Then you talk like an effete douchebag. If you get the order backwards it sounds pretentious.
Nokia: Too Late! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:New meaning for "defile" (Score:5, Funny)
In fact. I also carry a voice recorder, a notepad (and a pen), a radio receiver, a pager (in case somebody decides to send me some text), a camera, a phone-number list, a calendar, and a video recorder. Why would I not want to? Each one does its work quite well.
The only problem is that I've run out of supply for my instantaneous camera, and had to stop using it.
Re:New meaning for "defile" (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Call the lawyers (Score:5, Funny)
my friend [...] she or he
It must be a very close friend if you haven't yet discovered its gender. You are truly a master of implausible lies.
Re:Good idea Nokia (Score:5, Funny)
I think the bastards are just copying the iPhone which also has no SD card slot. Apple should sue them.
Great business model: sue people for not doing things you're not doing.
Re:Call the lawyers (Score:5, Funny)
and I'm a fat bastard, so my trouser pockets are oversized anyway. I can fit my phone *and* a chocolate bar in my trouser pocket.
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