I am also currently using WP7 while I await the iPhone 5 release (HTC HD2 running NoDo). I have a very similar opinion that you do. However the one aspect that is making me want an iPhone 5 is the uniformity and compatibility Apple has between their various products. Although I am thoroughly enjoying WP7 and it's a nice change of pace, but an iPhone fits better in my life and with my MacBook Pro and iPad. They just wok very well together. But as a temporary phone, WP7 is great. I think when Mango releases I'll pick up a WP7 device and swap my sim card back and forth whenever I just want a change of pace.
Just to elaborate further on this, I have been running the Mango update for a few weeks now and I have to say the features brought with Mango are great. Windows Phone is no longer that OS with missing features. Microsoft outdid themselves by adding a handful of new features. And of course the OS is still just as fluid as ever. Since apps haven't been updated for mango yet, I can't comment on that. But in terms of regular OS use, Mango is great.
. Of course I'm not the first ne to say this. Nut people want a well stocked ecosystem, and well functioning. It doesn't matter that they will never use but a fraction of available apps, or take advantage of all the features of the syste, . It's just a comfort level knowing that it's there.
Does mango add bluetooth keyboard functionality and turn by turn navigation?
Might actually consider a windows phone if it did...
What are you talking about? You're comparing the sales of an OPERATING SYSTEM to the numbers of people who have iTunes accounts. What is the point of your comparison? That is like comparing Apples to ora...strike that...like comparing Apples to bricks.Windows 7 sold 450M which is more than double than iTunes accounts of 200M. Vista had just as many users as iTunes users. And iTunes has been around for a decade and FREE while Windows 7 has been around for like four years. I compare them because these are chains to their ecosystem. If Windows 8 is to be huge for them and Nokia makes a dramatic comeback which will likely happen since they are still the most popular cell phone brand in the world. then Apple and Google better watch their backs. Then expect the newer Xbox to be released no later than 2013 to fend off Wii U sales.
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You should've given the iPhone 4 a chance; I felt it was uncomfortable too, but you get used to it after a few weeks. Now, it feels just as good as when I owned an iPhone 3G. The glass is also very hardy; I've dropped mine a few times on hard wood floor and it looks nearly identical to how it did a year ago when i got it.The OP practically described my very same story. I owned an iPhone 3GS but sold it (out of warranty + my bad luck with electronics = NOT GOOD) to buy a lightly used iPhone 4. I sold the iPhone 4 after a week.Why? I cannot stand the form factor. The build quality is outstanding, but the sharp edges were just uncomfortable to hold (too skinny), plus I was always concerned about the glass construction. I really hope the iPhone 5 has an iPhone 1 aluminium back styling.
You should've given the iPhone 4 a chance; I felt it was uncomfortable too, but you get used to it after a few weeks. Now, it feels just as good as when I owned an iPhone 3G. The glass is also very hardy; I've dropped mine a few times on hard wood floor and it looks nearly identical to how it did a year ago when i got it.
And what kind of a removable back does the iPhone have? Doesn't most every phone on the market with a removable back use plastic? You can't compare that to an iPhone that won't even let you inside.I think the Focus has a plastic snap on back. Primo right there. Form is huge for me, and I guess that's why I am an apple fan first.
What are you talking about? You're comparing the sales of an OPERATING SYSTEM to the numbers of people who have iTunes accounts. What is the point of your comparison? That is like comparing Apples to ora...strike that...like comparing Apples to bricks.
Love having a big 4 inch screen, and will be pretty disappointed if apple does not release a new iPhone with at least a 4" display.
WP7 is not bad. But i cannot justify switching from iOS to another even more limited OS like WP7. There is no point IMO.
No multi-format player app for videos. I remember prior to last year fall it was such a pain having to convert all my videos and put them on the iPhone. Now with apps like goodplayer and AVplayer i can just copy files to their folders and play them even the 1080p ones fine. On Wp7 you still have to get them transcoded by Zune and a lot of times it comes out worse.
Another mandatory PC client needed to manage media. Yeah Zune looks somewhat more refreshing than iTunes but you still have to use it. No way around it.
Bluetooth profiles gimped.
No ability to download a file off a browser, particularly a zip/rar file (for example if i zipped a bunch of documents and uploaded them for later access, or something else like pics) and ability to unzip just like it is not possible on iOS.
The only plus i found was as a student i could easily dev. unlock the phone and load up my own apps easily unlike the apple way of paying $99 per year and still needing a mac to develop properly.
I think ill look into QNX next year.
Don't like Samsung. They just copy the crap out of apple on every single products they make. While others try to differentiate themselves, this company just copies apple so much.
Had terrible experiences with samsung in the past and not buying any of their products in the future.
And how is the premium feel of this device compared to the iPhone 4?