Understanding what WP7 is and the true pros/cons.

[orangekid]

Originally Posted by saibot

Well, many disagree. Myself included, having used a iphone. Perhaps it's just the crap network it's on, but HTCs definitely have much better voice call quality. Not to mention a battery I can easily swap. And when WinMo, Android, BB, Symbian, even WebOS are enjoying full flash, the trendy iphone becomes even less appealing.

You may prefer to have to pay for apps in a store, I find what I'm looking for much more quickly with google, just looking through the forums, or checking freeware sites. Doesn't mean that my option should be taken away. Have yet to see the advantage of any iphone app over any winmo or android app.

If your talking 4G, it's the EVO. Can't go iphone 2G, 3G, 3GS, then change to describe the phone generation instead of the network. Could care less about their new phone anyway since the EVO seems much more appealing than a Zune phone or the restrictive phone it's based on. Could I be wrong and WP7 phones take off? Sure. Can they improve and I'll consider getting one in the future? Hope so. But am I going to support going backwards after the freedom I've become accustomed to? NO!

I am on T-Mobile with my iPhone, and it has better call quality than my MyTouch 3G fully flashed on a really amazing eclair 2.1.

free apps eh? I have over 100 games (all free, none warez) on my iPhone, how many free games are you rocking combined on your OS's? I have free apps all over the place on my iPhone.

so you're telling me that wnmo has comparable apps/games to the iPhone? even die hard winmo cooks (one of which i used to be) know that's not even close to a reality. android is catching up app-wise (not there yet) but adroid games pretty much suck right now compared to iPhone.

The no-swap battery I hate, I wish the iPhone could do that, but it charges to full in like a half hour which is a nice mitigation.

I actually like Android more than iPhone OS, but you gotta give credit where it's due and realize that the iPhone has a lot of redeeming quality, but just like any other phone it's not perfect.

As far as customization, I am currently rocking a really nice Nexus One theme (has all android icons, sounds, skins) with the nexus one LWP with the lines and a good lockscreen, if you know the ropes you can change the UI look pretty nicely.