How Would You Rank Windows Phone 7 With The iPhone and Android?

[deadwrong03]

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with the death of windows mobile , cdma launch of wp7 , and the iphone coming to verizon it opens alot of options for people like me who are due for an upgrade . Besides the lag and freezes i thoroughly enjoyed the freedom i had with Windows Mobile being able to download music on the go in rar files / zip files and everything and update my library on the go all without the use of a computer and being able to use my phone in mass storage mode on computers and things i know at the moment wp7 is limited in comparison and there are other platforms out there but im primarily interested in wp 7 .



But i was wondering with the promising upgrades coming and your experience with wp7 thus far how would u rank wp 7 iphone and android ? what are the pros and cons of each platform in comparison to each other ?





im 90 % confident im upgrading to wp 7 but i would like to hear more input from people who have used the other platforms

[darren.wlsn1]

not really a fair shake till cdma wp is out imo.

[orangekid]

Honestly it's not fair to compare WP7 at its current state, or even after the Mango update, with Android and iOS.

I have and use all operating systems and I really like all three.

I would not buy a WP7 phone right now over an iPhone 5 (coming soon) or an Android device, it is just too limited as far as apps and functionability go.

Don't get me wrong I love running WP7 on my phone, but in a couple of years when it is more polished I think would be the best time to get a WP7 phone, I could not, in good conscience, recommend someone spend a 2 yr upgrade and some cash on an OS that is still beta stages and will be so until a couple of years from now.

After the Mango update (NoDo doesn't really excite me) it will be really nice, more apps, multi-tasking, so maybe I could even see it for some people, but for right now and the foreseeable future I'd go Android or iPhone 5.

I actually rank them in this order.


Android 2.2+ > iOS4.3 > Windows Phone 7 > webOS > RIM > everything else.


as to your specific points,

WP7 does not and probably never will be able to be used as WP6.x and Android are, where you can mount an external drive (like a flash drive) or easily modify files or anything. It is actually more locked down that iOS is and the only reason you'd go for WP7 is because you're on Spring or Tmobile, or you want the bigger tiles and facebook integration with the cool transition animates and fluidity of WP7,

functionally speaking it lacks things that iOS and Android have out of the box such as tethering.

[El Mono]

I remember the first time I saw an Android phone - I was a bit underwhelmed. It just lacks a certain finesse/aesthetic. I loved my Diamond (still think it's a great phone). Eventually I gave in, I now have a Galaxy S with 2.2.1 on it and really like the phone.
The iPhone is very nice but I'll "never" get one...
I decided to give WP7 a try. I got the 'Galaxy Esque' Focus. And I love it. I miss certain apps such as Lexicomp and Navigon. But the OS is so polished in some of the aesthetics that it makes Android look sloppy - in my very humble opinion. Everytime I switch back to my Android to update apps I cannot wait to get back to the Focus. For me there is no comparison. Obviously the experts here are more then welcome to disagree. I am looking forward to the updates and added functionality. But it is a nice start, especially for "beta" software.
Just my opinion, that is all.
El Mono

[rrjskj]

Originally Posted by El Mono

I remember the first time I saw an Android phone - I was a bit underwhelmed. It just lacks a certain finesse/aesthetic. I loved my Diamond (still think it's a great phone). Eventually I gave in, I now have a Galaxy S with 2.2.1 on it and really like the phone.
The iPhone is very nice but I'll "never" get one...
I decided to give WP7 a try. I got the 'Galaxy Esque' Focus. And I love it. I miss certain apps such as Lexicomp and Navigon. But the OS is so polished in some of the aesthetics that it makes Android look sloppy - in my very humble opinion. Everytime I switch back to my Android to update apps I cannot wait to get back to the Focus. For me there is no comparison. Obviously the experts here are more then welcome to disagree. I am looking forward to the updates and added functionality. But it is a nice start, especially for "beta" software.
Just my opinion, that is all.
El Mono

i'm glad u like ur device .. positive input is always welcomed in my book thanks for sharing ..

[eric12341]

yea good feedback is nice too as it seems that this site among many others are all aiming for wp7 to fail

[darren.wlsn1]

eric as a ppcg member not a mod what was wrong about my post? i actually stuck up for wp7 and you still criticize me? dont forget i had a wp7 surround so i have more experience with wp7 than lots of people around here.

[eric12341]

i wasn't criticizing u i was criticizing orange for what seemed to be a contradictory post. he says WP7 isn't fair to be ranked then goes on to rank it.

[darren.wlsn1]

Originally Posted by eric12341

i wasn't criticizing u i was criticizing orange for what seemed to be a contradictory post. he says WP7 isn't fair to be ranked then goes on to rank it.

well ya quoted me with his post so....

[mindfrost82]

I have both a Surround and a Nexus One with Gingerbread. I've used a few Android phones and easily recommend them to people. I've gotten quite a few people to switch to Android, even a few iPhone users and they couldn't be happier.

With that said, when I use my Surround, I usually can't wait to go back to Android just because I'm more productive with it. WP7 still needs to grow and get more apps.

I love it as a music device (assuming you can get used to Zune Desktop) and for the XBox Live games. I like that you can already stream Netflix on it, which you can't do with Android yet. The tiles don't really both me and get their job done. As more apps come out, scrolling through them will become more tedious since it lists each app on a single line.

No WP7 phone seems to have LED notifications yet (oddly enough though, I heard that the port to the HD2 has them). The Surround has it for missed calls, but not emails/SMS, which I don't understand. For advertising that you can "get in and get out", it seems pointless to have to turn the screen on every time just to check for messages instead of just looking for a flashing LED.

Editing Office docs is nothing like it was on WM. You can't sync them through Zune and there's no mass storage. You can't edit them on the "cloud" (SkyDrive) yet either. So all you can do is email it to yourself.

Facebook integration is pretty nice for regular status updates, but you still need the app if you want to read/reply to messages.

Other things I miss are offline TTS navigation (like Navigon/TomTom/iGo/etc). Bing Maps looks nice but is hardly functional as a navigation device like Google Maps is.

My Surround also doesn't have a 2G/3G toggle, which can come in handy on At&t/T-Mobile. There's also no "WiFi always-on" like there is on Android. The only time it comes on is when the screen is on, so you can use more wireless data than you can on Android.

Also some of the good Android games aren't available yet, like Andry Birds. Word With Friends also just came out for Android and you can even play iPhone users...it would be nice if they released it for WP7 too and you could play all 3 platforms. They Have AlphaJax and some other one, but you can only play it with other WP7 users.

Like someone else said, no WiFi tether yet either.

With all that though, I think MS has a great start if they play their cards right. Would I recommend it to someone? It depends on that person's needs and what they're coming from.