700wx Owner looking to upgrade to 800wx

Kamzilla · #1 (**permalink**) 11-04-2008, 01:48 AM

I went from the 700WX as well, and have mixed feelings about the 800. First off, I'm about to be on my third one - the first was had horrible call quality, the second's rinder would work only when the sun, moon, and stars were in perfect alignment, and the third caught the blue screen of death. While I'm waiting for a third replacement to come in, I'm using my 700WX. WHile it's slower, doesn't have GPS and WiFi, and the screen quality isn't as good, I feel like the leap between the two isn't all that major. THe 800 feels like an upgrade of the 700, but not much else. For me, it lost the wow factor really quickly, and I'm already thinking about asking Sprint to switch me to the HTC Touch Pro. With the 700, I didn't feel ready to switch until way later.

Batterywise, the 700WX wins hands down. WIth push mail, texts, and calls throughout the day, my 700 lasted at least two days. The 800 has to be charged each night. Call quality sounds muffled too. The 800 feels better built, but for a phone that took so long to bring to market, it shouldn't have so many shortcomings, IMHO.

Haven't had the backlight issue, but wondering what will go wrong with phone #3....

wooster019 · #2 (**permalink**) 11-04-2008, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Kamzilla

Batterywise, the 700WX wins hands down. WIth push mail, texts, and calls throughout the day, my 700 lasted at least two days. The 800 has to be charged each night. Call quality sounds muffled too. The 800 feels better built, but for a phone that took so long to bring to market, it shouldn't have so many shortcomings, IMHO.

Did you ever try tweaking the settings on the 800w to extend battery life (like turn GPS to 911 only, turn beam off, etc.)?

Kamzilla · #3 (**permalink**) 11-04-2008, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by wooster019

Did you ever try tweaking the settings on the 800w to extend battery life (like turn GPS to 911 only, turn beam off, etc.)?

Yes, I did all of that the very first day I got the phone.

The Lance · #4 (**permalink**) 11-04-2008, 10:35 PM

battery life on the 800w was great when I had it.. I went 4 days with normal usage and it worked fine for me.. I am not seeing all these battery issues that people are talking about.. just make sure you don't have programs running in the background that drains battery.. thats the same on any windows mobile phone though

French700wx · #5 (**permalink**) 11-05-2008, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Kamzilla

I went from the 700WX as well, and have mixed feelings about the 800. First off, I'm about to be on my third one - the first was had horrible call quality, the second's rinder would work only when the sun, moon, and stars were in perfect alignment, and the third caught the blue screen of death. While I'm waiting for a third replacement to come in, I'm using my 700WX.

Oh wow, that's lousy, I hope for you that the third time is the charm. At any rate, an account of usage like that is what I've been looking for, and that doesn't seem promising to me.

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Originally Posted by The Lance

battery life on the 800w was great when I had it.. I went 4 days with normal usage and it worked fine for me.. I am not seeing all these battery issues that people are talking about.

This is weird for me to read, I've seen a couple people saying that the battery is great, while many others say it sucks.

Bah, with all the negative things floating around about the 800w, I think I may not get it. Over the past couple days I've really been looking into the HTC Mogul, and I like it a lot so far. Any thoughts on that?

By the way, I really appreciate the help I'm getting here, these forums rock.