I just wanted to say that I am pretty happy with the phone so far. The screen is great, the size is great, the build is great, the performance is great.
Specifically, tonight I went to look at a car with a friend in an unknown town/neighborhood. When we left, I realized I didn't know how to get back to the highway. I had music playing, but hit Maps, then the search icon, then the microphone. The phone was plugged into my aux input and my car isn't quiet but I said my address and zip hoping it would hear me. It heard me perfectly and I pressed enter to navigate. This is my first real experience with Bing maps while driving and it actually works pretty nicely, aside from the tap to hear next direction thing. I could have sworn it supported landscape mode but I can't seem to get it to work anymore. Maybe I need to restart. It also won't update the mileage to next turn unless you tap it. It also seems like maps should be better integrated with bing search, especially for automotive use (fewer taps).
Later in the drive, my wife called me. My music faded quickly but smoothly, and the ring tone came through the car audio. I pressed answer half expecting her not to be able to hear me, based on a thread I read here. Well, I heard her through my stereo and she was even able to hear me! When I hung up, the music unpaused and faded back up smoothly. Very nice. Oh, and I hear no pops at all when changing tracks. Though I guess it was in shuffle so I never initiated a track change. Not sure if that matters. I have a sub and heard absolutely no pop or thump whatsoever.
I haven't attempted to make a comprehensive "things that frustrate me" list, but here are a few:
1) I seem to have an inconsistent proximity sensor. Taking the phone away from my face, sometimes the screen comes on, sometimes not. This seems to play into the face down speakerphone mode also being inconsistent. Hopefully a simple patch.
2) I've had an issue with a game opening, then immediately acting like I pressed the back button (closing it). A reboot fixed it. I also had a similar problem going into a specific part of another app (or two), but this is fairly rare.
3) I do have the WiFi reconnection issue. It is inconsistent. Sometimes it will reconnect, other times it won't and I'll have to go into Settings, WiFi and tap my SSID. Honestly not a deal breaker, just a minor annoyance that is probably fixable.
I was hoping the signal strength would be better, but this is my first time with AT&T so I really have no means of comparison. My wife's Pantech Link II seems to get the same number of bars in my house, FWIW....
Battery life seems decent, though I'm not sure about people who claim to get over 24 hours with moderate to heavy use. Seems impossible to me. It DOES appear to have good standby time, so if I use it very infrequently during the day, I'll have like 80% at the end of the work day. I have no car charger or extra charger at work, yet.
There may be more but that's it for now...
Specifically, tonight I went to look at a car with a friend in an unknown town/neighborhood. When we left, I realized I didn't know how to get back to the highway. I had music playing, but hit Maps, then the search icon, then the microphone. The phone was plugged into my aux input and my car isn't quiet but I said my address and zip hoping it would hear me. It heard me perfectly and I pressed enter to navigate. This is my first real experience with Bing maps while driving and it actually works pretty nicely, aside from the tap to hear next direction thing. I could have sworn it supported landscape mode but I can't seem to get it to work anymore. Maybe I need to restart. It also won't update the mileage to next turn unless you tap it. It also seems like maps should be better integrated with bing search, especially for automotive use (fewer taps).
Later in the drive, my wife called me. My music faded quickly but smoothly, and the ring tone came through the car audio. I pressed answer half expecting her not to be able to hear me, based on a thread I read here. Well, I heard her through my stereo and she was even able to hear me! When I hung up, the music unpaused and faded back up smoothly. Very nice. Oh, and I hear no pops at all when changing tracks. Though I guess it was in shuffle so I never initiated a track change. Not sure if that matters. I have a sub and heard absolutely no pop or thump whatsoever.
I haven't attempted to make a comprehensive "things that frustrate me" list, but here are a few:
1) I seem to have an inconsistent proximity sensor. Taking the phone away from my face, sometimes the screen comes on, sometimes not. This seems to play into the face down speakerphone mode also being inconsistent. Hopefully a simple patch.
2) I've had an issue with a game opening, then immediately acting like I pressed the back button (closing it). A reboot fixed it. I also had a similar problem going into a specific part of another app (or two), but this is fairly rare.
3) I do have the WiFi reconnection issue. It is inconsistent. Sometimes it will reconnect, other times it won't and I'll have to go into Settings, WiFi and tap my SSID. Honestly not a deal breaker, just a minor annoyance that is probably fixable.
I was hoping the signal strength would be better, but this is my first time with AT&T so I really have no means of comparison. My wife's Pantech Link II seems to get the same number of bars in my house, FWIW....
Battery life seems decent, though I'm not sure about people who claim to get over 24 hours with moderate to heavy use. Seems impossible to me. It DOES appear to have good standby time, so if I use it very infrequently during the day, I'll have like 80% at the end of the work day. I have no car charger or extra charger at work, yet.
There may be more but that's it for now...
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