What launched with a bang seems to be just a whimper now.
Remember when WP7 first launched, we had quite a few devices to choose from that covered a broad spectrum of specs and price points? HTC alone came along with the HD7 and Mozart (each in 8 and 16 GB flavors) as well as the Surround, Trophy and the 7Pro/Arrive. Something for everyone. Samsung offered the Omnia7 (8/16GB) and Focus, and LG launched with two nice phones, one with a keyboard. Dell offered a unique device with it's portrait slide-out and 32 GB of memory. There was something for nearly every taste and budget.
Next product cycle...what do we have? HTC is currently only offering two new models, down from seven (if you count the memory configs as separate models). The Titan is really nice, but it's huge. The Radar looked interesting at first, but the 8 GB memory, sealed battery and 1 GHz clocking kind of turned me off to it.
I was really hoping the HTC Ignite and HTC Prime would show up...the Ignite looked to be the successor to the Mozart and the Prime would have been a 2nd-Gen 7Pro/Arrive. I would have gone for the Prime, as I'm a bit partial to a physical keyboard. But the onscreen keyboard in WP7 is great and I get along fine with my Mozart. I hope these models show up at some point.
The two new Samsung offerings are also a bit disappointing to me. The Omnia7 is built like a tank compared to the Focus S, and the Focus Flash isn't much of an improvement over the original Focus IMO (FFC notwithstanding).
Nokia enters the scene with an upper-mid-range device in the Lumia 800 and a budget 710. But nothing that really sets them apart from the HTC or Samsung offerings (at least on the hardware side of things). Here's hoping that Nokia steps up and introduces more models than the two they've got in the race now. I've heard that LG may be bringing out two new models as well.
All in all, the new wave of WP devices leaves a bit to be desired IMO. Aside from the Titan, there's really nothing equipped with all the whistles and bells...and even the Titan isn't being offered with 32 GB. Not that I'd need that much (16 is fine for me), but some folks really want a WP device with more memory.
What do you all think? Will early 2012 bring us some more new phones?
Remember when WP7 first launched, we had quite a few devices to choose from that covered a broad spectrum of specs and price points? HTC alone came along with the HD7 and Mozart (each in 8 and 16 GB flavors) as well as the Surround, Trophy and the 7Pro/Arrive. Something for everyone. Samsung offered the Omnia7 (8/16GB) and Focus, and LG launched with two nice phones, one with a keyboard. Dell offered a unique device with it's portrait slide-out and 32 GB of memory. There was something for nearly every taste and budget.
Next product cycle...what do we have? HTC is currently only offering two new models, down from seven (if you count the memory configs as separate models). The Titan is really nice, but it's huge. The Radar looked interesting at first, but the 8 GB memory, sealed battery and 1 GHz clocking kind of turned me off to it.
I was really hoping the HTC Ignite and HTC Prime would show up...the Ignite looked to be the successor to the Mozart and the Prime would have been a 2nd-Gen 7Pro/Arrive. I would have gone for the Prime, as I'm a bit partial to a physical keyboard. But the onscreen keyboard in WP7 is great and I get along fine with my Mozart. I hope these models show up at some point.
The two new Samsung offerings are also a bit disappointing to me. The Omnia7 is built like a tank compared to the Focus S, and the Focus Flash isn't much of an improvement over the original Focus IMO (FFC notwithstanding).
Nokia enters the scene with an upper-mid-range device in the Lumia 800 and a budget 710. But nothing that really sets them apart from the HTC or Samsung offerings (at least on the hardware side of things). Here's hoping that Nokia steps up and introduces more models than the two they've got in the race now. I've heard that LG may be bringing out two new models as well.
All in all, the new wave of WP devices leaves a bit to be desired IMO. Aside from the Titan, there's really nothing equipped with all the whistles and bells...and even the Titan isn't being offered with 32 GB. Not that I'd need that much (16 is fine for me), but some folks really want a WP device with more memory.
What do you all think? Will early 2012 bring us some more new phones?