I got the original Focus on Ebay as a hold over phone until the new iphone 4S came out. I installed the mango dev update and ended up loving windows phone. I kept the focus and just got the focus s. The original focus after mango was extremely snappy, the perfect size too for me.
The new Focus S, is very thin, and not comfortable to hold in my hand, I'm hoping that a case (when one comes out) will make it feel better in my hand. The UI, seems to lag compared to the original focus when scrolling, and its not due to anything that I am doing. The start screen used to fling up and down so smoothly, and now its much slower, it's possible that it has to do with screen sensitivity and not processer. I also feel that the brightness changes for no apparent reason, and its annoying. The front facing camera, as of now has no Tango, which is annoying, I think it should come out today though. Downloading is quicker due to the 4G.
The charging port is now on the bottom, which makes it easier to hold the phone while its charging, and will hopefully will allow for a dock too.
The screen, doesn't seem much of an improvement to me, I wouldn't notice any improvement.
I was charging my Focus constantly, afraid to remove from charger in fear it would die. The Focus S, seems to last longer so far.
The buttons on the phone feel much cheaper and easier to hit them by accident since they petrude more from the sides.
Typing, I guess is easier since the keyboard is larger, but also harder to do with one hand. So far i noticed an issue with the keypress sounds not working on every keypress. makes me feel like I am not pressing the keys, but I am.
So far am I am disappointed in the lag, disappointed that it took me hrs to set transfer everything, from my original focus, (no transfer) had to do everything 1 x1. very tedious process. i can't find any case, (I'm looking for a a hard case and holster specifically), but even silicone cases are not easy to find.
Not the best review here, but overall, my opinion is that it's actually not much of an upgrade at all. Mango worked great on the original Focus, and I feel like maybe I should have just waited till nokia came out with something of higher quality and better spec'd.
The new Focus S, is very thin, and not comfortable to hold in my hand, I'm hoping that a case (when one comes out) will make it feel better in my hand. The UI, seems to lag compared to the original focus when scrolling, and its not due to anything that I am doing. The start screen used to fling up and down so smoothly, and now its much slower, it's possible that it has to do with screen sensitivity and not processer. I also feel that the brightness changes for no apparent reason, and its annoying. The front facing camera, as of now has no Tango, which is annoying, I think it should come out today though. Downloading is quicker due to the 4G.
The charging port is now on the bottom, which makes it easier to hold the phone while its charging, and will hopefully will allow for a dock too.
The screen, doesn't seem much of an improvement to me, I wouldn't notice any improvement.
I was charging my Focus constantly, afraid to remove from charger in fear it would die. The Focus S, seems to last longer so far.
The buttons on the phone feel much cheaper and easier to hit them by accident since they petrude more from the sides.
Typing, I guess is easier since the keyboard is larger, but also harder to do with one hand. So far i noticed an issue with the keypress sounds not working on every keypress. makes me feel like I am not pressing the keys, but I am.
So far am I am disappointed in the lag, disappointed that it took me hrs to set transfer everything, from my original focus, (no transfer) had to do everything 1 x1. very tedious process. i can't find any case, (I'm looking for a a hard case and holster specifically), but even silicone cases are not easy to find.
Not the best review here, but overall, my opinion is that it's actually not much of an upgrade at all. Mango worked great on the original Focus, and I feel like maybe I should have just waited till nokia came out with something of higher quality and better spec'd.