Ha, I'm gIad you chimed in cuz I also felt a few were actually saying WP7.x was better. It looks like I started a lively thread, which really wasn't my goal. I guess I am one of the few (relatively speaking) with simple needs. I was happy as a clam with my L900 even though the L925 was out and WP8 kept cranking out new, cool apps for it. Thing is, after a lot of (mobile phone) soul searching I realized I really only used a handful of apps. And their all avail for WP7. I use FB, which I prefer the people Hub for, SMS, Nokia Music+, a newsreader or two, Twitter. I don't play games on my phone. Another big deal for me is the camera (which, after the update, my 900 was fine) the screen (where 420x800 with ClearBlack is more than fine, and great build quality. So I think another WP7 device is just fine for me... And I really do love the 800.
I think there are people out there that always equate new with better. There default answers then are "of course xxx is better, it's the latest!" if that were true we would all be unlocking our front doors with retina scans and thumbprint instead of a key.