Armeniandave
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So I have used the Samsung Focus S for about a month now, I got it through the
Microsoft challenge. I came from an iPhone 4S for reference.
So far I enjoyed most of what the Windows Phone 7.5 has to offer. I realy enjoy the email view as well as the messaging. Screen is better than the iPhone IMO and the Amoled is also nice especially with the blacks.
There are a few things that have me trying my iPhone again for a few days to decide which one I want to keep. First is the camera. I use the camera alot! The Focus S has a nice camera but I get better pictures with the iPhone. However the Focus has a much more robust software package to complement it's camera. Second is iMessage. All my friends and family have iPhones and therefor imessage. We use it alot and it's convienent. I did try whatsapp but it was just ok and pretty slow to startup. The last is the app selection. I don't need 600,000 apps so thats not what I'm complaining about. It's the simple ones like pandora and slacker radio that I'm talking about. Pandora doesn't have a native app and all 3rd party apps don't work now. Slacker didn't work all the time and would often freeze on the loading screen.
That is my experience on the windows phone platform. A fantastic start but still some work to be done. I will say that I tried Android a while back and that only lasted 3 days! So Windows phone IMO is definitely nicer. I really believe we need as much competition to drive creativity so I really hope Windows Phone succeeds.
Microsoft challenge. I came from an iPhone 4S for reference.
So far I enjoyed most of what the Windows Phone 7.5 has to offer. I realy enjoy the email view as well as the messaging. Screen is better than the iPhone IMO and the Amoled is also nice especially with the blacks.
There are a few things that have me trying my iPhone again for a few days to decide which one I want to keep. First is the camera. I use the camera alot! The Focus S has a nice camera but I get better pictures with the iPhone. However the Focus has a much more robust software package to complement it's camera. Second is iMessage. All my friends and family have iPhones and therefor imessage. We use it alot and it's convienent. I did try whatsapp but it was just ok and pretty slow to startup. The last is the app selection. I don't need 600,000 apps so thats not what I'm complaining about. It's the simple ones like pandora and slacker radio that I'm talking about. Pandora doesn't have a native app and all 3rd party apps don't work now. Slacker didn't work all the time and would often freeze on the loading screen.
That is my experience on the windows phone platform. A fantastic start but still some work to be done. I will say that I tried Android a while back and that only lasted 3 days! So Windows phone IMO is definitely nicer. I really believe we need as much competition to drive creativity so I really hope Windows Phone succeeds.