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Originally Posted by vb-san I recently switched over to a Windows Phone 7 (HTC HD7), and quite happy with the UI and features. Infact I moved from Android to WP7.
Regarding iPhone, I never felt that lack of memory card is a limitation, and the camera in iPhone 4 is quite awesome. |
Oh, so maybe the iPhone camera is improved over the generations. Still, iPhone is kinda expensive for me. As for WP7, will have to wait and see.
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Originally Posted by vb-san I here that Androids from Samsung and HTC are pretty good, but don’t have any personal experience with those.
Now what to avoid – I can answer this. Stay away from Motorola Milestone XT / Droid. |
Thanks , vb-san. I'm not too sure about reviews, because the phone I have largely researched is the N8, and I found both kinds - the very happy ones and the very frustrated ones, some who switched from Android/iPhone , and some who switched to ! Confusing !
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Originally Posted by rohan_iitr Symbian is towards its end of life.
Check out the latest Android phones from Sony Ericsson - Arc and Neo. They are awesome.
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I'm not particularly concered about the EOLed OS, as long as it serves me well for next 3-5 years. I am financially better off now than 5 years ago, but I wouldn't like a product failing on me and forcing an upgrade where I didn't plan it. I will look out for the Neo and Arc, spend some time few days ago looking up Android OS.
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Originally Posted by silversteed 6630 is one awesome phone. Do not give it away, even if you change to a new phone, you can keep it as a backup. The recent phones do not have the sturdy built of those oldies. |
Thanks! I fully intend to keep it as backup, till it dies out.
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Originally Posted by silversteed You get everything in Android except the features in bold. Battery life as such is poor, compared to non-Android phones, especially Nokia phones. You will have to tweak the phone in ways that will void the warranty on it. Be it an Android phone or N8, you can always go for a third party browser instead of the default one if you are not satisfied. I do feel that the default browser loaded in N8 and other S60 devices lacks many features provided by others. Ovi apps is nowhere near to the myriad choices available in the Android market.
If you are looking for good battery life (as in 2+ days of backup for moderate-heavy usage), Android can be given a miss. |
Don't the Androids have 1200-1500mAh batteries vs the Nokia's 1050mAh? Is it the screen that's eating up battery juice or the OS itself ? I read reviews of the N8, where the criticism of 680MHz processor was countered by the efficiency of Symbian managing fine on low hardware resources.
Moreover, I looked up Android for some questions, and some are relieving , and some are scary . Like one doesn't strictly need a Google ID to use an Android phone, but it does limit some usage, like the Market and some Google services. What got me worried about security, if you have to 'buy' some app on the Androind market ( or Ovi , for a Nokia) , wouldn't that mean putting credit card or netbanking information on the phone ? What if the phone is stolen , or hacked ? Just recently there was news about Androids being hacked. I supposed WP7 might open another can of worms ?
I reckon I could buy apps over the PC and then transfer them to the phone via USB/cable ?
Loads more of research to do. Now if I strictly avoid internet use and use the phone more as phone cum multimedia device( music, movies , games ), would the N8 make more sense ? I know, that's not what smartphones are for, but if cellphone security is an issue, I can limit online interaction to PC even if inconvenient.