Can't imagine why anyone would want the Titan II. WVGA resolution on a 4.7 inch screen? I'll pass. My Hero S has a qHD 4" display and I'd rather have higher resolution than that, even. Microsoft really needs to update resolution capability for Windows Phone. To my knowledge WVGA is still the highest it supports.
Can't imagine why anyone would want the Titan II. WVGA resolution on a 4.7 inch screen? I'll pass. My Hero S has a qHD 4" display and I'd rather have higher resolution than that, even. Microsoft really needs to update resolution capability for Windows Phone. To my knowledge WVGA is still the highest it supports.
the reviews say that even at 4.7" WVGA resolution still looks good. 800x600 still looks acceptable on 15" CRT displays so this argument is baseless.
the reviews say that even at 4.7" WVGA resolution still looks good. 800x600 still looks acceptable on 15" CRT displays so this argument is baseless.
Well it comes down to a subjective choice between size or quality. If all you want is a huge screen, that's fine. But what you absolutely can't argue is that Windows Phone is up to date as far as specs go, considering you can get a 4.3" 720p screen now, or at least qHD.
I would like to see anything, not that I am opposed completely to the 7 Pro currently, but its a bit hard to make a decision on phone choice when that choice is limited to a single model. I am unable in good mind to give my dollars to that biz practice. But then again, the almighty evil in the world Verizon is practicing the same way with their HTC TROPHY as their only Windows Phone 7 "choice", so its nothing that can be held against USCC alone.
there is a dearth of worthy wp7 phones out there. manufacturers appear to be reluctant to make beefy models and then be stuck with them iif people don't buy. the only one who jumped in with both feet is Nokia, likely because they also went head-first...
as for the size and specs, those hardly matter in a vacuum. WP7 phones perform well, and until apps appear that challenge those specs, it doesn't really matter. i'm not sure that higher pixel density on a 4-inch screen is a deal breaker, personally, or ever will be.
I agree they should get at least one more model, for choice's sake. I have a 7 Pro and used it instead of Android for a few months, and loved certain things about it (liquid smooth UI for one), but I got tired of the horrible screen on it (old school LCD with terrible washed out colors and horrid viewing angle) and the general limitations of the OS. Developers were taking forever to take advantage of Mango's multitasking ability, there's no way to interop unlock it (developer unlock doesn't give much extra control in Mango; you need interop unlock to edit registry and whatnot), home screen is extremely simplistic compared to Android, etc. I bought a Hero S and I am loving having Android again. Sure Android is a resource hog in comparison to Windows Phone, but I can do what I want with it (rooting was easy to an extreme), and there's such a vast variety of apps in comparison. I was just tired of an OS that's more locked down than any other mobile OS and has a small developer community. But I do think that Windows Phone has pretty good potential due to it's unique UI, and I hate to see carriers like USCC abandon it.
From my understanding, Windows Phone 7 apps have to go thru a quality control phase where the Android ones do not, and frankly, how many versions of the same app exist on the android marketplace and of those, how many are actually used or are total craptastical messes?
My wife has a lower end Android device from USCC and i have toyed with the marketplace and tried a few apps and such. Just seems like anyone can put a poor quality app out there and there are tons of apps that do the same damn thing. I would prefer 3 really good choices over 35 junkers and 1 good one.
HowardForums users are generally the elite, the 1% of users and as such, Rooting or Unlocking devices is something i don't see as a huge factor in the marketability of the devices themselves. I think Microsoft went the way of Apple in a sense in that they removed a lot of choice from the users and gave the device a set list of features and abilities in order to improve stability and make sure what was in there, worked flawlessly. Now whether or not that was the right approach or not, remains to be seen, but how many years has Apple flourished with that same method of thinking?
I know my wife is still confused with a lot of the features and is currently unwilling to think about adding more apps due to memory issues and not being able to move some off to the sd card. I understand this is a function of the device and apps, not the OS, but it shows the lack of standard or quality control on the android side vs the windows side. Microsoft mandates a base hardware standard as well as putting apps thru a standards test. Im sure not everything is perfect in the Windows Phone world, I'm not arrogant enough to state that at all. Im just saying there are a bit more controls for stability and quality on the Windows side and while the Android side seems to be the wild west right now.
Dont flame please, just an opinion and love these discussions.
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