Should i come back...?

Guitarfreak26

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• Nov 29, 2011

• #1

Hey guys..

For my job im working with a lot of different phones and operating systems.. Im confident with android, i know ios and im ok with Blackberry. Ive been considering picking up a lumia this week for around £400 but then i thought, what if i come back to the hd2?

I wanna be able to use mango for a while and simply learn everything about it that i can, maybe the hd2 would be the perfect device because it supports so many different things?

What does everyone think?

 

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will9895

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• Nov 29, 2011

• #2

If the price is ok with you then go for it!

 

Mister B

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• Nov 29, 2011

• #3

Would not be a bad choice if you can get your hands on a good one for sensible money.
If you want a true WP7 experience you are probably better off buying a WP7 handset but that all comes down to your budget & what HD2 bargains are about to tempt you away from spending bigger money.

 

Guitarfreak26

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• Nov 29, 2011

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What would i be lacking from the wm7 experience on the hd2? I was just thinking with its expandable memory, amount of hackability etc. It might keep me interested for longer.

 

Mister B

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• Nov 29, 2011

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Not much missing, just a few bugs in the porting/drivers, read up on some WP7 ROMs you would be interested in using to get a full idea.

 

Guitarfreak26

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• Nov 29, 2011

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Would you believe today a customer at work said she had an hd2 gathering dust because she hates winmo 6.5. She said she will bring it me tomorrow

Would be an amazing coincidence if she does

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

 

Robbie P

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• Nov 29, 2011

• #7

Guitarfreak26 said:

Would you believe today a customer at work said she had an hd2 gathering dust because she hates winmo 6.5. She said she will bring it me tomorrow

Would be an amazing coincidence if she does

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

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So what will you do? Install WP7.5 on it for her? Go on

 

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meingutter

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• Nov 30, 2011

• #8

Just buy a hd2

sent from my HD2 using XDA App

 

Guitarfreak26

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• Nov 30, 2011

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If she comes in i will give her £40 but she said she doesnt want anything. Just hope she comes in now!

I could then go spending on batteries and cases etc! Will just have to wait and see

 

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sab3r

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• Nov 30, 2011

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Good luck Hd2 is really cool phone after 2 years its still awsome and of course thats because of great devs :]

 

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usb7

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• Nov 30, 2011

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Guitarfreak26 said:

If she comes in i will give her £40 but she said she doesnt want anything. Just hope she comes in now!

I could then go spending on batteries and cases etc! Will just have to wait and see

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Lucky guy haha

 

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dazza9075

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• Nov 30, 2011

• #12

Couple of things to remember,

the HD2 has some issues, first and formost is the SD card issue, it might take a bit of trial and error to find one that works, this alone turns people away from WP7 on the HD2, BUT thats a HD2 problem, not a WP issue

The second biggest issue is the battery, followed by the multi-touch, an finally the camera.

These are all driver related, doubtful anything can be done about it, but none of those are deal breakers an all can be overcome with a bit of learning, all except multi touch games that is! Sooo in my opinion you need to think, do you want to try something new that may requirer a fair amount of work, or do you want to try WP7, if its the latter then buy a native device, the HD2 with WP7 is more than capable as an everyday device but you might need to put a bit of effort in to get it there.