Mango vs iPhone 4S

[JVH3]

I like Windows UI logics better than iOS. iPhone is very apps-centric, where in order to get the jobs done, you will need all the apps and all the icons in the home screen. Very cluttered and boring by time. Mango based themselves on information, where in people hub you will get covered in terms of social need (facebook, twitter, chat). Too bad Windows made their apps development so closed compared to Android market.

I have already listed the integration as an advantage of Windows Phone.
And I have listed the apps as an advantage for the iPhone.

With my iPhone, I have just tried about 6 to 8 fitness apps to track weight lifting workouts. Even bought a couple that were junk, because there were not trial versions of some. The one I found best for the iPhone is Fitness Builder. It's not available for Windows Phone.

I don't know if there is a good app to do this for Windows Phone, but it is nice that you can try any Windows Phone app before buying (thinking this was true through the site, correct me if I am wrong). What is nice about the iPhone is that there are more app to accomplish various tasks. If only all had trial versions.

But, I think iPhone users just don't care if they throw a little money away in search of the app that they really want. It didn't bug me too much.

Heck, I even buy songs through iTunes from Shazaam links, even though it is more expensive, because it is more convenient,

 

[anseio]

Another advantage, now that Sky Drive has been updated and has a desktop client is the ease of synchronization between files on the phone and computer. This has been a complaint of people for a long time, that's no longer an issue.

Now, I can type up a recipe that I find online into a word doc, save it to my recipes folder (now conveniently located in my SkyDrive synced folder), and it's available to my phone in mere moments. I also have an account with a chocolate store where they pay me for my services in half cash and half chocolate (other stuff, too). They let me track everything myself and it's been done on paper for years. Just yesterday, I transferred the last few months into an excel spreadsheet that would keep a running balance for me (now pinned to my start screen). I've also moved my individual files for each business member (client notes), into tabs in that same file. Now, ALL of it is available to me and constantly synced.

To me... the new and improved SkyDrive is a massive advantage.

p.s. - I did read through the posts and couldn't find that you added it yet.

 

[Hemlocke]

Another advantage, now that Sky Drive has been updated and has a desktop client is the ease of synchronization between files on the phone and computer. This has been a complaint of people for a long time, that's no longer an issue.

Now, I can type up a recipe that I find online into a word doc, save it to my recipes folder (now conveniently located in my SkyDrive synced folder), and it's available to my phone in mere moments. I also have an account with a chocolate store where they pay me for my services in half cash and half chocolate (other stuff, too). They let me track everything myself and it's been done on paper for years. Just yesterday, I transferred the last few months into an excel spreadsheet that would keep a running balance for me (now pinned to my start screen). I've also moved my individual files for each business member (client notes), into tabs in that same file. Now, ALL of it is available to me and constantly synced.

To me... the new and improved SkyDrive is a massive advantage.

p.s. - I did read through the posts and couldn't find that you added it yet.

iCloud, Evernote, Dropbox, and the list goes on will also do this on iPhone, so not really an advantage.

 

[anseio]

iCloud, Evernote, Dropbox, and the list goes on will also do this on iPhone, so not really an advantage.

Oh, duh. Forgot about iCloud. Has that thing been improved yet where one can actually manage the cloud from the cloud?

I guess this just drops the advantage back down to the Office integration and the lack of requiring pricey apps to open/edit the docs and spreadsheets.

Hmmm... what about native scanning of QR codes w/o requiring an app to do so? Someone took advantage of that feature and actually wrote a little script that works as a favorite and generates a QR code from whatever site you're on. Can scan it with the phone and see the page rather than typing URL or emailing link. This is an Android example I'm about to give, but I was waiting for the bus the other day when a legally blind woman asked me to help her install an app on her new Droid that would allow her to have full integration of voice into SMS. She didn't know what she was doing and I ended up searching online for something better than what's app. Found a solution, but couldn't find it in Play. So, made a QR code from within IE on my Lumia, but had to download a QR app for her phone first. The native ability on WP7 is just a nice touch... convenient.

 

[duculetu]

Great feedback, just what i needed

 

[wardoc22]

In the title, it looks like you are comparing an OS to a device,

a more appropriate name would be "MANGO vs IOS"

But yes, everything you say here is true.

But it all boil down to opinions. I jumped on the windows phone 7 bandwagon for many reasons:

-because I got really sick of IOS ui.
- Already too many people using the iphone which gets annoying. And probably 3 of 10 of them(at my high school at least), their screen is cracked.
-The iphone 4/s design just feels really weird in my hands. Yea I know the glass is completely flat, but when you hold it in your hands, the edges seems to be raised upwards a little which is very uncomfortable to me.
- Battery meter in IOS is completely ****ed up. Being an ipod touch 3rd gen 32gb user for around 3 years, I have learn to take the battery meter with a pinch of salt. So has some of my other "knowledgeable" friends with their iphones.

The first problem I have with the battery meter when the percentage is enabled is that it doesn't go down in steps(doesn't go down by 1%). Rather it goes down in completely random numbers. Like you will never ever see a number such(forgive me if I am wrong about some numbers, you get the point though) 95%, or 46%, or 23%, but rather it displays numbers that I have no clue how it calculated, the only numbers I have only seen so far is 99%, 97%, 93%, then it skips all the 80's expect for 88%, etc.

Second problem I have about the battery meter concerning it's accuracy is that once it displays 2%, it'll literally last for another hour to hour and a half; same amount of time it took to get down that low.

This post concerning windows phone 7 and ios is all based upon my experience with a lumia 710 and an ipod touch 3rd gen. I know that windows phone 7 is still lacking a lot of features and apps that ios has, but I have high hopes for it

 

[vetvito]

Lol, at the cracked iphone screen. I'm certain everyone knows someone or seen someone with a cracked iphone screen.

Sorry for the off topic.

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[JVH3]

In the title, it looks like you are comparing an OS to a device,

a more appropriate name would be "MANGO vs IOS"

But yes, everything you say here is true.

But it all boil down to opinions. I jumped on the windows phone 7 bandwagon for many reasons:

-because I got really sick of IOS ui.
- Already too many people using the iphone which gets annoying. And probably 3 of 10 of them(at my high school at least), their screen is cracked.
-The iphone 4/s design just feels really weird in my hands. Yea I know the glass is completely flat, but when you hold it in your hands, the edges seems to be raised upwards a little which is very uncomfortable to me.
- Battery meter in IOS is completely ****ed up. Being an ipod touch 3rd gen 32gb user for around 3 years, I have learn to take the battery meter with a pinch of salt. So has some of my other "knowledgeable" friends with their iphones.

The first problem I have with the battery meter when the percentage is enabled is that it doesn't go down in steps(doesn't go down by 1%). Rather it goes down in completely random numbers. Like you will never ever see a number such(forgive me if I am wrong about some numbers, you get the point though) 95%, or 46%, or 23%, but rather it displays numbers that I have no clue how it calculated, the only numbers I have only seen so far is 99%, 97%, 93%, then it skips all the 80's expect for 88%, etc.

Second problem I have about the battery meter concerning it's accuracy is that once it displays 2%, it'll literally last for another hour to hour and a half; same amount of time it took to get down that low.

This post concerning windows phone 7 and ios is all based upon my experience with a lumia 710 and an ipod touch 3rd gen. I know that windows phone 7 is still lacking a lot of features and apps that ios has, but I have high hopes for it

I would not expect it to display every percent. I am guessing that it calculates it at a specific frequency or after a certain amount of processor activity. This would mean not all values would be displayed unless there was activity and very little real battery consumption.

The signal strength indicator does not update continuously either. After unlocking the device, you may see 4 bars or 4G, if that is what was there when you locked. You will see this for a few seconds, even if there is no longer a signal available.

These indicators do not update in real time or even multiple times per second. This conserves battery power, and is not needed for normal use.

Incidentally, while reading this, my iPhone's battery indicator was 23% and now it is 22%.

 

[ctiger]

The camera was super on my friend's iPhone 4S compare to my Arrive, the camera on my Arrive is lagging, almost useless, even compare to the TP2 camera. It took too long time to focus, and to capture, and iPhone 4s' camera automatically trace the most possible(human faces) targets, and focus on those.

 

[ROCOAFZ]

The camera was super on my friend's iPhone 4S compare to my Arrive, the camera on my Arrive is lagging, almost useless, even compare to the TP2 camera. It took too long time to focus, and to capture, and iPhone 4s' camera automatically trace the most possible(human faces) targets, and focus on those.

Gen 2 cameras aren't laggy. My titan is almost instant and can do face tracking.

 

[TheMrBlue]

I prefer iOS when it comes to apps and ease-of-use. I think WP7 will catch up (remember the iPhone without app-store?)

 

[alveena6]

Nice post thanks for sharing us such an informative post.

 

[Bungee4CE]

For me the winner is WP7 (Mango), but that is more for peronal reasons.

I prefer the Windows Phone interface (coming from Symbian Anna / Belle) as after you have spent a little time with the WP7 OS you can see exactly why the tiles are so big on the Start Screen. Don't get me wrong. There are many limitations currently on WP7, including, but not limited to:

• Limited, but ever growing app choice in the Marketplace.
• Need for better Marketplace management from Microsoft.
• Lack of BT API for developers
• Lack of EQ
• Single volume level accross all apps
• Limited integration for 3rd party devs.
• etc.

All that said I end up in a love/frustration relationship with my Lumia 800 at times, but that is because I have to acknowledge the Nokia/Microsoft relationship when it comes to WP is like my 3yr old son. Well behaved doing what you want it to do most of the time, but has it's limitations due to limited time on this world. Hopefully the capability of WP will increase as those of my son do.

 

[JVH3]

A reminder to all:

This thread is not an opinion thread on what platform you prefer. There are plenty of those, although many are closed.

No one needs to hear that you like a platform or don't like a platform. The site in itself has far too many members for everyone to chime in with an opinion.

The thread is not about which platform is better. It is about specific advantages and disadvantages (and some differences). To judge either platform as better or worse is far too subjective on what things the user finds important.

Also, if an advantage is already listed in the summary posts, there is no need to post it again. This just adds clutter and gives notifications that the thread has been updated, when nothing new was provided.

Spring has been very busy for me, so I may have missed updating the summary posts. If something should be in them that is not, please post.

Thanks,

JVH3

 

[JVH3]

I feel iphone is more convenient to use, you can open any app you want just tapping the right icon on the screen. If you use a windows phone, you have to choose the app you want to put in the screen and put it there. It has a large typeface and that let you feel its screen is very small, this makes me disappointed.

Feel I need to correct this, even though that is not what the thread is for.

With Mango,
#1. You do not need to put the app on the start screen. You can run it from the list. Slide your thumb to the left.
#2. The list has search, so you can easily bring it down to a managable number.
#3. Apps you frequently use can easily be pinned to the start menu for even faster access.
#4. Some if not all can be launched by using your voice, which the iPhone with Siri cannot do.

Please correct me if I am wrong about #4 for the "if not all." I haven't played with my LG Quantum for a while, since it does not have service. I have read that people launch a flashlight app by voice with it. You cannot launch any app with Siri.

 

[ROCOAFZ]

You are correct with #4. Siri out of the box cannot open apps. (I think there is a way through jailbreak that you can but i'm not sure on that part)

I use the voice all the time to turn the flashlight on since htc's flashlight app defaults to on when you open it. So if i need to unlock my car door, i just hold the button on my phone and say "start flashlight"

 

[kocco004]

Nice post. thanks to shared. :good:

 

[Hemlocke]

You are correct with #4. Siri out of the box cannot open apps. (I think there is a way through jailbreak that you can but i'm not sure on that part)

I use the voice all the time to turn the flashlight on since htc's flashlight app defaults to on when you open it. So if i need to unlock my car door, i just hold the button on my phone and say "start flashlight"

In iOS 6, Siri opens apps and does much more.

 

[ROCOAFZ]

In iOS 6, Siri opens apps and does much more.

You mean is expected to do more... yeah and in Windows phone 8 i'm sure tellme will do WAY more... but neither of these are released yet.

 

[Hemlocke]

That is incorrect. IOS 6 is in beta release, just as Windows 8 has developer and consumer previews. I have used iOS 6, therefore it DOES, rather than WILL DO.

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