WP7 - great! TITAN - not so
Well, I switched to WP7 when it first became available to me in Jan 2011 and have not looked back.
I joined this site a few years back when I had my HTC HD with the old WinMo on it and loved to play with it, change roms as I please, moved to HD2 (the greatest phone by the way) and eventually installed Android on it. I loved those two phones precisely because they gave me the opportunity to change ROMs on them as I please, learn different OS', etc. I actually spent waaaaay too much time customizing my phone (became an addict to ROM switching) that I did not want to admit to myself (and especially to others, like iPhone owners) that most of the time my phone did not work well; either the phone calls were getting cut off, blutooth did not work, it would randomly freeze on a daily basis, so much so that I almost wore my back cover out from taking out the battery so often
When WP7 became available I tested it instantly fell in love with it. (I decided to go legit so I purchased HD7 and eventually the Titan.) I actually welcomed the fact that it was so closed and not customizable and that it WORKED, it did not freeze or die on me at crucial moments. After all, these devices serve to get us in touch with people either thru live phone calls, texting, emails, Skype, etc. I was glad I had an OS which was extremely finger friendly, refreshingly looking, and stable. Even though I much preferred Android to WinMo I found it TOO customizable and buggy. It would definitely slow down the more apps are downloaded on it and it would become unstable with prolonged use. How many iterations of Android have there been, supposedly fixing the bugs from the previous versions? Even with quad core this OS is not as stable, because of its inherently faulty architecture. But OK, I am not judging nor deferring anyone from using it. I am only stating my personal preference.
What I would like to have on WP7 though:
- ability to erase more pictures at once
- ability to erase multiple text messages
- true 'back' button in IE, so that I do not exit the app but only return to the previous page
- ''forward'' button in IE
- better quality call pics (I know it is Google related but still)
- camera settings saved
- bluetooth file transfer
- allowing me to edit the content of an Email before forwarding it
- higher resolution screen
...and a few more
TITAN problems:
- WiFi connection extremely unstable (extremely frustrating and a major problem on a smartphone)
- low quality calls (people have difficulty hearing me or my voice is muffled and/or choppy)
- when placing a call I see 'dialing' for a long time while in actuality the other party has heard their phone ringing, answers it, and cannot hear anything. This started to happen very often lately, I have to dial twice before the call actually goes thru
- the phone restarts itself every other day now
So this is my very last HTC phone....(I hear that even ONE X has the same issue with WiFi and while HTC has acknowledged the problem they are not fixing it!!!)
This once great and promising company has gone down in the last few years. The Flyer was overpriced and underspeced, all their recent phones look alike (and too expensive for what they offer) - no major design breakthrough, and their flagship phones are plagued with hardware issues. It is not Samsung nor Apple which are to blame for HTC's spiraling profits, it is HTC's utter lack of innovation and quality control. No brainer as to why MS refused to grant HTC the license to build WP8 tablets.
I am also displeased with MS' decision NOT to update current phones to WP8 - reminds me of HD2 update issues as well. Although I like my iPad and especially MacBook Pro I really love the Windows Phone despite its inherent faults or missing features and would love to give WP8 a try but definitely not on a HTC device.
