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[Q] HTC HD7S vs Samsung Focus

Tired out waiting for dual cores to come out for WP7...and I have been waiting to get a new phone for several months now.
So I was kind of curious, the HD7S is $150 more than the Focus. Besides a slightly larger screen, are there any other differences between these two, or are you just paying more for the HTC brand name?

Booyaah82 said:
Tired out waiting for dual cores to come out for WP7...and I have been waiting to get a new phone for several months now.
So I was kind of curious, the HD7S is $150 more than the Focus. Besides a slightly larger screen, are there any other differences between these two, or are you just paying more for the HTC brand name?
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[U]HD7S[/U] [U]Focus[/U]
SLCD Super AMOLED
16 GB 8 GB (expandable)
4.8 x 2.68 x 0.44 inches 4.84 x 2.56 x 0.39 inches
Seems to be the primary differences. Lots of sites out there you can look for to compare devices. -_-'

Booyaah82 said:
Tired out waiting for dual cores to come out for WP7
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Just curious -- why do you want that? What benefit will you realize from having 2 cores?

i think focus don't have cost performance
hd7 is gelivable

I got a focus and the super amoled screen its just beutiful, the performance of it it just amazing, i dont know about the hd7 but the focus is the way to go, and its thiner and lighter, great camara

mizad09 said:
I got a focus and the super amoled screen its just beutiful, the performance of it it just amazing, i dont know about the hd7 but the focus is the way to go, and its thiner and lighter, great camara
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remember focus is smaller than hd7s,although it doesn't have a S amoled.

Booyaah82 said:
Tired out waiting for dual cores to come out for WP7...and I have been waiting to get a new phone for several months now.
So I was kind of curious, the HD7S is $150 more than the Focus. Besides a slightly larger screen, are there any other differences between these two, or are you just paying more for the HTC brand name?
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HTC name and it's newer.
I saw the HD7S for $49 briefly @ att.com now it's back to $149. Still the Focus is the better phone still due to 4" super amoled screen and larger battery (1550 mah). If you want to play around with microsd cards it's also capable of more storage and has faster built in nand memory than the HTC devices.
Sept 1 mango press blackout life should reveal more devices, i expect the HD7S to come down in price regardless. The only reason to get the HD7S imho would be if the 4.3" screen is necessary visually or for typing.

Ah I forgot some new phones will come out with the Mango official release. I guess I'll just wait a few more weeks to get a better selection or lower price.
Probably old news but this looks hot (if it somehow makes it past concept):
In short, these are main specifications of Nokia W10:
Main display
Touchscreen 4.5 inch (1280 x 720 pixels)
Processor
2 GHz Quad-Core (2 GB RAM and GPU)
Memory
32GB Internal (External up to 64 GB microSD)
Connectivity
Quad-4G LTE frequency bands
Battery
Li-Ion 2000 mAh
Camera
15 MP rear and 5 MP front
(Carl Zeiss optics and Dual Xenon flash)
TV-out
1080p video
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http ://www .mobilenewsbreak.com/2011/07/nokia-w10-quad-core-smartphone-with-wp7.html

Booyaah82 said:
Ah I forgot some new phones will come out with the Mango official release. I guess I'll just wait a few more weeks to get a better selection or lower price.
Probably old news but this looks hot (if it somehow makes it past concept):
http ://www .mobilenewsbreak.com/2011/07/nokia-w10-quad-core-smartphone-with-wp7.html
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It's only a concept, I wouldn't expect the Quad Cores for another yr or so. Plus, WP7 only supports 480x800 Resolution @ 262 DPI. Mango didn't change this. If anything, that'd be a WP8 Concept IMO.

It's too early to have that kind of phone, I believe next 2 years than its going to be built.

[Q] due for upgrade, device recommendations?

So in due for an upgrade in November 2011 and I wanted to know which phones the good people of XDA would recommend. I currently have a HTC HD2 running Windows Phone 7 Mango. I would like to stick with WP7 but other than that I think I have fairly standard requirements. Only thing I would specify is that it must have a fairly large screen, similar to the HD2. Oh, and it must be available in the UK!! Either unlocked or on T-Mobile. I'm happy to wait if a good phone is being released later this year or next. Been keeping an eye on the upcoming Nokia WP7 devices So have a contender there, I also like the galaxy s 2 anything else I should consider?

You have 3 options:
- HTC Titan (4.7'' LCD screen but very good LCD, 1.5 GHz cpu, mini-HDMI output, 1600 mAh, 8Mpxl f/2.2 lens), already in the UK market, pop to a phones4u shop, maybe you can catch a glimpse of it. Here is an unboxing vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPWNFn62vV8&feature=player_embedded
- Nokia Ace (4.3'' AmoLED, 1.4 GHz, 1800 mAh, 8Mpxl carl Zeiss)
- Samsung Focus S (4.3'' Super AmoLED Plus, rest specs unknown)
There isn't a definite release date for the latter two, but till November they will have been at least announced. But HTC Titan seems already a winner as it has the bigger screen of all WP7 devices (if that's not a problem), it bears the beefiest cpu (although 1.5 vs 1.4 Ghz won't make any difference), and the quality of the LCD is as good as an LCD gets (but slightly inferior to AmoLED offerings). And its camera quality, a field HTC has been notoriously failing at, seems quite decent (camera sample http://www.phonearena.com/news/First-camera-samples-from-the-HTC-Titan_id21748)

Can't recommend the HTC Titan enough! Picked up mine today from Phones4U and really loving it as a device..the screen size is definitely weird for me (coming from an iPhone 4), but fits perfectly in my giant european hands
It's a bargain on the deals they have at the moment too..free if you spend £30 a month, and if you spend a bit more they chuck in various extras too..my first good experience with P4U..crazy!
Only downside is that they are not available on 02, and when I spoke to retentions they told me that it's not on their list of upcoming devices..lots of android ones for them but no titan. I ended up jumping ship to Orange..not the best of the bunch but works out cheaper than my old 02 contract and with more minutes

HTC titan is looking good, im a little unsure of the LCD screen and how it will look in 2 years (i would be on a 2 year contract) compared to amoled. the nokia ace looks good, i just hope that the camera quality is as good as my old n95 was

HTC Radar vs Mozart

Hi all,
I wonder at buying a WP7 phone and have these two devices on mind. HTC Radar is twice as expensive as the second. But I saw the WP Bench benchmark that showed that Radar is about 35% more powerful, it scored above 80pts vs Mozart's 60pts. At this time it does not matter, but in few months for sure there will be more requiring games and applications which Mozart wolud not handle with. But this is only my opinion. Radar also has a larger battery that lasts I think a day longer without charging. I don't know what phones will be avaliable next year so I'm undecided whether I should buy Radar and use it longer or Mozart and wait for some newer phones.
Thanks for answering

If you don't want to wait for a newer phone (a.k.a one of the Nokia Lumia series), then the radar is a good choice. It is faster than the Mozart like you said and will open and run apps a bit faster. Radar does have better graphics (adreno 200 in Mozart vs adreno 205 in Radar). Mozart has 64mb more ram, but that isn't too much a difference.
However, if you like photography, I think the Mozart's camera may be a bit better with more megapixels (although doesn't necessarily mean better) and xenon flash. The xenon flash is better than the Radar's LED for low light shots.
I own the Radar, but never the Mozart. I personally really like the Radar; it looks fly!
Hope this helps.

I personally have the mozart and have been asking myself as well wihich phone to purchase,
I decided to go with the mozart since it has a higher camera rating and the xenon flash, not only that, for its price its one of the most affordable windows phone but not compromising the quality

[Q] Which WP7 to buy? Please Suggest

Hi,
I am in big dilemma whether to buy WP7 or not.
Huge fan of Nokia and Microsoft.
My last mobile N8 is dead month back (motherboard ditched me)
I have enough money to pick any mobile.
1. Nokia lumia 800 - 29K INR - which i believe is priced too heavy in India where i can get Galaxy S2 for just 27K
2. Samusng Omnia W - 20K INR - with the same specifications of 800 but with 5MP cam and 8Gb space
3. Nexus Prime - though android phone, based on ICS reviews, making me to get it. might cost - 32-35K and release date Jan end
4. Nokia lumia 710 - 20K INR - same as omnia W
5. HTC Radar - 22K INR
At the same time, there are rumors that Apollo is coming with dual core processor support and lot more features in Mid of 2012
by that time these wp phones will be too older to support apollo?
Which one should i go for?
Remember I mainly use my mobile for Music, heavy messaging and calls.
I heard Music quality n Lumia phones is just OK. I used to listen in my N8, which is far more better in music (excellent boss) by any other phones which i testesd
1. I am in India, i don't need video calls at all.
2. Omina W is 20K and Lumia is 30k (nokia why this much price)
3. By next year end, Apollo comes out, looking to get new phone or may be I can throw extra money now to get a phone that might run Apollo

what about the titan?

Get HTC Titan?

Titan is not available yet in my country. I believe it goes to 32K comparing to price HTC Radar is having now. I am not going to put lots of money if it's worth getting a new phone after Mid 2012 or by next year end.

I have HTC Mozart and am getting Omnia W which is reasonably priced has amoled screen and GPU is great Nokia is overpriced for me
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neitin said:
I have HTC Mozart and am getting Omnia W which is reasonably priced has amoled screen and GPU is great Nokia is overpriced for me
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Hey Dude... M also from Hyderabad.....
Me gonna order Omina W then... Nokia really lost it's mind while pricing the Lumia mobiles. 23-24K would have been the niche price.

exchange trophy for lumia

I have and oportunity to exchange my HTC 7 Trophy for a Nokia Lumia 800 plus 45€.
I still have 13 months guarantee for my trophy, but the Nokia doesn't have any, but it is in very good shape.
My question is, should i do the exchange? Is it worth it?

The first-gen phones, like the Trophy, are currently much more hack-able. If you want to do things like custom ROMs or high-privilege apps, you should currently stick with the HTC phone (hopefully we'll have support for Nokia soon, but it hasn't happened yet).
On the other hand, the Lumia 800 is a much nicer phone in most other ways - better CPU, supports more bands and (I believe) higher data rates if available, may have more internal storage, certainly has a better camera (and a front-facing camera, nice for Skype and such). If you just want the best WP7 device, trading up to the Lumia (which is a more expensive device to begin with) and getting an extra 45 Euros is a great deal.