101 reasons not to buy a windows phone 7.5

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Source: 101 Reasons Not to Buy A Windows Phone 7.5 :: My-Symbian ~ My-Maemo ~ My-MeeGo Forum

101 REASONS NOT TO BUY A WINDOWS PHONE 7.5

WP7.5 (Mango) is already in its second generation but it still has many restrictions, limitations and serious usability issues. This is a list of its shortcomings as compared with other smartphone OS in the market. We are not comparing special features or abilities but those which have become the norm for all smartphones and even dumb phones. An Android, Symbian or MeeGo phone would have almost none of these shortcomings. An iphone share some restrictions with WP7.5 but is still miles ahead. Even the Nokia N9 running the first generation MeeGo OS is far better with none of the disastrous issues which impact on the sheer usability of the phone.


OS LIMITATIONS
1. No true multitasking - apps are frozen in the background.
2. No Divx/Xvid video codec support. Zune will convert with loss of quality.
3. No mass storage mode.
4. No micro-SD card support.
5. Only support up to 16GB storage .
6. No filemanager. Directory system is totally opaque.
7. Need Zune to transfer files. Zune will only transfer photos, videos & music. All other files need to email/upload to yourself.
8. Your contact details are automatically uploaded to cloud service whether you like it or not.
9. Limited to 800x480 resolution.
10. No wi-fi hotspot.
11. Cannot use any MP3 file as ringtone except those with strict constraints.
12. Cannot set static IP address so no connection to ad-hoc networks.
13. No VPN support for this “corporate enterprise” phone.
14. Cannot sync with Outlook.
15. Totally closed OS, cannot sideload apps outside MS Marketplace.
16. System font size cannot be changed.
17. Images and photos cannot be renamed in the phone.
18. Windows Live ID account cannot change country once set.
19. No centralized notification page.
20. Alarm clock cannot work when phone is turned off. All Nokia Symbian and Meego phones can do this.
21. The idle screen is completely blank and cannot display time or notifications.
22. Only photos allowed as email attachments, documents not allowed.
23. Bluetooth cannot stream to car audio devices (no rSAP).
24. Cannot stream audio from video to Bluetooth devices (No A2DP).
25. No support for full on-device encryption required for secure applications like mobile banking and online payment.
26. Cannot use Bluetooth keyboard.
27. Cannot silence ringtone or alarm by flipping the phone.
28. Very limited customization option.
29. Ugly 2D flat interface. Oversized fonts for headings treat you like an idiot.


USABILITY ISSUES
30. No always visible status bar for battery life, signal strength, carrier, 2G/3G wi-fi, Bluetooth on.
31. Taskmanager has no option to shut down apps you don’t want running in the background.
32. Search and Back button cannot be de-activated in apps or games and easily touched by accident which interrupt your user experience.
33. Lockscreen need to be activated to show missed call/sms notification.
34. No way to close an app except pressing back button all the way to the first screen.
35. Tiny fonts in messages is very hard to read for those over 45.
36. Cannot edit playlist or create new playlists from phone.
37. Cannot delete a song from phone.
38. Cannot search your music collection on the phone.
39. Cannot close music player, can only pause. Music player on lockscreen will stay until you reboot.
40. No progress bar for current track playing and no indication which track in an album is playing
41. Cannot lock screen orientation.
42. Online and phone contacts are mixed together with no ability to filter.
43. Cumbersome dialing with no smartdial. No way to create a ‘Favourites’ list of phone contacts
44. Cannot save draft sms messages.
45. Call history only show phone number type. If a contact has multiple phone nos. for a type the number used is unknown.
46. Cannot recognize phone numbers in sms or email to save or use as calling number.
47. Text messages can only be deleted one by one.
48. Cannot select multiple pictures for deleting, sending or uploading. They must be done one at a time.
49. Notification for recurring events is only given once and none thereafter.
50. Apps are listed alphabetically with no way to group by category. Can be hard to find if you don’t remember the name.
51. Calendar scheduler has no weekly view and monthly view is non-zoomable.
52. No peak/off-peak scheduling for email downloads.
53. If both wi-fi and data connection are available which one it chooses to use is unpredictable. User experiences don’t agree with Microsoft that it “typically” choose wi-fi over 3G.


FEATURE LIMITATIONS
54. No video call.
55. No haptic feedback for keyboard.
56. No Swype.
57. No flashplayer support.
58. No support for Java apps.
59. No call recording or app to do it.
60. No call blocking or app to do it.
61. No screenshots or app to do it.
62. No auto wallpaper changer and no app to do it.
63. Totally locked down os means apps which interact directly with hardware not allowed.
64. No equalizer for Zune music player.
65. FM radio doesn’t work on speaker.
66. IE browser has no text reflow, no download capability and no offline reading.
67. No 3rd party browsers allowed except those based on IE.
68. No built-in pdf file reader, need to buy app.
69. Cannot open zip or rar files received as email attachment.
70. Cannot send or receive video by MMS.
71. Office Mobile has much less features than 3rd party Office editors like SmartOffice, QuickOffice and Polaris. Shame on you, Microsoft!
72. No native Google maps and Bing maps is useless for most countries outside U.S.
73. Email time stamp does not show the year.
74. Wide difference in apps availability in different markets and users locked to one market.
75. Not all Bing features available outside U.S.


DUMB AND DUMBER
76. One volume control for all functions including media playback, ringtones, alarms, notifications.
77. Wi-fi disconnects when screen sleeps. Too bad if you are in the middle of a download.
78. If you receive a text message when talking on the phone an audio alert will blast your ear at the full volume set. All other phones will give a soft beep.
79. Can only enter one mobile phone no. for each contact. Mobile nos. entered in other fields will not accept sms.
80. Cannot send/receive MMS without enabling 3G data connection. MMS does not use 3G data.
81. Phone cannot be charged when off.
82. Need to be plugged in to wall charger to sync wirelessly (a funny definition of wireless).
83. Volume up/down buttons cannot operate when screen is off.
84. Phone will wake up and display sms content on lockscreen when locked – a privacy violation.
85. Phone can be rebooted without unlocking to bypass security lock.


FEATURES EVEN DUMB PHONES HAVE BUT WP7.5 DOESN’T
86. No bluetooth file transfer.
87. Cannot handle USSD codes necessary for prepaid users to obtain services.
88. Cannot save new contacts from call history.
89. Cannot sms contacts from call history.
90. Cannot show call duration in call history.
91. Cannot delete individual calls in call history.
92. Call history does not group calls by contact.
93. Call history does not show the time of call for calls older than current day.
94. Cannot set custom sounds for different types of notifications.
95. No ringer profiles.
96. No silent option (no vibrate and no ring).
97. Cannot send/receive contact as a csv file.
98. Cannot backup sms to PC.
99. Cannot save contact to SIM card.
100. Cannot change alarm ring tone or use a MP3 file.
101. Cannot set alarm snooze interval.
 

dan4u

Took Off!!!
Wow!! So many faults?? who'll want to buy such phones... Nokia better fix these issues or even better, take up Android as one of its platforms.
 

coderunknown

Retired Forum Mod
was going to say something. better keep the name to myself.

Or maybe they have some sort of manual, like "Building a smartphone for Newbies", and they cannot do anything without it, so they repeat the same steps as in early 2000s
rofl
 

AndroidFan

Peak Oil is real!
Atleast its better than BADA... ;)

But seriously, it would be unfair to compare such a new OS with deeply entrenched OSes like iOS and Android... WP7 gives a decent user experience to people coming onboard from a feature phone...

Also, a lot of points in the negative list also apply to iOS... :twisted:
 

ankit360

Journeyman
I m using Omnia w which cone with mango install and I have only one reason no to buy WP over Android is less app support as compared to Android. Other then that WP kik a$$ of Android easily
 

Sujeet

Undead!!!
Most of those Limitation are similar those of iOS.
Though some limitation like no SD card etc are just too much...

LOL even Symbian beats it hands down in features.
 
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krishnandu.sarkar

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Wow..!! Great share ico.

I was only aware of the bluetooth thing and was actually planning to buy an WP phone to taste Metro UI.

And as usual, after reading this...I dumped the idea..!! I'm fine with Android :D

Thanks a lot again ico for sharing this thing with us :D
 
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ico

ico

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I don't really care about SD Card and Bluetooth File Transfer. Other basic functionality missing is really worrying.

MeeGo > WP7.5.

I once wrote, iOS is for people who go to Paris from India via a connecting flight to Tokyo. One can still manage with this.

Windows Phone on the other hand is for people trying to cross sea by walking. Not even swimming.
 

sujoyp

Grand Master
I agree with the person who said " I am satisfied with Omnia W just that it have less applications"

I find just no issues using it...
Omnia W have gorgeous screen a 3.7" super AMOLED
super fast processor
capable of playing 1080p in full glory
zero lags
no hangs
nice animations

just I hate zune software and secondly if i dont get the next update

SD card is not a big issue....I wonder how iphone fans deal with these limitations
 

AndroidFan

Peak Oil is real!
I agree atleast half of the 101 complaints against WP7 are valid... But the other 50% are just exaggerations to fill the list.. :)

4. No micro-SD card support.

On my Samsung Focus, there is a provision for an SD card. I don't use any right now, because 8 GB is more than enough...

If in the future, I decide to use an SD card on it, then I could. The SD card is formatted in a proprietory format by the phone, and becomes unusable and unreadable in any other phone. It becomes a part of the phone... not hot swappable like in Android or Symbian...

Also, once you insert an SD card there, the phone formats itself and you start fresh. System files are copied to the SD card, and hence, not hot swappable, and literally unreadable in any phone or PC...

But it can be done... Microsoft never officially supported it though...

10. No wi-fi hotspot.

Also, wifi hotspot has been enabled for the newer devices... not sure if Lumia 800 has that functionality enabled...

23. Bluetooth cannot stream to car audio devices (no rSAP)

I believe I have tried that. I think it works, but not really sure... Someone should test this...

34. No way to close an app except pressing back button all the way to the first screen.

That is a feature, not a bug... ;)

54. No video call.

Tango Video chat is available... Maybe even Skype is...
 

ssk_the_gr8

Make Way the LORD is Here
I use a Windows Phone and i dont find it lacking like the haters make it out to be . It's similar to iphone and like i've always said, if you want your phone to do everything, you basically want a minicomputer get android

1. No true multitasking - apps are frozen in the background.

similar to iphone , saves battery, much better battery life than android anyday, it has been done for a reason
it's actually better than iphone as some background tasks are allowed, so it's not completely frozen but it's not true multitaking


5. Only support up to 16GB storage .
not true, supports 32 gb e.g. samsung focus


7. Need Zune to transfer files. Zune will only transfer photos, videos & music. All other files need to email/upload to yourself.

again similar to iphone, but here it is lacking

9. Limited to 800x480 resolution.

it's for a reason, if you want HD screen , buy other phones, this is not a flaw

10. No wi-fi hotspot.

again, False. I use wifi hotspot everyday

11. Cannot use any MP3 file as ringtone except those with strict constraints.
oh please... :|
12. Cannot set static IP address so no connection to ad-hoc networks.
how many people use static ip in ad-hoc networks, it's rare ... but it's definitely a negative

15. Totally closed OS, cannot sideload apps outside MS Marketplace.

and why is this an issue, so that you can easily install pirated apk's like android :|

19. No centralized notification page.
this is a flaw

20. Alarm clock cannot work when phone is turned off. All Nokia Symbian and Meego phones can do this.
a big flaw

21. The idle screen is completely blank and cannot display time or notifications.
this is to save battery
24. Cannot stream audio from video to Bluetooth devices (No A2DP).
again false, i've used bluetooth headsets

26. Cannot use Bluetooth keyboard.
i mean seriously... get a computer

29. Ugly 2D flat interface. Oversized fonts for headings treat you like an idiot.
this is just being petty

i wont comment on other issues.. not worth it

USABILITY ISSUES

30. No always visible status bar for battery life, signal strength, carrier, 2G/3G wi-fi, Bluetooth on.
it's a design philosophy, minimalist design.. come on
31. Taskmanager has no option to shut down apps you don’t want running in the background.
you don't need to shut down apps on a WP... when will people get this?
32. Search and Back button cannot be de-activated in apps or games and easily touched by accident which interrupt your user experience.
oh FFS... this is being too picky
33. Lockscreen need to be activated to show missed call/sms notification.
no
34. No way to close an app except pressing back button all the way to the first screen.
again same answer
35. Tiny fonts in messages is very hard to read for those over 45.
true, for people with specs, but it is still manageable
36. Cannot edit playlist or create new playlists from phone.
which idiot has written this? does he even know how to use a WP?
37. Cannot delete a song from phone.
what? kuch bhi..
38. Cannot search your music collection on the phone.
it's easy to find songs, just use the phone you'll know..
39. Cannot close music player, can only pause. Music player on lockscreen will stay until you reboot.
what is the problem.. i'm sure this has been written by a hater..
40. No progress bar for current track playing and no indication which track in an album is playing
41. Cannot lock screen orientation.
42. Online and phone contacts are mixed together with no ability to filter.
again false
43. Cumbersome dialing with no smartdial. No way to create a ‘Favourites’ list of phone contacts
false again
44. Cannot save draft sms messages.
45. Call history only show phone number type. If a contact has multiple phone nos. for a type the number used is unknown.
False again
46. Cannot recognize phone numbers in sms or email to save or use as calling number.
false again
47. Text messages can only be deleted one by one.
the whole thread can be deleted
48. Cannot select multiple pictures for deleting, sending or uploading. They must be done one at a time.
true
49. Notification for recurring events is only given once and none thereafter.
pin the app to start screen , you'll always see the notification
50. Apps are listed alphabetically with no way to group by category. Can be hard to find if you don’t remember the name.
true
51. Calendar scheduler has no weekly view and monthly view is non-zoomable.
true
52. No peak/off-peak scheduling for email downloads.
53. If both wi-fi and data connection are available which one it chooses to use is unpredictable. User experiences don’t agree with Microsoft that it “typically” choose wi-fi over 3G.
cant comment on last two, no experience

FEATURE LIMITATIONS
54. No video call.
are you serious? it's their
55. No haptic feedback for keyboard.
56. No Swype.
you dont need it, just use a WP keyboard
57. No flashplayer support.
yeah i can see the flash support of android, iphone does not have it too.. and flash on mobile is dying , so lame point
58. No support for Java apps.
59. No call recording or app to do it.
60. No call blocking or app to do it.
lol, what crap? my x-gf's blocked :)
61. No screenshots or app to do it.
62. No auto wallpaper changer and no app to do it.
now this is stupid..
63. Totally locked down os means apps which interact directly with hardware not allowed.
which makes the OS so stable and smooth..
64. No equalizer for Zune music player.
htc gives an equalizer app, it depends on the phone manufacturer
65. FM radio doesn’t work on speaker.
66. IE browser has no text reflow, no download capability and no offline reading.
67. No 3rd party browsers allowed except those based on IE.
68. No built-in pdf file reader, need to buy app.
lol... false again
69. Cannot open zip or rar files received as email attachment.
70. Cannot send or receive video by MMS.
who uses mms nowadays, email it
71. Office Mobile has much less features than 3rd party Office editors like SmartOffice, QuickOffice and Polaris. Shame on you, Microsoft!
true
72. No native Google maps and Bing maps is useless for most countries outside U.S.
it's a lot improved now.. gmaps is available on WP
73. Email time stamp does not show the year.
74. Wide difference in apps availability in different markets and users locked to one market.
not a wide differnece
75. Not all Bing features available outside U.S.
they will be when they are ready, and alternatives are available for all bing features

DUMB AND DUMBER
76. One volume control for all functions including media playback, ringtones, alarms, notifications.
true
77. Wi-fi disconnects when screen sleeps. Too bad if you are in the middle of a download.
it does not
78. If you receive a text message when talking on the phone an audio alert will blast your ear at the full volume set. All other phones will give a soft beep.
again not trues.. it's not full volume
79. Can only enter one mobile phone no. for each contact. Mobile nos. entered in other fields will not accept sms.
there's a workaround
80. Cannot send/receive MMS without enabling 3G data connection. MMS does not use 3G data.
81. Phone cannot be charged when off.
just put the phone in flight mode, and it will charge like a switched off phone
82. Need to be plugged in to wall charger to sync wirelessly (a funny definition of wireless).
83. Volume up/down buttons cannot operate when screen is off.
man... this dude is just saying crap after crap.. it's false
84. Phone will wake up and display sms content on lockscreen when locked – a privacy violation.
omg!
85. Phone can be rebooted without unlocking to bypass security lock.


FEATURES EVEN DUMB PHONES HAVE BUT WP7.5 DOESN’T
86. No bluetooth file transfer.
iphone
87. Cannot handle USSD codes necessary for prepaid users to obtain services.
a workaround is available
88. Cannot save new contacts from call history.
false again
89. Cannot sms contacts from call history.
false again
90. Cannot show call duration in call history.
true, but do you really need it?
91. Cannot delete individual calls in call history.
false again
92. Call history does not group calls by contact.
design philosophy
93. Call history does not show the time of call for calls older than current day.
false again
94. Cannot set custom sounds for different types of notifications.
95. No ringer profiles.
96. No silent option (no vibrate and no ring).
97. Cannot send/receive contact as a csv file.
true
98. Cannot backup sms to PC.
99. Cannot save contact to SIM card.
100. Cannot change alarm ring tone or use a MP3 file.
true


This post was by a hater, who did not research properly, and was blinded by his M$oft hate i guess :lol:

more than half of it is false , and rest are petty issues , except a few

if you want a smooth lag free experience with good battery life, use WP without any biases, you'll enjoy it. I did.

And if the few missing features are important to you , don't buy WP

but dont spread FUD
 

pratyush997

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So finally dropped my dream/plan to buy OMNIA W and will buy Neo V if possible!!!!
MS played last trick to death for Nokia if Apollo update wouldn't come to Lumia 900/800 !!!
Some one Send this context to MS India!!....lolzzz

So finally dropped my dream/plan to buy OMNIA W and will buy Neo V if possible!!!!
MS played last trick to death for Nokia if Apollo update wouldn't come to Lumia 900/800 !!!
Some one Send this context to MS India!!
102-No/very less image editing options!!!:lol:

LOLzzzzz
 

AndroidFan

Peak Oil is real!
60. No call blocking or app to do it.
lol, what crap? my x-gf's blocked :)

How did you do that? Need to know...

So finally dropped my dream/plan to buy OMNIA W and will buy Neo V if possible!!!!
MS played last trick to death for Nokia if Apollo update wouldn't come to Lumia 900/800 !!!
Some one Send this context to MS India!!....lolzzz

So finally dropped my dream/plan to buy OMNIA W and will buy Neo V if possible!!!!
MS played last trick to death for Nokia if Apollo update wouldn't come to Lumia 900/800 !!!
Some one Send this context to MS India!!
102-No/very less image editing options!!!:lol:

LOLzzzzz

The only image editing I have ever done on a phone is cropping an image...

Anyways, get yourself the new Sony Xperia U or HTC One V... The Neo V is already old tech... ;)
 

sujoyp

Grand Master
fantasia painter is a free application and superb image editor

use photogram app for HDR...its also great and simple

Applications r less but that doesnt mean they r not there :D :D find it
 
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ico

ico

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dunno but Wifi Hotspot and Equalizer are done by manufacturers.
 
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