- Aug 29, 2012
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I've been with WP7.5 on a Samsung Focus, and my wife on the LG Quantum since Feb of 2011. This month I'm going to pay an ETF just to switch back to Verizon. The only reason I left in the first place was to save money, but the reception in our area has been horrible! No leaves on the trees at home led us to believe we had good signal throughout our trial period, so we didn't take them back!
As for leaving WP7.5, there are just too many things we're missing, and I'm not willing to wait for updates, or WP8. Lack of apps is one thing, but you can't customize much of anything. Even calendar reminders are absurd! It goes from 1 hr in advance of an appt, to 18 hrs! 1 day, to 1 week!
And no custom alert tones, no alert reminders either. Unless I hear a text or call come in, the only way to know you missed anything is to hit the lock button. No audible or LED alert... total BS. I think the OS is very stable and reliable, but considering it's a few years behind Android an iOS, it should be!
We looked at phones at the Verizon store yesterday, and we're both leaning toward the Galaxy S-III. I thought my wife would insist on a keyboard, but I think the big screen swayed her away from the need. Also, the haptic feedback made her feel like she was using a real keyboard. I glanced at the Razr Maxx, but it didn't really grab my attention like the S-III.
Has anyone made the switch from WP7.5 to Android like this? And what were any of your concerns? The only thing I noticed missing was when I tap on a mispelled word. On WP, if you tap the word, suggestions come up, you tap that, and it replaces it. On the S-III, if you tap the word, it drops a cursor there, and you have to manually adjust it. Is there a way to change that? The WP method (surprisingly) seems better in this instance.
As for leaving WP7.5, there are just too many things we're missing, and I'm not willing to wait for updates, or WP8. Lack of apps is one thing, but you can't customize much of anything. Even calendar reminders are absurd! It goes from 1 hr in advance of an appt, to 18 hrs! 1 day, to 1 week!
And no custom alert tones, no alert reminders either. Unless I hear a text or call come in, the only way to know you missed anything is to hit the lock button. No audible or LED alert... total BS. I think the OS is very stable and reliable, but considering it's a few years behind Android an iOS, it should be!We looked at phones at the Verizon store yesterday, and we're both leaning toward the Galaxy S-III. I thought my wife would insist on a keyboard, but I think the big screen swayed her away from the need. Also, the haptic feedback made her feel like she was using a real keyboard. I glanced at the Razr Maxx, but it didn't really grab my attention like the S-III.
Has anyone made the switch from WP7.5 to Android like this? And what were any of your concerns? The only thing I noticed missing was when I tap on a mispelled word. On WP, if you tap the word, suggestions come up, you tap that, and it replaces it. On the S-III, if you tap the word, it drops a cursor there, and you have to manually adjust it. Is there a way to change that? The WP method (surprisingly) seems better in this instance.
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