Samsung Omnia W

[SVK]

Good choice! But WP8 is just around the corner? you could have waited more but still, WP is smart choice.. simple and uncluttered!
I had no issues with WP7, and I am not expecting WP8 would come to Omnia W. If it comes, then its good.
BTW I wanted to try some/different new OS, so I opted for WP7, and it fit in my budget as well (price less than Rs 15K ).

 

[Bobbyguitarist]

well we hardly use bluetooth now-a-days for sharing files. However it may be a pain in the ass for people who use bluetooth headsets. Phone looks awesome though

 

[Technoholic]

Hey wait! WP connects well to the bluetooth headsets! All major bluetooth accessories are supported. Its just that file sharing and tethering isn't supported via bluetooth.@ SVKI still hope that current WP 7.5 devices are supported by WP8. Take my word, WP8 will be a huge step forward (even if hardware side like dual core or high res. screen support kept aside) and people will really feel happy if they get that on current hardware. I have recommended Omnia W and Lumia 710 to many people and majority of them are already happy!

 

[agantuk]

well we hardly use bluetooth now-a-days for sharing files.

Strangely, I was under similar impressions until I sent across many pics on Bluetooth to my colleagues this week, and prior to that, transferred 2 GB of songs from one of my phones to the other, due to sheer laziness to pick up a cable and do the honours

 

[manu1991]

However it may be a pain in the ass for people who use bluetooth headsets.
You can use bluetooth headsets with it. it does have bluetooth. Non filesharing is a software limitation.

Strangely, I was under similar impressions until I sent across many pics on Bluetooth to my colleagues this week, and prior to that, transferred 2 GB of songs from one of my phones to the other, due to sheer laziness to pick up a cable and do the honours

Some new phones have WiFi direct. it should get popular in the future.

 

[SVK]

Hey wait! WP connects well to the bluetooth headsets! All major bluetooth accessories are supported. Its just that file sharing and tethering isn't supported via bluetooth.

@ SVK

I still hope that current WP 7.5 devices are supported by WP8. Take my word, WP8 will be a huge step forward (even if hardware side like dual core or high res. screen support kept aside) and people will really feel happy if they get that on current hardware. I have recommended Omnia W and Lumia 710 to many people and majority of them are already happy!

You answered about bluetooth headset, yes it is supported. But I havent tried it yet.

I would be very happy if WP8 is available, in couple of months we would know. There is also rumor that old phones running Mango OS (WP7.5) would be upgraded to WP7.7 which would have all features and changes of WP8.

 

[rajadeep]

You answered about bluetooth headset, yes it is supported. But I havent tried it yet.

I would be very happy if WP8 is available, in couple of months we would know. There is also rumor that old phones running Mango OS (WP7.5) would be upgraded to WP7.7 which would have all features and changes of WP8.

Ok just a small thought here... If WP7.7 will have all the features of WP8 then y will it be called WP7.7 in the 1st place & not WP8???

 

[SVK]

WP8 is perhaps developed for some particular chipset which would be present in new handsets. Current handsets "may" therefore not support WP8. So they would update current handsets to WP7.6/WP7.7 (this is rumor on some tech websites, but nothing is confirmed).But it doesnt matters what is new version called, until they provide some most awaited features in WP like Bluetooth file transfer and Memory mode for handset. (NFC, etc is also considered).

 

[Sushubh]

am waiting for the 'fragmentation' to appear on the windows phone platform. microsoft made a big deal out of android fragmentation knowing that they would be facing the same in the future. to save face, they would have to match/beat Apple's support for older devices and that means three years worth of updates. this is going to be hard because current generation windows phone devices are almost as underpowered as the first generation android phones were relatively speaking.

 

[Technoholic]

you will have to wait more to see WP platform fragmented. old devices aren't not supporting next major release can't be exactly called fragmentation unless and until there is 100% software compatibility between two versions. microsoft is pretty clear about this since they are talking about next WP release that all current and future WP apps/games will run on all devices with minimum requirement of WP7.5. then why WP8 wont run on WP7 is because of introduction of NT kernel and use of different chip set. again they are making these changes to make OS more future proof and more compatible with desktop windows. i don't even see fragmentation coming to this platform in long term. they are quite a lot going the Apple way.