14 DAY TRIAL // Apparently, Windows Phone is indeed capable of turning heads, especially when those who encounter it have had bad experiences with their previous smartphones and the mobile operating system running on them.
What Android and iOS lack when it comes to impressing users, Windows Phone gains, thus managing to offer an overall better experience to those who buy, own and make use of a handset running under it every day.
After all, this is what Microsoft has always wanted when it came to the mobile market, though we should note that Windows Phone Mango is the OS flavor in the spotlight.
Here's how the story goes. Scott Adams had a bad experience with its Android and iOS devices, and complained about it all in a blog post.
As a reaction to this, Brandon Watson, director for Windows Phone 7 at Microsoft, offered to sent a Windows Phone device over, stating that he would donate $1,000 if the experience did not top the one offered by Android and iOS.
Scott Adams, who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, took the bet, used the Windows Phone Mango device, evaluated the experience, and published his thoughts.
The experience that Samsung Focus Windows Phone Mango handset was able to offer was superior when it came to call quality, user interface and battery life, though it fell behind that of Android and iOS in apps and when it came to “the intangible coolness factor.”
“The Windows phone has the best user interface experience, although the onscreen keyboard is problematic just as it is with the other phones I used,” Scott Adams explains.
“The Windows interface is intuitive, simple, and has a liveliness that I find appealing. Voice call quality was good, and battery life seemed good too. I declare it the winner compared to my iPhone 3GS with AT&T and my HTC EVO 3D with Android on the Sprint network.”
Of course, this does not mean that the other two OSes do not have great things to offer. In fact, some of the issues that resulted in a bad experience were caused either by the device itself, or by the carrier's network.
However, for a user who hasn't met the Windows Phone OS before, a first impression always counts, and it seems that, in this case, things turned out to be better than expected. It was only a personal opinion, but one which puts Windows Phone in a favorable light nonetheless.
“If you want a smartphone that is easy to use, performs well, has a good battery life, and doesn't frustrate you, the Windows phone is the best choice of the three options I tested. All you give up is some hipster credibility and access to lesser-used apps,” Scott Adams stated.