In my book this phone ultimately fails. Specifically, it fails the flagship phone hype this has garnered for Windows Phone and Nokia. The reason is because it is not even close to being near flawless. OS wise that's a given, it's smooth, and it works, I like that and what Microsoft did, it makes sense to me. Where it fails for me is the erratic camera it seems to have, that sim tray, and the scratch happy chrome. Yeah, these are small things, but for that "hero" phone, it should be near flawless like the iPhone and the OneX. I think Nokia definately could have done something about the camera. It certain situations it definately is pretty nice, and in other situations it is pretty washed out and hazy, compared to the iPhone4/4S, which seems to offer a more consistent experience. The sim tray from the reviews I've read, and photos I've seem just does not seem to sit flush. Here we have a sexy model with a pimple peeking from her bangs; not a huge thing, but darn, for being the best design, they had to leave one blemish.Then there's that chrome around the camera that is prone to scratches. It makes it look really nice, it really gives that nice contrast, but because of how prone it is to scratch, that's just not right that users have to expect that kind of experience.
I guess you can also throw in the OS is a flaw, that density thing makes sense. Regarding the Start Screen (I've never used a Windows Phone too long), but I think Microsoft kept it that way so you don't need a separate notification thing. Just hit start, and you see your notifications that are important to the phone, then hit back to go back to your app (not sure if it works that way though)? Then you can argue the apps ecosystem. Reviewers seem to tred this topic, because there is some logic to this. Yes iOS and Android have nearly half a million apps, but honestly I only see those users using Instragram, and the hottest game, and a few apps here are there. I think within the newly 80,000 apps that Windows Phone has, that type of habit can be achieved as well. Now, if the argument was solely not having the exclusive apps Android and iOS currently have like "Draw Something," I could understand that.
That said, I don't have an iPhone nor an Android phone, just an old HTC Fuze. I am definately looking forward to getting this phone though. To me it is a big fail for all it's hype of being that hero phone, but I really think this is like the Droid was to Android's OS. When the Droid first came out, it was a pretty decent phone, Verizon made it that flagship for Android, that iPhone killer. Reviews later, it just wasn't even close. It's a moment where Windows Phone starts to become something that is known. Everyone has known of it's existance, but now it kinda does exist with this phone I guess is what I'm trying to say.
