[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
I think the Galaxy S phones have a Wolfson chip in them...

Yep, from Wikipedia: The phone uses Wolfson's WM8994 DAC as its audio hub.

My Vibrant has the best sound I've ever heard in a Mobile Device, on par or superior to dediated PMPs.

That alone is a huge selling point especially for someone who wants to use their smartphone to play lots of media. This includes both Music, Internet Radio, through an on-board FM tuner, or Video.

Sound volume on the Galaxy S devices also sounds like a boom-box compared to WP7 devices through the external speakers. I don't have to plug a headset in unless I'm in a noisy environment (or don't want people having to bear listening to MY music). On the HD7, I can barely hear anything unless I turn literally half my appliances off.

Nevermind the fact that even the Wave II device hardware it even that good. Even the hardware in the Titan is nearing two generations behind current hardware.

I cannot stress this enough. Microsoft fumbled the Hardware specs for WP7. Either that, or they made a critical mistake when they disallowed OEMs like Samsung who typically use fantastic internals to use their own superior hardware configurations... The focus was supposed to be the Galaxy S of WP7 devices. That means it was supposed to have what was at that time one of the best CPUs and the best GPU on the market, with sound on par with a Galaxy S device in addition to its Super AMOLED screen. Microsoft Neutered that phone with their minimum specs. In addition to that, they've left the door wide open for performance regressions when later updates make it to the launch devices.

Performing great on old hardware is not an advantage when Samsung is releasing Android phones these days with practically triple the specs that have almost equivalent performance to a WP7 device (GSII). Oh, and both devices cost the same unsubsidized, which is kind of laughable. It's like selling a Pinto for the same price as a Ferrarri, just cause "it just works."

I don't think it will die, but I don't think WP7 was ever part of their major mobile strategy. I think it's there becaue they need to have it, because they need an end-to-end experience to compete with Apple. Apple already has Desktop-PMP-Smartphone-Tablet. Mcrosoft has similar, plus the XBox360 (though the ZuneHD is rumored to be getting Sunset in favor of WP7 devices, which is odd considering the terrible audio in these devices and the dubious screens the vendors use on a lot of the devices).

I'm particularly tickled that I posted two posts back to back from an HD7 and then a Vibrant but that person comes here and asks why Android users are spreading mistruths.

Hardware matters. It's not just about how smooth the phone is. The Android *I* own has wildly superior wound to the HD7 or any other WP7 device. Samsung is the leading Android vendor and their screens are better than most WP7 devices except their own (and they seem to be sticking with AT&T which pretty much shuts out over half of Smartphone users from that).

The HD7 does have phenominal battery life... on standby... But during use the battery life is worse than my Vibrant. HOWEVER, that is not necessarily the phone's fault. HTC put a terrible battery in it. That being said, the HD7 was the only phone sold via T-Mobile, so people who used the phone and complained about poor battery life are likely to associate it with the platform, the way they lots of people do with Android IRT lag and stuff like that.

---------- Post added at 08:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:07 PM ----------

The Galaxy S II does not lag. There are about 50 reviews on YouTube and various reviews on sites like Engadget and CNet, BGR, etc.

You're spreading mistruths.