Dell Venue Pro: Lightning Strikes
by Vivek Gowri on March 14, 2011 3:01 PM EST- Posted in
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Dell Venue Pro - Conclusion
I’m going to put this one out there - of the current crop of Windows Phone 7 devices, the Venue Pro is my favorite. It’s exceedingly well designed and well built, but the biggest difference between this and similarly well designed products from HTC and Samsung is that the Dell is the one device that’s really new. The remainder of the launch devices are pretty much rehashes of previous devices, while Dell basically started from scratch with the Thunder/Lightning platform, though why they decided to rechristen them the Venue and Venue Pro on the way to production is anyone’s guess.
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VivekGowri - Monday, March 14, 2011 - link
Yeah, sorry about that. I had to rush the pics, so they got taken in non-ideal lighting conditions and such. They'll be improved next time around though.strikeback03 - Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - link
At least the R8 V10 is a much more interesting subject than the usual smiley mugVivekGowri - Sunday, March 20, 2011 - link
I live right next to an Audi dealership, so my camera samples usually end up being of new Audis. Last time I think it was a 2011 A8, before that a TT or something. I try to keep it interesting :)earle36 - Monday, March 14, 2011 - link
When this phone came out, it was THE phone I wanted to get. Love the form factor, love WP7. I went to the Microsoft store and played with it a bunch, and decided this was the phone I was going to get. Then, I started hearing about issues with the device. Camera issues (mentioned in the review), device crashes, blue tooth issues, wifi issues, engineering battery sample shipping with the device, SIM card failing, replacement devices completely failing, and so on. In fact there was a thread detailing the issues on the dell support site:http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/mobile...
Some of the points are very picky, and the list has grown quite a bit over time, but there were really some serious issues. Dell has been incredibly slow to respond, but they did respond. What remains on that issues list is mostly "nice to haves", but I thought it was worth mentioning.... Also, a lot of people had terrible luck with the customer support...vague responses about timelines for replacements, fixes for the issues, and so on.
Thought it was worth mentioning.
BaronMatrix - Monday, March 14, 2011 - link
Have no fear. I have ZERO problems. I use the 4G and not WiFi but call quality is great with the included headphones and email is VERY FAST. I needed to get my personal email off of work PCs and this does the job PERFECTLY.The KB lets me type long emails easily with ZERO errors.
Wizzdo - Monday, March 14, 2011 - link
"I have ZERO problems"Can you explain in more depth the issues you are having with ZERO?
BaronMatrix - Monday, March 14, 2011 - link
It keeps looking like an O.Faruk88 - Monday, March 14, 2011 - link
Would have been nice to see a section on the phone's reception capabilities, like in other recent phone reviews on anandtech!TareX - Monday, March 14, 2011 - link
An AMOLED screen that dim would be virtually unusable outdoors.bplewis24 - Monday, March 14, 2011 - link
While I still can't stand the UI look and could never purchase a WP7 phone on that basis alone, I love the hardware look of this phone.Brandon