Android and iOS may have lion's share in the mobile OS market, but newly launched Windows Phone 7 is doing well too. Microsofthad launched the mobile operating system with 9 different handsets. Later, more handsets joined the fray and now Windows Phone 7 has wide enough selection of handset to ensure that you can pick up a phone that would best meet your requirements. Here is our list of Top 5 Windows Phone 7 handsets.
- HTC 7 Mozart: This sleek looking phone comes with a killer camera. At 8MP, Mozart's camera is not only capable of taking high resolution, but with Xenon flash and autofocus, it also ensures crisp photographs too. Its other specs are equally impressive with 1GHz Qualcomm processor, 576 MB RAM and 8 GB internal storage. The phone also provides support for EDGE and HSDPA connectivity, apart from usual Wi-Fi. Mozart features a 3.7 inch LCD touchscreen with 800×480 pixel resolution.
- Samsung Focus: With a 4 inch screen, Samsung Focus is not only one of the bigger phones but it also the thinnest WP7 phone. The phone is being marketed as Samsung Omnia 7 in the Europe. The phone features Snapdragon processor and 5MP camera. The phone weighs 4.87oz and provides up to 8.6 hours of talk time. Focus has 8GB memory on board, although you may augment it using its microSD card slot. The phone supports GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA connectivity.
- Dell Venue Pro: You generally would not expect the word 'Dell' to appear anywhere in an article about handsets. However, Dell Venue Pro is worth an exception. Venue's 4.1 inches AMOLED touchscreen is capable of displaying 16M colors. The phone also has a QWERTY keyboard and proximity sensor for auto turn off. Venue is available in two versions with on board storage capacity of 8GB and 16GB. The phone has 512MB RAM and thus is powerful enough to carry out most of the tasks.
- HTC 7 Surround: This 3.8 inch phone displays images at 480×800 resolution. The phone is slightly larger than HTC 7 Mozart. The phone has 119.5×61.5×12.97mm in dimensions and weighs 165 grams. Its 5MP camera is capable of recording videos at 720p. The phone is 'Social Networking' ready and you can share your photos on Windows Liveâ„¢ SkyDrive® or Facebook. Surround also has native Bing Map feature.
- LG Optimus 7: LG Optimus 7 features the usual WP7 specs of 1 GHz Snapdragon processor and 5MP camera which is capable of shooting videos in HD. The battery provides up to 8 hours of talk time and its 3.8 inch screen comes with 480×800 pixel display. This 125×59.8×11.5 mm camera weighs 5.54 oz. Optimus 7 has more storage capacity on board than the most of WP7 phones. The phone has 16GB storage capacity with 512MB RAM and 512MB ROM.
WP7 phones have most of the standard features and OS itself has garnered fairly good reviews. Check out Recombu for some of the latest mobile phone reviews. Also, with WP7 phones, you get the choice of picking up the phone which not only meets your requirements but also falls within your budget. So, which WP7 handset is your favourite? Let us know.
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I got an LG Optimus 7, it looks great, and the build quality on this thing is amazing! I highly recommend.