There are a lot of great smartphones on the market, but there are also a lot of devices that look great in pictures and in paper, but are bound to disappoint you or keep you from knowing what you are missing. Usually the problem with these seemingly top-of-the-line devices is their lackluster operating system or software (usually the lack of it) and their underperforming internals.
Nokia Lumia 900 - a good device with an operating system with no future
Nokia Lumia 900 - a good device with an operating system with no future
The first slew of devices on this burn list are all the Windows Phone 7 smartphones lead by the Nokia Lumia Windows Phone 7 line and supported by some HTC and Samsung models. Windows Phone 7 itself is not such a bad OS, providing a nice and interesting user experience and stable and reliable performance. So what's the problem then? Well, currently the app selection available for Windows Phone is quite limited and a Windows Phone 7 device will never ever be upgraded to Windows Phone 8. So don't get a smartphone running Windows Phone 7 unless you buy it on a great bargain and don't mind the prospect of toying around with a device that has good, but extremely limited functionality. Good for totally non-techie girlfriends, wives and grandmas only.
Still the fact that Windows Phone 8 is better than Windows Phone 7 doesn't mean that it's a good idea and most users will be happier with a similarly priced (which also means better specced) Android device instead.
