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Testseek.com have collected 62 expert reviews of the Dell Venue Pro / Lightning and the average rating is 72%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Dell Venue Pro / Lightning.
Award: Recommended February 2011
February 2011
 
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The editors liked

  • The full sliding keyboard is perfect
  • Makes it easier to type text messages and emails
  • Very affordable price
  • Build quality is solid
  • Good support for Microsoft's services
  • Premium design
  • Brilliant Super AMOLED display
  • Comfortable keyboard
  • Loud speakers
  • Gorgeous AMOLED display
  • Good camera
  • Gorgeous build. Terrific keyboard. Huge screen. Windows Phone 7 has excellent media
  • Gaming
  • And productivity support.
  • Snazzy looks
  • Great Windows Phone 7 OS with latest software...
  • Sharp
  • Sleek design
  • Gorgeous 4.1-inch AMOLED touchscreen
  • WP7 is gorgeous
  • Priced right
  • One of the most wellappointed WinMo phones to date. Tough Gorilla Glass screen takes all kinds of abuse. Comfortable
  • Idiotsimple QWERTY keypad. Snappy boot time
  • The Dell Venue Pro features an attractive design with a large
  • Sharp display and comfortable keyboard. The smartphone runs smoothly on a 1GHz Snapdragon processor
  • Beautiful and solid design
  • Usable physical portrait keyboard
  • Responsive platform
  • Fairly inexpensive

The editors didn't like

  • Thick and heavy
  • Huge gap between Windows Phone's marketplace and Google Play Store or App Store
  • Horrible camera
  • Short battery life
  • Although the Dell Venue Pro is not blazingly fast and well packed with apps
  • It still can serve the basic needs of phone
  • Quite heavy
  • Froze a couple of times
  • Lacks 4G support
  • Sluggish camera
  • Keyboard is a bit cramped
  • Windows Phone 7 is missing some key features
  • Fluctuating reception. Short battery life. No HSPA+. Poor photo quality in low light.
  • Suited to large hands and pocketsLook and Feel...
  • WP7 needs some refinement
  • Cannot add storage
  • No tethering support
  • Not exactly pocketfriendly. Craptastic camera performance in lowlight settings. Handoffs between apps and the web are still jarring. Slightly curved display is a smudge magnet. Trickle of WinMo apps limits potential
  • The smartphone is large and heavy. It doesn't support the T-Mobile HSPA+ network. Call and speakerphone quality could be better
  • Hefty in size & weight
  • Fluctuating signal strength
  • Muffled sounding voices

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  Published: 2011-02-15, review by: theregister.co.uk

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Big, heavy and impressive, the Dell Venue Pro is a serious phone for serious people. The screen and keyboard are both fine examples of the breed, the build quality excellent and the specification up with the best of the WP7 brigade. If the rumoured s...

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  Published: 2011-01-31, review by: techadvisor.co.uk

  • The Dell Venue Pro packs in a lot of great features, such as a solid camera and an excellent display. Make sure to give Windows Phone 7 a test run before purchasing, however; the OS has a few quirks, as well as a few missing features such as copy/past...

 
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  Published: 2011-01-28, review by: electricpig.co.uk

  • Gorgeous screen, QWERTY keyboard, call quality
  • Sliding mechanism, Windows Phone 7 limitations
  • Yup, this is the Windows Phone 7 handset to getBar a lack of proper keyboard integration, the Dell Venue Pro is the best Windows Phone 7 handset yet – and the good news is it’s available on several networks on contract, not just O2 like the Streak. If ...

 
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  Published: 2011-01-27, review by: stuff.tv

  • AMOLED screen. User-friendly WP7 OS. Thumb-friendly QWERTY.
  • Bulky chassis. No multi-tasking. Limited USB transfer.
  • Super-sized but sporting a great keyboard, this WP7 smartie is best suited to the hardcore business communicator ...

 
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  Published: 2012-03-31, Author: Techmagnifier , review by: techmagnifier.com

  • Designed to kill Dell Venue Pro is in all its true colors a marvelously designed piece. Impressive set of features have been offered, accept that. But we do find that performance wise we can be just satisfied with it. But yes for being Windows Phone 7 pho...

 
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  Published: 2011-09-05, review by: techtree.com

  • Stylish; Impressive screen.
  • Heavy; Low quality camera; Multiple interface issues.

 
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  Published: 2011-08-11, review by: pcworld.in

  • Great Looking Display, QWERTY Keyboard, UI Looks Good & is Easy to Use, IE Mobile Browser Works, Good Battery Life
  • Bulky & Heavy, UI Feels Oversimplified at Times, Weak Camera Flash, Outdoor Images have Contrast Issues, Inconsistent Call Quality
  • The Dell Venue Pro is a high-end smartphone that uses Windows Phone 7.5 OS and offers a touchscreen and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. ...

 
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  Published: 2011-07-14, Author: Anish , review by: techtickerblog.com

  • Abstract:  Sometime back we reviewed Dell high-end Android offering – Dell Venue. This time we have put together our thoughts on the Venue Pro that runs on Windows Mobile 7.The Venue Pro looks almost identical to the Venue. We bet 9 out of 10 people would not able t...

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  Published: 2011-05-02, Author: Aaron , review by: firstpost.com

  • At a market price of Rs. 34,900, this may not be the most ideal phone to purchase. With the size and weight of the Dell Venue Pro being a major issue there is also no proper weight distribution when the keyboard slides out. The Pro has some great featu...

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  Published: 2011-03-31, review by: pcquest.com

  • Abstract:  Undoubtedly, Dell Venue Pro is one of the best phones in the first batch of Windows Phone 7. It's portrait slide-out QWERTY hardware keyboard, 4.1? AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla glass and 16GB storage sets it apart. Earlier called Dell Lightening...

 
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