I pre-ordered a 950XL in October right at the local Microsoft store. My phone will be in on Thanksgiving I was told yesterday. However...
As much as I want this phone, I cannot help to be underwhelmed a little more everyday about what exactly I am spending $650 plus tax on. Sure, it packs a nice processor, and Continuum is definitely something I want for the reason of goofing around...
Well, my friend got the 950 from AT&T and I got to play with Continuum. While it works, it is laggy when used wirelessly... to be fair, this was around one day after he got the phone, and this new OS spends, without exaggeration, around 3 days getting everything downloaded and organized.
Anyway... here I am with a 1520 with Windows 10 latest preview installed. It works pretty as well as it, although there are bugs that still need to be ironed out.
Taking a look at the 950XL, I cannot see how it out-styles the 1520 (spoiler: it doesn't come close) nor can I see the Camera being so much better than the 1520 that it alone was worth the cost.
It appears I am bored with the phone without even owning it yet. The hype is gone, the release took waaaaay too long, and reviews of the 950 all state "wow its a phone. yay" and that's really about it. I cannot see the .7" bigger screen and the extra two cores of CPU turning this phone into a completely different beast than the 950.
I guess that rant was kind of closing in on a question: Should I even bother dropping release day cash on this thing or just wait until spring to see if something better is out, or if the 950XL drops a lot in price...?
As much as I want this phone, I cannot help to be underwhelmed a little more everyday about what exactly I am spending $650 plus tax on. Sure, it packs a nice processor, and Continuum is definitely something I want for the reason of goofing around...
Well, my friend got the 950 from AT&T and I got to play with Continuum. While it works, it is laggy when used wirelessly... to be fair, this was around one day after he got the phone, and this new OS spends, without exaggeration, around 3 days getting everything downloaded and organized.
Anyway... here I am with a 1520 with Windows 10 latest preview installed. It works pretty as well as it, although there are bugs that still need to be ironed out.
Taking a look at the 950XL, I cannot see how it out-styles the 1520 (spoiler: it doesn't come close) nor can I see the Camera being so much better than the 1520 that it alone was worth the cost.
It appears I am bored with the phone without even owning it yet. The hype is gone, the release took waaaaay too long, and reviews of the 950 all state "wow its a phone. yay" and that's really about it. I cannot see the .7" bigger screen and the extra two cores of CPU turning this phone into a completely different beast than the 950.
I guess that rant was kind of closing in on a question: Should I even bother dropping release day cash on this thing or just wait until spring to see if something better is out, or if the 950XL drops a lot in price...?