Disclamer: Years ago I switched from a Windows Ecosystem and went to an all Apple Ecosystem and basically swore off Windows (except when I didn’t have a choice like for work). As I was impressed with how Apple innovated and changed the industry. This is no longer Apple, Microsoft has taken over the innovation in the industry IMO.
Brief History: I have had a bunch of smartphones in the past. My first smartphone was the T-Mobile/AT&T MDA back around 2006. Before that I had a bunch of “Dumb” Phones including some of the TINY VK mobile phones. After the MDA I switched to a couple other Windows Mobile devices before the First iPhone came out. I stuck with the original iPhone until the 3G came out and went first to Android then Blackberry for quite a while (I HATED the look of the 3G & 3Gs). I eventually got the “new” iPhone 4 when it came out since I was missing iPhone. Stuck with iPhone for awhile (4,4s,5,5s) I had a brief stint back with Android in there sometime. Then I got the iPhone 6+ and ALMOST upgraded to the 6s+ recently but decided I wanted to try something different and Windows really interested me with all the new improvements and possibilities with Windows 10. So… I got a 950XL.
After using this phone for about 4 weeks now I like it quite a bit. Yes there are still some issues, but nothing that is unusual from any other phone I have had in the past. Are there a couple apps I miss? Yes, but for the most part there have been suitable replacements.
The camera on this phone is phenomenal… Well the back camera at least. The front camera leaves a little to be desired (it’s a little too grainy IMO). The speed and smoothness of the overall operating system is very much appreciated. I have had a couple hiccups but I chalk them up to the apps themselves and not the operating system itself.
I did recently do a hard reset (I wanted that damn .29 update, which I still didn’t get). Since then there has really been no increase in performance or battery life, but then again the battery life on this phone is in line or better than any other flagship I have owned in the past. Unless I am overly using the phone I can get a full workday worth of life out of it which is acceptable to me.
Are there things that I wish would be a little better? Yes, but that is going to be like that for any platform. I am satisfied very much so with the ecosystem and the phone itself. I look forward to progress with apps and development as a whole. I am actually looking into dropping my MacBook Pro & my iPad to get a Surface Book so I will be fully invested in the Windows Ecosystem.
Overall, I think Microsoft has made great strides in not only the mobile market but the technological market as a whole and I plan to stick around for a while and hopefully ride it until the wheels fall off.
NOTE: If someone finds out how to get rid of the "SIM2" stuff PLEASE let me know. It's the only eyesore I have but it happens to be in multiple locations. Including the "SIM1" in text messages.
Brief History: I have had a bunch of smartphones in the past. My first smartphone was the T-Mobile/AT&T MDA back around 2006. Before that I had a bunch of “Dumb” Phones including some of the TINY VK mobile phones. After the MDA I switched to a couple other Windows Mobile devices before the First iPhone came out. I stuck with the original iPhone until the 3G came out and went first to Android then Blackberry for quite a while (I HATED the look of the 3G & 3Gs). I eventually got the “new” iPhone 4 when it came out since I was missing iPhone. Stuck with iPhone for awhile (4,4s,5,5s) I had a brief stint back with Android in there sometime. Then I got the iPhone 6+ and ALMOST upgraded to the 6s+ recently but decided I wanted to try something different and Windows really interested me with all the new improvements and possibilities with Windows 10. So… I got a 950XL.
After using this phone for about 4 weeks now I like it quite a bit. Yes there are still some issues, but nothing that is unusual from any other phone I have had in the past. Are there a couple apps I miss? Yes, but for the most part there have been suitable replacements.
The camera on this phone is phenomenal… Well the back camera at least. The front camera leaves a little to be desired (it’s a little too grainy IMO). The speed and smoothness of the overall operating system is very much appreciated. I have had a couple hiccups but I chalk them up to the apps themselves and not the operating system itself.
I did recently do a hard reset (I wanted that damn .29 update, which I still didn’t get). Since then there has really been no increase in performance or battery life, but then again the battery life on this phone is in line or better than any other flagship I have owned in the past. Unless I am overly using the phone I can get a full workday worth of life out of it which is acceptable to me.
Are there things that I wish would be a little better? Yes, but that is going to be like that for any platform. I am satisfied very much so with the ecosystem and the phone itself. I look forward to progress with apps and development as a whole. I am actually looking into dropping my MacBook Pro & my iPad to get a Surface Book so I will be fully invested in the Windows Ecosystem.
Overall, I think Microsoft has made great strides in not only the mobile market but the technological market as a whole and I plan to stick around for a while and hopefully ride it until the wheels fall off.
NOTE: If someone finds out how to get rid of the "SIM2" stuff PLEASE let me know. It's the only eyesore I have but it happens to be in multiple locations. Including the "SIM1" in text messages.
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