Praneeth Konda
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I would buy WP as my next phone. Waiting from a long time for Windows 10 Mobile & new Flagships to get released.
I've compared today skype on my iphone, the new skype and skype on my colleague's 930. You can guess the result...It's no question that Microsoft's apps look and perform better on Android and IOS which is a shame really. If Microsoft does not put effort in it's own platform, why should the devs??? You guys can yell all you want here, but the devs have seen how Microsoft "supports" it's own platform and this is the result: old apps, lack of features, slow updates, missing apps.It gets tough to be loyal towards MS.
Are they towards us who stayed since WP7?
Microsoft releases its new Snap to Pin app for Android - Microsoft News
Skype for Android and iOS gets a new design with the latest update - Microsoft News
Why do they work for iOS and Android first when there is a Skype mess with Windows right now?
Wy do they allocate menpower for other platforms first?
What should I make of such headlines?
Isn't buyig an Android even more safe to use MS ecosystem in the future?
Maybe we should speak up louder:
https://windowsphone.uservoice.com/...0-microsoft-s-own-apps-should-target-wp-first
I would, but that is primarily because I am already invested in MS stuff and I can't stand Apple stuff. "I" have an iPad 2, Lumia 800, 920, 1020, 535, another 1020 and 830. A Toshiba Windows PC, a Lenovo tablet PC and a mid-2011 iMac that looks and runs great. The iMac is a pain to use for me, but it works for my wife.
The Lumias are great phones, especially the 1020, but I have to admit the app gap is annoying. My first smartphone was the HTC Magic (Android) and when it came out every app advertised was for Apple. It was frustrating! Now, here I am again. It is difficult to always have to do without apps that would be nifty. The cameras, a huge deal for me, make up for it.
I like the OS and after my Android phones (what a mess they are after a while!) debacle and the ridiculous cost of iPhones...I see myself getting a 950XL or whatever when they become available in my country, i.e. mid 2016.
About 7 months ago I bought a Moto G because I wanted to give Android another chance after ~5 years of Windows Phone. On the first few days, it was all fun and pretty snappy (with only a few "This app has stopped..etc"). About 2 weeks of so of use, it started lagging gradually, until it began lagging like crazy that it would drive me insane. The lag and freezes got to a point where it made me get really mad that I wanted to smash the damn phone. After a month of use, I just couldn't bear the constant lag and freezing so I sold the Moto G.
About a month after I sold the Moto G, I found a new LG G2 for a good price so I thought why not give Android a third chance especially when the phone I was getting was relatively a high-end phone (Snapdragon 800, 2Gb RAM..etc). So I bought it and I was quite happy with the performance out of the box. I've been using it since and while the performance is definitely much better than the Moto G, it still unfortunately lags, crashes and freezes frequently. There are times when it gets on my nerves when the phone lags heavily and refuses to responses due to what seems to be a memory leak issue with Lollipop.
So to answer your question, YES, ABSOLUTELY! I would get another Microsoft Mobile phone. Heck, my poor Samsung Ativ S Neo still performs better than the LG G2 despite the huge spec difference.
p.s. Maybe I was unlucky with both the Moto G and LG G2 and got defective units and that's why they performed horribly. However, if this is normal performance for Android phones then I don't understand how people could put up with them (especially when even a $70 WP8.1 Lumia 635 doesn't perform as bad)