Should I Buy a Windows Phone?

[WPCentral Question]

I have an iPhone 4 and am looking to upgrade. I'm happy enough with Apple, but I'm a little annoying at feeling locked in to iTunes. I recently bought a Windows desktop and thought using a Windows Phone might integrate nicely with that. I'd love to hear feedback, in particular to the following:

1. I hear a lot about the lack of good apps for Windows Phone. Is this still a major issue or is the gap narrowing?

2. What app do most people use to listen to music (i.e., what is the replacement for iTunes)?

3. Is there synergy between a Windows desktop and Windows Phone that I will enjoy (as opposed to Windows desktop with an iPhone or Android)?

4. I'm on AT&T, so would you go with the Lumia 830 ($99 on contract and $449 off contract) or HTC One M8 ($199 and $669? I'm due (overdue, in fact) for an upgrade. But because Windows is a new OS for me, I was thinking of going off contract, in which case I'd opt for the Lumia 830. That way, if it doesn't work out, I can revert back to an iPhone 6 or Android flagship at the contract price.

All feedback would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance!

 

[matt john2]

Nothing really that's just it.

 

[Nabkawe5]

I wrote a 500 words on how things are bad and you should not buy a Windows Phone right now, but then I realized I could sum it better, SATYA NADDELA DOESN'T CARE ABOUT WINDOWS PHONE, the one who cared was dear old Steve Ballmer ENOUGH SAID.

 

[Karthik Naik]

I wrote a 500 words on how things are bad and you should not buy a Windows Phone right now, but then I realized I could sum it better, SATYA NADDELA DOESN'T CARE ABOUT WINDOWS PHONE, the one who cared was dear old Steve Ballmer ENOUGH SAID.

wow you just showed a bit of misconception right there
did you know satya nadella was incharge of the enterprise,security and cloud divisions at microsoft earlier??
thats the reason the cloud works so well with Windows Phone etc,its the reason people dont use Linux computers over Windows or OSX(microsoft products work well on OSX as well),its the reason windows phone is so secure
i dont see why he doesnt care about windows phone when its only selling points in early stages were indirectly by his departments etc

 

[psoham777]

I wrote a 500 words on how things are bad and you should not buy a Windows Phone right now, but then I realized I could sum it better, SATYA NADDELA DOESN'T CARE ABOUT WINDOWS PHONE, the one who cared was dear old Steve Ballmer ENOUGH SAID.

Nope, he cares hence now there would be no "asha series" or "nokia X" series. He took this step just to focus on WP. Just to prove my point wait until WP 10 arrives.

 

[Inkling]

I'm in exactly the same boat, iPhone 4 and all. I was wondering if I should get a 735 or 635? I'm looking for a cheap, powerful and not-so-big phone.

 

[Pranshul Sood]

you should get a 735 bro.

 

[Rakesh Rocky2]

735 all the way

 

[laytoncy]

The problem with the 735 for me, and for the OP, is that we're both on AT&T.

 

[Rakesh Rocky2]

The problem with the 735 for me, and for the OP, is that we're both on AT&T.

Wait for 535 then

 

[Nabkawe5]

Nope, he cares hence now there would be no "asha series" or "nokia X" series. He took this step just to focus on WP. Just to prove my point wait until WP 10 arrives.

Or Microsoft fired 18000 employee and the Nokia X/Asha made the cut. There's not increased focus on WP except to get cash off people in the holiday season then we'll get dumped like every other day of the year.

 

[paulxxwall]

At the moment if you read articles there's nothing compelling about wp anymore hence low market share. On IOS an android you get ms apps which are better . It's a smooth os but that's it. if you use local apps ....forget it on WP.
At least on android there so many awesome flagships to choose from. Alot of my friends have wanted to switch for a while and at one point I advocated for WP but I wanted to be honest with them since there my friends . Some I know would just not like the lack of device choices, if there's an app that they have on there current devices and not on WP i would not here the end of it . So I stopped. And maybe wait for this "windows 10" that's is suppose to "save" ms .
And if it doesn't oh well at least out of my circle ill be the only pissed of WP customer. I wont drag my peeps in to this with out knowing for sure so yeah ill wait to hear about this "w10"

 

[paulxxwall]

Kinda sad to see our own community deterring users from even considering Windows Phone. How will we ever succeed if can't even advocate some of its virtues without ******** about its shortcomings... *sigh*

" the beatings will continue until morale improves"

 

[saulgould13]

.. Windows phone and its general community is a great example of a growing ecosystem with obvious growing pains with star potential however you as a consumer need to research what is it that matters to "you" not what others have. Research pros and cons then you will come to your conclusions. That simple

 

[jfdavis17]

The main selling point for windows phone in my humble opinion is the beautiful is and Cortana. I was thinking about going to ios, and when I got to talking to a friend about the differences between ios and windows, I realized how good Cortana was and how important it was to my needs in a phone.

 

[Madam ImAdam]

Yes.

I have an iPhone 4 and am looking to upgrade. I'm happy enough with Apple, but I'm a little annoying at feeling locked in to iTunes. I recently bought a Windows desktop and thought using a Windows Phone might integrate nicely with that. I'd love to hear feedback, in particular to the following:

1. I hear a lot about the lack of good apps for Windows Phone. Is this still a major issue or is the gap narrowing?

2. What app do most people use to listen to music (i.e., what is the replacement for iTunes)?

3. Is there synergy between a Windows desktop and Windows Phone that I will enjoy (as opposed to Windows desktop with an iPhone or Android)?

4. I'm on AT&T, so would you go with the Lumia 830 ($99 on contract and $449 off contract) or HTC One M8 ($199 and $669? I'm due (overdue, in fact) for an upgrade. But because Windows is a new OS for me, I was thinking of going off contract, in which case I'd opt for the Lumia 830. That way, if it doesn't work out, I can revert back to an iPhone 6 or Android flagship at the contract price.

All feedback would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance!