A little story: A friend and I, almost 2 and a half years got our first Windows Phones, bot being Nokia fans for all our lives, the next natural step was to try out a Windows Phone and see if was good enough. And it was. I got a Lumia 520 and he a Lumia 720, and both of us (he even more, because his 720 got a lot of amazing features for a mid range phone) end up liking a lot our devices. I, in 2 and a half year, change from my Lumia 520 to a Lumia 625 in the first three months thanks to an accident with an amazing rain, and after more than 2 years, change my Lumia 625 to a Lumia 735 sadly because of a robery. My friend continue all this time with his Lumia 720 and he really loves his phone.
Well, this week on monday, this friend calls me and say to me what to do, because his Lumia 720 was dying (the touch was failing pretty bad), and that he needed to buy a new Smartphone ASAP. But he say what should I do, if stay in Windows or change to Android, one because of the easy nature, simply UI and all the thinks he likes about Windows Phone, and the other because of Pok?mon Go. I told him that if I needed to buy another phone, it would be a Windows Phone (I don't really like the actual devices on sale, like the Lumia 640 or 535), and that if he would buy another Windows Phone, I recommended him to look for the Lumia 735 or the 830 (Mexico have a terrible poor amount of devices to choice). Both he and I are big Pok?mon fans, and Pok?mon Go it's, let's just say, a mayor force coming up.
He endeed buying a Sony Xperia M4 Aqua (at $5,500 mexican pesos, with some really nice specs, and just $1,000 more what the Lumia 735 cost me).
And this is not the first time I saw a friend of mine with a Windows Phone and change it for an Android or iPhone because apps or the own OS, because all my friends with a WP7.5 they change it for an Android phone because they hated it (just one like it, change it for a Lumia 720 and now she have a Moto G because apps). My GF owned a Lumia 610 and I buy her a new 620, but when we saw phones at a Tech Store, she always says that the Sony ones are the pretiest in design (and she is right, Sony Xperia phones are some nice looking ones).
So, after all of this, I'm wondering, for what kind of people is Windows Phone aimed at? I mean, the basic apps, the apps that everyone use (WhatsApp, Facebook, Messenger, Twitter, Instagram, etc.) are not the best ones and are not even feature pared like the ones on iOS or Android. And then, there are other ones like YouTube, Snapchat and Tinder that are not even on Windows Phone, and most people are not informed that in the store are some Third-Party solutions (and amazing solutions by the way) and other ones don't like to use not-official apps. Other apps like Uber are really buggy and Waze are meaby never to get another update again. What I'm missing? What is wrong? Why? As mentioned back there, I'm a Pok?mon fan, big one, and knowing that meaby Pok?mon Go it's not gonna be in Windows Phone (and I'm a big fan of this too) hurts me, and knowing that many of my friends are going to play it hurts me more (and I'm still waiting for the companion app for Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain to be on Windows and a lot more of things), but it's still not a deal breaker for me, but yes for a lot of people.
What do you think folks? I would love to see these apps on Windows too and don't have to want sometimes to have an iPad (because I would love more to have a Windows Tablet with a Wacom Stylus) to fill the app gap.
What kind of people is Windows Phone (And next, Windows 10 Mobile) aimed at? Not the regular people.
Well, this week on monday, this friend calls me and say to me what to do, because his Lumia 720 was dying (the touch was failing pretty bad), and that he needed to buy a new Smartphone ASAP. But he say what should I do, if stay in Windows or change to Android, one because of the easy nature, simply UI and all the thinks he likes about Windows Phone, and the other because of Pok?mon Go. I told him that if I needed to buy another phone, it would be a Windows Phone (I don't really like the actual devices on sale, like the Lumia 640 or 535), and that if he would buy another Windows Phone, I recommended him to look for the Lumia 735 or the 830 (Mexico have a terrible poor amount of devices to choice). Both he and I are big Pok?mon fans, and Pok?mon Go it's, let's just say, a mayor force coming up.
He endeed buying a Sony Xperia M4 Aqua (at $5,500 mexican pesos, with some really nice specs, and just $1,000 more what the Lumia 735 cost me).
And this is not the first time I saw a friend of mine with a Windows Phone and change it for an Android or iPhone because apps or the own OS, because all my friends with a WP7.5 they change it for an Android phone because they hated it (just one like it, change it for a Lumia 720 and now she have a Moto G because apps). My GF owned a Lumia 610 and I buy her a new 620, but when we saw phones at a Tech Store, she always says that the Sony ones are the pretiest in design (and she is right, Sony Xperia phones are some nice looking ones).
So, after all of this, I'm wondering, for what kind of people is Windows Phone aimed at? I mean, the basic apps, the apps that everyone use (WhatsApp, Facebook, Messenger, Twitter, Instagram, etc.) are not the best ones and are not even feature pared like the ones on iOS or Android. And then, there are other ones like YouTube, Snapchat and Tinder that are not even on Windows Phone, and most people are not informed that in the store are some Third-Party solutions (and amazing solutions by the way) and other ones don't like to use not-official apps. Other apps like Uber are really buggy and Waze are meaby never to get another update again. What I'm missing? What is wrong? Why? As mentioned back there, I'm a Pok?mon fan, big one, and knowing that meaby Pok?mon Go it's not gonna be in Windows Phone (and I'm a big fan of this too) hurts me, and knowing that many of my friends are going to play it hurts me more (and I'm still waiting for the companion app for Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain to be on Windows and a lot more of things), but it's still not a deal breaker for me, but yes for a lot of people.
What do you think folks? I would love to see these apps on Windows too and don't have to want sometimes to have an iPad (because I would love more to have a Windows Tablet with a Wacom Stylus) to fill the app gap.
What kind of people is Windows Phone (And next, Windows 10 Mobile) aimed at? Not the regular people.