So, long time lurker, first time post. Need to get this off my chest as I've had a bit of a nightmare couple of weeks, largely in part due to the worlds unwillingness to accept Windows Phones. Let me start by saying I have been using windows phone since 2012 or so when my android device was stolen. So I started with a lumia 510 (i think!) and have had five or six different Lumias since, including the L800 which was one of the best IMO.
So why am I here? To rant. For the past year I have been using the Lumia 735. It was fast, great specs - brilliant camera. One of my favourite phones. Then it developed a fault. The earphone jack started cutting in/out when headphones plugged in. Rather annoying.
I am on contract, so I figured it could be repaired as I had only had the phone for less than a year. Sure enough, they attempted a repair, but it didn't fix the issue. So I sent it off again, but this time, was told would get a replacement.
Here's the problem. They had no Lumias to replace it with. Not at a similar spec, since the 735 has really good features for it's price point. I was offered lower spec lumias which I refused, due largely in part to I would still have to be paying for the 735 on contract. And then I was offered an android phone. :shocked:
Here me out, I almost thought to hell with this Windows Mobile malarkey and went straight back to android. But I knew how bad it could be. How slow it can be.
But I took the android. A Samsung A3. Has good specs. I died a little bit inside that day.
I still do not have the A3, as it is on the way to me. I was pretty annoyed that my contract repair centre could not offer a like-for-like Lumia swap.I still don't really understand why they could not have just sent me a new phone out, rather than a 'refurbished as new A3'. So what happened next?
I was browsing ebay and somebody had a month or so old 640 XL for sale. I placed a bid and really didn't expect to win, but I won! For ?130 or so! It came the next day and here I am - it came with a official flip case as well so I grabbed a bargain!
It's a nice phone. Better than the 735? Time will tell.I haven't put W10 on it yet, as I find W10 incredibly buggy. At least it was on the 735!
The moral is... apparently Lumias aren't something the world has latched onto yet. A bit frustrating this whole experience and I now have to try and sell a Samsung A3!
Thanks for reading. Wish me luck.
So why am I here? To rant. For the past year I have been using the Lumia 735. It was fast, great specs - brilliant camera. One of my favourite phones. Then it developed a fault. The earphone jack started cutting in/out when headphones plugged in. Rather annoying.
I am on contract, so I figured it could be repaired as I had only had the phone for less than a year. Sure enough, they attempted a repair, but it didn't fix the issue. So I sent it off again, but this time, was told would get a replacement.
Here's the problem. They had no Lumias to replace it with. Not at a similar spec, since the 735 has really good features for it's price point. I was offered lower spec lumias which I refused, due largely in part to I would still have to be paying for the 735 on contract. And then I was offered an android phone. :shocked:
Here me out, I almost thought to hell with this Windows Mobile malarkey and went straight back to android. But I knew how bad it could be. How slow it can be.
But I took the android. A Samsung A3. Has good specs. I died a little bit inside that day.
I still do not have the A3, as it is on the way to me. I was pretty annoyed that my contract repair centre could not offer a like-for-like Lumia swap.I still don't really understand why they could not have just sent me a new phone out, rather than a 'refurbished as new A3'. So what happened next?
I was browsing ebay and somebody had a month or so old 640 XL for sale. I placed a bid and really didn't expect to win, but I won! For ?130 or so! It came the next day and here I am - it came with a official flip case as well so I grabbed a bargain!
It's a nice phone. Better than the 735? Time will tell.I haven't put W10 on it yet, as I find W10 incredibly buggy. At least it was on the 735!
The moral is... apparently Lumias aren't something the world has latched onto yet. A bit frustrating this whole experience and I now have to try and sell a Samsung A3!
Thanks for reading. Wish me luck.