Ok, so here's my teeny weeny gripe; my 1520 arrived yesterday. It's awesome, really awesome. The screen needs to be seen to be believed. I could go on for hours about the good stuff Nokia/MS have done here, and I'm looking forward to the next two years of Lumia 1520 love........HOWEVER...........
Netflix just aren't keeping pace with the hardware Nokia has rolled out here. In fact, I don't think Netflix has bothered to update their app since I first downloaded it on my trusty old Lumia 800 back in 2011. If they have, then the changes are totally unnoticeable.......
In reality, the amazing screen on the 1520 is just wasted on Netflix. Whether I try to watch a movie on 4G, 3G or WiFi, I get the same problem.......A laggy and distorted picture for at least the first 1 -2 minutes of the film. Whether it's a standard, HD or even an animated movie, it's the same poor quality. And when the data stream does eventually catch up, the picture quality still isn't nearly as good as it could be. And that's a major let down. For a screen of this quality to be stuck with an Ok-ish video stream is just criminal.
Now......we everyday users are the very best people on the planet to sell the LumiaWP concept, and we're up against some stiff competition. I don't know about you, but I don't have a single friend or family member that uses WP. They're all on Apple or Android.
I am the lone voice; the persistent WP user who's trying to convince them to give Lumia a go. So what happens when I try to demonstrate my amazing new phone and it's incredible screen? Here's what happens:
Me: "hey, check out my new Lumia 1520!! How amazing is that!! You should see the screen....full HD, its effing unbelievable!!!"
Friend: "oh man, that looks so cool. My Iphone 4 looks soooo small and silly next to it. Ok, fire it up, let's see what this bad boy can do!!!!"
----hits the Netflix app button----waits a full 30 seconds for movie titles to appear----chooses movie----black screen for another 30 seconds----finally springs to life----can barely see the picture for first 90 seconds of movie----finally it begins to stream----but it's poor quality and is a big time let down....
Me: "oh...erm...ok, here let me try a different movie...."
----different movie, poor quality----turn off wifi, try 4G----same poor quality----reset router, switch off phone---try again----still poor quality
Me: "errr......hmmmm...maybe...erm...."
Friend: "hey, do you wanna see Netflix, lovefilm or SkyGo on my Iphone....it looks pretty amazing!!"
And sure enough, it did.
And you can bet your bottom Dollar that friend of mine will never, ever invest in WP.
As a UK resident I've totally given up on the idea that Sky will embrace Windows Phone in the same way that they've loved up to Apple and made all sorts of entertainment-on-the-go apps available. Your average Apple user in the UK has access to SkyGo, Sky Demand and Sky Download. In other words, an Apple phone can do pretty much everything the living room TV can. And the quality is just perfect.
Now I'm no Apple fan (please refer to my username as proof of this) but really, Microsoft and Nokia NEED to challenge this. Between them, they can bring out the highest quality hardware and the very best platform, but without Netflix, Lovefilm, Sky and all the other movie services backing them, then a big hole will remain at the centre of the Windows Phone experience.
Has anyone else had problems with Netflix on the 1520? Are there any alternatives? And when the hell is Microsoft gonna pull finger and launch a video subscription or rental service through the App store??
Netflix just aren't keeping pace with the hardware Nokia has rolled out here. In fact, I don't think Netflix has bothered to update their app since I first downloaded it on my trusty old Lumia 800 back in 2011. If they have, then the changes are totally unnoticeable.......
In reality, the amazing screen on the 1520 is just wasted on Netflix. Whether I try to watch a movie on 4G, 3G or WiFi, I get the same problem.......A laggy and distorted picture for at least the first 1 -2 minutes of the film. Whether it's a standard, HD or even an animated movie, it's the same poor quality. And when the data stream does eventually catch up, the picture quality still isn't nearly as good as it could be. And that's a major let down. For a screen of this quality to be stuck with an Ok-ish video stream is just criminal.
Now......we everyday users are the very best people on the planet to sell the LumiaWP concept, and we're up against some stiff competition. I don't know about you, but I don't have a single friend or family member that uses WP. They're all on Apple or Android.
I am the lone voice; the persistent WP user who's trying to convince them to give Lumia a go. So what happens when I try to demonstrate my amazing new phone and it's incredible screen? Here's what happens:
Me: "hey, check out my new Lumia 1520!! How amazing is that!! You should see the screen....full HD, its effing unbelievable!!!"
Friend: "oh man, that looks so cool. My Iphone 4 looks soooo small and silly next to it. Ok, fire it up, let's see what this bad boy can do!!!!"
----hits the Netflix app button----waits a full 30 seconds for movie titles to appear----chooses movie----black screen for another 30 seconds----finally springs to life----can barely see the picture for first 90 seconds of movie----finally it begins to stream----but it's poor quality and is a big time let down....
Me: "oh...erm...ok, here let me try a different movie...."
----different movie, poor quality----turn off wifi, try 4G----same poor quality----reset router, switch off phone---try again----still poor quality
Me: "errr......hmmmm...maybe...erm...."
Friend: "hey, do you wanna see Netflix, lovefilm or SkyGo on my Iphone....it looks pretty amazing!!"
And sure enough, it did.
And you can bet your bottom Dollar that friend of mine will never, ever invest in WP.
As a UK resident I've totally given up on the idea that Sky will embrace Windows Phone in the same way that they've loved up to Apple and made all sorts of entertainment-on-the-go apps available. Your average Apple user in the UK has access to SkyGo, Sky Demand and Sky Download. In other words, an Apple phone can do pretty much everything the living room TV can. And the quality is just perfect.
Now I'm no Apple fan (please refer to my username as proof of this) but really, Microsoft and Nokia NEED to challenge this. Between them, they can bring out the highest quality hardware and the very best platform, but without Netflix, Lovefilm, Sky and all the other movie services backing them, then a big hole will remain at the centre of the Windows Phone experience.
Has anyone else had problems with Netflix on the 1520? Are there any alternatives? And when the hell is Microsoft gonna pull finger and launch a video subscription or rental service through the App store??
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