Hi folks,
I'm a Symbian 808 user looking to change to Windows Phone shortly. A major concern is the music experience in WP. I've read a lot of discouraging comments online, but was hoping this forum could help me.
What I want:
1. App to play 320kps MP3 files from both the internal phone memory and SD card. I don't need to play other formats.
2. A clean, fast app to play my music using Nokia's Dolby headphone processing.
My concerns:
1. Xbox Music and Nokia Music seem mainly useful for streaming from their services. I want a light-weight, fast music player for locally stored MP3s.
2. A bug in WP seems to duplicate song entries in its music database. Is this common, or just an experience by a few people?
3. The music player apps I've found on the Windows Phone Store all seem pretty weak (no offense meant, developers) or slow (according to user reviews).
4. Moving music from a desktop to a WP device seems nightmarish, according to forum posts. I typically just drop my files from Windows Explorer to my SD card or internal memory on my Nokia 808. Can I just do the same with a WP? Would this simple technique prevent the song duplication?
5. Is it really so difficult to put playlists onto a WP? I have about 100 playlists that I'd like to have the phone. Again, with the Android and Symbian stock apps, this was nearly instantaneous and fluid: just copy the m3u file and you're done.
I experimented with a Galaxy S4 in December. Although I returned the phone because of poor camera performance, the music experience was awesome. The default music app immediately recognized the files on my SD card, including the playlists. Album art was nice and large. The screen was clean. The app was fast. There was no messing about; it just worked. The same, by and large, is true of the stock music app on Symbian Belle.
Can I get that type of hassle-free, light-weight, fast music experience on WP? Or will I be forever reformatting my SD card and taking hours to reload my large music collection? Will I have to suffer through apps that are mostly designed for streaming services?
I probably use my phone more as a music player than I do as a phone. (I know, I need to get our more... ). I don't want to spend $600 on a new WP only to be bitterly disappointed in the music experience.
I don't care about features that will look up a band online or supplement my audio experience with extra features. I just want to play the music easily, see the album art displayed nicely, and navigate my collection quickly. All my tracks are tagged consistently.
Thank you very much
I'm a Symbian 808 user looking to change to Windows Phone shortly. A major concern is the music experience in WP. I've read a lot of discouraging comments online, but was hoping this forum could help me.
What I want:
1. App to play 320kps MP3 files from both the internal phone memory and SD card. I don't need to play other formats.
2. A clean, fast app to play my music using Nokia's Dolby headphone processing.
My concerns:
1. Xbox Music and Nokia Music seem mainly useful for streaming from their services. I want a light-weight, fast music player for locally stored MP3s.
2. A bug in WP seems to duplicate song entries in its music database. Is this common, or just an experience by a few people?
3. The music player apps I've found on the Windows Phone Store all seem pretty weak (no offense meant, developers) or slow (according to user reviews).
4. Moving music from a desktop to a WP device seems nightmarish, according to forum posts. I typically just drop my files from Windows Explorer to my SD card or internal memory on my Nokia 808. Can I just do the same with a WP? Would this simple technique prevent the song duplication?
5. Is it really so difficult to put playlists onto a WP? I have about 100 playlists that I'd like to have the phone. Again, with the Android and Symbian stock apps, this was nearly instantaneous and fluid: just copy the m3u file and you're done.
I experimented with a Galaxy S4 in December. Although I returned the phone because of poor camera performance, the music experience was awesome. The default music app immediately recognized the files on my SD card, including the playlists. Album art was nice and large. The screen was clean. The app was fast. There was no messing about; it just worked. The same, by and large, is true of the stock music app on Symbian Belle.
Can I get that type of hassle-free, light-weight, fast music experience on WP? Or will I be forever reformatting my SD card and taking hours to reload my large music collection? Will I have to suffer through apps that are mostly designed for streaming services?
I probably use my phone more as a music player than I do as a phone. (I know, I need to get our more... ). I don't want to spend $600 on a new WP only to be bitterly disappointed in the music experience.
I don't care about features that will look up a band online or supplement my audio experience with extra features. I just want to play the music easily, see the album art displayed nicely, and navigate my collection quickly. All my tracks are tagged consistently.
Thank you very much