Windows Phone 8.1 improved WP, but it may have also killed it.

[X0LARIUM]

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Here are the screenshots. You can tell it's 8.1 from the people hub design and the Icon placement at the top. Disabling the sharing extensibility framework removes the new style fb integration, which I think is better as the hubs were superfluous at best

I have no clue how u got that man...heres what I get..
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[Zulfigar]

they should fix the skype integration,xbox music,video,phone freeze issue since update 2 and 3,call drop issue,3G bug otherwise wp8.1 is a beautiful OS despite the issues i mentioned

Skype is getting a major update soon, Music and Video after getting updates, and no idea about your phone, my 920's pretty flawless.

 

[X0LARIUM]

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[Ebuka Allison]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/14/uty2a7a2.jpg


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Hmm...well I can't say anything about that. Have you tried simply turning off the people hub integration?

 

[X0LARIUM]

Hmm...well I can't say anything about that. Have you tried simply turning off the people hub integration?

Nope...what's your country?in region & settings?


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[Ebuka Allison]

Nope...what's your country?in region & settings?


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UK. You might wanna apologize for insulting me now

 

[X0LARIUM]

UK. You might wanna apologize for insulting me now

I will do that after you. For speaking in a language not appreciated anywhere and using a rude tone too


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[jlzimmerman]

In a couple years, there will be little difference in features and specs across platforms. The major difference is going to be more on the root level of the OS, IE how they're programmed (native security, efficiency, and functionality based on kernel type, API, written language, etc).

 

[rockstarzzz]

I guess it depends on each user's preference. I never used the 'hubs' and didn't even have the 'people' tile displayed on my home screen. I also never used the Xbox apps (not music, games or videos), since I prefer streaming (Pandora, Songza, Nokia Mix Radio+, Netflix) rather than purchasing music/videos and I subscribe to Nokia Mix Radio+, not Xbox music. So, in my case, I don't miss anything, since those were features I never used.

What sort of data usage do you have monthly? I went "stream only" nothing offline sort of attitude and ended up using 23 GB in a month on 3G! Thankfully have unlimited allowance but now I am on tethered plan for this month

 

[Laura Knotek]

What sort of data usage do you have monthly? I went "stream only" nothing offline sort of attitude and ended up using 23 GB in a month on 3G! Thankfully have unlimited allowance but now I am on tethered plan for this month

2 days left in my billing cycle.

I'm on WiFi most of the time.

 

[mjrtoo]

They could have implemented notifications in the ME tile, I think it would have been better there.

 

[iAdrian23]

There's no doubt all the extra features, including the Action Center for notifications, and Cortana, improved the Windows Phone OS, with 8.1.

IMO, though, since the update focused on getting the platform *away* from the hubs model that it was created around (see: all those 'Smoked by WP' commercials), and towards needing to launch an app for everything, the only thing that now separates Windows Phone from iOS or Android, is a preferance over one company's ecosystem and store of applications over another.

Personally, I'm not a fan-boy of anyone one company's, and my contention is, if you now need an app for everything, I see no reason to not move full time to iOS, for example.

Aside from Microsoft losing a customer, I don't see the point of WP any longer.

Not trolling, or raising a dust-up, just trying to start a discussion about the move away from the hubs model, and the potential upsides/downsides, and what will be the chief selling point for the platform.

Did you seriously bought a WP for the pathetic hubs? Oh God.
What about the beauty? Which other OS outstands WP when it comes to design? None. Closest is iOS 7/8. Android is a f###########king mess.
Yes, the apps suck. I hate WP for this reason.

 

[X0LARIUM]

The thread is slowly turning into a OS war zone...even if no one means any harm to anyone, people have issues with other people having issues with the OS. Cool. So be it. Let the slaughter begin.


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[X0LARIUM]

Did you seriously bought a WP for the pathetic hubs? Oh God.
What about the beauty? Which other OS outstands WP when it comes to design? None. Closest is iOS 7/8. Android is a f###########king mess.
Yes, the apps suck. I hate WP for this reason.

I did. Got a problem with that? NO one is saying WP is bad..


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[Visa Declined]

Android is a f###########king mess.

The pure KitKat version on the Nexus 5 is actually pretty good. It's the OEM's that mess it up with their skins and all of the crap that they add.

 

[Karthik Naik]

Skype is getting a major update soon, Music and Video after getting updates, and no idea about your phone, my 920's pretty flawless.

i hope it comes soon,itll be epic if it does

 

[Sir William Wiener]

There's no doubt all the extra features, including the Action Center for notifications, and Cortana, improved the Windows Phone OS, with 8.1.

IMO, though, since the update focused on getting the platform *away* from the hubs model that it was created around (see: all those 'Smoked by WP' commercials), and towards needing to launch an app for everything, the only thing that now separates Windows Phone from iOS or Android, is a preferance over one company's ecosystem and store of applications over another.

Personally, I'm not a fan-boy of anyone one company's, and my contention is, if you now need an app for everything, I see no reason to not move full time to iOS, for example.

Aside from Microsoft losing a customer, I don't see the point of WP any longer.

Not trolling, or raising a dust-up, just trying to start a discussion about the move away from the hubs model, and the potential upsides/downsides, and what will be the chief selling point for the platform.

MSFT had to go based on what the market demanded and the market indicated that the features and philosophy of 8.1 is preferable to that of 8.0,

 

[Ebuka Allison]

MSFT had to go based on what the market demanded and the market indicated that the features and philosophy of 8.1 is preferable to that of 8.0,

Exactly. People moaned about WP8 and the uselessness of the hubs. So they fixed it.

 

[twint7787]

MSFT had to go based on what the market demanded and the market indicated that the features and philosophy of 8.1 is preferable to that of 8.0,

I disagree. At this point in mobiles life cycle no one is going to switch to WP because it is basically just like Android and IOS. We also lack the quantity, and more importantly the quality, of the apps that both Android and iOS have. So the action center, swipe text, and Cortana are welcome additions. However becoming 'similar' to Android and iOS won't help Microsoft.