So! My carrier offered me a few free months on a plan if I signed up for an iPhone 5S. Who could resist?
Coming from WindowsPhone this was an interesting experience.
The things that made WP7 better than iOS5... They're still better than iOS8. [Insert generic complaint about static icons, crappy keyboard, no camera button, crappy multitasking, bluetooth, still cant pin things to the homescreen etc.]
But what I really want to talk about is apps. I was expecting to find a whole bunch of new apps on iOS that I didn't get to use on WP.... But this wasn't the case. In fact it was the other way around.
WP8 has some awesome homegrown apps that, shockingly aren't available on iOS.
Apps I'll miss on WP?
But will I really miss the iPhone only Burger King app? Probably not.
Coming from WindowsPhone this was an interesting experience.
The things that made WP7 better than iOS5... They're still better than iOS8. [Insert generic complaint about static icons, crappy keyboard, no camera button, crappy multitasking, bluetooth, still cant pin things to the homescreen etc.]
But what I really want to talk about is apps. I was expecting to find a whole bunch of new apps on iOS that I didn't get to use on WP.... But this wasn't the case. In fact it was the other way around.
WP8 has some awesome homegrown apps that, shockingly aren't available on iOS.
- The Public Transport apps for my city on WP8 are AWESOME. iOS? Pretty terrible selection, even with the sprinkling of official ones.
- E-Reader apps? Turns out you can't even load up an epub on iOS, and good luck downloading anything with the browser. (Hint: you can't.)
- iOS does have it's fair share of great camera apps, but again, we have some INCREDIBLE ones on WP that were hard to match, or find matches to. (Still waitin for VSCO Cam...)
- No uTorrent Remote?
- There were a bunch more that I can't recall off the top of my head.
Apps I'll miss on WP?
- Blackboard Mobile Learn (University app, they support BB7 but not WP8??)
- VSCO CAM
- Minecraft (would be nice, but Mojang hates MS platforms.)
But will I really miss the iPhone only Burger King app? Probably not.