You don't seem to understand that YOU were disappointed. Not everyone.
Err, no. Read any review of the Nexus 9 on the big sites for example. It's universally panned.
You talked about the tech press opinion. You were the one using it to justify why YOU think Android hasn't had exciting devices since September.
Funny, because the "no exciting news about WP" comes from where? Oh that's right, the press.
You want to use tech press as a measurement for anything, then fine, we'll use it. But we'll use it for EVERYTHING. Including WP.
Like I said, it doesn't matter. I'm not denying there is bad news for WP, I'm saying the bad news of WP doesn't make the bad news of Android disappear.
Now you talk about Lollipop on the Nexus 6. And you mix everything. One moment you're talking about devices, the other you're talking about the OS.
Because both had issues. I'm not mixing anything.
Nexus 6 hardware has been panned for lacking despite being a high costing flagship.
Lollipop has been reporting to have problems with battery life and with performance degrading encryption.
Both of these are facts.
You don't like Android. We get it. It's FINE. We don't all have to like the same things. But just because you don't think some devices are exciting, it doesn't mean other people don't feel the same.
I like Android just fine - I HAVE Android devices right now. I was planning to buy a Nexus 6 for that matter, that's why I know about it - good and bad. Stop assuming someone saying bad things about Android means they don't like it.
OTOH I could say the same thing about people continuously panning WP. They sound like people hating WP more than actually liking it just because WP hasn't released a flagship to their liking it suddenly makes WP "not exciting".
Heck, I hate - and I mean HATE - Samsung deeply. And even I can admit that something like the Note Edge is pretty exciting because of what it can mean for future devices (regardless of the OS).
Which has nothing to do with what I said at all. Because realistically speaking - as I said - the exotic configuration of the Edge means it would very likely not get any support. Just like WP doesn't get much support due to market share. There's nothing particularly exciting about the Edge there *unless* Samsung comes out to announce that this kind of curved screen device becomes their standard configuration in ALL of their highend flagship. Until then, it's a gimmick, and that's a fact, which most sites have correctly pointed out.
The Sony Xperia Z3 Compact jams a 4.7 screen into a phone that's SMALLER and THINNER than the 920 while having flagship specs, a 20mp camera, 2 days of battery life and a IP67 rating (meaning waterPROOF and dust resistant.) How is THIS not exciting? We've been told time and time again that the better the phone the larger it has to be. Sony proves otherwise and it's not exciting?
It's not exciting because the Z1 Compact (which I currently OWN) had done all that before and the Z3 is just a minor bump in specs. How is THAT exciting?
Let's just be honest here. You don't like Android. That's the problem that's thwarting your argument.
Er, no. I like Android just fine. I just don't find spec bumps exciting because as someone else pointed out, it's about software now because hardware improvement has plateaued, and OEM are struggling to improve hardware in ways that actually matter.
If you want to discuss Lollipop, I'll discuss Lollipop: I'm NOT updating my phone to Lollipop because I simply HATE that horrible "Material Design". And I'm not in the mood to root the phone just to fix the mess Google made. Although I never really likes Windows Phone's tiles, the rest of the OS is much better designed than what Google has done with Material Design.
Good for you. But how does your person preference negates the performance degrading issue of Lollipop's device encryption? Oh wait, it doesn't. So how is that NOT bad news for Android?