Hello everyone,
I wanted to do a small little write up of what my opinion is of WP8 after having my Nokia Lumia Icon for a little over a week now.
WP8 Pros:
1. Very lean and fast. This means it works great even on lower end phones well from what I understand.
WP8 Cons:
1. The amount of quality apps is heavily behind Android and iOS.
2. No Google apps.
3. Some of the apps that it DOES have are atrocious compared to their iOS and Android counterparts. IE: Skype
4. Lack of customization.
5. Lack of customization.
6. Lack of customization.
Yes I only have 1 pro for WP8, and that is how great it works on lower-end devices.
Coming from the HTC One M8 running Kit-Kat; everything about the Nokia Lumia Icon (barring the camera) felt like a downgrade in terms of both hardware and software. Normally the biggest argument that WP users have about Android is how laggy it is. Well the M8 is virtually lag free and it has been proven. Both software wise and hardware wise. Source: The HTC One M8 is king of touch screen response time - GSMArena Blog
So in terms of responsiveness the Icon actually felt just slightly slower. So there goes typically the biggest advantage that WP usually offers. The stock IE browser also annoyed me on WP. It didn't want to play well with many sites and was noticeably slower than Chrome overall.
I could go on with more things I didn't like, but I will just cut straight to by FAR the biggest. (Can you guess what it is?) Yes, customization. The fact that there is close to 0 customization on WP as compared to Android is the biggest reason that I could never use my Nokia Lumia Icon as a daily driver and wouldn't ever get a WP as a personal phone. Every single thing I don't like about Android I can change or enhance in a way that suits my needs perfectly. With WP what you see is what you get. There aren't many options minus wallpaper and lockscreen changes. I can change my lockscreen, wallpaper, rom, icons, widget styles, overclock or underclock, undervolt, etc...etc... I can go on and on.
It basically comes down to......I can do everything I need to on Android, but the same isn't true vice-versa. So why bother getting an OS that limits what you can do drastically compared to what is already out their? The biggest draw for WP seems to be the smoothness of it and the live tiles. I personally don't care too much for the live tiles; I find widgets better personally, and I also think the live tiles are somewhat ugly and clutter the phone a bit.
I will admit that as a techy first and fore-most; I am still going to keep my Lumia Icon and follow the development of the platform. If only because I love gadgets!
Anyway I just wanted to share my own personal opinions regarding the matter. Thanks!
I wanted to do a small little write up of what my opinion is of WP8 after having my Nokia Lumia Icon for a little over a week now.
WP8 Pros:
1. Very lean and fast. This means it works great even on lower end phones well from what I understand.
WP8 Cons:
1. The amount of quality apps is heavily behind Android and iOS.
2. No Google apps.
3. Some of the apps that it DOES have are atrocious compared to their iOS and Android counterparts. IE: Skype
4. Lack of customization.
5. Lack of customization.
6. Lack of customization.
Yes I only have 1 pro for WP8, and that is how great it works on lower-end devices.
Coming from the HTC One M8 running Kit-Kat; everything about the Nokia Lumia Icon (barring the camera) felt like a downgrade in terms of both hardware and software. Normally the biggest argument that WP users have about Android is how laggy it is. Well the M8 is virtually lag free and it has been proven. Both software wise and hardware wise. Source: The HTC One M8 is king of touch screen response time - GSMArena Blog
So in terms of responsiveness the Icon actually felt just slightly slower. So there goes typically the biggest advantage that WP usually offers. The stock IE browser also annoyed me on WP. It didn't want to play well with many sites and was noticeably slower than Chrome overall.
I could go on with more things I didn't like, but I will just cut straight to by FAR the biggest. (Can you guess what it is?) Yes, customization. The fact that there is close to 0 customization on WP as compared to Android is the biggest reason that I could never use my Nokia Lumia Icon as a daily driver and wouldn't ever get a WP as a personal phone. Every single thing I don't like about Android I can change or enhance in a way that suits my needs perfectly. With WP what you see is what you get. There aren't many options minus wallpaper and lockscreen changes. I can change my lockscreen, wallpaper, rom, icons, widget styles, overclock or underclock, undervolt, etc...etc... I can go on and on.
It basically comes down to......I can do everything I need to on Android, but the same isn't true vice-versa. So why bother getting an OS that limits what you can do drastically compared to what is already out their? The biggest draw for WP seems to be the smoothness of it and the live tiles. I personally don't care too much for the live tiles; I find widgets better personally, and I also think the live tiles are somewhat ugly and clutter the phone a bit.
I will admit that as a techy first and fore-most; I am still going to keep my Lumia Icon and follow the development of the platform. If only because I love gadgets!
Anyway I just wanted to share my own personal opinions regarding the matter. Thanks!