I am on Verizon and I own a lumia icon running wp 8.1 dev preview. At this point, I wish to drop wp and move on to either android or iOS. I am interested in knowing who is going for iOS and who is going for android and why.
Here is a list of issues that I am no longer able to tolerate on my device:
1-lack of apps like venmo.
2-poor app quality compared to other OS, such as feature-deficient ebay app.
3-better Microsoft experience on iOS and android, specifically skype.
4-lack of unique features?for instance, Cortana is making its way to iOS and android pretty soon.
5-lack of syncing software between my wp device and my surface pro 3.
6-lack of Bluetooth connection between my phone and my surface pro 3. Believe it or not, I cannot send a photo from my phone to my surface pro 3, via Bluetooth.
7-lack of alphabetical order on settings menu.
8-addresses in Internet explorer lead to bing maps, yet we use here maps for directions, makes a messy user experience.
9-google maps is superior to here maps in the united states.
10-aweful gmail support.
11-aweful email attachment functionality.
12-shotty copy/paste function.
13-regressing xbox music experience, I went from bad to worse.
14-pathetically and laughably slow camera software.
15-camera software produces soft images.
16-apps are painfully slow to load.
17-they said denim would be out by q4 but it is now November 15th. I hated android because no one could get updates and every phone had a different experience. Now what we are witnessing is the androidification of windows phone, in the sense that we have fragmentation with some people on wp8 and wp8.1 and some have cyan and hardly anyone has denim.
18-windows 10 appears to be a mess according to the most recent reports, and whether windows 10 is any good or not, we still have no clue what windows 10 would be like on a phone. We know what it would look like on a desktop or laptop, but who knows what it will look like on a phone. Just like how MS attributed missing features in wp 8 to the resources being used to update the ?kernel?, they will make phone version of windows 10 very primitive and attribute the primitiveness to the need for resources to be dedicated to the finalization of a novel system that unifies the experience across PCs and phones. In other words, MS will say ?sorry windows phone users, no proper skype and xbox music for you because we have been focusing on unifying the experience and getting devs to develop one app for all. But if you wait, we?ll give you these features in our next update??..they?ll call the update lumia cashmere or something? and then off course no one will get the update.
19-MS has zero power over carriers. Verizon is withholding cyan and nothing can be done about this.
20-no one knows when windows 10 is coming out. So we have to wait months and months, while iOS and android users enjoy superior apps from both third parties, as well as MS themselves.
21-no matter what I do, IE keeps showing me mobile version of sites.
22-lumia devices are heavy and tend to slip off and fall more than android and iOS devices which are lighter in weight.
All of this points to one thing: Satya does not think wp is worth resources and hence the windows phone OS is simply an ongoing experiment that MS is ready to end anytime now.
I don?t have a contract with Verizon so I can easily move. What are your thoughts about moto x pure edition with android 5 vs iphone 6?
Here is a list of issues that I am no longer able to tolerate on my device:
1-lack of apps like venmo.
2-poor app quality compared to other OS, such as feature-deficient ebay app.
3-better Microsoft experience on iOS and android, specifically skype.
4-lack of unique features?for instance, Cortana is making its way to iOS and android pretty soon.
5-lack of syncing software between my wp device and my surface pro 3.
6-lack of Bluetooth connection between my phone and my surface pro 3. Believe it or not, I cannot send a photo from my phone to my surface pro 3, via Bluetooth.
7-lack of alphabetical order on settings menu.
8-addresses in Internet explorer lead to bing maps, yet we use here maps for directions, makes a messy user experience.
9-google maps is superior to here maps in the united states.
10-aweful gmail support.
11-aweful email attachment functionality.
12-shotty copy/paste function.
13-regressing xbox music experience, I went from bad to worse.
14-pathetically and laughably slow camera software.
15-camera software produces soft images.
16-apps are painfully slow to load.
17-they said denim would be out by q4 but it is now November 15th. I hated android because no one could get updates and every phone had a different experience. Now what we are witnessing is the androidification of windows phone, in the sense that we have fragmentation with some people on wp8 and wp8.1 and some have cyan and hardly anyone has denim.
18-windows 10 appears to be a mess according to the most recent reports, and whether windows 10 is any good or not, we still have no clue what windows 10 would be like on a phone. We know what it would look like on a desktop or laptop, but who knows what it will look like on a phone. Just like how MS attributed missing features in wp 8 to the resources being used to update the ?kernel?, they will make phone version of windows 10 very primitive and attribute the primitiveness to the need for resources to be dedicated to the finalization of a novel system that unifies the experience across PCs and phones. In other words, MS will say ?sorry windows phone users, no proper skype and xbox music for you because we have been focusing on unifying the experience and getting devs to develop one app for all. But if you wait, we?ll give you these features in our next update??..they?ll call the update lumia cashmere or something? and then off course no one will get the update.
19-MS has zero power over carriers. Verizon is withholding cyan and nothing can be done about this.
20-no one knows when windows 10 is coming out. So we have to wait months and months, while iOS and android users enjoy superior apps from both third parties, as well as MS themselves.
21-no matter what I do, IE keeps showing me mobile version of sites.
22-lumia devices are heavy and tend to slip off and fall more than android and iOS devices which are lighter in weight.
All of this points to one thing: Satya does not think wp is worth resources and hence the windows phone OS is simply an ongoing experiment that MS is ready to end anytime now.
I don?t have a contract with Verizon so I can easily move. What are your thoughts about moto x pure edition with android 5 vs iphone 6?
TBH I also feel like MS could pull the plug on WP at any moment, but now that they've tied themselves to W10 they will have to go through with it.... So we know that WP is safe for at least another year or two
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