Hello guys,
Some time ago I installed a technical preview of Windows 10 on my desktop. Which was amazing! Especially coming from windows 7. Told all my friends to install it on their pc's and everyone agreed. It was a very nice OS.
Fast forward some months and I'm reading some "rumours" about the "Cityman" or the "950XL". Microsoft's first flagship in some time which runs on Windows 10! Since I like new gadgets I couldn't wait. Something new, something different.
Seeing as the 950XL isn't out yet I decided to buy one of the newer windows phones. The 640 XL LTE Cyan. What a stunner!
Some personal history:
Blackberry bold 9700
Samsung Galaxy S3
Sony Xperia Z2
LG G2 Snapdragon 800
I was very skeptical about two things.
1. Screen resolution.
It's got a pretty big screen(5.7inch) yet the resolution is only 1280x720p. I was crossing my fingers this would be enough.
2.
Snapdragon 400.
Is it going to be fast enough?
There were no problems during setup(8.1 denim update 2). It all went pretty smooth. The screen looked great as well! I was outside in the burning sun and had no problem with visibility(unlike my LG G2/Xperia Z2).
Installed Whatsapp/Instagram BETA/6tag.
Now here is where it goes wrong. The store is very laggy. Downloading and installing Whatsapp took around 3/4 minutes. When I opened whatsapp it showed me a loading screen with some dots. I thought hmm probably first run setup. No biggy. But it turns out that everytime I launch any of the above apps a loading screen pops up for a couple of seconds.
Is this normal? Does it really have to "load" an app like whatsapp?
Sometimes when I unlock my phone it also has to load the start menu.
I've installed windows 10 TP(build 116) with the hope it would get better but unfortunately it didn't. When it had downloaded the upgrade it said installation could take around 10-20 minutes. Eventually it was finished after 50 minutes(Couldve formatted my desktop and reinstalled w10 on that in the meantime!). When it offered me the update to build 512 it also took around an hour to install.
Now seeing as I don't have any experience with windows phone nor the snapdragon 400, I was hoping you guys could tell me your experiences and tell me if this is normal? Are those times normal? Does the loading screen always pop up with every app you open? Is it because of the budget snapdragon 400? Will the 950 XL also have these problems?
Another issue is the very sluggish touchscreen. It is almost impossible to close a tab in Microsoft Edge. Have to click the x at least 10 times no joke! I've googled this issue and the fix seems to be to enable "high touch screen sensitivity". Which is not available on the 640 XL but only on the premium lumia's :S. Any workarounds for this?
I'm sorry for this unorganized wall of text. Just venting some anger at this phone out. I really hope I either have a faulty phone or a hard reset will fix it. Can't wait to hear your guys opinions and experiences with the 640XL/Windows phone.
Some time ago I installed a technical preview of Windows 10 on my desktop. Which was amazing! Especially coming from windows 7. Told all my friends to install it on their pc's and everyone agreed. It was a very nice OS.
Fast forward some months and I'm reading some "rumours" about the "Cityman" or the "950XL". Microsoft's first flagship in some time which runs on Windows 10! Since I like new gadgets I couldn't wait. Something new, something different.
Seeing as the 950XL isn't out yet I decided to buy one of the newer windows phones. The 640 XL LTE Cyan. What a stunner!
Some personal history:
Blackberry bold 9700
Samsung Galaxy S3
Sony Xperia Z2
LG G2 Snapdragon 800
I was very skeptical about two things.
1. Screen resolution.
It's got a pretty big screen(5.7inch) yet the resolution is only 1280x720p. I was crossing my fingers this would be enough.
2.
Snapdragon 400.
Is it going to be fast enough?
There were no problems during setup(8.1 denim update 2). It all went pretty smooth. The screen looked great as well! I was outside in the burning sun and had no problem with visibility(unlike my LG G2/Xperia Z2).
Installed Whatsapp/Instagram BETA/6tag.
Now here is where it goes wrong. The store is very laggy. Downloading and installing Whatsapp took around 3/4 minutes. When I opened whatsapp it showed me a loading screen with some dots. I thought hmm probably first run setup. No biggy. But it turns out that everytime I launch any of the above apps a loading screen pops up for a couple of seconds.
Is this normal? Does it really have to "load" an app like whatsapp?
Sometimes when I unlock my phone it also has to load the start menu.
I've installed windows 10 TP(build 116) with the hope it would get better but unfortunately it didn't. When it had downloaded the upgrade it said installation could take around 10-20 minutes. Eventually it was finished after 50 minutes(Couldve formatted my desktop and reinstalled w10 on that in the meantime!). When it offered me the update to build 512 it also took around an hour to install.
Now seeing as I don't have any experience with windows phone nor the snapdragon 400, I was hoping you guys could tell me your experiences and tell me if this is normal? Are those times normal? Does the loading screen always pop up with every app you open? Is it because of the budget snapdragon 400? Will the 950 XL also have these problems?
Another issue is the very sluggish touchscreen. It is almost impossible to close a tab in Microsoft Edge. Have to click the x at least 10 times no joke! I've googled this issue and the fix seems to be to enable "high touch screen sensitivity". Which is not available on the 640 XL but only on the premium lumia's :S. Any workarounds for this?
I'm sorry for this unorganized wall of text. Just venting some anger at this phone out. I really hope I either have a faulty phone or a hard reset will fix it. Can't wait to hear your guys opinions and experiences with the 640XL/Windows phone.