spazzmeister
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If you're happy with your 1520 just keep it. Nobody's holding a gun to your head.. Let the ones that like the 950 enjoy their new phone without all the negativity.
Insecure much?
Posted from my Note 5
If you're happy with your 1520 just keep it. Nobody's holding a gun to your head.. Let the ones that like the 950 enjoy their new phone without all the negativity.
General lack of awareness is the biggest problem microsoft has to address to.
Now I'm confused. Is the biggest problem awareness or that nobody is holding a gun to people's heads?Nobody's holding a gun to your head.
Insecure much?
Posted from my Note 5
Now I'm confused. Is the biggest problem awareness or that nobody is holding a gun to people's heads?
But maybe a two pronged approach would work.
Apple iphones or iDevices are primarily targeted for noobs and even for geeks. So, taking noobs into consideration, they want a device that just works at the end of the day w/o a hitch. Even a kid can use an iDevice because of its ease of use. Windows on the other hand, is a little unfriendly with noobs, but after spending a little time with windows ecosystem, they prefer windows 75% of the time.
I have been an iPhone user for the past 5 years and began searching for something new after my last contract expired (Verizon). I started exploring new phone hardware and OS's and came across WP a while back on a friends 8.1 phone. I was impressed with it from the start. I was just getting bored and tired with iOS which has remained largely the same since birth.
I am an avid mac/iphone user but use windows daily as well and am impressed with windows 10 so I started following WP10 shortly after.
I finally settled on the Lumia 950 with WP 10 after researching it and waiting for weeks. I read the forums and reviews. I asked friends and mobile reps. It was barely positive but I had hope for something coming from MS. I wanted it enough that I even jumped carriers.
I've heavily used the phone since it's release on Friday and I am pretty impressed so far. The phone gets warm just like my 5S but it's a non issue. Here are my thoughts.
Pros:
Gorgeous UI and design
Love the live tiles
All the apps I regularly use are available except Chase banking and snapchat
Unique windows apps like baconit are great
Phone itself is nice. Getting used to the big screen still
The plastic design doesn't feel like an apple device by any means but it feels more solid than Samsung and some others. It's definitely not cheap feeling
Camera is awesome
Cortana works as well as Siri for what I do
Screen is great
Battery life after a day of heavy use leaves about 30% remaining
Ease of transferring contacts
Removable back cover
Hello or the iris recognition works better than expected
Cons:
New keyboard not easy to get used to
Keyboard is laggy at times
Some apps seem a bit laggy and slow
Speaker is underwhelming
Touch screen not as sensitive or accurate as iPhone but it works well enough
Some live tiles/apps don't seem to update their notifications very quickly
Overall:
I am a bit of a techy but I think anybody can pick up and use WP easy enough. I picked up my iPhone after two days and it felt so outdated! I am willing to wait for MS to work out the kinks and have high hopes for snapchat to arrive. I also want my fantasy football apps (yahoo)! Making the switch has been easy enough and I'm sure I've made the right decision so far.
I picked up my iPhone after two days and it felt so outdated!
I think a lot of this is related to what we are used to. I have been using windows phone since windows 7 and love the keyboard. I have a hard time trying on the iPhone keyboard. The iPhone is billed as the super easy and intuitive phone but for me personally I prefer windows a lot.
My battery life is not great, although I'm running on the light theme.
I set up a iPhone 6 for my wife who has been using a Lumia 928 for about 1.5 years now. Within the first 10 minutes the biggest gripe was keyboard is worthless - extra tap to get a period or comma and no wordflow. Also autocorrect and autosuggestion are terrible on iOS compared to WP - this is her observation (as someone who is not too heavily into tech).