Help - Bored of the 640XL - What does the future hold?

[Krystianpants]

the 950 and 950xl have better camera apps, the best according to some. New phones are the ones being announced by other manufacturers such as hp, acer, moly, nuans etc

I would be interested in seeing a comparison between 950XL and 950. I know it sounds weird since it's supposed to be the same camera. But it seems the XL does have better components. The actual screen tested much better on the XL than the 950. It was much brighter at 100%/auto brightness. Maybe there's differences in Camera. Most tests use the 950 and assume the 950xl will be the same. It should be but some of the screen tests make me wonder. I'd also love to see All about windows phone do some new tests with the latest software/firmware when the anniversary update comes out. I think this is the latest review on the 950. Looks like it's from June. New firmware came out after and lots of camera enhancements. Plus i think these are done on production branch.

Camera phone head to head - Lumia 950 vs Sony Xperia X


Screen test quotes.

Similarly to the Lumia 950 however, the Lumia 950XL has only average maximum brightness (335nits) if you have the brightness control set to manual, but as soon as you switch to Auto, the phone will push the brightness all the way up to 705nits given the environment is bright enough. Both numbers are slightly higher than what we measured on the Lumia 950.

Another positive remark we have about the screen is the excellent color rendering. The average DeltaE is only 1.6 is certainly among the lowest average deviations we've seen on a mobile phone - it's even lower than the Lumia 950. Furthermore, the highest recorded deviation is only 2.9 - an impressive score indeed. You have got to remember that anything below 3 is considered calibration-level color accuracy so we're really happy with the fact that Microsoft provides such color accuracy out of the box.

 

[RobbCab]

I disagree with this sentiment. Apps will always provide a better experience on devices because compiled code stored locally will always have better performance than apps completely served up over the web. Don't get me wrong, mobile optimized sites are great and I Bootstrap every one I build ( I'm just finishing up a highly customized version to mobile-optimize SharePoint), but until mobile data speeds improve enough (5G is still a few years away) having the logic and UI on device and talking directly to the system is not only much faster, it also cuts the data being transferred greatly, which also improves performance.

I know all this and still choose to stay on Windows Mobile.

 

[Guytronic]

I have had it for 13 months.

Actually that's a relative eternity for the smart device junkie.
I'd say 13 months is a very good run.

Quite a few Android users seldom make it 6-8 months often even less.
When a new Lumia was popping up regularly I couldn't help buying new for lowering cost.
Sadly the well went dry so I headed for the better watering hole.

 

[Bazza1603]

Actually that's a relative eternity for the smart device junkie.
I'd say 13 months is a very good run.

Quite a few Android users seldom make it 6-8 months often even less.
When a new Lumia was popping up regularly I couldn't help buying new for lowering cost.
Sadly the well went dry so I headed for the better watering hole.

I change phones like no tomorrow normally. I had a Note 4 before this which I kept for 4 months. I found the 640XL a better device.

I have had a few problems marrying the 640XL to a Sat Nav for traffic sharing. This was driving me nuts, but found a fix for it yesterday.

And now I find Pok?mon Go is available...!

 

[N_LaRUE]

And now I find Pok?mon Go is available...!

It's a third party app, not the official one. There's questions on whether or not it will remain.

 

[N_LaRUE]

Actually that's a relative eternity for the smart device junkie.
I'd say 13 months is a very good run.

Quite a few Android users seldom make it 6-8 months often even less.
When a new Lumia was popping up regularly I couldn't help buying new for lowering cost.
Sadly the well went dry so I headed for the better watering hole.

I try to keep my phone for at least two years. I'm coming up on that with my current phone. I'm hoping to wait it out for the new Nokia, if it's any good and if it's coming soon. Otherwise I'll have to sort something else out.

 

[Chintan Gohel]

Actually that's a relative eternity for the smart device junkie.
I'd say 13 months is a very good run.

Quite a few Android users seldom make it 6-8 months often even less.
When a new Lumia was popping up regularly I couldn't help buying new for lowering cost.
Sadly the well went dry so I headed for the better watering hole.

I change phones like no tomorrow normally. I had a Note 4 before this which I kept for 4 months. I found the 640XL a better device.

I have had a few problems marrying the 640XL to a Sat Nav for traffic sharing. This was driving me nuts, but found a fix for it yesterday.

And now I find Pok?mon Go is available...!

I keep devices until they break (or get stolen :angry

you guys have money to burn :winktongue:

 

[libra89]

It's fun to change phones! My excuse is that I want to find the perfect phone for me in every possible way :winktongue: Right now, my 640 is winning as my oldest phone, since it's been 13 months since I had it, but many months since it was my DD.

A lot of people sell a device to buy another one if it's beyond a certain price. Trying to decide the next possible phone to try, or if I should wait (not for the Surface phone, that's way too long for me).

 

[gordonfink]

I have a 950 - that might be your answer. Prices have come down quite a bit in the secondary market for them.

That said, I am looking now for a cheap Android phone with a decent screen just to play some games. Can't imagine I'd go back to Android, but if I can find the right one, i'll use it for goofing off.

 

[Kevin Houle]

For me, I love this phone. The screen size is amazing and so is the battery life. I also have an acer w700 tablet loaded with Windows 10 and android (dual booting to get my android fix when needed). I've installed visual studio 2015 on the tablet and build universal apps with vb in the event that there is an app I want to see that's not available. Just my 2 cents, but maybe try picking up a programming language like c# and see what you can do. It will keep you entertained and you can see what kinds of things you can do with your windows phone.

 

[Bazza1603]

Well I finally moved. Ended up with a Redmi Note 3 3GB International version.

Great phone and super quick. Camera is not as good as the 640Xl in low light or using flash.

After 3 weeks its the right move away from Windows Mobile

 

[Kevin Houle]

Redmi?

 

[Bazza1603]

Redmi?

Xiaomi redmi note 3 pro international version. About ?140

 

[Kevin Houle]

Ah nice!

 

[Arizona Willie]

I went with a Windows phone because I wanted compatibility to send files back and forth ( if I needed to do that ). But between a lack of apps such as Swipe to Pay and problems with the browsers crashing and Amazon cutting Windows phones out of reading Kindle ebooks I think I made a huge mistake.

I wish I had gone Android ( never never never Apple never ).

I spent $250 for this phone about a year ago and if I ever have to buy another phone for any reason I don't believe it will be a Windows phone.
I don't even trust Microsoft to keep updating the software for phones. I wouldn't be surprised to see them drop phones completely.

 

[Fire 29]

When you start getting bored with a phone, perhaps you need to look at it differently. You need to be motivated to try new things
Try landscape photography
Timelapses - the battery life is great for that
Try a different theme on the phone
Try new features that you have never thought of (yesterday I tried out onenote on pc, still deciding what to do with it)
Get a new cover
Design a new cover (my brother does that using cardboard, wood, plastic etc)
So much to do

Trying out a new cover with a matching theme It's something that really changed the look of my phone and OS. Good trick!