trumpet116
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Wait, what? You can make the new start screen look EXACTLY like your current start screen, minus the "gutter". So you DO like the current start screen but you wouldn't like the same thing minus the "gutter" and the arrow? I'm confused by your statement, because it sounds like you hate the look as-is.
They've just given you options. You want clutter, you get clutter. You want clean, you get clean.
The old look with the "gutter" makes it look a lot cleaner. That's not there at all with 8.
Because they're being honest. It's still running the CE kernel and doesn't have all the features of Apollo, so how could it be considered as WP8?
I sort of agree, I think I'll miss "the gutter" and I kind of wish they allowed you to separate tiles into "groups" with spaces in between sort of like on Windows 8. Otherwise it seems cluttered.
I disagree. HTC phones always seem to have problems, like recently:
HTC acknowledges WiFi problem in HTC One X, and has already fixed it in production
And I'm sure you've heard of the call quality and reception issue on the original HTC Titan.
I must admit, though, that I've heard really good things about the SLCD2 screen.
I don't understand how Nokia will gain a bad reputation with updates. In regards to bug fixes and improvements, I think Nokia is the best. They've released updates to address data issues, the purple hue, among other things. Meanwhile, no one has gotten support from HTC regarding the call quality/reception issues for the Titan. Furthermore, I'm still waiting on HTC to update their Connection Settings app to support the Titan II and add a Straight Talk profile (its been at least a couple of months I've been waiting), while Nokia said that they are putting the Nokia Network Setup app back on the marketplace this week.
And about Apollo: The Lumia 900 is still getting 7.8. Does that not count as an upgrade? What about the Samsung Focus 2 and the HTC Titan II? Won't they get a bad reputation for not getting "upgraded" or do those phones no longer exist now?
Hey, maybe it was Microsoft's plan all along to screw Nokia over, then be able to pick up Nokia for really cheap, then make their own Surface phones like how they made their own Surface tablet.
I hate to say it, but when has honesty ever been top priority for marketing departments? I love the honesty, but Microsoft is like that guy that's TOO honest, so no one likes him. The Focus 2 and Titan II are not important, really. How many do you think they really sold? Plus, Samsung and HTC don't need Windows Phone, so the reputation there is not as important as Nokia's.
7.8 DOES count as an upgrade, but can't you hear the sales reps in a few months "I don't know about that new Lumia 950, the last Lumia was pretty popular and they didn't even bother giving it WP8"?
That sounds like a plan too devious for Microsoft. We're talking about the company whose main policy with differentiating WP8 and 7.8 is "honesty."
Finally, I just had an idea: What if Microsoft did pick up Nokia and they name their Surfaces for screen size? Like there'd be a Surface 4, a Surface 5, 7, and 10. And every year there'd be a refresh and they'd have the same name.
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