For all of the people who are talking about switching to other platforms, have you ever looked into their OS upgrade cycle, especially for those with budget phones? Microsoft is FAR from perfect, but I can guarantee that for those with sub $150 phones, you have received way more support for you phone than you would have with an Android phone at the same price point and find me a new Apple phone that cheap? Android has a stricter OS/Security update cycle than Android and that's still dependent on the provider, if you didn't buy the phone unlocked. With Apple, with older devices, you get an "incomplete" upgrade lacking many of the features that the hardware can't support.
I wish Microsoft made a move to have a limited number of devices, so it could have better optimization and more streamline upgrades.
I'm a disappointed 1020 owner and a bit astounded that my spare ?35 Lumia 435 will get it, but not my ?550 1020. Whilst I accept that the 1020 is older hardware, I bought it for the camera and there hasn't been an adequate replacement. I'm not going to throw my toys out of the pram and go to another OS - I don't like Apple and I'm not a huge fan of Android, but I will wait and keep my eye on Nokia. I don't visit Windows Central often these days, I'm tired of it being W10 centric and now I know my daily driver won't get W10, it's further salt in the wound.
For all of the people who are talking about switching to other platforms, have you ever looked into their OS upgrade cycle, especially for those with budget phones? Microsoft is FAR from perfect, but I can guarantee that for those with sub $150 phones, you have received way more support for you phone than you would have with an Android phone at the same price point and find me a new Apple phone that cheap? Android has a stricter OS/Security update cycle than Android and that's still dependent on the provider, if you didn't buy the phone unlocked. With Apple, with older devices, you get an "incomplete" upgrade lacking many of the features that the hardware can't support.
I wish Microsoft made a move to have a limited number of devices, so it could have better optimization and more streamline upgrades.
I am not holding my breathe for the upgrade to W10 for my 1320.
I know that you are probably aware of this but all professional reviewers agree that the 950 camera is better than the 1020 in every single way except for crazy image cropping (and it's on par with S7 and LGs and better than iphones). Just saying![]()
Lies? Or just overly optimistic/ambitious. I don't think they realized how badly some of the x20 devices would run WM10. A better way to state it would be "We hope to make it available but need feedback on how devices perform." Still, that's not enough for some because that creates a crapstorm of "HERE WE GO AGAIN WITH WP7!1!!" So, they're in an unwinnable situation. Maybe after this time they'll get it right. Hey, at least half of the WP8 devices are upgradable to 10 vs zero WP7 devices moving to WP8. Now that was a fiasco.![]()
Well ZERO phones went from WP7 to WP8. None. Nada. Zip. At least half the WP8 users can upgrade. I'd rather upgrade to new hardware than bonk my phone with something that runs like crap and isn't supported. I'm due for an upgrade this year. The x20 series phones are aging. I personally see no issue with not supporting 2+ year old phones. Anyway, I'd rather save up for the surface phone, ya know, if it ever comes to fruition.
I know that you are probably aware of this but all professional reviewers agree that the 950 camera is better than the 1020 in every single way except for crazy image cropping (and it's on par with S7 and LGs and better than iphones). Just saying![]()
For all of the people who are talking about switching to other platforms, have you ever looked into their OS upgrade cycle, especially for those with budget phones? Microsoft is FAR from perfect, but I can guarantee that for those with sub $150 phones, you have received way more support for you phone than you would have with an Android phone at the same price point and find me a new Apple phone that cheap? Android has a stricter OS/Security update cycle than Android and that's still dependent on the provider, if you didn't buy the phone unlocked. With Apple, with older devices, you get an "incomplete" upgrade lacking many of the features that the hardware can't support.
I wish Microsoft made a move to have a limited number of devices, so it could have better optimization and more streamline upgrades.
When MS announced W10 for all WP8.1, I remember such fanboys backing up MS for providing W10 even to old devices and bashing up android saying it never support 3 year old devices. Now same people are saying MS is still good as other OSs do the same. What a fun. What they do not understand is google still updates basic apps even for old phones, google play apps still work and updated for old phones. May be slow but they work. For MS, they could not even sort out basic OS flaws since WP8 even after updating to WP8.1 Denim on many devices. Eg: absence of smart dialing. Now they have W10 to brag about which itself is mal-developed even after so many updates, are they going to fix WP8.1 Denim? Never. App developers are already turning away from WP. This will force them to go away forever. I am not upset because i am not getting W10. It's because now I am very sure that those features in WP8.1 I desperately wanted will never be available, apps will never get new features and updates.