I've been reading a lot of posts on here as well as some articles that complain about the same things. Today I read a phrase that hit a nerve on a PocketNow article explaining why the author is still on Android.
"But Windows Phone has been in nap mode for some time now. Ever since the launch of the Developer Preview of Windows Phone 8.1 and Cortana , there hasn’t really been anything to get excited about."
This is the kind of thing I've been reading a lot. My question is: so what?
I mean, first and foremost, isn't a phone meant to be functionnal? So what if there hasn't been anything exciting since Cortana? So what if the next flagship is "only" next year. If you have a fully functionning phone right now, no matter the OS, isn't that what counts?
Don't get me wrong, I'm into new stuff as much as the next guy. But I get the impression that nowadays for a phone to be successful or interesting, new features have to be released within months after the previous new features were announced.
I don't know it seems kind of lame of depending on a platform to offer new rocks upon news rocks for a user to jump on for it to be considered a good platform.
I'm really really happy about my 635 right now and I don't even have Cortana yet (not available in my native tongue and region). I am looking forward to having both Cortana and Windows 10 next year. Until then, my phone fits my needs perfectly. I'm not saying I don't have moments where I'm disapointed that an app isn't available for it. But that passes.
Being a musician and meloman, the only comparison I can see is with the music business. Back in 1972, no one knew Pink Floyd were making Dark Side of the Moon. There were no forums, websites, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube. There was no way for someone to expect the album, know when it was coming out or even to have heard excerpts of it or leaks of demos and early recordings. When a fan knew the album was released, it was a complete guess. They went and bought it and had to wait until they got home and put the needle on the disc to hear its first notes. Yet Pink Floyd was no less exciting.
In this day and age, have we lost all sense of patience?
All things come to he who waits!
"But Windows Phone has been in nap mode for some time now. Ever since the launch of the Developer Preview of Windows Phone 8.1 and Cortana , there hasn’t really been anything to get excited about."
This is the kind of thing I've been reading a lot. My question is: so what?
I mean, first and foremost, isn't a phone meant to be functionnal? So what if there hasn't been anything exciting since Cortana? So what if the next flagship is "only" next year. If you have a fully functionning phone right now, no matter the OS, isn't that what counts?
Don't get me wrong, I'm into new stuff as much as the next guy. But I get the impression that nowadays for a phone to be successful or interesting, new features have to be released within months after the previous new features were announced.
I don't know it seems kind of lame of depending on a platform to offer new rocks upon news rocks for a user to jump on for it to be considered a good platform.
I'm really really happy about my 635 right now and I don't even have Cortana yet (not available in my native tongue and region). I am looking forward to having both Cortana and Windows 10 next year. Until then, my phone fits my needs perfectly. I'm not saying I don't have moments where I'm disapointed that an app isn't available for it. But that passes.
Being a musician and meloman, the only comparison I can see is with the music business. Back in 1972, no one knew Pink Floyd were making Dark Side of the Moon. There were no forums, websites, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube. There was no way for someone to expect the album, know when it was coming out or even to have heard excerpts of it or leaks of demos and early recordings. When a fan knew the album was released, it was a complete guess. They went and bought it and had to wait until they got home and put the needle on the disc to hear its first notes. Yet Pink Floyd was no less exciting.
In this day and age, have we lost all sense of patience?
All things come to he who waits!