Re: All Those Switching from a Windows Phone to another device (including Windows Phones), Post Here
Samsung Focus -> Nokia Lumia 920 -> Google Nexus 4
I'm a light user that is not app crazy and does very little social media. Used the Focus for about a year and then switched to the 920. The 920 had consistent ear speaker problem where the sound coming out of it was blown and distorted. Nokia "fixed" it three times by giving me a new screen, new case and it still doesn't work. I can't reliably hear the person on the other end of the call regardless of how good my signal is. So I jumped to Android after this disaster since I started using an app that's only supported on iOS and Android.
Now, the hardware isn't the main reason since it just speaks to Nokia's poor service and quality control. They gave free UPS air shipping for all the repairs and must have spent quite a bit of money on the shipping fee yet their technicians don't have the competence to fix a simple problem. The ear speaker is simply defective since the rear speaker and bluetooth both give clear sound but somehow they refused to change it out.
All this time spent with WP7 and WP8 just made me feel that Microsoft either doesn't care or won't put any effort into the OS. I like the simplicity of WP and I felt there are a lot of basic features they should have added give this much time has passed. The OS just feels very incomplete with all the potential it started with. WP8 was a pretty big let down in terms of upgrade. Sure they moved it to a modern kernel and added some fast hardware, but the lack of usability in certain areas was not improved at all. Email support with Exchange server that require authentication is still not fixed after all this time. Still no separate volume controls (I HATE having to constantly change the volume because MS decided to cheap out on this, this is not a helpful feature and a lot of people have complained about it). IE10, although fast, lacks too much feature other modern browsers have. These are just 3 things that really bothered me aside from the overall lack of effort from MS. I'm not mad because WP doesn't have all the cool apps, not mad because I can't tweak the OS like a nerd.
I just got my Nexus 4 today. Out of the box, I can say it is faster than the Lumia 920. One really noticeable area is switching apps, no delay from resume like in the Lumia 920. There are almost too much settings to mess around with between every app and the OS itself. It's a good thing I can figure out what most of them do and I do appreciate some of the customizable control. Overall though, definitely too much settings to tinker with. The same app on Android are definitely more robust and polished than WP, a plus but that's expected given the time. Not everything is great with the Nexus 4 though. I ordered a case to cover the back because I don't want it to break whereas I used the 920 without any protection. The volume of the Nexus 4 isn't as loud as the 920, making it hard to hear the GPS navigation at times. Speaking of which, there is no offline map for gmap navigation!!!! This is a major letdown. Without the integrated hub of WP, there are more switching around and apps needed. Thankfully it's easy to do. Even though both the 920 and Nexus 4 have a 2000mAh battery, the Nexus 4 burns through that battery a lot faster than the 920. Both have a 720p IPS screen but the N4 is just sucking the battery dry, especially the GPS. The 920 doesn't have that great of a battery life to start with and now new phone is making me constantly worry about recharging.
I do hope WP get better, I liked it enough to use it when I got my first smartphone. It's Microsoft's turn to prove they can grow WP into something more powerful. For now, I'll be happy with Android, maybe I'll exchange for one with more battery life.:winktongue:
Samsung Focus -> Nokia Lumia 920 -> Google Nexus 4
I'm a light user that is not app crazy and does very little social media. Used the Focus for about a year and then switched to the 920. The 920 had consistent ear speaker problem where the sound coming out of it was blown and distorted. Nokia "fixed" it three times by giving me a new screen, new case and it still doesn't work. I can't reliably hear the person on the other end of the call regardless of how good my signal is. So I jumped to Android after this disaster since I started using an app that's only supported on iOS and Android.
Now, the hardware isn't the main reason since it just speaks to Nokia's poor service and quality control. They gave free UPS air shipping for all the repairs and must have spent quite a bit of money on the shipping fee yet their technicians don't have the competence to fix a simple problem. The ear speaker is simply defective since the rear speaker and bluetooth both give clear sound but somehow they refused to change it out.
All this time spent with WP7 and WP8 just made me feel that Microsoft either doesn't care or won't put any effort into the OS. I like the simplicity of WP and I felt there are a lot of basic features they should have added give this much time has passed. The OS just feels very incomplete with all the potential it started with. WP8 was a pretty big let down in terms of upgrade. Sure they moved it to a modern kernel and added some fast hardware, but the lack of usability in certain areas was not improved at all. Email support with Exchange server that require authentication is still not fixed after all this time. Still no separate volume controls (I HATE having to constantly change the volume because MS decided to cheap out on this, this is not a helpful feature and a lot of people have complained about it). IE10, although fast, lacks too much feature other modern browsers have. These are just 3 things that really bothered me aside from the overall lack of effort from MS. I'm not mad because WP doesn't have all the cool apps, not mad because I can't tweak the OS like a nerd.
I just got my Nexus 4 today. Out of the box, I can say it is faster than the Lumia 920. One really noticeable area is switching apps, no delay from resume like in the Lumia 920. There are almost too much settings to mess around with between every app and the OS itself. It's a good thing I can figure out what most of them do and I do appreciate some of the customizable control. Overall though, definitely too much settings to tinker with. The same app on Android are definitely more robust and polished than WP, a plus but that's expected given the time. Not everything is great with the Nexus 4 though. I ordered a case to cover the back because I don't want it to break whereas I used the 920 without any protection. The volume of the Nexus 4 isn't as loud as the 920, making it hard to hear the GPS navigation at times. Speaking of which, there is no offline map for gmap navigation!!!! This is a major letdown. Without the integrated hub of WP, there are more switching around and apps needed. Thankfully it's easy to do. Even though both the 920 and Nexus 4 have a 2000mAh battery, the Nexus 4 burns through that battery a lot faster than the 920. Both have a 720p IPS screen but the N4 is just sucking the battery dry, especially the GPS. The 920 doesn't have that great of a battery life to start with and now new phone is making me constantly worry about recharging.
I do hope WP get better, I liked it enough to use it when I got my first smartphone. It's Microsoft's turn to prove they can grow WP into something more powerful. For now, I'll be happy with Android, maybe I'll exchange for one with more battery life.:winktongue:
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