tangledW
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Oh... Wow websites.
I didn't bother to read the review. Frankly, if I know a product well I find that reviews are often at odds with my own opinion--and crowd-sourced ones are the worst! We can harp all we want about journalists with axes to grind, but they generally try to get the facts straight, even if they sometimes fail. On the other hand, I read the star-rating reviews on product sites like Amazon or Newegg and they are often so far off the mark as to be worthless, if they are even for the correct product, which they often aren't. Not sure what the answer is, other than to check things out in a store, if possible, talk to people you know that actually have the devices, and be sure to purchase from a reputable place that will take it back for a full refund within a reasonable amount of time. A perfect example of this is the Windows phone world. Most people own and are familiar with Android or iPhone, so right there you have an instant bias against the operating system. I have the same feeling when I have to use someone else's Android or iPhone--frustrating, and I keep thinking how much easier my system of choice is--because it is familiar and I am comfortable with it. It's like all the car reviewers who drive high-end sports cars so much they can't objectively report on a low-end budget car.
Look at the price of the Nexus 5x and 6p, then get back to me.Like many, as a WP fan, I would like the L950 to be praised and I wouldn't mind the phone to be criticized on its weaker points, that is fair game. I for sure want to pay a lot less, but saying it is in the wrong price bracket baffles me.
I got a 64GB Moto X Pure Edition for $499. No it doesn't have iris scanning, but I wouldn't be able to use that feature anyway with my glasses.Look at the price of the Nexus 5x and 6p, then get back to me.
I got a 64GB Moto X Pure Edition for $499. No it doesn't have iris scanning, but I wouldn't be able to use that feature anyway with my glasses.
Look at the price of the Nexus 5x and 6p, then get back to me.
The one thing most people agreed in any review is that continuum is cool and it has a futuristic vibe to it.
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And I have the black 950XL it looks nice and premium.
Discontinued? https://www.google.com/nexus/5x/spec wise, the L950 is closer to the LG G4 than it is to the 5X. L950 is $80 cheaper. Nexus 5X is discontinued and android people didn't like it too much. the nexus 5X launched $80 cheaper than what L950 is launching today. They only shared the same processor and the 5X has the laser autofocus. Other than that, the L950 seems better in every other way.
The L950 could be $50 cheaper to make it more competitive, but its current launch price hardly an amount to claim it is too be considered "expensive for what it is" relative to other phones in the market.
I got a 64GB Moto X Pure Edition for $499. No it doesn't have iris scanning, but I wouldn't be able to use that feature anyway with my glasses.
-9.0 diopters, so I have high index plastic lenses with rolled and polished edges.You must have significantly worse eyesight than I do.... And the iris scanner worked fine for me.
I'm ordinarily one to take reviews with a grain of salt, but this one from Gizmodo is terribly unfair:
Lumia 950 Review: Microsoft's Best Ideas Still Don't Fit In Your Hand
I mean, the Lumia 950 is not perfect. It's a great phone, but has serious shortcomings: the app gap, of course, some performance issues (app crashes, heat). Still...this reviewer clearly had an axe to grind. For instance: the camera button often doesn't launch the camera app? The camera app is sluggish? The screen is "small" (while the iPhone 6s's 4.7" screen is seemingly alright)? The battery life is terrible? Puh-lease.
Also, no mention of Windows Hello, which -- love it or hate it -- is a differentiator. No mention of wireless charging. No mention of...well, anything positive outside of the screen's resolution.
Just a badly-written review, obviously coming from someone who hated the assignment (and hated carrying the phone for a week). Grrrrr.
It can't be priced to market. MS opened the doors on cheap feeling, low cost devices, and that is what everyone expects now. They shot themselves in the foot with that strategy and now they expect people will pay $600 USD for a phone. Not. I too am waiting for E-Bay sales at around $100 for the 950 and then maybe I will buy in. Otherwise, it's just another screen that may or may not be better than my less than $50 640. The OS seems to run pretty well on a cheap device, so why spend the extra $$$?The difference between Amazon reviewers and Gizmodo, is that the latter is a professional reviewer, which is tasked (and paid) to do an objective review as much as possible without spreading FUD. I am not saying they cannot insert their opinion, but they have to contrast it so readers can tell between findings and personal preferences from the reviewer.
You can read the tone of his review, and that was unequivocally to bash the windows phone, so it never stood a chance.
On the other hand, Engadget seemed fair except for the "expensive for what it is" comment. It is priced to market.
For instance: the camera button often doesn't launch the camera app? The camera app is sluggish? The screen is "small" (while the iPhone 6s's 4.7" screen is seemingly alright)? The battery life is terrible? Puh-lease.
I have all of these problems on my 950. Camera button works to open the app 1 out of 5 tries. Camera is also very sluggish. And battery life is embarrassingly bad.