This ones for the fans - As a "Windows Phone Fan" - are you pleased?

[JR Messina]

I have 2 major issues I am having that may force me to return the phone.

1. Battery has been a major issue with my 640 lasting significantly longer. The 950 is lasting less then 7 hours with occasional browsing and less then 5 calls under a few minutes each.
2. The screen is extremely unresponsive. It is completely unresponsive when laying flat on a table, and misses 50% plus of any Input neat the edge of the screen. I may try without my tempered glass screen protector.

Other then those 2 issues am enjoying the phone.

 

[anon(5354555)]

I love this phone now that some of the quirks have been worked out. It is light, fast, beautiful screen, and battery drain and charging speed is much better than my 920. Mostly the time is spent trying to figure out where the settings are located for personalization or customization. I tried Continuum on my home TV and streamed a rented video through Roku (.10 Mad Max) and it was pretty awesome. Even my boys were impressed.

I do have one remaining issue with the Outlook mail. We used to be able to pin individual email inboxes to the home screen and while I can technically still do that, they seem to be somewhat linked as I can access all my accounts through each pinned item. And when I access my work account pinned separately, it resets the other pinned tile to the work account inbox as default view. Was nice in 8.1 to be able to access them separately.

 

[Keith Wallace]

I'm mostly fine with it, but I'm a little disappointed. As a Windows Phone fan, I have an expectation from a device. My 920 feels like plastic is better than metal, it's built so well. Now, the 950 feels like a Samsung-inspired piece of cheap plastic. The right-side buttons are way too thing. I honestly didn't think when someone mentioned this, I would care, but the wiggle on the buttons is also a rather disappointing thing. Having no double-tap to wake (at least now), no super sensitive touch, and no Dolby audio are all things that really should have been there. You're not talking core features (and in the case of Dolby, I didn't remember to use it much).

These are to be flagship devices. They should be aiming to top the predecessor--not make a mostly better device with trade-offs from one generation to the next to save money (on a high-dollar item, no less). You improved the guts of the phone (CPU, GPU, camera), but then skimped on the little things (build quality, super sensitive touch, audio quality, free OneDrive camera storage, even device availability and release). These feel like they're minimally for the fans, from a hardware/features standpoint. However, the way the devices are running an incomplete OS with so-so design and build quality/materials while being inconsistently available on rare occasions feels like they're also devices with extremely low expectations in the market. Essentially, I feel like Microsoft is saying "we want you to stay a customer, but we don't want to put too much work into making that happen, so we'll BARELY clear the bar and be difficult to work with on the way."

Seriously, we're 4 days from the MS Store launches of these things. We know nothing of availability. I want to get a 950 XL really badly, and their only solution is to send me 90 minutes into a mall that sucks all the time--ON BLACK FRIDAY. I'd have to drive 3 hours, risk getting shot, fight through a bunch of morons, and then probably get told they have no stock. Otherwise, I get to wait for online stock (which the e-mail alert system didn't tell me of last time) that has no availability date, let alone a ship/arrival date. I have no idea when I can or can't get this phone, and that's pathetic.

 

[Kevin Hill2]

I love Windows 10 on my phone and PC, The new 950 not so much, I went and held it, played with it, looked at it and I'm sorry I find it very blah, it has a great screen and I'm sure it takes great pictures, but I would have to hold and look at it every day and I just don't like it. It would be a step down from my M8. I think I will wait and see what else comes out from other manufacturers.

 

[n7slc]

Starting day 3 with the 950 and I really like the phone. I feel that some of the reviews are pretty harsh. However, the heating and rapid battery draining issues are concerning. I've lost nearly 20% battery in less than 10-minutes of light web browsing. There is obviously something wrong in the OS or firmware that needs to be addressed quickly. I fear I might have to get me a cheap 640 for daily use until this gets resolved.

 

[BSobotta]

It's only been a day, but I love the 950. An obvious huge upgrade to my 830.
No glitches, bugs, crashes, etc.

I'm happy with the 950, but I was happy with my 830. I'm happy Microsoft made the phone cause switching to android would have been disappointing.

 

[SteveNoza]

I think releasing a "for the fans" 950 with W10M makes a lot of sense as we will be MS's biggest and best critics, letting them polish up W10M so they can really have a great product for future phones and services that will wow the mobile device world.

 

[helichrysum]

I'll start by saying that I came from using a Lumia Icon as my primary phone. I also have a Lumia 928. I have been running the Windows 10 insider builds for months, so while everyone else is complaining about bugs, I am absolutely THRILLED that 90% of the bugs W10M had previously have been worked out now. What is left is so minor, it wouldn't be worth my time in mentioning, and I am sure updates in the near future will take care of it.

That being said...


I absolutely LOVE this phone. I love how it feels, I love the camera, I love the software, I love the hardware.

I find it irritating that so many people complain just to complain. Everyone has been complaining for months and months that Windows isn't releasing phones fast enough, everyone is screaming "we want it NOW"... so MS does what they think is a good thing and releases an amazing phone before they are ready to officially launch W10M (even the ads say it comes boxed with the Technical Preview), and all of a sudden everyone hates the phone because of software bugs and is screaming about how MS should've waited?

Maybe MS should've only released the phone to Windows Insiders and skipped over the public release. It wouldn't have quelled all of the whining... but maybe it would've taken care of some of it. Though, the new complaint I am sure would have been "exclusivity". Wait... people are still talking about that, too.


Seriously... for those on the fence... Yes, W10M is still in preview and there are still bugs. But the reviews are idiotic at best. The phone is amazing.


(and no, I am not pointing fingers around here. The finger pointing is entirely on the reviewers.)

I agree. I think so many put so much into what the reviews say, but would be well served to pump the breaks.

How many of the reviewers use WP as their daily driver? How many even kind of use it? Of course they're going to be predisposed to nit pick, even if they're trying to be unbiased.

Phone isn't perfect.... We get it. Phone was designed for WP fans, not the folks at the verge.

Can't wait for my XL!!!

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[Krystianpants]

My only gripe is that someone doing a review had the plastic around the usb-c connector get all bent up. That shows it's pretty cheap quality material. Now given that the material is this cheap, I am skeptical on the price they are asking. The internals are pretty much the same all around from other flagships that are cheaper. In fact, a lot of chinese companies sell high end phones for dirt cheap with similar internals just the externals are not so great. So the pricing is going either for something else or they are making a good amount of money from it. The amoled screen is apparently pentile which is an odd choice given samsung has the super amoled plus using full rgb and a process that makes it almost as cheap as pentile to produce. I'd at least like to know what sort of matrix they are using on the leds, there doesn't seem to be any info on any of this.

I still want the 950xl but i'm a bit more cautious now. Will see the reviews on the heating issue.




Edit:

I should add someone noted he likely tried to pry it open incorrectly. This is the Verge reviewer. Hope he did it on purpose because even those scratches look bad if he didn't use something strong.

 

[Sab2468]

I'm a fan? Yes, ive owned androids (Xperia ray + arc - hated it) a 520 and a 830 but i'm still on a 2 year contract. I somehow convinced my dad to get a 925 for himself, but he was like meh - no apps. My mum took my 520 and she was like meh too - no apps. Uhhh....me on the other hand, I love Windows Phone. It might not have all the apps people want but it does enough for me (the only app i really wanted was Clash of Clans but i'd probably delete it anyways after 2 weeks) but the Lumia 950's design doesn't convince me. I mean some people say that who cares about the design? i do and i did when i bought the 830. Surprisingly people come up to me and say i love your phone so... 95% next year i'll buy the "surface phone"