Two columns or three? (yeah I know, this is a heavy question!)

[gomezz]

Two columns for me as I like to have the Calendar and Photos tiles as full width.

 

[spoonxii]

Oh yeah three but with a great variation of sm,md,lg tiles....love it!

 

[CnastyU]

I think I need to try all live tiles for a while and get rid of all these small ones and actually utilize the greatness of the live tile!

 

[anon(5348756)]

3 columns all the way. I switched a while ago and can't look back now. I just recently cracked my 920 and went to a TMo store today to check the 635 to see if it would feel like a huge downgrade: nope, not at all. Sure some apps open slower but it's barely noticeable. Also, the screen! I'm very impressed, it is clearly better than my 920's screen, it has much deeper color quality and most impressively, I barely noticed the lower resolution. Actually I didn't notice any lesser quality, period.

My only freakout was that I was unable to switch to the 3 column style but after reading this thread it seems that must have been the store phone model which may be limited in some demo ways... I thought it could do 3 columns simply due to it's screen size, and you guys obviously confirm that. I may very well order one tonight. For reference, this is what my 920 looks like right now... :/

 

[dlalonde]

Ouch!

I've been using three columns for the last couple of weeks and it looks very good. You can see the resolution is a little lower though but nothing horrible.

 

[4ny0n3]

I managed to fit all the apps I need without the need of scrolling by using folders. What do you think? I'm actually tempted to go back to two columns. The 8X is not that big and even though it's 720p, the small icons don't look very good.

 

[dlalonde]

Looking good, except the image on Flipboard. Is that the app's fault?

 

[4ny0n3]

Looking good, except the image on Flipboard. Is that the app's fault?

Yeah, that's Flipboard. However, it doesn't happen with all the images.

 

[mpl175]

Three

 

[windows94]

three, even on my 521 lol

 

[jailman]

Three of course on my lumia 1520

 

[SammyD97]

I use three. 26 apps. One wide tile, all others are medium. No background pic.

 

[gomezz]

I have stuck with two as three does not let me have a full width tile for Calendar. They need to introduce an extra-large size tile for this.

 

[jojoe42]

Three on my 1020 w/ transparent tiles. I love the ability to have denser live tile information available with less swiping!!

 

[jojoe42]

Three on my 1020 w/ transparent tiles. I love the ability to have denser live tile information available with less swiping!!

 

[dlalonde]

I have stuck with two as three does not let me have a full width tile for Calendar. They need to introduce an extra-large size tile for this.

You mean that you would like a three column wide tile for the calendar?

 

[SammyD97]

I have stuck with two as three does not let me have a full width tile for Calendar. They need to introduce an extra-large size tile for this.

A tile that goes across three columns would have to use the old dimensions otherwise it would just look super ridiculous if they just stretched the current wide tile for three rows.

 

[gomezz]

You mean that you would like a three column wide tile for the calendar?

Sure would. For me, it is far and away the most important function of the phone. I would be ecstatic if it had a live tile as big as the whole screen (barring a strip for other notifications) showing a week's appointments..

 

[mj0]

Two, I've tried three but things seemed a tad too small for me to use comfortably. Since I only have 26 tiles pinned to my start screen I keep the ones I use most frequently at the top section and the rest down below. Only one full width tile - MSN Weather. The rest is either normal sized or

 

[dlalonde]

Went back to two this week. My first phone (HTC 8s) had two columns so I'm quite used to it. Every time I see a picture of a Windows Phone with two columns while I'm on three I think "mmm looked better like that".

I'll probably change again in a month! lol