I came here to post and interestingly found a post which details his experience of two years.... below is what I am currently experiencing and my thoughts about Windows Phone OS in general.
Issues that I am dealing with on my Lumia 920 (AT&T, Windows 8.1 {8.10-12393.890}, using since Dec 2012.)
BIGGEST ISSUES.
The phone app is not updating the voice messages, couple of times when I restarted my phone the voice messaged updated, sometimes these were from 4-5 days prior. Many a times when I get a call from a saved contact I only see the phone number but not the name.
The messaging app (SMS) lags; messages are delivered with a significant delay. Also when I am send a text, the phone freezes when its ?sending? the text, if I intermittently touch the screen to ensure the phone does not get locked then message is eventually sent (roughly 20-30 sec wait time) and I can then resume my conversation. If I forget to touch the screen the phone auto locks and the message is never delivered.
The default email (I have Gmail via that) application does not sync incoming emails as they arrive. I have it set to where it should be downloaded when they arrive. If when I send a test email and open up the app it says, email last synced X mins ago and then I have to physically sync it and this too sometimes times out.
If I try to save a photo from texting app it does not get saved. The app tries to save the photo but eventually either times out or crashes and the photo is never saved. I have tired doing this multiple times and am yet to save the photo. I recall being able to do it earlier but off late this seems to be not working.
The camera takes forever to launch; my wife uses an iPhone 5s and friends use either latest Apple or android products? Many a times they take out their phone, take picture and put the phone back in their pocket and my camera app is still launching!!!
Here maps do not specify if the destination is on the right or left. I think if you are full blown navigation app the least that someone can expect is letting the user know where the destination is. Google maps has and still is a champ in this category, have been using waze lately and impressed by those guys too.
RANT
I had bought the phone believing Microsoft would be delivering a product capable of competing with the android?s and iOS's of the world but sadly that?s not happened at all. I know there are a lot of people who are staunch supporters but I have not seen any significant jump from the OS standpoint. I am no expert; my statement comes from the standpoint of an average user.
The app store still lags, it?s like Windows OS is always last on the list for everything and I can understand that since the market share is at roughly 3%. I am not a big gamer but I do like to play the latest games from time to time and this case as well Windows phone get the games when the hype has died down. I remember reading about ?Candy Crush? being available in store but by that time people had already moved to other games or their new variant ?Candy Crush Soda?. Same is the case with 8 Ball Pool, I figure this is one of the top games today but again not available on windows phone.
I bank with Bank of America and Chase, apps for both are no longer available in the app store, which restricts me in a major way.
All in all I do not see anything positive that can push me to stay with Windows OS. The last straw would be Windows10 but my hopes are low, at least for the phone side of it.
Issues that I am dealing with on my Lumia 920 (AT&T, Windows 8.1 {8.10-12393.890}, using since Dec 2012.)
BIGGEST ISSUES.
The phone app is not updating the voice messages, couple of times when I restarted my phone the voice messaged updated, sometimes these were from 4-5 days prior. Many a times when I get a call from a saved contact I only see the phone number but not the name.
The messaging app (SMS) lags; messages are delivered with a significant delay. Also when I am send a text, the phone freezes when its ?sending? the text, if I intermittently touch the screen to ensure the phone does not get locked then message is eventually sent (roughly 20-30 sec wait time) and I can then resume my conversation. If I forget to touch the screen the phone auto locks and the message is never delivered.
The default email (I have Gmail via that) application does not sync incoming emails as they arrive. I have it set to where it should be downloaded when they arrive. If when I send a test email and open up the app it says, email last synced X mins ago and then I have to physically sync it and this too sometimes times out.
If I try to save a photo from texting app it does not get saved. The app tries to save the photo but eventually either times out or crashes and the photo is never saved. I have tired doing this multiple times and am yet to save the photo. I recall being able to do it earlier but off late this seems to be not working.
The camera takes forever to launch; my wife uses an iPhone 5s and friends use either latest Apple or android products? Many a times they take out their phone, take picture and put the phone back in their pocket and my camera app is still launching!!!
Here maps do not specify if the destination is on the right or left. I think if you are full blown navigation app the least that someone can expect is letting the user know where the destination is. Google maps has and still is a champ in this category, have been using waze lately and impressed by those guys too.
RANT
I had bought the phone believing Microsoft would be delivering a product capable of competing with the android?s and iOS's of the world but sadly that?s not happened at all. I know there are a lot of people who are staunch supporters but I have not seen any significant jump from the OS standpoint. I am no expert; my statement comes from the standpoint of an average user.
The app store still lags, it?s like Windows OS is always last on the list for everything and I can understand that since the market share is at roughly 3%. I am not a big gamer but I do like to play the latest games from time to time and this case as well Windows phone get the games when the hype has died down. I remember reading about ?Candy Crush? being available in store but by that time people had already moved to other games or their new variant ?Candy Crush Soda?. Same is the case with 8 Ball Pool, I figure this is one of the top games today but again not available on windows phone.
I bank with Bank of America and Chase, apps for both are no longer available in the app store, which restricts me in a major way.
All in all I do not see anything positive that can push me to stay with Windows OS. The last straw would be Windows10 but my hopes are low, at least for the phone side of it.
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