What phone should I get?

[mister greed]

As said above the 950 and the xl version is what I would recommend.

If you must go android then check out the honor 5x and one plus 3.

I also recommend the iPhone 6 which is spectacular as well

 

[Christopher Lindsay]

The difference between apps and features is quite large. To me, a largely missing "feature" would be USB-OTG. Right now, only the 950 series supports it whereas many Androids of lesser value do. Once the HP Elite and others of its ilk hit the market there will be more choices, but only in the high end. For a guy with so much music shuffling between devices, I would imagine this should be a top priority. It's much easier to transfer files via a jump drive than to swap SD cards.

Had to google what USB OTG was lol. I've never bothered to even try to plug in anything to my 1520 but once I did connect my mouse to it via bluetooth and it did indeed work.

 

[Christopher Lindsay]

As said above the 950 and the xl version is what I would recommend.

If you must go android then check out the honor 5x and one plus 3.

I also recommend the iPhone 6 which is spectacular as well

I will check out these other phones. I have no experience with what improvements the 950 series bring to the table. I know about them but just never used or seen one in person.

I'm not going back to iphone. I hated it. Constantly emailing tracks to and from clients and not even being able to download them and create a playlist out of them was ridiculous. Plus having to use a million apps just to re-attach and send out files sent to me was terrible. The iphone [to me] has to be the most non-productive phone in existance.

 

[Christopher Lindsay]

I'm going to look up more on these phones and possibly play with them in the store next week.

 

[Christopher Lindsay]

Everyone's going to have a different answer to that question.

Your main issue seems to be with Groove not seeing your music. Have you tried using any other music player apps and seeing what they do. I've personally never been a fan of how Windows Phone handles off-line music, I just use my Walkman instead.

I had the same issue with other music players.

 

[Pete]

Ok, so if the missing/skipped albums are consistent, then I'd guess it's down to the encoding method/bitrate which for some reason isn't supported by the phone.

 

[Christopher Lindsay]

Ok, so if the missing/skipped albums are consistent, then I'd guess it's down to the encoding method/bitrate which for some reason isn't supported by the phone.

Except some of the songs were purchased on the phone through Groove and the songs play just fine when they are manually launched through the file explorer. It just sucks to have to launch every song you want to hear one by one through the file explorer every time the previous song ends.

 

[Christopher Lindsay]

Just seen this big price drop on the 950. It's enticing lol.

 

[libra89]

Just seen this big price drop on the 950. It's enticing lol.

Very much so. I caved to try it out. I don't know what you would choose but I suggest buying from a place that you can return it to as a safety precaution.

 

[Christopher Lindsay]

Well, I ended up getting the 950 for $300 thanks to the AT&T promotion going on. Hopefully I won't have the same problems I had before with the 1520.

 

[Christopher Lindsay]

Not enjoying this 950 so far. I think my 1520 on Windows 8.1 was the best wp experience I've had. I should've switched. I guess I'll hold on until this one breaks.

 

[libra89]

Not enjoying this 950 so far. I think my 1520 on Windows 8.1 was the best wp experience I've had. I should've switched. I guess I'll hold on until this one breaks.

Aw. Is it the phone itself, Windows 10 Mobile, or something else that is not having you like as much?

 

[Christopher Lindsay]

Aw. Is it the phone itself, Windows 10 Mobile, or something else that is not having you like as much?

A bit of everything. Bluetooth keeps getting stuck, if i turn glance off the phone power button works intermediately, the phone gets extremely hot, is supposed to have this quick charge but it charges ungodly slow, the screen colors is weirdly warm, no double tap to wake up, screen is really bright even when set to dim. My 1520 on Windows 8.1 mobile was the best wp experience I had.

 

[MrWhiteman]

Not enjoying this 950 so far. I think my 1520 on Windows 8.1 was the best wp experience I've had. I should've switched. I guess I'll hold on until this one breaks.

Get an iPhone.

 

[Christopher Lindsay]

Get an iPhone.

I left iPhone for Windows Phone. Hated iPhone.

 

[Christopher Lindsay]

There seems to be missing settings or something. I can't seem to set how bright each mode is like on the 1520. That's also really weird.

 

[libra89]

A bit of everything. Bluetooth keeps getting stuck, if i turn glance off the phone power button works intermediately, the phone gets extremely hot, is supposed to have this quick charge but it charges ungodly slow, the screen colors is weirdly warm, no double tap to wake up, screen is really bright even when set to dim. My 1520 on Windows 8.1 mobile was the best wp experience I had.

Okay, I get what you mean now. The power thing happens to me occasionally, so I have no suggestions there :/ Hot while charging or just general usage? That's weird about the slowness. You can change the screen colors in settings (settings->extras->color profile). No DTTW is all on At&t not releasing the firmware. I have it on my unlocked 950 and it works fine.

Not sure about the other stuff, sorry.

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[Werentuckl]

I'm pretty sure that sounds like a dud device, and in need of replacement. So I would suggest that route. A lot of these sound like hardware issues. Or mayhap firmware, but that shouldnt be it.

-- W

 

[Christopher Lindsay]

Okay, I get what you mean now. The power thing happens to me occasionally, so I have no suggestions there :/ Hot while charging or just general usage? That's weird about the slowness. You can change the screen colors in settings (settings->extras->color profile). No DTTW is all on At&t not releasing the firmware. I have it on my unlocked 950 and it works fine.

Not sure about the other stuff, sorry.

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Sometimes hot during use but almost always hot when charging.

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