why did you choose Windows over the competition ?(ios, Android,BBos etc)

[MilkyTee]

Oh really? I'm a WP8 User and really impressed about the less features of the WP apps, for example whatsapp. And i'm very happy about those useless apps like "Hitlers paintings". WTF is going on Microsoft? Are you not able use filter to give those apps an kick in the ***? Who needs that crap? They should also introduce the paintings of Bin Laden and Hussein. I know the developer of that app isn't MS, but MS gives them the chance to be in the marketplace.
I used to be a happy MS user, but I'm always the guy without all the features. I need to wait till the middle or the end of this year to get an notification- or action center. I'm always the last one with WP8. Android and IOS got this feature last year. And it doesn't matter, that WP is younger that IOS or Android. If they wan't to play in the same league, they need to be as new as the others. Same with apps. If the developers can't use the needed api's, they can't give us the features like on IOS or Android apps. And what's the deal to make the sytem more colourful. It's nice to have colourful tiles, but what's about the background. Only black and white. Is it that hard to find a good designer? I don't think so.

I will change the system, because I don't want to be always the last one who get's an app (if I get it) or feature.

I think when Windows Phone reaches a "tipping point", that's when developers and companies will sit up and take notice. When it's passed a certain threshold (10-15% methinks), developers will begin to seriously include it in the initial first release, rather than 8 months down the line.

This will have the knock-on effect of bringing or keeping existing users on the platform, which again in turn, will give developers cause to continue development and even ramp up support. MS just need to give it a big push and the consumers will take it from there. Hopefully Nadella can shake things up and deliver more focus to the company.

 

[Joshua Jackson]

And, the rest, as they say, has been chronicled in the annals of man.

Ewww...
You stuck your phone in some dudes annals?

Seriously, am I the only one that thought it?
Hehehe...
JJ

 

[loudo]

I bought a Windows 8 phone because I am happy with Windows 8 and really like the unique operating system. But I am beginning to regret it, as many of the Apps that Android and iphone have, Windows phone do not have.
I can't use my Slingbox, with my Roku box, because their is not App for a Windows phone.
I can't get NHL Game Center on my Windows Phone, due to the lack of a Windows Phone App, every other phone OS is available.
There is no App for Trivago, to find hotels.

I like the way the OS works but it needs more Apps that I use.

 

[AndyFZ1S]

I chose WP7 as had been using htc diamond&diamond2 WM6.1 &6.5 so went with a htc hd7 but didn't like it much at first, gradually grew on me, then came a Titan, Lumia 800 &900&920 now extremely happy with my 1520, Nothing else appealed to me and I found them easy to use, I called then **** wit phones as they were so basic n easy to use, They sure have come a long way since that first build on the htc hd7

 

[mohit9206]

I chose my L520 because it offerred the best VFM in its price range.

 

[smurfercom]

I bought a Windows 8 phone because I am happy with Windows 8 and really like the unique operating system. But I am beginning to regret it, as many of the Apps that Android and iphone have, Windows phone do not have.
I can't use my Slingbox, with my Roku box, because their is not App for a Windows phone.
I can't get NHL Game Center on my Windows Phone, due to the lack of a Windows Phone App, every other phone OS is available.
There is no App for Trivago, to find hotels.

I like the way the OS works but it needs more Apps that I use.

Same here as soon as I went to Android my world opened up, but Nokia's Here drive is still the bomb. Sony's been the fly on the wall for me and they built a phone that totally fits my needs/lifestyle can't wait for the cradle and bt earbuds. Until more apps are available and they start building phones with real storage the phone just isn't ready for my needs maybe in a couple of years or so. Heck just being able to back up the Z1S phone to the PC is a serious plus. Don't really care about phone OS's I just wanted something that works for me and Sony answered the call believe it or not go figure...

 

[WasteSomeTime]

Initially I chose a samsung focus flash because it had good features for the price and it had a snappy os compared to android and black berry.


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[stalemate1]

using htc diamond&diamond2 WM6.1 &6.5

Sigh...the good old days.

I think the touch pro 2 is still impressive buy today's standards with a very attractive UI ...just needs more apps. I still have my HTC snap S521 running 6.5 standard LOL.

 

[AndyFZ1S]

I really liked 6.5 & sense UI, It was a rude awakening coming from that to WP7

 

[Live2Deliver]

Windows Phone 8, simple, clean, straightforward, easy, yet functional - until i realise how hard is it to manage (ghost) files.
Don't need monster hardware to go fast: good multi-tasking memory management.
Stable, streamlined OS and development. Slow and Steady.

Unlike WP, androids will still experience certain degree of lag at some point of time regardless to numbers of cores.

• Poor memory background task management. Their memory space fills up fast and especially if you are used to closing apps with home button, 3GB RAM and Octa core won't be enough.
• Their user interface is a nightmare too. Settings vs Google Settings (Google Maps, Google Ads, Google Plus)... Tweaks, Syncs lying everywhere, Battery drainers. I hate icons.
• The whole android backend system design just feels so unstreamlined and unoptimised out of the box, like the whole OS is a big, insecure flaw!
• Not to say Google Play Store itself is unvetted and malware infested. Plus google doesn't respect its users (privacy).

Maybe 4.4 Kit-kat was out to resolve these unoptimisation, still it took them too long. Windows Phone all the way, no lag. This was why I made the #Switch.

 

[stalemate1]

Windows Phone 8, simple, clean, straightforward, easy, yet functional - until i realise how hard is it to manage (ghost) files.
Don't need monster hardware to go fast: good multi-tasking memory management.
Stable, streamlined OS and development. Slow and Steady.

Unlike WP, androids will still experience certain degree of lag at some point of time regardless to numbers of cores.

• Poor memory background task management. Their memory space fills up fast and especially if you are used to closing apps with home button, 3GB RAM and Octa core won't be enough.
• Their user interface is a nightmare too. Settings vs Google Settings (Google Maps, Google Ads, Google Plus)... Tweaks, Syncs lying everywhere, Battery drainers. I hate icons.
• The whole android backend system design just feels so unstreamlined and unoptimised out of the box, like the whole OS is a big, insecure flaw!
• Not to say Google Play Store itself is unvetted and malware infested. Plus google doesn't respect its users (privacy).

Maybe 4.4 Kit-kat was out to resolve these unoptimisation, still it took them too long. Windows Phone all the way, no lag. This was why I made the #Switch.

You didn't mention anything about why you didn't choose black berry or ios instead of wp...or have you never tried ios or bbos ?

 

[Live2Deliver]

You didn't mention anything about why you didn't choose black berry or ios instead of wp...or have you never tried ios or bbos ?

Nope. I haven't tried iOS or BBos. Sorry if i didn't elaborate more besides the reason I came over from android. WP just caught my eyes, its like i knew i need this.

BBos - This, is a good OS. But i wants something with a broader future. RIM just didn't move forward enough to persuade me.
iOS - i didn't like Apple since I was a kid (genes, somehow), and experience with Macs.

 

[MrWhiteman]

The freshness. I got sick and tired of ios3, ios4, io5, io6 etc all being exactly the same. Android is SO generic I would never touch it, which leaves Windows Phone (BlackBerry doesn't even get a mention, what twonk would buy one of those). Live lives, fresh look.

 

[VisualD]

I'm not a well-organized person and I like minimalist colorful design so the stylish locked up well-organized design of WP is blessing.

 

[titoyees]

My first experience with smartphone was Blackberry, I really like it, it was very simple and without problems.

After that I passed to Android. I just hated. Slow, too many option for nothing. I just gived that phone to a friend.

Windows Phone was awesome the first time than I touch it. Simple, not a lot option (I don't care about personalization) and works without problem. I am not a gamer and not even a social web hunter. All than I need is here.

Nokia was my first phone when I was a kid. And now is my phone again.

So, hating Apple, disliking Android, appreciate Blackberry and loving all Microsoft stuffs.

 

[rghilliard]

I was looking at low end android phones, but nothing under $100 US could touch the Lumia 520. I have used and like both android and iphone, but I'm not willing to pay more when I can get a great phone for much less.

 

[anon(8555314)]

I had one primary objective--to incorporate phone and camera into one device. The lumia 1020 did that better for me than the alternative.

 

[Luigi Lop]

price, performance/speed/lean os, clean and homogeneous design language across apps, future windows 8 ecosystem integration, cortana, battery life-etc.

Very proud owner of an wp8.1

 

[LTTG]

I chose Windows Phone because it's simple, clean, smooth, lightning fast,and future proof (I seriously never installed so many updates :'D ) I switched from a "Galaxy Gio" to a Lumia 720 in June, and so far so happy with my WP! Android is sluggish, slow, laggy, inconsistent, and really complicated, I'll never get back to Android.

 

[WJ87]

I chose my Lumia 1020 because actually (believe it or not) I really like WP 8.

Originally I had a 520, as it was cheap, and the only alternatives used an ANCIENT version of Android. I wasn't OK with that. My 520 was great, although it died after 9 months - I think it was an update that killed it, but to be honest, it suffered a lot of abuse, far more than any phone should be expected. I was in an.. uhh.. hospital at the time, and some of the medication made it very difficult to hold things.

I got an iPod Touch 5G before it died - iOS7 was a nightmare. I downloaded about 12 music apps, as the default music app had been utterly ruined by Apple (cf the previous versions) and the SQ was very poor. Only 5 of these music apps were any good, but they all crashed all the time. When I called up the Apple support after 18 days of having it, I said I wanted a refund - I said iOS7 was my reason, and the guy from Apple said "Yeah, fair enough. It's been through 6 revisions already and they still can't get it to work properly." A few hours later I had a refund.

(Also, iOS7 requires you to have a very expensive phone, which I didn't want)

My Lumia 520 was replaced with a Sony Xperia SP. That didn't work, at all. It was completely non-functionado. So it was replaced in 3 days for another SP, which had even worse problems.

At this point I went back to WP8 with a Lumia 1020 (at greatly reduced price) and I love it. My dad has one, and it's just lovely. Never had any real, serious bugs with WP8. A lot of very stupid design decisions (I don't want my WiFi hotspot to time out after 2 minutes - I'm an adult, let me decide) but other than that, it "just works".

WP is unfairly maligned by, if we're honest, haters. But once you grow up and become an adult, you stop buying into this "brand warfare" and just go for the phone that you like. I don't need a billion games. I don't want to play games on my phone! I don't even want to play them on my computer! Sure, Android may have millions of apps, but having had a lot of Android phones in the past, most of them are utterly rubbish. I don't care what my lockscreen looks like, nor what my homescreen. If it's efficient and functional, who cares? Again, I'm an adult.