Why did you decide to buy a windows phone?

[MattW19]

Re: So what made you pick a windows phone in the first place?

A few reasons - firstly because of Google's attitude to Windows 8, I like the convenience of the live tile and notifications on the Windows 8 Mail app - so when Google started to remove things like EAS and screw around with Microsoft, that makes it harder for me to use the software I like. As I spend the majority of my day sat at a Windows desktop - my priority is the experience on Windows. So I went all in, and ditched Gmail for Outlook, started using SkyDrive, moved my calendar across, etc.

Next was my phone. I was already an outsider with Android. I liked full QWERTY as my first smartphone was a Nokia E63 - I dropped that for my first Android (LG Optimus), but then jumped over to a Palm Pixi. I loved WebOS and having a keyboard back was great. After HP ruined things, I eventually made the jump back to Android, with a HTC ChaCha running a custom rom to get Android 4 - it was a crappy experience but a hardware keyboard was my priority.

I finally decided that I would give full touch another shot - I had considered just accepting some of the shortcomings and grabbing a Pre, or even going to a Nokia E6 to get touch + type. But an impulse buy won me over - got a HTC 8S for $114. It's been a little over a year now and I've not for a moment looked back, the shape writing with the 8.1 update even makes me have no desire to go back to a physical keyboard.

I'll occasionally look up prices on moving up to a newer and fancier model of phone - but the phone is faster than when I bought it and still does everything I need.

 

[MrWhiteman]

Re: So what made you pick a windows phone in the first place?

Had iPhones for about 3 years and got sick of the same old iOS each "update". There was no was I was stupid enough to but an Android so it had to be Windows Phone.

 

[SlingLaker9811]

I bought a Windows phone because I like that it has a creativity element, something which nobody has done before-flat UI, live tiles instead of static icons, in fact, completely different from any OS I've seen before. I would award full marks to MS for creativity. Only a truly brainy person could have come up with such a concept. Now Apple and Google are also trying to copy MS by removing reflections, and making the UI flatter. Even the IOS 7 task manager and calling screen looks very much like the WP version. I also like the concept of hubs, which is again something very different and not tried before by anyone else. Windows Phone is something original and creative, not something that is a refined Symbian look alike made for touch screens(IOS 7 and Android).
I wanted something unique, something different from the normal crowd

 

[bigbmc26]

Re: So what made you pick a windows phone in the first place?

Simple, because it was different and Nokia has always had great quality phones.

 

[Patata Johnson]

Re: So what made you pick a windows phone in the first place?

I did cause Nokia did. So not at all because of the software / tiles or whatever. MS still has a long way to go until I can consider WP as a true competition to iOS or Android. What I really miss are truly outstanding and innovative features. WP8.1. While being nice isn't more than some "me too" features and that lock screen API we will get soon shows that they create a little too much hype around such meaningless eyecandy

 

[henryf124]

Re: So what made you pick a windows phone in the first place?

My first Windows Phone was the Nokia Lumia 900. The OS was something new and completely different from iOS and Android. And I loved Nokia then (still do now).

 

[Lee Eng Chiap]

Re: So what made you pick a windows phone in the first place?

microsoft office....That the first thing i pick for windows phone. Second is nokia.

 

[flyingsolid]

Re: So what made you pick a windows phone in the first place?

I am a big physical keyboard fan as it is but I tried an HTC Droid before Google announced Google Now for ICS and higher and all I experienced was lag, lag, and inconsistency. There is no way I am selling my privacy to a single entity that also may cooperate with the government. Apple was and is way more expensive than what the competitors offered at the times I even considered Apple, so that left me with the two underdogs. I picked Windows Phone because of Microsoft, plain and simple. I also picked BBQ10. I really don't care about the interface as long as it has utility and that is what Windows PC OS felt like. I figured it couldn't be too far from that so I opted to try Windows Phone.

OS has a little ways to go in utility sense but still very enjoyable.

 

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Re: So what made you pick a windows phone in the first place?

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[powercamg4]

Re: So what made you pick a windows phone in the first place?

iPhone was my first ever "smart phone", some user may remember "OS7" and its excellent cloning of the Windows Phone 7 UI. I was in love with that UI and I wanted it so bad but I was stuck with my current phone and didn't have the money to go to WP and I didn't feel like there was enough apps. Next I went on to Android with a Droid X that was given to me, from then I was loving android will all the customization and modifications I could do. Then I went to the Galaxy S3 when my contract was up and as always there was the same feel that I was used to, but as always there were things that I hated with the slow downs, crashing, OEM's dropping support after a year and much more. So after smashing that phone I saved enough up to buy the Lumia 928 off ebay. The transition from one to the other had some rough patches but I had already prepared by moving things over the Microsoft to help with the move. Has to be one of my favorite devices ever. Now I have upgraded to the 1020 and switched to AT&T (off contact) and have been loving it sense then.

I just love the integration and consistency of the OS
Don't really ever plan on going back to that corrupted Java based OS anytime soon, especially after the announcement of L

 

[drbanks]

Why did I get my first Windows Phone?

The "Me" tile.

Of course, now, I'm running 8.1. C'est la vie.

 

[dreadfulcolt]

Re: So what made you pick a windows phone in the first place?

I choose windows phone because of Xbox games

 

[UchilHasmit]

Re: So what made you pick a windows phone in the first place?

Couldn't find a better device at this price range... Also, because no one else in my class had a WP..

 

[raydwatts]

I chose a Lumia 520 as my first smartphone because it was very cheap, about ?50 if I showed my sim at Carphone Warehouse. It was so intuitive and easy to set up and use that my parents immediately went out and bought one each. They are not very technical but they took to them straight away. For a few months I was looking at upgrading to an iPhone but a while ago I looked at the previews of the Lumia 930 and was smitten, apart from the lack of sd card compatibility, something which always made me hesitate about the iPhone. So I checked the spec's and noticed that the L1520 was the same spec but with sd card slot and a bigger screen, so I purchased an unwanted Hong Kong version for less than ?250 on eBay and I have never regretted it. I did at first think the six inch screen might prove to be too big, and I have received several comments to this effect but it suits me now. And whenever my mum plays with my phone she always complains that the L520 looks like toy phone in comparison. There are done apps I wanted that WP don't have but they tend to be quite quirky little things without massive appeal so I cant complain too much. The things i love about my L1520 are the screen, camera and wireless charging. I'm about to put a 128gb micro SD card in there to store music and photos on. As WP is my first smartphone I cannot compare it to others but I suspect that android and apple would prove disappointing after my experiences with the 1520.

 

[razorcake]

Re: So what made you pick a windows phone in the first place?

I never really wanted a smartphone, but my wife bought a really bad one called an alley, ally, something like that, and I decided to take it from her so she could upgrade to a DROID x, then I took over her DROID x when she decided she wanted an iPhone 4, then I took her iPhone 4 when she wanted the DROID back. Then when the htc trophy came out I gave the iPhone to my stepdaughter and bought that, and loved it. My wife went from the DROID x to the x2, then the iPhone 4s, then the 5, she then switched to the Samsung note 2. So i took her 4s, then 5, but always went back to the tropy because i love the os. I upgraded to the nokia 928 when I was eligible, but in January we switched from Verizon to t-mobile and they only had the nokia 521, I think, in stock. So i went with the note3, and while liked the size of the screen and the battery, I hate the os. In all fairness I'm not sure if I hate android or Samsung, but I know that I want to switch phones. So, since no new windows phones have come out on t mobile, I'm not sure if I'm going to wait it out or just switch to the iPhone or try a different android that's not Samsung. Any suggestions?

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[Nibin Yohannan]

Re: So what made you pick a windows phone in the first place?

Lumia 520 is my first phone & i'm proud to say that I'm a lumian . Apart from some weak spots in apps lyk Xbox music n video (wp 8.1) , sharing ( via Bluetooth) , all the other features lyk camera , memory, battery power , are much n still better than android phones . As i hav not used iPhone before i cant comment on that. And If the Microsoft takes an initiative they can surely outcast the current ruler of the market iOS in the future. So keep working MS

 

[Pushynachan]

Re: So what made you pick a windows phone in the first place?

Lumia owners have high standards enough to have WiFi at home . We don't need to share files We download it. :cheapos:

 

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[nyube]

Re: So what made you pick a windows phone in the first place?

I am on of those guys who loved my PalmPre and the natural transition from an integrated Smartphone ( I did not want to switch between a lot of apps to be able to IM/SMS and check my emails) was to Windows Phone. Windows Phone has ofcourse since moved away from that philosophy, but now I like being the underdog, and my 1020 is an awesome conversation piece.