Windows Phone 8.1

[12Danny123]

Yea, but knowing the WP team, they are slow AND software is buggy. Tell that smooth line to all of the people with battery drain and freezing screens. I'm sure some of it comes down to the hardware, but man...this update can not come soon enough. It's so delayed. You guys are saying that the preview will come at Build and full release will come end of the year? That is basically a 2 year period for a 0.1 update! I hope this is wrong and the preview comes before Build.

the 0.1 means it's a naming scheme Microsoft uses. like Windows 8 ---> Windows 8.1. numbering is minor but there are a lot of features which consider it a major update. same thing will happen to WP8.1

 

[rocking23nf]

by the time 8.1 gets here, xbox on windows phone will be dead, and I will be moved on from windows phone.

 

[mjrtoo]

by the time 8.1 gets here, xbox on windows phone will be dead, and I will be moved on from windows phone.

Oh well.

 

[tgp]

There is always something that is missing for them (an app or a feature).

And therein lies a lot of the problem with WP. If you think about it, there's a reason why iOS & Android have so many features. It's not to make a long impressive bullet point list. We say we like the simplicity of WP. In reality we like to have the features that we'd use, and then not clutter the OS with features we don't. But for a platform to appeal the the majority of users, it must have the features that you want, the features that I want, and the features that everybody else wants. Thus you have a less than simple, more complicated, but feature rich adn more widely appealing OS.

 

[etphoto]

by the time 8.1 gets here, xbox on windows phone will be dead, and I will be moved on from windows phone.

See ya

 

[etphoto]

Windows Phone 8.1 is probably the update we all have been waiting for. Notification center, Cortana, Button-less phones, Separate Volume control switches etc etc...
OMG It's so hard to wait for Nokia to announce some shiny new hardware again ;D
Also, we want a successor of the 925, NOW!

I came from WebOS. Not really sure how a notification center works. My phone's, SMS, and FB already notifies me of messages.

 

[GideonTerblanche]

Its sad really. WP8.1 was supposed to be released in October 2013. Then the rumors of Windows Phone team lagging behind turned out to be true. Later, it was assumed that it would be released in first quarter of 2014. Now April.. With the possibility that current phones might take longer to update. I really don't care about GDR updates as they did little to add the much needed features to the current phones. It's been almost 15 months since a major update. So slow

just like android so i don't see what's the problem?

 

[WINDOW LOVIN]

just like android so i don't see what's the problem?

the problem is android already have theirs. Wheres ours?

 

[Zulfigar]

Let GDR3 run its course.

If you want to compare Android and Windows Phone, then technically, WP is on 8.2 going on 8.3 (with 8.1 being 8.4).

 

[badplanet]

What I want most for 8.1 is the stuff we need to have a full featured smart watch apps.
1) Background apps/processes (not the every 30 minute tile updates.)
2) Access to incoming phone calls, SMS and emails for notifications to the phone.
3) Better music control especially under the lock screen.
4) Access to the Bluetooth 4.0/LE. (It is supposed to be included in the "Black" update but not for use by 3rd party apps.)

 

[rocking23nf]

a task manager is number 1 on my list.

 

[DavidinCT]

a task manager is number 1 on my list.

You pretty much have this on GDR3 (can view all running apps and close them)....What do you really need besides that ? Besides I think WP handles memory very well, as even running a big game in the background, the OS is still very fast and fluid. No problems with that..

 

[Moiz Mian]

Let GDR3 run its course.

If you want to compare Android and Windows Phone, then technically, WP is on 8.2 going on 8.3 (with 8.1 being 8.4).

I would say the Android 0.1 updates are more bigger than WP GDR updates. 4.1 brought Project Butter, 4.2 admittedly was small (miracast and controller support) 4.3 brought TRIM for the storage (made the phones way faster) and tons of bug fixes. Our GDRs only bring new hardware support and some gimmicky Nokia firmware support (which should be built in to the OS, but that's another matter). The GDRs haven't even fixed any of the bugs that have been plaguing our phones like battery drain and slow app loading. But I do hope 8.1 will be a nice and significant upgrade.

 

[arifdanials]

I'm really hoping for a preview of WP 8.1 before it is (expected to) officially announced at build 2014 like the Preview for Developers of GDR3

 

[Rakesh Racky]

Wp8.1

 

[Zaki Smile]

I would prefer mirroring compability, like Miracast so it is possible to show picture and run demo of apps on a bigger screen like Iphone and Android users can do. I would also want to be able to make more with NFC, like setting an alarm and turn on flight mode by taping a NFC tag before going to bed or turn on cellular data and turn of WIFI by taping a tag, when I will leave my home. Right now it is NFC useless.

 

[mjrtoo]

I would prefer mirroring compability, like Miracast so it is possible to show picture and run demo of apps on a bigger screen like Iphone and Android users can do. I would also want to be able to make more with NFC, like setting an alarm and turn on flight mode by taping a NFC tag before going to bed or turn on cellular data and turn of WIFI by taping a tag, when I will leave my home. Right now it is NFC useless.

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