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I meant - because it'll run Intel, i'll have a full PC in my pocket. And I just love this idea.Why? Don't compare intel desktop CPUs with mobile CPUs.
I meant - because it'll run Intel, i'll have a full PC in my pocket. And I just love this idea.
I also think Intel processors are better then the others.
Not with the right drugs...... so wouldn't running desktop apps be painfully slow?
From what I've seen their mobile processors(for tablets and phones) suck. I'm not an expert on computer architecture but I feel a 2.2ghz quad core mobile processor wont be anyway as powerful as a desktop one(correct me if I'm wrong) so wouldn't running desktop apps be painfully slow? But I mean if I'm wrong here then I fully see the benefits but idk doesn't seem like we're close to this dream yet :/
I think Intel x series is way better then old atom series, from what I've seen on tablets only, Intel running much smoother then others. also i believe
a smartphone with intel, will run a full windows 10 version, so i will be able to run any desktop apps as well.
I hope both companies have hidden some huge surprises for us. As you saying: will just wait and see.Yeah I mean just plug it to a monitor running the full version of windows 10 would and the ability to go would be nice but idk I dont think the technology is there yet but lol who knows what Microsoft and Intel have hidden and will show us next year but how it stands now idk maybe I just haven't seen enough but doesn't seem ready or close to ready but I do hope they blow me away with something.
Nope, until the apps collection is as good as iOS and Android. Love WP OS but it's the apps that is disappointing.
LONG LONG time Windows "Mobile" User since PocketPC. I had to make the painful and tough move to Android this past week when it looked hopeless for Lumia on Verizon and currently adjusting to a Note 5. I have to say, this phone is a beast. And works rather well with the Microsoft Ecosystem and Cortana, believe it or not. And yes, the APPS do matter. Once you feel "warm and fuzzy" that you can now get that app you've been lacking, it is hard to go back. Believe me, no one wants WP to succeed more than myself but the time is now for a change. I do prefer having it all in the Windows Ecosystem and love Live Tiles and the OS. If things improve, I WILL be back. Especially if I can get a 950xl.
So, I'm in a similar boat to garak0410. Long time supporter, love certain things about the OS and Microsoft's approach to the OS conceptually, but I just placed an order for a Note 5 on Verizon after using a Lumia 928 for 30 months.
I know that, with Android, I'm getting a mobile-focused OS that just continues to improve. I know that I'm not going to be disappointed by Google's inability to execute, or their rebooting the OS. I know that I won't have to worry about apps. I know that I won't be left without your services that work well and I still use.
Most importantly, I know that all of this exists today. I know that I can buy the Note 5, and it will be at my door on Wednesday. I still would have given this certainty up for the promise of greatness from W10 Mobile and the 950 XL (great hardware btw), but you're again behind schedule on both counts. You're not communicating effectively. You're just not making it easy to be a fan.
What else did you expect me to do?
I hear ya. And as mentioned, the Microsoft ecosystem works rather well on Android. Outlook is a great client but it doesn't sync contacts/calendar into the Android OS... You still get calendar reminders and Cortana will SHOW you(but not TELL you) your upcoming schedule. For SMS, you simply must export your contacts into GMAIL and then from then on out, use GMAIL for contacts. And yes, Cortana is almost as close as it was on WP...was surprised. She just doesn't say what is on your agenda if you ASK her.
I do have to say I've encountered "Android Quirks" already... one time, the camera wouldn't record video... had an error and had to reboot. And the mic stopped working on voice to text and come to find out, it was Hey Cortana messing that up. Turned it off and it worked. Not that a WP didn't have quirks but it rarely had them. But on a whole and outside the way the OS works, OMG, the Note 5 does a lot. So much in fact, that I've had to pick up my Surface Pro 3 less and less. But don't get me wrong, I'll always have my Surface and PC. I just find mobile so much easier (at the moment) with the Note 5.
I do vacillate between toughing it out with my ICON until the dust settles or being in the NOW with the Note 5, even if the OS is less than elegant. I will gladly live with the less apps if I can use a 950xl on Verizon.
Yeah. I mean don't get my wrong, I'm not exactly jumping ship here; I just don't have a lot of choices. If the 950XL were available on Verizon, I'd have bought that in a heartbeat instead. But I'm well overdue for an upgrade, and I just want Microsoft to understand that they are at times making it hard for dedicated fans. You expect users not committed to the platform or on the fence to frequently choose competing platforms, but to drive away your loyal fans...
And I still like the Windows Mobile OS more than Android. I've played with the Note 4 enough to know what I'm getting into, and I feel like Microsoft has more little OS level features that improve usability. W10 Mobile is also a nicer looking OS in my opinion. Android looks a little too colorful/cartoonish, and is a little bit more boring for my tastes. My brother's Note 4 does have quirks sometimes and he has to reboot to fix them. My dad's 2013 Moto X runs flawlessly though, so it has more to do with Samsung's implementation than Android itself.
That is part of the deal with Android still, but the situation is a lot better than it used to be. And it's continuing to improve, with Android nearing iOS levels of polish. The Note 5's camera is also so good that you can't really call the camera much of a differentiating factor for the average user, though the 950XL with its very intelligent software probably still takes the number 1 spot. And I will absolutely enjoy that stylus I believe, as I have actual uses for it.
So I wait Microsoft. I'll watch and see how your OS is doing, looking for a time to eventually return. However, for now, you've driven me away and there is no remedying that.
I really like my Icon and Windows phone, but it keeps getting harder to find a really good reason to stick around with a troubled ecosystem. There are apps I want that are available on Android and iOS, but not for WP. I see articles about the app situation getting worse: ?Microsoft's apps are evaporating.? The releases of Windows 10 mobile so far have been buggy. With less than 3% of the market, MS has been shrinking its phone division and is putting the new flagship phones only on AT&T for the foreseeable future. It feels more and more as if I'm riding on a sinking ship when there are pretty cool options out there.