I am whole heartedly saddened by the prospect. I bought a Elite x3 a few days ago and haven't had a single issue. I started off way back in 2011 with a Samsung Focus, to a Nokia 900 in the glorious Mango days. Then progressed to a slightly flawed 1520. 3 faulty pieces of hardware for that sucker, the worst is when the screen detached. Thankfully I was under warranty every time ha.
I switched to a Note 4 just before going on active duty, and hated every moment of it. I used Android back when it was 2.2 and 2.4 before my Focus, and hoped they had changed. Apps were excessive, to get anything done productively you had to install over 100+ apps. Preinstalled were excessive as well, and you had tl micromanage EVERYTHING. What I love about Windows, and still do is that it's like a butler. It does everything for you without you noticing. I spent 2 years on my Note 4, signed into my microsoft and google accounts on my Elite and honest to god, it was like I had my windows phone just yesterday before I belly flopped into Android. I was astonished that everything was already set. Minor changes and getting MetroPCS going was a little tricky with APN settings, but I got there.
What bothers me was today announcement of Microsoft dropping support for Minecraft mobile. Like...really?
I use my x3 for light business and love it. I'm in the "honeymoon" stages of this phone, but the interface is beautiful. I have large hands and miss the feel like my 1520. The Notes have always been too small and this is a beautiful fit. Hardware quality is remarkable. Noting that it is plastic, but it feels like it could really take a beating. Doesn't feel cheap. Difficult to explain.
The Snapdragon 820 really shines, along with the 4gb of RAM, I was using continuum with 12 running applications change swiftly and printing all at the same time. Absolutely remarkable! And the desk dock was getting warm, not the phone! I think Hp really nailed the proper hardware for some good multitasking on WM10, but it does need that support. If people didn't keep jumping off this band wagon, we'd have lots of support.
My wife even switched to my old 1520 because she was fed up with iOS and loving it. Doesn't like the lack of Snapchat, but oh well.
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