I'm debating a little bit on whether I should really hold out for Win10 flagship phones or not. I'm using a Lumia 810 right now, way back in the heyday of Snapdragon S4. Screen is cracked, he's been EOL'd since last April (a rather premature EOL by TMobile), runs Lumia Amber :winktongue:, and is definitely due for an upgrade. (I've kept up with Dev Preview though, it hasn't been that bad. Insider is of course, off limits to me.)
I've wondered though, whether I should just grab one of the cheaper Lumia devices that Microsoft has been pushing out. I bought into Windows Phone originally because I wanted a phone that was able to get everyday things done quickly. Email, texting, calling, a little office work, maps, alarms, etc.. If it involved heavylifting, I delegated that to my laptop instead.
What's changed my perspective, though, is getting a small Windows 8.1 tablet (and a bluetooth keyboard/mouse :smile: ). It's taken over a good amount of things that I would usually do on my phone; it's easier to read news on the larger screen, easier to get office tasks done with full Microsoft Office, I can even run a virtual machine for some of my coding homework at university. And the battery life is fantastic thanks to InstantGo and such. The way my day works now, I delegate tasks between a laptop, tablet, and phone. Laptop is heavy lifting (CAD, video editing, gaming), tablet does office work and lazy time (email, word processing, news, small games), and my phone is for communication and fast information (texting/calling, maps, Cortana updates, weather, email updates).
tldr if I have a Win8.1 tablet already, is it possible that a flagship/hero phone isn't even worth?
(for now, I'm pretty dead set on waiting for the Lumia 940 to see what it looks like anyways, but I'm interested in what other people think about this idea. Do phones really need to do everything?)
(right, for the interested, I have a Vivotab Note 8, some logitech tablet keyboard, and a Microsoft Arc mouse. Much lighter than taking around a laptop and it works well for notetaking and Word/Excel use).
I've wondered though, whether I should just grab one of the cheaper Lumia devices that Microsoft has been pushing out. I bought into Windows Phone originally because I wanted a phone that was able to get everyday things done quickly. Email, texting, calling, a little office work, maps, alarms, etc.. If it involved heavylifting, I delegated that to my laptop instead.
What's changed my perspective, though, is getting a small Windows 8.1 tablet (and a bluetooth keyboard/mouse :smile: ). It's taken over a good amount of things that I would usually do on my phone; it's easier to read news on the larger screen, easier to get office tasks done with full Microsoft Office, I can even run a virtual machine for some of my coding homework at university. And the battery life is fantastic thanks to InstantGo and such. The way my day works now, I delegate tasks between a laptop, tablet, and phone. Laptop is heavy lifting (CAD, video editing, gaming), tablet does office work and lazy time (email, word processing, news, small games), and my phone is for communication and fast information (texting/calling, maps, Cortana updates, weather, email updates).
tldr if I have a Win8.1 tablet already, is it possible that a flagship/hero phone isn't even worth?
(for now, I'm pretty dead set on waiting for the Lumia 940 to see what it looks like anyways, but I'm interested in what other people think about this idea. Do phones really need to do everything?)
(right, for the interested, I have a Vivotab Note 8, some logitech tablet keyboard, and a Microsoft Arc mouse. Much lighter than taking around a laptop and it works well for notetaking and Word/Excel use).
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