Last weekend I decided to give W10 mobile a try. I was prepared to go back to W8.1 and made sure the phone could be detected using Windows Device Recovery Tool and that everything was backed up on OneDrive. I have an unlocked Lumia 1020 ATT-US RM-877 running on Cricket Wireless. It is my daily driver.
With the phone fully charged, on AC power, and connected to WiFi, the download went rather fast. Thereafter it was a nail biter. I had the gears churning for about 1.5 hours. After the phone went through its final restart, the next step was the downloading of all the apps. During this process, the phone was running slow between screens. I went through the Settings menu and made all the adjustments I needed. Turned off most apps from running in the background, too. Reorganized the start screen. Made sure email accounts were running as before. I went through several soft resets.
It took about 24-48 hours for things to settle in. At first there were several hiccups with Messaging opening then closing and various apps seemed unstable. However, after more soft resets and updating of apps, everything is now running smoothly. Battery drain was high on the first day but is now appearing to be rather typical for my use. Hotspot works fine. All my apps work, including TuneIn radio. In general the phone runs smoothly.
First impressions:
My biggest gripe is all the wasted real estate on the screen. The icons are smaller than on 8.1. Layouts are not efficient, e.g. the Speed dial list shows fewer numbers than on 8.1 (my font size is set to the largest on both 8.1 and 10). The small round pictures are pretty useless compared to the square ones on 8.1 Likewise when in a call, 8.1 would show the full picture which allowed me to easily verify who I dialed.
The Edge browser is a mess, no question. No home page. Pinned pages only show a blue tile, not a picture of the page as on 8.1. Large font layouts are awkward. It's not an intuitive browser.
Most of my issues so far are with the wasted space in layouts. Otherwise, I like WM10. The customization options are excellent (for WM 8 - customization was one of the biggest gripes). Page transitions are smooth. Battery life is reasonable. I do not use glance. Office 360 apps work, unlike 8.1 where I had problems viewing Excel files. Camera works fine. There are three camera apps, Lumia Camera, Lumia Camera Classic and the standard Camera app. On the 1020, I have not yet determined the difference between the Lumia Camera and Lumia Camera Classic. Time will tell for those.
In sum, so far it's a keeper for my L1020. If things change, I will post more.
With the phone fully charged, on AC power, and connected to WiFi, the download went rather fast. Thereafter it was a nail biter. I had the gears churning for about 1.5 hours. After the phone went through its final restart, the next step was the downloading of all the apps. During this process, the phone was running slow between screens. I went through the Settings menu and made all the adjustments I needed. Turned off most apps from running in the background, too. Reorganized the start screen. Made sure email accounts were running as before. I went through several soft resets.
It took about 24-48 hours for things to settle in. At first there were several hiccups with Messaging opening then closing and various apps seemed unstable. However, after more soft resets and updating of apps, everything is now running smoothly. Battery drain was high on the first day but is now appearing to be rather typical for my use. Hotspot works fine. All my apps work, including TuneIn radio. In general the phone runs smoothly.
First impressions:
My biggest gripe is all the wasted real estate on the screen. The icons are smaller than on 8.1. Layouts are not efficient, e.g. the Speed dial list shows fewer numbers than on 8.1 (my font size is set to the largest on both 8.1 and 10). The small round pictures are pretty useless compared to the square ones on 8.1 Likewise when in a call, 8.1 would show the full picture which allowed me to easily verify who I dialed.
The Edge browser is a mess, no question. No home page. Pinned pages only show a blue tile, not a picture of the page as on 8.1. Large font layouts are awkward. It's not an intuitive browser.
Most of my issues so far are with the wasted space in layouts. Otherwise, I like WM10. The customization options are excellent (for WM 8 - customization was one of the biggest gripes). Page transitions are smooth. Battery life is reasonable. I do not use glance. Office 360 apps work, unlike 8.1 where I had problems viewing Excel files. Camera works fine. There are three camera apps, Lumia Camera, Lumia Camera Classic and the standard Camera app. On the 1020, I have not yet determined the difference between the Lumia Camera and Lumia Camera Classic. Time will tell for those.
In sum, so far it's a keeper for my L1020. If things change, I will post more.
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