I'm about to acquire a 950 and have a few questions.
- If I'm going to use ATT is there any fine differences in the att version vs the unlocked?
- With light use any idea how many hours of battery life I can expect?
- Has anyone used NFC payments successfully?
That's it. Thanks kindly if someone has input.
2. I get the feeling that the battery life is highly dependent on just what you're doing with the phone. I certainly wouldn't expect watching high quality video with screen brightness at 100% to give you many hours, neither gaming I guess. For example though for today, I woke up with the phone fully charged:
- 45 minute commute with Groove Music playing + web browsing. Screen at 50% during this.
- Location always on.
- Using cellular connectivity during commute.
- Checked emails a couple of time during work.
- Same 45 minute commute back.
- Windows Hello enabled.
It's now 8 hrs later and the battery says 70%. I would call the above "light" use though. There have been cases where at work there was a fair amount of waiting and where I surfed the web a lot more, and then I'd probably come home with a battery closer to 30%. So when I work long hours, which happens, I can go a couple of days on one charge (because when I get home I go to sleep pretty soon).
3. Yes. I have Bank Of America and use NFC payments at Duane Reade, my local food store, Trader Joe's, in New York cabs, the liquor store, I open the ATM door with it, etc.
The way it works seems to depend on the vendor/technology you're interacting with. In a yellow cab it'll now ask me for an iris scan to verify the purchase, but no signature or pin is required after that. At the grocery store it just acts as if I had inserted a card, and I have to complete with a pin after. Same at TJ's.... In all cases I immediately get a notification that my payment has been made. Love this feature.
And I especially love the looks I get when someone is fiddling with their stupid bank card trying to get into the ATM booth and I just hold up the phone.... They always ask how I did that, and I always say "Microsoft Windows phone" and smile...