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Thinking About A Windows Phone

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Thinking About A Windows Phone

from JoeUser Forums

I've been using Android phones for a long time now, and Linux even longer, but recently I have become something of a fan of Windows 8. I am running 8 on one of my laptops and have a Surface tablet. I really like it.

I have been seriously considering dropping my Galaxy s3 Android phone for a Windows phone. As I am on Verizon and don't want to switch carriers I am currently limited to two phones, the HTC 8x and the Nokia 822. The HTC is arguably the higher end hardware and would normally be my default choice.

I have been reading all of the "professional" reviews and they all go for the HTC.

But, when I started checking the forums where people who actually own and use the phones post I find a plethora of complaints about the HTC. Lots more than the Nokia. It appears to me that in the real world the Nokia 822 is actually the better, more reliable device despite it's lower screen resolution.

I think I'll go with the Nokia.

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Reply #26 from JoeUser Forums Top

Quoting WOM, reply 2
Don't know about phones but I hate W8 PC.  Took mine back to the store.  Yey said a ;ot of people are doing that.

I got the tablet.  It is ok.  What I love about it is Office comes bundled.

But I have played with the PC - and yes, I hate it as well!

Reply #27 from JoeUser Forums Top

Quoting Jafo, reply 25

Quoting starkers, reply 24I'll just sit back and watch Apple crumble

Someone hit him.....

Sadly, he is correct.  It has nothing to do with their loss of innovation and excellence.  It has to do with unrealistic expectations.

Dump your stock now.  The company will be around for a lot longer, but the stock is a money loser.

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Reply #28 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Dr, reply 27

Quoting Jafo, reply 25
Quoting starkers, reply 24I'll just sit back and watch Apple crumble

Someone hit him.....

Sadly, he is correct.  It has nothing to do with their loss of innovation and excellence.  It has to do with unrealistic expectations.

Dump your stock now.  The company will be around for a lot longer, but the stock is a money loser.

Yeah, Apple will be around alright, but it will be an 'also ran' as Samsung, LG, Nokia and others beat Apple at its own game.  The loss of innovation and excellence hasn't helped any, though.  When I've been out and about in tech stores, I've been a nosy body and asked people looking at iStuff why they were choosing it, and honestly, the amount of people who said they were only comparing and actually considering a Samsung alternative was quite staggering... say 8 out of 10, perhaps.  The reason?  Most thought that Samsung had surpassed Apple in both phones and tablets, that the Galaxies were superior products.

Also, my local Telstra store, where i do a bit of business, ordered in 50 Apple TV units in November 2012, they have still to sell just one, while other TV/Media Players are selling reasonably well.  In fact, most tech stores in my area report a drop in Apple product sales... and I know this because I'm an inquisitive body and I like to ask about these things.

Yup, I saw the writing on the wall for Apple long before the mini iPad and iPhone 5 failed to meet expectations for consumers and the company alike.  I've seen it for 6 to 8, maybe even 10 months now, probably before Steve Jobs tok ill and passed, that Apple is on a downward spiral and will not recover in this or the next couple of decades. So yeah, the stock is a money loser, not that I would ever have purchased any anyway.

Oh, and Dr Guy, apple crumble is a dessert we enjoy here in Oz, so there was an intended pun, for which Jafo felt it appropriate to incite a mob to put me in the stocks and throw rotten fruit at me.

;P

Reply #29 from JoeUser Forums Top

Quoting starkers, reply 28
Oh, and Dr Guy, apple crumble is a dessert we enjoy here in Oz, so there was an intended pun, for which Jafo felt it appropriate to incite a mob to put me in the stocks and throw rotten fruit at me.

For that bad pun, we should lock up Jafo and throw rotten fruit at him! :ninja:

Reply #30 from JoeUser Forums Top

Quoting LightStar, reply 21
I would just stick with what you have, the S3 is an excellent phone I have heard. Me, I'll just stick with my Motorola Atrix 2 Android, it does what I want, I don't need anything else.

Yes, well, if I weren't interested in making the switch from Android to WP8 I doubt I would have written the post in the first place. Unlike many, I actually like Windows 8 on my laptop as well as my Surface. Some folks fear change, I am not among those.

Reply #31 from JoeUser Forums Top

Quoting Dr, reply 26
Quoting WOM, reply 2Don't know about phones but I hate W8 PC.  Took mine back to the store.  Yey said a ;ot of people are doing that.

I got the tablet.  It is ok.  What I love about it is Office comes bundled.

But I have played with the PC - and yes, I hate it as well!

 

Really? I actually like Win 8 Pro over 7. Love my Surface (typing this on it now).

Reply #32 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Dr, reply 29
For that bad pun, we should lock up Jafo and throw rotten fruit at him!

Oi....'twas starkers who made the pun, not I ...;)

Reply #33 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting MasonM, reply 30

Quoting LightStar, reply 21I would just stick with what you have, the S3 is an excellent phone I have heard. Me, I'll just stick with my Motorola Atrix 2 Android, it does what I want, I don't need anything else.

Yes, well, if I weren't interested in making the switch from Android to WP8 I doubt I would have written the post in the first place. Unlike many, I actually like Windows 8 on my laptop as well as my Surface. Some folks fear change, I am not among those.

Same here, I'm really loving Win 8 on my desktop and my phone... and when I get my Surface I'll love that too.  I did give a thought to Samsung and Lenovo tablets, and the specs on both are quite good, but the Surface is my choice because I like its looks as well as its specs... the wider screen is a winner in my view. 

I don't fear change, either, and I've been there with the early betas of Vista, 7 and 8, but I will admit that I didn't like Win 8 to begin with, though I think that may have been down to issues I had with dual booting rather than the OS itself.  However, once I relegated Win 7 to my spare rig and set up Win 8 on its own, things were so much better all round and I got used to the Metro UI rather quickly.  Like my dad used to say: "A change is as good as a holiday."