| Google suggests that background app activities are/were tricky in WP, so it must be a hangover from WP7.1 which I think my Lumia 820 had originally. Leads me to another music question: I don't have gapless playback either. Am I alone? (Windows Phone Denim). |
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CHPxtreme 413 posts
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PEShead 264 posts
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Registered 7 years agoAnyone with a Lumia 950 XL care to give their thoughts on it? (Yes, I know, Surface Phone. But right now, that is just vapourware and I suspect is probably approximately a year away from actually being readily buyable).
Tried one in-store and thought the screen and OS were purdy, but wasn't too impressed with a bit of creak out of the back case.
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Technoishmatt 5,365 posts
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Registered 7 years agoI miss my Lumia 
. It was ace for work. Change of role brought with it an iPhone, which is shiny, and great at doing other stuff (although limited compared to android in many areas), but just not as good for work stuff. -
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Registered 10 years agoPEShead wrote:
Looks really nice.
HP Elite x3 leaks...
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Ror 20,336 posts
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Registered 12 years agoLooks pretty smart. -
Currently rocking (if you can it that) a Lumia 640. Personally I cant see why MS get so much hate for Windows Phone. Yes the lack of apps is a problem no doubt, but otherwise its a good solid OS.
Waiting patiently for MS to sort out Windows 10 Upgrade though. Come on MS pull your finger out.
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Registered 9 years ago@SwissTony1994 The Lumias are lovely, but I've got an HTC M8 and the OS is just a little too flaky to make up for the lack of aps (which is historically the payoff). It hangs occasionally, the music player is borked, sometimes it just freezes until I rotate it to landscape and back again. Plus the camera is shit and lacks a dedicated shutter button, so it's like all the bad parts of WP with none of the redeeming features.
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PEShead 264 posts
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Registered 7 years agoFrom a hardware perspective (design and specs) it looks like it could be the first Windows phone that one could really get behind without one major reservation or other. Amazing that it's taken all these years tbh to be able to say that...
Given the Elite branding, I suspect it'll probably be more directly aimed at business customers, from where Windows 10 Mobile will likely have to rebuild its base. Perhaps if it takes, a Spectre-branded consumer variant might follow -
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Registered 14 years agoMy wife has the Lumia 950 and absolutely loves it. She doesn't like the Phablet size of the XL -
PEShead 264 posts
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Registered 7 years agoI recently played with the 950 in-store, and tbh other than the rather bland design, it looked a decent phone. Robust specs, and familiar look and feel of PC Windows 10.
I'm surprised that I actually quite like phablet sizes now, when once I thought anything over 4" was absurdly gargantuan. I think it's the transition from thinking of these devices as 'phones' to really the pocket computers that they are. -
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Registered 10 years agoHopefully the elite has Glance screen -
Baihu1983 14,378 posts
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Registered 10 years agoAt the moment it's waiting for all the universal W10 app updates -
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Yep, things are looking grim for Windows Mobile. I do love my 950xl though. -
Goban 10,121 posts
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Registered 16 years agoShame, I really like windows phone. Surely having very little choice of handset must be a factor. -
Baihu1983 14,378 posts
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Registered 10 years agoTotally forgot I was getting a free Display Dock for getting my 950xl last year. Turned up today. -
That took awhile. I think mine took about 2 days.
Never actually used it though.
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Registered 6 years agoMy company have moved over to windows phone after years of blackberry loyalty. Sounds about right for my place, they change only once in a proper full on death spiral. We adopted Windows 7 just as Windows 10 launched if I remember right. -
Goban wrote:
I don't think thats the issue tbh. Given the choice between a £100 640 , and a £700 iPhone I would take the 640 any day of the week. I think people are mad spending that much on a phone.
Shame, I really like windows phone. Surely having very little choice of handset must be a factor.
There are a reasonable amount of Windows phones out there. The problem is that people (on mass) buy these things as fashion accessories, and there are very few if any Windows phones that fall into that category.
Given how much time and money Microsoft have put into WM10 and universal apps, I can't them getting rid of it just yet, but as usual they are the social pariah when it comes to this. It's just not 'fashionable' to own a Windows phone, even if they did one that a fashionable device. The fact that Google and Apple have had a massive headstart as well doesn't help either.
I can certainly see WM10 being a hit in the business market though.
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Baihu1983 14,378 posts
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Registered 10 years agoSharz wrote:
Sainsbury's has started giving them to head office and store managers now.
My company have moved over to windows phone after years of blackberry loyalty. Sounds about right for my place, they change only once in a proper full on death spiral. We adopted Windows 7 just as Windows 10 launched if I remember right. -
NovaMan wrote:
Nice ...
Sharz wrote:
Our firm has been using Windows Phones for years now - the top of the line ones as well - giving them to staff free to use for work with a fairly open personal use/allowance. Despite that, people have given them back and stumped up their own money (no BYOD policy or anything) to use iPhone or Android phones. Basically anything to avoid using a free top of the range Windows Phone. That is how bad they are received. I've used plenty - they are okay. But the fact remains that the competition completely wipes the floor with them. There is just no point in them unless you really are - defying all reason - going balls deep into MS's awful attempt at an eco system. Which I guess would explain why it is the same faces in here and the Xone thread.
My company have moved over to windows phone after years of blackberry loyalty. Sounds about right for my place, they change only once in a proper full on death spiral. We adopted Windows 7 just as Windows 10 launched if I remember right.
Its hardly an awful attempt at an ecosystem. It simply comes down to the fact that Apple and Google have been doing it way longer. You give someone a Windows Phone for work and the first thing they will say is 'where is iTunes'. Which is a fair question, but nevertheless that doesn't devalue what MS are trying to do, they simply cannot compete due to the time they others have already had.
Its perfectly legitimate for someone wanting to go into an MS ecosystem. There is nothing wrong with their ecosystem other than Apple and Google have got the market share as they have been doing it so long. And that is the only reason in the end. -
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Tell that to the people who have thousands of pounds invested in it. This is where the issue lies for Microsoft. People have been building up their content on iTunes or Google for years. They wouldn't be able to give that up to go to a Microsoft Phone.
I don't think ANYONE wants or misses iTunes.
And it's not just about doing it longer, it's about doing it significantly better. Android had to catch up and it almost completely has. It still plays second fiddle to Apple when it comes to apps but it is no longer as much a deciding factor for many.
Android has actually overtaken Apple by quite a margin now too, but Apple didnt have that much of a headstart in all fairness. The iPhone was still pretty new when Android phones started to appear. MS are just so far behind and thats whey they are in this position now.
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Baihu1983 14,378 posts
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MS should show just how easy it is to transfer from iTunes to groove
NovaMan wrote:
Tell that to the people who have thousands of pounds invested in it. This is where the issue lies for Microsoft. People have been building up their content on iTunes or Google for years. They wouldn't be able to give that up to go to a Microsoft Phone.
I don't think ANYONE wants or misses iTunes.
And it's not just about doing it longer, it's about doing it significantly better. Android had to catch up and it almost completely has. It still plays second fiddle to Apple when it comes to apps but it is no longer as much a deciding factor for many.
Android has actually overtaken Apple by quite a margin now too, but Apple didnt have that much of a headstart in all fairness. The iPhone was still pretty new when Android phones started to appear. MS are just so far behind and thats whey they are in this position now.
Its the same with desktop OS's. Nobody will ever catch MS and Windows because its what everyone has been using for so long. -
PEShead 264 posts
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Registered 7 years agoNovaMan wrote:
Unless you are solely talking about mobile apps here (in which case, fair enough), this statement is a bit much.
MS's awful attempt at an eco system
Nothing at all "awful" about the Xbox One as a multimedia set top box or running with a good Windows 10 PC.
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Picked up a 950 XL recently.
Looks-wise, while functional, I find it smartly minimal overall.
Specs-wise, it's pretty beefy, and with a great screen and camera.
As for the OS, I'm glad to see it finally go One Windows, with this just being the mobile variant of Windows 10, rather than a similar-looking but distinct platform like Windows Phone was.
Overall, am pretty happy with my purchase, will enjoy the ride on the death spiral lol
. It was ace for work. Change of role brought with it an iPhone, which is shiny, and great at doing other stuff (although limited compared to android in many areas), but just not as good for work stuff. 
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