Mobilescape Q4 2015

Welcome to the party! Shot with Nokia Lumia 1020

After lengthy evaluation of Microsoft Windows 8.1 mobile platform (W8) I came to conclusion that it is less useful in the real world than Apple iOS.

I did like W8 - it felt smooth on low end devices, had a logical layout of the OS. Camera was pretty good, yet focus was little slow to keep track of my moving kid. Yet there was enough things I liked that in the future I might re-evaluate Windows platform again, if they are still around.

What I did not like was lack of apps that I used on iOS (Amazon Video, Apple Messenger, FaceTime), and reduced functionality of Line messenger - you can't send previously shot videos, for example, was simply stupid.

Also, the phone I had a lot hope for - Nokia Lumia 1020 - has died on me within 2 weeks of use, what a shame. My original Lumia 620 still works and I will keep it as my "backup backup" phone in case I need a spare.

Although those were small complaints initially, over time they became annoyances that I decided are not worth dealing with. I am staying with iOS platform for now, less compromises in my opinion.