Let's face it - Microsoft has blown it this time with mobile devices. They kept cutting out legacy devices to the point where users became unhappy and moved on to either Apple or Android. So why dwell on it?
The game changer was a $59 unlocked phone, Lumia 640. (You have to contact ATT and they will issue you the unlock code. Took like 3 days, link is here).
The question arises - does spending x10 on iPhone give me 10x the phone? I don't think so.
Actually, since I got my first Nokia Lumia 620 couple years ago, I have been taken by the ease of use of Windows 8 (and 8.1). There were gaps in app selection that I was not happy with - if you are Amazon Prime user, there are no streaming apps for the phone, and tumblr client is quite marginal, but I don't really want to tumble with blogging and watching videos on my phone anymore - I got an iPad Air just for that. It has all the apps and larger screen to boot, so that is that. Oh, and no iMessage, but SMS still gets through, so not a biggie. But I do miss iMessage - I hate the way mobile operators nickel and dime us on SMS.
The good - app for Skype is excellent. Line - yes (except I can not post clips I shot before with the phone - what's up with that?). Yelp - yes. Here Maps and Waze - yes. Gas Buddy - yes. It has a good audio player, so when I am on the road I use it as my GPS/mp3 player. MicroSD slot - 64gb card in there right now. Camera is good, LTE works with US Mobile (on T-Mobile network) in Los Angeles, and I still got $500+ left over if I would have bought an iPhone. I feel like a genius!
BTW, the phone feels smooth and polished, not like underpowered Asus Fone I had a chance to play with. That Asus cured me of further interest in Android - if I am going to spend iPhone money, I'll just get an iPhone. But for chump change that I am not going to worry about I'll seriously like that Lumia 640. How much do I like it? I bought 2.
The game changer was a $59 unlocked phone, Lumia 640. (You have to contact ATT and they will issue you the unlock code. Took like 3 days, link is here).
The question arises - does spending x10 on iPhone give me 10x the phone? I don't think so.
Actually, since I got my first Nokia Lumia 620 couple years ago, I have been taken by the ease of use of Windows 8 (and 8.1). There were gaps in app selection that I was not happy with - if you are Amazon Prime user, there are no streaming apps for the phone, and tumblr client is quite marginal, but I don't really want to tumble with blogging and watching videos on my phone anymore - I got an iPad Air just for that. It has all the apps and larger screen to boot, so that is that. Oh, and no iMessage, but SMS still gets through, so not a biggie. But I do miss iMessage - I hate the way mobile operators nickel and dime us on SMS.
The good - app for Skype is excellent. Line - yes (except I can not post clips I shot before with the phone - what's up with that?). Yelp - yes. Here Maps and Waze - yes. Gas Buddy - yes. It has a good audio player, so when I am on the road I use it as my GPS/mp3 player. MicroSD slot - 64gb card in there right now. Camera is good, LTE works with US Mobile (on T-Mobile network) in Los Angeles, and I still got $500+ left over if I would have bought an iPhone. I feel like a genius!
BTW, the phone feels smooth and polished, not like underpowered Asus Fone I had a chance to play with. That Asus cured me of further interest in Android - if I am going to spend iPhone money, I'll just get an iPhone. But for chump change that I am not going to worry about I'll seriously like that Lumia 640. How much do I like it? I bought 2.
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