ahoudet
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How about neither. When was the last time you changed phones?
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How about neither. When was the last time you changed phones?
Im familiar with the 520 running the latest windows phone version.
Pros over android:
-nokia offline navigation.
-Strong integration of Microsoft services and products, eg one drive, bing, bing images, ms word etc
-Much more efficient data consumption as applications ain't constantly sending data to external servers.
-constant updates for specific parts of the OS
-I think you will always be able to download the latest version of windows similar to ios. I updated mine to amber, to nokia black , to 8.1 and it only has 512MB RAM + the cheapest and lowest of the Lumia group.
-home screen can sync with bing images, a constantly changing lock screen wallpaper is a nice personal touch in my opinion.
-the best camera apps a smartphone can get. Take nokia pro cam for example, Blazing with functionality and ease of use.
Disadvantages over android:
-Live tiles not as functional or useful as android widgets.
-less apps available and generally not as functional as those for Android, just like iphone , take what's app for example, no multi select or message search for both WP and ios.
-poor Google integration compared to android but it should suffice.
I cannot really think of any more at the moment. Hope this helps.
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Chevron
Serial breaker of phones
The Omnias where Samsung if I remember. Next time get a Lumia.
Omnia is Samsung, Samsung is not owned by Microsoft. Nokia is.
What did you see, what is its battery life like?
Chevron
Serial breaker of phones
Uhhh...I see...
Strange, The Lumia 720 ive heard is the by far the best smartphone when it comes to battery life, many actual real world owners/users said the 720 lasts them easily 3-4 days on a single charge with moderate to heavy use. I don't know how nokia did a flop with the 930.
Edit, did a comparison on gsm comparing the sony to both the Samsung galaxy S5 and LG G3, the Sony beats both of them by far when it comes to battery life. Real world testing might prove different but its a good sign for Sony.
Few reasons why i switched from WP back to Android. WP is a great UI but its the apps that kill it for me.
Facebook app is the most useless thing in the world, hate it.
Line does support video calling and always takes a while to update most recent messages.
Peoples names in whatsapp groups are all the same colour, cant differentiate quickly and easily.
Internet explorer doesnt show quite a few websites correctly.
Gmail client is terrible.
Notification center doesnt auto-clear itself on occasions.
The music player is the worst i've ever used, even 3rd party ones are terrible.
Almost 0 google integration, you need a million 3rd party apps.
Facebook app is the most useless thing in the world, hate it.
Line does support video calling and always takes a while to update most recent messages.
Peoples names in whatsapp groups are all the same colour, cant differentiate quickly and easily.
Internet explorer doesnt show quite a few websites correctly.
Gmail client is terrible.
Notification center doesnt auto-clear itself on occasions.
The music player is the worst i've ever used, even 3rd party ones are terrible.
Almost 0 google integration, you need a million 3rd party apps.
DA-LION-619
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You do realize Google hates WP?
Indeed
I've used google as my primary account for all my things so switching over to Windows meant having to split everything and ya, way to much mission for something that isn't as good yet.
DA-LION-619
Honorary Master
Same here, but all I needed was my contacts synced so it wasn't a big issue.Indeed
I've used google as my primary account for all my things so switching over to Windows meant having to split everything and ya, way to much mission for something that isn't as good yet.
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Too invested in Google's services to bother. Also not impressed by the low and midrange junk MS/Nokia is putting out lately. Give me a proper high end phone. Not to mention the app gap that is still there and will be for the foreseeable future. Then there is the live tiles that suck currently. Interactive live tiles will probably only come in WP10. One can go on and on.
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The Omnia 7 launched with WP 7.5 and later got WP7.8. All WP7.8 devices were end of the line, as Microsoft changed everything around for the launch of Windows 8 and brought out new requirements for WP8 devices.