That's nice.
Tried it out briefly at a store today, looks like a prison bracelet, doesn't feel great with the flat screen.
I'm hoping the Band 2 in person is much nicer.
Didn't get into the software side.
Microsoft hardware event set for October 6th
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Tried it out briefly at a store today, looks like a prison bracelet, doesn't feel great with the flat screen.
I'm hoping the Band 2 in person is much nicer.
Didn't get into the software side.
It's been a while since I have seen any innovation in phone design.
It looks like every other flagship phone to me.
Don't they all but they've drifted from the early Lumias doing something nice.
They've been coasting for a while. I think these ones are just bridging a gap until the Surface hardware lead gets to shine after taking over all hardware recently. W10 Mobile will probably be rough as for a while. Microsoft need something stellar but I think letting things mature a little then go for it next year with more unique stuff. I know that doesn't help their situation but they won't be crap phones so should suffice to get some users on board and hopefully mainstream app growth which is more important than looking different. The homescreen should do the running for appeal.
Surface are usually very leak proof.
brotkasten
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Nothing is leaving Panos' bunker.
massivekettle
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Going to be interesting to see if the SP4 can regain some of the mindshare lost from the iPad Pro announcement
I'll be honest here: Looking forward to the SP4 and will buy it pretty much day one if it hits all the proper cords with me. I've been waiting so patiently for nVidia Shield Tablet 2 but nothing has been spoken about it at all. So I've thrown that device to the wind and will jump on this most likely.
Miles Quaritch
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Damn, the white one looks sexy as fuck.
Any word on specs?
Any word on specs?
Nothing newer than what's in the OP.
I just want MS and Google to play nice so I can give a windows phone a go (I need my google apps, specifically messenger).
It looks like any other smartphone in the world. What's innovative about how a phone looks?
Funky Papa
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The Surface department is crazy secretive. The first gen was developed in a the called bunker, a separate space that didn't even have windows.
Notice the irony of a Microsoft product being developed at a place with no windows.
Alx
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Yeah ever since we've switched to full touch interface, all devices are basically just screens you're carrying around. One could nitpick about the shape of the corners or the sides, but in the end you always have a rectangle made of glass.
Opus Angelorum
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Loving the white.
brotkasten
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Only if it works with wireless charging.
Love the feature, but I rarely use it.
brotkasten
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I get that, but don't ruin it for the few dozen of us who use it every day.
FTFY.
Slayer-33
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Shit, I thought the keynote was tomorrow.
Hahaha patience jebus patience.
BUT with the Pro 4 rumored to launch in November, I don't see how they could keep things so locked up. I'm assuming these phone leaks aren't coming internally from MS, rather from somewhere in the supply chain process.
eh I guess whatever, it's almost 10/6. Plus I've been totally fine w/ my Pro 3 I bought a month ago. I doubt I'll upgrade at this point unless the SP4 is mindblowing.
JimiNutz
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The obvious thing is to find a way to run Android apps on the Windows Phone platform.
App support is the only thing missing and MS are never going to convince third parties to spend time developing or porting apps to their platform while the market share is so low.
There needs to be a way for Windows Phone to run apps developed for Android - if such a thing is possible?
PetriP-TNT
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I wonder if Microsoft VR Kit (Google Cardboard clone) is going to be there, it was seemingly leaked yesterday on a russian hackaton contest site.
http://www.google.fi/url?sa=t&rct=j...GeaTxaWz-6FyJl2Yg&sig2=vFdCNUKwP9m9utHYwlgN4g
http://www.google.fi/url?sa=t&rct=j...GeaTxaWz-6FyJl2Yg&sig2=vFdCNUKwP9m9utHYwlgN4g
I assume you missed this? https://dev.windows.com/en-us/uwp-bridges/android
There's also the ability to port iOS apps too, of which Candy Crush was the first https://www.theverge.com/2015/4/29/8511439/microsoft-windows-10-android-ios-apps-bridges
Opus Angelorum
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Use it every day, hate not having it everywhere.
Haha, I DO have patience, but I've been thinking for the last whole week that this was tomorrow. I now have to find patience to wait for a whole week more.
I'm really looking forward to the Band 2.
Funky Papa
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IIRC Surface's chain is largely controlled by Microsoft. And they don't fuck around when it comes to Surface.
Meanwhile, phones are in the hands of dozens of different companies, from parts providers to manufacturing facilities to phone companies and marketing agencies.
Anton Sugar
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I'm in, as long as they aren't actually going for premium Apple-like pricing.
This got announced a while back, right? When is this going to start being used? I know about Candy Crush, but that's really the last thing I've heard.
brotkasten
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I don't think there's ever been a leak with pictures from a Surface device yet. Specs yes, but not pictures, as far as I know. Not even the Surface Mini, which had a small production run of about 5,000 units, has leaked before or after it got canceled.
Slayer-33
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I want and need a sp4 bad. I'm rabid right now.
In my opinion they need to release a premium device equal to the Surface Pro in their mobile lineup. It needs be unique and differ from the competitors with design, usability and specs. It can't be an iPhone 6s/Galaxy S6 just with Windows 10 Mobile, it needs to be more.
And they have to market it. Make sure that every single retail store got a unit on display.
Or just create a cheap Lumia 640'ish device with Minecraft design, bundled with Minecraft Pocket Edition.
Is Surface even such a tremendous success? Surface hardware revenue amounted to $2.1B in 2014, which would give us roughly 3-4M units sold. Great for a non-Apple ultrabook/tablet, but not enough mindshare to make much difference on the phone market.
Sadly they are it seems.
There has been some leaks of it in action but still under wraps.
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