-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Windows Phone 8.1 |OT| Update 1
- Thread starter brotkasten
- Start date
Lines the Game
$2.99
Game Troopers publishes their 5th Xbox enabled game for Windows Phone this year.
$2.99
Game Troopers publishes their 5th Xbox enabled game for Windows Phone this year.
Anton Sugar
Member
God knows when I have sexy hardware, I want everyone to know it's a MICROSOFT.
Give us the option. Jeez!
lastflowers
Banned
Anton Sugar
Member
So that either means the address bar definitely will be at the bottom of the screen (or have the option to do so)...or lastflowers and dLMN8R are involved in a secret coup of dissenting Windows Phone devs/designers.
juliushandle
Member
Does the recovery tool take forever after it detects your phone? It's giving me the "please wait" screen.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
I'm going to use the 930, on wp10, as my daily driver this weekend, until a new phone I ordered arrives. Wish me luck!!!!!!
There is a new build coming very soon. Just wait a little longer.
n64coder
Member
For me, it took awhile to download but there was no lengthy please wait screen.
I couldn't update my phone to get the Denim update so I did the recovery tool. During the phone setup procedure, I can restore my data from backup. Will it stay at 8.1 Update 1 or will I get the Windows Phone Developer Preview 8.1 version that I had formerly?
I'm trying to get the non preview version.
NeOak
Member
Jesus Van, I never thought you were a masochist.
We're always waiting for the next update.
Yeah. The next is supposed to be very soon and quicker than previous updates.
hankster
Member
Or $40 after instant rebate at MetroPCS.
Astral/H3X
Member
Finally got an MS Band, and I love this thing. I still kinda fat finger it, but it's awesome not having to worry about if I can hear my ringer, or if I can feel the vibrations as I'm walking around. Not to mention all the health stuff.
Astral/H3X
Member
The only thing wrong with Windows phone is that not enough people have them.
Steelyuhas
Member
You've got Blackberry, don't know what else people could possibly want.
Yeah I got that this morning as well, not GDR2.
juliushandle
Member
Got it for my 830. I did get rebooting occasionally when on Bluetooth. Since the update, no rebooting.
There's more than just this one thing wrong with WP.
I wouldn't recommend WP to friends so there is no way I'm going to recommend it for my company. I'm not taking the fall if it fails and doesn't work out. Contrary to what you may believe the older people do like Blackberries.
Steelyuhas
Member
I was joking, we're all aware in this thread of the situation the Windows Phone platform is in.
hankster
Member
Northrop Grumman is replacing their employee Blackberrys with Windows Phones now. HTC Ones.
itshappening.gif
juliushandle
Member
For a company though, who really needs apps? WP compared to Android it's much more secure and reliable and compared to iPhone it's much much cheaper.
NeOak
Member
Watch them replace them with 6S's this year
Also, fuck the cursor on WP when writing a post. I hate that it glues to fucking words and when I press backspace it deletes a bunch of text.
If that is the case, I would prefer BlackBerrys for the QWERTY.
We've reached at a point where Brot would be seen as a relentlessly romantic Windows Phone apologist compared to the rest of the thread.
That said, the world probably needs a counterweight to Crackberry where everything is shiiiiiit and doomed to fail. So do carry on.
That said, the world probably needs a counterweight to Crackberry where everything is shiiiiiit and doomed to fail. So do carry on.
Sure. Everyone does. It's even on Android by now.
Thanks
iOS too.
hankster
Member
That would not meet Affordability goals. Positive feedback from my friends that have them.
Gameloft are adding Xbox Live to some of their titles:
Modern Combat 5: Blackout
Dragon Mania Legends
Age of Sparta
Dungeon Hunter 5
Updates will happen during the summer.
Modern Combat 5: Blackout
Dragon Mania Legends
Age of Sparta
Dungeon Hunter 5
Updates will happen during the summer.
juliushandle
Member
635 still performs well. I would wait for a Windows 10 phone in another 3 months or so.
That's what I'm thinking. The 640 just seems lackluster like something in a couple months is going to be much better.
I've been using WP10 Mobile as my daily driver for about 3 weeks now and even though it's rough I haven't had too many issues with it other than an unresponsive lock screen and random reboots.
If they're able to get things smoothed out and get all the apps running from 8.1 I can see myself using it as my permanent phone but I'm going back to my Nexus 5 until a few more updates come out.
If they're able to get things smoothed out and get all the apps running from 8.1 I can see myself using it as my permanent phone but I'm going back to my Nexus 5 until a few more updates come out.
Since the screen on my 1020 shattered (still works though), I've been using my work phone a lot more (iPhone 4).
A few observations:
The iPhone also seems to drain battery when browsing the web, so I'll no longer complain about that on WP
The Lync 2013 app is a lot better on iPhone, starts immediately, haven't lost any messages etc. it's sad that an MS app is better on another platform.
I absolutely hate the keyboard, oh how I miss WP keyboard already.
Also miss my live tiles, and the 1020, even with its larger size sits so much better in my hand, could be that I'm just used to it I suppose.
One thing is for certain, I'm not switching to iOS anytime soon, still eyeing Android though, so MS better announce something soon.
A few observations:
The iPhone also seems to drain battery when browsing the web, so I'll no longer complain about that on WP
The Lync 2013 app is a lot better on iPhone, starts immediately, haven't lost any messages etc. it's sad that an MS app is better on another platform.
I absolutely hate the keyboard, oh how I miss WP keyboard already.
Also miss my live tiles, and the 1020, even with its larger size sits so much better in my hand, could be that I'm just used to it I suppose.
One thing is for certain, I'm not switching to iOS anytime soon, still eyeing Android though, so MS better announce something soon.
MrGreencastle
Member
Since the screen on my 1020 shattered (still works though), I've been using my work phone a lot more (iPhone 4).
A few observations:
The iPhone also seems to drain battery when browsing the web, so I'll no longer complain about that on WP
The Lync 2013 app is a lot better on iPhone, starts immediately, haven't lost any messages etc. it's sad that an MS app is better on another platform.
I absolutely hate the keyboard, oh how I miss WP keyboard already.
Also miss my live tiles, and the 1020, even with its larger size sits so much better in my hand, could be that I'm just used to it I suppose.
One thing is for certain, I'm not switching to iOS anytime soon, still eyeing Android though, so MS better announce something soon.
Seriously. I use a Nexus 5 primarily and I despise the keyboard. Same thing in iOS. It's just a piece of junk - with slide typing it puts words in there that no one would ever use in conversation and it says it collects data to improve it? Terrible. Windows Phone keyboard is best by a very wide margin in my experience.
MrGreencastle
Member
I still miss my Palm Pre keyboard to this day. Basically the same as a BB keyboard more or less. I wish vertical sliders were still a thing. If Microsoft came out with a vertical slider with decent specs I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
So after having used this latest build for a week, I have to say that it's running really quite ok, or at least far better than you'd think reading some of the feedback.
Obviously there's bugs and weird things and pretty bad ones too, but overall the experience is not a bad one. For the most part my 1020 runs smoothly, basically.
That's not to say that a massive amount of work isn't still to be done (bug fixing, ironing out the UX inconsistencies/fine tuning the look overall, bringing the apps up to speed and they better implement some new features too), but when you compare the current state to that of the last build it's a pretty big step forward.
Like Van said the other day, there's currently nothing to suggest that W10 on phones contains any must have new features or anything that would make anyone switch platforms. That's the main let down so far. The lack of new, unique features.
That said, I don't see myself moving back to 8.1. The quick reply to texts alone is worth sticking with 10.
Obviously there's bugs and weird things and pretty bad ones too, but overall the experience is not a bad one. For the most part my 1020 runs smoothly, basically.
That's not to say that a massive amount of work isn't still to be done (bug fixing, ironing out the UX inconsistencies/fine tuning the look overall, bringing the apps up to speed and they better implement some new features too), but when you compare the current state to that of the last build it's a pretty big step forward.
Like Van said the other day, there's currently nothing to suggest that W10 on phones contains any must have new features or anything that would make anyone switch platforms. That's the main let down so far. The lack of new, unique features.
That said, I don't see myself moving back to 8.1. The quick reply to texts alone is worth sticking with 10.
Probably in a few weeks.
Give it a bit of time with the build. Once the apps update themselves things will settle down. It will take a day or so, but then it runs ok.
Also, don't use the tile background on the start screen. It runs like shit. Full background is ok.
Well it has been close to 24 hours - screen keeps coming on all the time without a PIN code needing to be inputted, touches are very unresponsive, email live tile isn't working...
Considering all I do with this phone is call and check emails, thought I would be okay with an early build, but this is pretty painful.
Considering all I do with this phone is call and check emails, thought I would be okay with an early build, but this is pretty painful.