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Windows Phone 8.1 |OT| Update 1
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brotkasten
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Monkeylord
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The over-reactions here are hilarious.
They're rectangles... like 99% of all other smart phones out there.
I can understand the disappointment that they're pretty much identical in looks to almost everything else on the market, but exclamations of "hideous" and "disgusting" are a little melodramatic.
They're rectangles... like 99% of all other smart phones out there.
I can understand the disappointment that they're pretty much identical in looks to almost everything else on the market, but exclamations of "hideous" and "disgusting" are a little melodramatic.
José Mourinho
cocknose
...heh...hahahaha.
Yeah, I'm out. I have another year left on my 930 but after that I'm gone. Probably go iOS.
brotkasten
Member
People expect better from Lumia flagships. All they had to do was using the existing Lumia 830 design.
I guess Rosie O'Donnell and Doutzen Kroes are both human shaped and therefore interchangeable, looks-wise.
Monkeylord
Member
Agreed, but still... OTT reactions are OTT.
I only recognise one of those names. Are these people 99% identical to each other? If not then your comment is flawed.
José Mourinho
cocknose
Camera hump. Software buttons. Large bezels despite software buttons. Baffling split volume buttons with power button in between.
Dirt.
Edit: my 930 looks miles better than either of these.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
Lumia flagships have been awarded numerous design prices and they've been some of the best looking phones around since Windows Phone's inception. My ancient 920 still looks like a million bucks. Even the milketoast "affordable flagship" 830 never fails to grab some eyeballs.
These are trash.
Monkeylord
Member
I must have shit in my eye then, because as far as I can see they look the same as pretty much everything else out there.
José Mourinho
cocknose
Except they don't. If you consider the general shape of the device -- a rectangle, hurr -- to be the point at which design starts and ends then good for you. We know most devices are generally similar in that respect, but it's the subtleties and the finer details that make or break a design. And that's why these look awful, the finer details.
Monkeylord
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José Mourinho;176686207 said:
That's all fine and dandy, dandy and fine... but my original point was that they don't look so drastically different to pretty much everything else out there to warrant comments like "hideous" and "disgusting".
But the point is, almost everything else out there looks hideous.
José Mourinho
cocknose
brotkasten
Member
No, that is the whole argument.
Everything else out there does not look great, well designed or inspiring and Lumia flagships never looked like everything else out there.
In the same way I'm disappointed in these new Lumias, I'm sort of fine with the new LG Nexus 5, even though it looks super bland and boring. Do you know why? Because I don't expect Google and LG to come up with good hardware design.
Those new Lumia phones do not meet expectations for a flagship Lumia at all and compared to something like the 830 or 930 or even the full plastic 920, that looks indeed hideous. So yes, you're right, it looks no different from other phones and that's a problem.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
It's even more aggravating when you consider how janky they are on WP8.
Kinky John
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The 930 deffo looks more premium than those phones.
LukasTaves
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Wait, those are the allegedly high end phones? Ugh, when I saw the pictures yesterday I assumed they were the cheap ones XD
They do look terrible, really bad design all around.
They do look terrible, really bad design all around.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
So does the 830.
Kinky John
Member
Yup.
The bezel doesn't look too bad with a bit of colour on the nav bar.
brotkasten
Member
I still have not heard one good argument for on-screen buttons. I always hear thinner bezels but have yet to see a phone that does that right, except for the new Motorola phones. It's a stupid cost saving measure that no one benefits from, except for OEMs.
José Mourinho
cocknose
True enough. Would still much prefer hardware buttons. It's the least we deserve.
They put OneNote behind the Office sub?
Since when? It's been free since last year.
Nexus 6 managed it right.
brotkasten
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You're right. The bezels on that one are great as well. Shame that it's so incredibly huge.
Kinky John
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The silver ring around the camera of the Talkman probably won't look so bad on the white version of the phone.
nillapuddin
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everyone calm down, the 930 is ugly
1020 is supreme emperor of god tier design
1020 is supreme emperor of god tier design
Anton Sugar
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They look very much like Nexus phones. Boring.
Having said that, Nexus is amazing. AMAZING. Right?
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vs
Is there actually all that much in it?
Looks a bit smaller, but pretty negligible, really.
Seems to me you're all just moaning for the sake of moaning.
Having said that, Nexus is amazing. AMAZING. Right?
edit:
vs
Is there actually all that much in it?
Looks a bit smaller, but pretty negligible, really.
Seems to me you're all just moaning for the sake of moaning.
juliushandle
Member
Sad, Lumia releases are so few and far between these days and this is what Microsoft is going to give us? Sure it may have some premium components but the look is far from premium. 940s just don't make me want to give up my 830 for them. Where are the features associated with premium phones; unibody design, curved glass, metals, unique design, etc.
There's the rumored Surface phone but will it even be released if these phones fail to get traction yet again?
There's the rumored Surface phone but will it even be released if these phones fail to get traction yet again?
Nikodemos
Member
As long as the nav bars disappear inside apps, I don't think this is going to be a problem. The screen seems to be decently-sized without them.
However, what I absolutely despise about the new phones is the big fat 'Microsoft' on the front. It's crap and ugly. Let's face it, MS have never been a cachet marque. Why put your uninspired logo on your flagship? Keep it clean, or, at most, put 'Lumia' there instead.
However, what I absolutely despise about the new phones is the big fat 'Microsoft' on the front. It's crap and ugly. Let's face it, MS have never been a cachet marque. Why put your uninspired logo on your flagship? Keep it clean, or, at most, put 'Lumia' there instead.
Anton Sugar
Member
Yeah, the Windows symbol is enough.
Overall, disappointed in the look...but I will say that the pic of someone holding it, vs the leaked product images, makes it look a bit better.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
Yeah, it does looks better.
My main concerns with Window's virtual buttons is that they are basically a janky, huge ass, coloured bar that basically blocks the interface and that they happen to be poorly responsive in comparison to Android.
I don't know if Windows 10 will improve them, but they feel like a complete afterthought in Windows Phone 8.
My main concerns with Window's virtual buttons is that they are basically a janky, huge ass, coloured bar that basically blocks the interface and that they happen to be poorly responsive in comparison to Android.
I don't know if Windows 10 will improve them, but they feel like a complete afterthought in Windows Phone 8.
brotkasten
Member
They look very much like Nexus phones. Boring.
Having said that, Nexus is amazing. AMAZING. Right?
edit:
vs
Is there actually all that much in it?
Looks a bit smaller, but pretty negligible, really.
Seems to me you're all just moaning for the sake of moaning.
First of all, Nexus is amazing if the price is right. You usually get good, but flawed hardware for a good price. The Nexus 5 2013 was basically a Lumia 930 for 349 bucks. How is that not amazing? If the new Nexus 5 has a similar price, I'll definitely get it.
And yes, the phone looks better with colored on screen buttons. I wrote that post before I saw the picture. The top bezel on both phones is still bigger though. You might as well flip the bezels and put the hardware buttons there. The Nexus at least has a good excuse because of the front facing speakers.
juliushandle
Member
2015 Moto X looks so much more premium, only $399 too. No ugly front logo, no ugly chrome rings and logo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUDcA1CP0QU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUDcA1CP0QU