Performance seems improved when the page loads, but it seems like it takes longer for content to appear on the screen. GAF used to load up crazy fast but now that's not the case.
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Windows Phone 8.1 |OT| Update 1
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Performance seems improved when the page loads, but it seems like it takes longer for content to appear on the screen. GAF used to load up crazy fast but now that's not the case.
Eh. Don't use the official client. Use tweetbot.
lastflowers
Banned
GAF is waaaaay faster on the icon. I would say 3-4x faster, its like lightning now for me. Maybe just perceived, but I couldn't imagine it being much faster.
I haven't hit a GIF heavy thread though.
I haven't hit a GIF heavy thread though.
littlegrasshopper
Member
Can't wait for the ads that try to redirect me to its Google Play Store page.
That's the thing. They damn well knew this would be the case. That's how bad things had gotten.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
Yeah. I think they did a great job.
juliushandle
Member
Now all we need is ATT to announce mediocre phones 530/630/730/830 and re-release the 1520 as their new flagship, the 1530; 8.1 and a new color option, green. Thanks ATT.
Astral/H3X
Member
I'd have loved a 1020 but nooooo Verizon.
MemoryHumanity
Member
Currently rocking a Lumia 620. How much do I have to gain from upgrading to, say, a Lumia 930?
How happy are you with the screen, camera, and general performance of your phone? If you are happy with it, then, not much. But then, that goes with upgrading to any phone and not just the 930.
MemoryHumanity
Member
I'm a photographer so I rarely use the camera on it, but when I have it's been pretty impressive. The only criticism is that it takes ages to load the camera app. I also get quite a few app crashes, especially in stuff like Snapchat, Internet Explorer, Facebook and Twitter. In fact, a lot of the apps have a tendency to boot me back to the Start screen. Not sure if it's the phone or the WP8.1 beta or whatever.
I would quite like a bigger screen, too...
NeOak
Member
Dual-core 1 GHz Krait vs Quad-Core 2.2 GHz Krait 400 and 1.5GB more RAM in SoC.
Screen, resolution, Pureview camera with more resolution, LTE.
ayoitsbruce
Neo Member
not impressed at all. i smashed my s3 got a nokia lumia after 13 hours gave it back and got a s4 for $100 more. worst 13 hours if my life
Sounds like an upgrade would be worth it. Not sure if the camera gets better, at least not if you're talking about the Nokia one that thing is just slow, lol.
Edit: Was referring to the Nokia camera app, not the hardware.
Cool story.
NeOak
Member
Yes, because 13 hours will give you a real impression of an OS.
I have the 635 (which is basically the 620), and the only thing I don't like about the phone is the camera. The only part of it that screams "entry-level device."
But you're a photographer and you like, so maybe I just don't know what the heck I'm doing. lol
Anton Sugar
Member
Might try a hard reset soon. Still getting the same performance issues I've been having with WP 8.1 for a long time, even after Update 1. Freezes or crashes when swipe texting, apps crashing, long Resuming screens, etc.
Very disappointed. Lumia 925 here.
Very disappointed. Lumia 925 here.
maybe it was a long 13 hours. ever think of that, smart ass???
MemoryHumanity
Member
It's weird, but in a way, my standards are even lower; because I'm used to working with high-end stuff, I expect any phone camera to be a bag of shit in comparison. The 620s ain't a bag of shit, so I was kinda impressed. I dunno if that makes sense.
Thanks to everyone else for the replies!
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
A damn s4 to boot. You can't account for bad taste.
a Master Ninja
Member
Just put all the Bing apps (News, Sports, etc) in a folder and the live tiles work and are completely readable (on my Icon) while inside the folder. I'm impressed. Internet Explorer seems noticeably improved too. Now, just...
つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Give CYAN
つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Give CYAN
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
lol alright.
Rushersauce
Banned
It's faster, but the "back to previous page" is still bugged!!!!!! Hell, I watched a video posted on a thread and when I pressed "back" it took me to a whole different website.
swipe to the right to go back!
it's adjustable:
And two more things not mentioned here:
VPN L2TP with IPSec support.
Hotspot via Bluetooth.
Lower throughput, but better battery life I believe.
Was thinking about supposed smartband and mocked something up. Its rough around the edges.
First the design is like a band, uniform all the way round, with all the sensors. It is like the popular iWatch concept but to be worn on the inside of the wrist like shown below.
Hardware:
To be worn like:
Glance screen:
Heart rate monitor (can easily imagine a step counter/GPS etc.):
Cortana:
Incoming Calls:
(scrollable) messages:
Voice reply:
For a mockup, these are really good - nice work. Can't imagine Cesc using Whatsapp though - entirely unrealistic.
Having said that, I don't get smart watches. I see zero purpose for them, just a gimmick to me.
Well besides being cool gadgets, and those humans sure love cool gadgets
But in all seriousness, I think the logical use for one if for health purposes, which is why I have high hopes for the rumored MS smartband with a lot of sensors, and a basic look/design. Really it just needs to collect data, and display notifications and whatever on a small OLED display. That I think is a good use case.
I'm not sold on the "let's put a smartphone on your wrist" concept, as Samsung is pursuing. But I think there's a market for it, and as miniaturization of tech continues, smartwatches will be a good form factor IMO. It slots in that cultural thing of wearing a watch, so us techies/utilitarians have something more functional than a ridiculously expensive timepiece on our wrists...
That's sort of how I see it anyways.
disagree - you choose the size of live folder tile, and the size of the tiles inside - if you use a large live tile and tiny app tiles inside, that is up to you - maybe you want the space?
I do wish they wouldn't scroll icons within folders though. Eg I have a medium live folder - 3x3 grid. I'd like to have one medium sized app tile in there, which takes up 2x2, and then put small tiles around it. But it won't - it'll scroll the medium one on and hide at least one of the small ones, even though there is space to show them all.
and they need to give an option to use the proper Cortana voice. I get the whole localisation thing, and obviously they need different recognition for our cockney accents. But the voice it replies with can be anything
runningjoke
Member
For those with update 1, what does whatsmyuseragent.com say?
Cyan update 0:
[edit] found it here:
We iphone and android now
Cyan update 0:
Code:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows Phone 8.1; ARM; Trident/7.0; Touch; rv:11.0; IEMobile/11.0; NOKIA; Lumia 925; Vodafone) like Gecko[edit] found it here:
Code:
Mozilla/5.0 (Mobile; Windows Phone 8.1; Android 4.0; ARM; Trident/7.0; Touch; rv:11.0; IEMobile/11.0; NOKIA; Lumia 930) like iPhone OS 7_0_3 Mac OS X AppleWebKit/537 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile Safari/537We iphone and android now
LukasTaves
Member
They f*cking nailed the folders. Can't stress how much I love the way they are true to the design, and how it keeps your layout.
They really really really really really really should add a folder control so apps can have this behavior, and in win9 get rid of groups and semantic zoom in favor of folders in both the startscreen and apps.
They really really really really really really should add a folder control so apps can have this behavior, and in win9 get rid of groups and semantic zoom in favor of folders in both the startscreen and apps.
brotkasten
Member
When do regular Cyan users get the update? I want folders...
In the coming months, according to the updated OT.
Sikamikanico
#1 Dad
Hmm.
Since Update 1, I've been getting "resuming" just when hitting the power button. (Lumia 930)
Figured it actually might be related to the Lock Screen Beta app, so removed it. Then it just constantly borked what picture I set as the lock screen, even fading between the generic O2 Millenium Dome picture or what I set it as.
I guess a hard reset might be in order. Sigh.
Since Update 1, I've been getting "resuming" just when hitting the power button. (Lumia 930)
Figured it actually might be related to the Lock Screen Beta app, so removed it. Then it just constantly borked what picture I set as the lock screen, even fading between the generic O2 Millenium Dome picture or what I set it as.
I guess a hard reset might be in order. Sigh.
I never thought I'd use them much, but the fact that I can now have my games in a folder on my home screen and not have to use the awful Games Hub make them useful for me.
brotkasten
Member
Try to turn Kids Corner on and off again.