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Windows Phone 8.1 |OT| Update 1
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Poodlestrike
Banned
Nice.
Give me orange!
edit: that really is very good looking. Like the 930/830, only better and thinner and nicer.
Oh wow, that really does look amazing.
Did the pen support rumors surrounding these things ever pan out?
The impressive thing about John Legere being butthurt is that it's all due to the buzz from the other stuff in that press conference. Because of how well the Surface Book and Pro 4 (and Band 2 to a lesser extent) came off in that conference there's a sudden interest in all things MS, even their phones.
Two days ago I'm sure T-mobile wouldn't care that they weren't getting these phones. Now they're actually desirable, not because of anything about the phones themselves. But because of a halo effect off the Surface line.
They could've killed if they had a Surface Phone and Surface Phone Pro at this event. Essentially a restyled 950/XL would have driven more excitement just being attached to the Surface name.
Actually "Surface Cell" sounds better to my ears but it's kind of moot at this point. We're probably 2 years from a true Surface team phone design.
I think I might step down from my massive 1520 to a regular 950. My wife is jumping from her 920 to a 950XL she claims. So I'll be able to try her phone out to know for sure if I want to downsize.
Two days ago I'm sure T-mobile wouldn't care that they weren't getting these phones. Now they're actually desirable, not because of anything about the phones themselves. But because of a halo effect off the Surface line.
They could've killed if they had a Surface Phone and Surface Phone Pro at this event. Essentially a restyled 950/XL would have driven more excitement just being attached to the Surface name.
Actually "Surface Cell" sounds better to my ears but it's kind of moot at this point. We're probably 2 years from a true Surface team phone design.
I think I might step down from my massive 1520 to a regular 950. My wife is jumping from her 920 to a 950XL she claims. So I'll be able to try her phone out to know for sure if I want to downsize.
They should stay with Lumia because the name already is known. There's market-share in Europe and the association with Nokia doesn't hurt, either.
I'm not sure why everyone is so hung up about a Surface Phone. Even if they are going to release an x86 phone, which I'm still not sure is such a great thing just yet considering battery life etc., they should call it Lumia.
The design and who designs it doesn't have anything to do with whether it's going to be called Lumia or Surface, anyway.
I'm not sure why everyone is so hung up about a Surface Phone. Even if they are going to release an x86 phone, which I'm still not sure is such a great thing just yet considering battery life etc., they should call it Lumia.
The design and who designs it doesn't have anything to do with whether it's going to be called Lumia or Surface, anyway.
Poodlestrike
Banned
*tch*
Trying to arrange my finances/purchases to end up with something that has pen support for the Spring semester... atm, student discounted Pro 3 or student discount base model Pro 4 are my top picks, but being able to snag a 950XL to take notes/draw diagrams on would be perfect.
juliushandle
Member
XL would have been an easy choice if it had pen support.
The reason surface branding on the phones would be a win is that Surface has a good momentum, has gotten a lot positive feedback. Lumia as a brandname in my opinion has lost it's luster a bit, almost being solely associated with low end phones for so long and "that other OS".
Surface Phone could've gotten it a fresh start, with a strong brand name that's gotten even stronger since the event.
Surface Phone could've gotten it a fresh start, with a strong brand name that's gotten even stronger since the event.
I don't know. They sold 40 million Lumias last year (iirc) and they're going to sell more than that this year.
It's always funny to laugh at the 2%, but the 2% is a lot of people. Certainly far, far more people than have purchased a Surface.
Surface has a good name in the tech world of course, but it's a niche product that hasn't penetrated the mass market. Lumia isn't, or at least shouldn't be. I also don't think the name has many negative attachments.
This constant rebooting also has to stop. It's confusing enough that it's not Windows Phone 10 or at least Windows 10 for Phones. Windows 10 Mobile after they had Windows Mobile and scrapped that in favour of Windows Phone is just silly, even if the OS is supposed to run on more than just phones eventually.
They did miss a trick with not scrapping the numbering scheme though, imo. 950, 550 etc. It makes no sense and never did. It should have been called Lumia One, or something equally simple (no matter whether that's corny or stolen or whatever) and then get a different simple short name for the budget phone.
brotkasten
Member
Nice.
Give me orange!
edit: that really is very good looking. Like the 930/830, only better and thinner and nicer.
I hope you fuckers here agree with me now that this is a huge step up from the shitty plastic design Microsoft has shown.
That fucking premium look and feel.
Anton Sugar
Member
Interesting how much buzz there is about MS now. Wonder where we'll be in a year!
TheBryanJZX90
Member
Nah man, it just looks like some other manufacturer's phone. A Sony or a Samsung or something. Lumias had their own identity, which isn't really present in the default back or this metal ting premium crap.
brotkasten
Member
My argument was that it would look better with premium materials and it does.
The Lumia look you're talking about got super stale as well. It started with the 800 and 900 in 2011, got refined with the 920 in 2012 and then reused for the 730 and 735 in 2014(?). They mixed it up with the 930 and 830 by adding this metal ting premium crap and changed the shape. But the other models don't look very distinctive, outside of the colorful backs.
lastflowers
Banned
Most definitely.
All of a sudden, I'm starting to like the original design and material again.
It's a hard road to keep moving at this pace. I don't envy Microsoft right now. They have a lot of hard work ahead of them if they want to keep in front of the competition while catching their mobile OS up.
It's safe to say that a lot of the negative nancies in this thread have to feel a little less suicidal this week, though. Right?
My fate is in the hands of carriers and as of now looks like no Canadian carrier is in. Although i was tweeting with Telus and they gave me some hope......we will see.
I really want the XL and from the impressions it has a great feel to it even with the "shitty" plastic....
I really want the XL and from the impressions it has a great feel to it even with the "shitty" plastic....
Nice.
Give me orange!
edit: that really is very good looking. Like the 930/830, only better and thinner and nicer.
That's my next phone, right there. I've been holding out on an upgrade for 6 months and it's time to cash that baby in.
Sky Interloper
Member
Well that looks gorgeous. All of those glamour shots have made wonders for the look of both phones.
Still, I'm still between the 6S or the 950. I need to hear from my carrier here.
brotkasten
Member
You love me.
NeOak
Member
Surface Lumia Pro
I'm in the same boat. My Rogers corporate contract is ready to renew so I was hoping (expecting) they would get one or both of them... but it's not looking good now. I could buy unlocked and go with Telus since Rogers doesn't give a discount with no subsidy for corporate, or I could switch phones.
I've been considering the Note 5 which would be $250 to stick with Rogers.
brotkasten
Member
More camera stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ItO-t0uj1I
Filmed on something horrible by someone horrible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ItO-t0uj1I
Filmed on something horrible by someone horrible.
brotkasten
Member
juliushandle
Member
Geez these phones look thin and light.
NeOak
Member
@Galleria Houston, only the XL and no demo for continuum.
nillapuddin
Member
That red back is pretty sexy, but where did it come from?
Like I said a few pages back, accessories are what I am scared about the most. Its so shitty trying to find top quality cases and stuff for the dozen of us.
Like I said a few pages back, accessories are what I am scared about the most. Its so shitty trying to find top quality cases and stuff for the dozen of us.
yankeehater
Member
So with the announcement that the new phones are going to be at&t only in the US does that mean there will be no other way to use them with other carriers? I guess I am curious if there will be a way to get an unlocked phone and use it with verizon. In Las Vegas verizon gets the best coverage by far, my step brother has at&t and he always complains about not being able to gets calls and such in the city. I need a new phone but I dont want to switch to at&t. Gonna suck if I have to go back to android.
juliushandle
Member
Unlocked phones will work with T-Mobile and att.
lastflowers
Banned
Sunuvabitch. Maybe. Might be time to move to T-Mobile
brotkasten
Member
I love how he calls out the shit design of the Xbox One.
yankeehater
Member
Thanks, I will have to check out T-Mobile's coverage here.
Steelyuhas
Member
Hopefully a new Xbox with Panos' oversight is in the works (obviously it's still probably a few years away).
Nikodemos
Member
To be fair, the guiding principle behind the Xbone's design was "Please don't overheat, please don't overheat, please don't overheat".
Just check out the bands that the phone has vs T-Mobile uses.
frontieruk
Member
somuchwater
Member
I don't think he does. He's just saying it makes no sense to align the XBox and Surface brands; totally different demos, totally different vibes.
As for the Surface Phone... it's obviously going to be called with Lumia Surface.
yankeehater
Member
I come to0 gaf and I feel like I must be crazy. I love the design of the Xbox 1. I am actually worried about them changing the dash because I like the current one so much. I love just having everything i use pinned to the home screen, and cortona works great for me. It is so nice not having to figure out where my daughter hid my controller everytime I want to do something. I got an XB1 and a PS4 at launch and I havent turned my PS4 on in months, hell my Wii-U gets way more use then my PS4. I really think a lot of people just didnt like MS' plans for going all digital and such and have stuck with that first impression, the console itself and the games it has gotten have been fantastic so far.
José Mourinho
cocknose
It's weird to me that these replaceable shells are getting people excited about the 950. The image on this page make the 950 look like a 930 with a horrible ring around the camera and no hardware buttons. Like each to their own and all, but the 930 and 830 looked better than this.
José Mourinho
cocknose
Still looks better and it is like a year and a half older so you would expect the new ones to have slimmed down.