Windows phone users... should i switch?
dalehitchy
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Been on android for a while but I like the look of the Nokia 930. The camera interests me, the OS looks nice, fluid and stable. That said.. I liked the customisation of android and the the amount of available apps on the store.
Can anyone give advice who have used both. And are the basic app there on the windows phone?
Can anyone give advice who have used both. And are the basic app there on the windows phone?
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http://www.windowsphone.com/en-gb/store
You can costomise background image, ringtones and notification sounds, per contact, too. I do not know how it compares to Android and how far you want to go with customisations.
The biggest downer is the very few apps. I guess it doesn't matter too much if you don't use too many apps like me but I don't think windows phone even gas a native YouTube app for example . There is one in the app store but it just loads the Web page lol
The actual apps available and cortana (virtual assistant) are quite good.
Metrotube is an excellent YouTube app for wp
Cool. I'll look out for it. Thanks.
Let me know if there are any other apps you need. I have spent a lot of time searching for alternatives 😊
Are you looking to buy the 930 or sign up for a contract? If you are buying then I would say go for it, you can always sell it on again and lose very little. However if you are considering a contract then I would advise getting a cheap 630/535/640 first. This will enable you to live with the OS and again you can sell it on for minimal loss. WP is a nice OS. I am a bit gutted as my 830 has developed a fault that will require it to be sent off for repair so I am missing my daily fix. It is a “simple” OS. This isn’t necessarily a good thing though and I do actually prefer the complexity of Android which is why I also have a LG G2.
The stand out feature for WP is the camera and the new features introduced by the Denim update and the 930 has a great example. The ability to play about with HDR and flash levels after taking a shot is pretty cool.
From what I can see, when a new app comes out for ios and Android, we usually has a version too. Only blackberry misses out...
Is there an app which let's you view YouTube videos offline ?
Edit Metro tube costs money. Crap. I'll stuck to my note 4 default YouTube I think
To download, alltube player pro gets good reviews. Ugly user interface though.
Another nice standard YouTube player is mytube.
There's also myTube. I don't use it much though so I do not know how good it actually is. It does play the videos
OP:- I would recommend a Windows phone over both android and IOS at the moment. I've not missed any apps since switching. There are a lot less junk apps on my phone now. The phone itself is smoother than any others I've owned.
My android and blackberry devices all allow me to specify 3g only....
According to the link below, yes its down, but actually 8.5% in the UK, 3.3 million users . I've migrated from iOS 2 years ago, now going on my second windows phone after upgrading and never looked back. Yes, the app store might not be up there with Apple and Android universes, but it has the ones I need, including MSN news/sports/finance/weather, cnn, sky news, sky sport... Would be good to have bbc, but there are other(and better) news apps out there.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Phone-Captures-8-5-Percent-of-UK-Market-Has-3-3-Million-Users-474238.shtml
Another youtube app you guys might want to consider is Tubecast (free) or Tubecast Pro (paid). Both allow to watch videos offline.
What do you do if your bank can't be bothered with a WP app? Or an alternative to SkyGo or Virgin TV Anywhere?
There are still too many big omissions in the WP Store...
My bank has a windows, app (First Direct) and I believe it is not the only one.
I also own an Ipad 2, have Skygo installed, mainly thinking on the on demand service and I m going to be 100% honest with you, since sky massively improved the on demand service in their sky hd boxes, i never had need to use it.Of course, people have dif needs...
One of the reasons the Amazon Fire phone "failed" was the lack of apps that people expect on a phone. Many people are happy to be restricted on a tablet, so the Amazon Fire tablets are very successful. (also bigger screen means normal websites for many purposes are still fine).
Doesn't have Play Store, or GooglePlayServices so many sideloaded apps fail to run as they use the GooglePlayServices API (e.g. maps for location etc). This API is closed source and how Google retain control over the generic "open" android, AOSP.
Love WP
But 930 is going to be replaced soon, and is by all relative terms quite an old phone.
I'd probably wait for the replacement, maybe try out a WinPhone first though as they're not for everyone.
Also read some articles about Windows Phone 10, which the replacement will be running.