Using a Windows Phone, 5 years later
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- Windows Phone. That was a thing. Today let's explore what it's like to use a Windows Phone all these years later, especially now as updates are ending next month- could it actually be any good?
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Was Bill Gates right? Could Windows Phone have beat Android if things went their way? Probably not, but you never know.
It's still cool though, and I wish it had been more successful. Did you ever have a Windows phone? Are any of you still somehow using one? Let me know if you are, there has to be somebody out there
Yes. Some friend of my mothers randomly came in our house 3 days ago and gave us a windows phone, what a coincidence.
I am using the lowest end windows phone lumia 430 still and using it from last 3 years as my primary phone just because they feel more smooth and messaging is great on windows phone..
i am still using my Windows Phone (Nokia Lumia 630) and i am SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUPER happy with it and i find it very easy to use unlike Android and iOS and very idiot-proof and honestly i won´t switch till the day i die because i´ve had an Android phone before and it SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!! lol i started using my Nokia a few years ago when my Android phone pretty much went KAPUT and i don´t want to go back to Android ever again and game and app wise i have a whole bunch of games installed and i play them every day
My dad had on back in 2015 until July 2019 when he bought a NOKIA 3.1 plus. Because of ending support, His banking app stopped working, Facebook messenger ect... That Lumia now sits in drawer with the rest of Lumia's and Nokia dumphones
I am still using it as a antique phone.
Windows Phone was awesome it was faster, stable and way more optimized than Android.. the only problem was it's lack of apps.
Dash120z - yeah, I had a Lumia 900. They didn’t update it past windows 8 (iirc) and there were virtually no apps for it. Otherwise, I loved it. Great camera as well.
lucas rem - can’t justify £1000 on a phone, so I just went from iPhone se to the Oppo Reno (£400) which has the Sony 48mp camera they all seem to have these days. The upgraded version (the Oppo Reno 10x) has an amazing camera on it... the 10x zoom is out of this world. A bit more expensive though at £600.
And the crashy browser
There was also the problem with OEMs having to pay for the OS, having to pay royalties to Microsoft, having to pay for each update rollout, having to follow Microsoft's strict rules and regulations governing the hardware, software and even the marketing business of OEMs that chose to release Windows Phone devices. In comparison Android was absolutely free and open source, while the only fee was a single payment for registering Android devices, which was just a small symbolic fee.
Windows Phone was also a failure due to bad business decisions on Microsoft's side.
Exactly.. it was super stable and optimized compared to android.
Honestly, Microsoft needs to retry on making a windows phone. I loved my windows phone.
JDNGAMER they
Might if they market them to Xbox and pc gamers
@shaune caygill It's an android phone
I would still be using it if they had app support
I also enjoyed my Windows phone. I was really hoping they would replace it with a Surface phone. No dice though... 8( Now I use a Pixel.
Especially now when more apps are on the Microsoft store
Windows Phone has honestly my favorite mobile UI. It's slick, fluid and exceptionally easy on eyes with the native high-contrast and bold fonts (especially WP7/8/8.1). It looks and works absolutely great. I figure it was some bad decisions on the manufacturer guidelines and very poor 3rd party support that really killed it. It's a shame, it was nice to have something different!
I'm I the only person who enjoyed windows phone? I felt as though it was cool.
I used to have a Lumia 521 and I loved the love tiles and the keyboard and the lock screen and it's just had a very productive set up which is something I truly miss
I loved my Lumia 640 and wish Microsoft was still making them. The live tiles on the home screen are amazing and it’s so fluid when using the OS. The keyboard is awesome too and I type better on that than my iPhone. It really was an enjoyable phone to use
You are not the only one. I really enjoyed my lumia 720, and if Windows Phone was a thing now I would probably use it
I loved it back in the day.
@@NaiveDiamond7 same
No android keyboard has ever came close to how good the windows mobile keyboard was
Agreed simply the best
Try Microsoft SwiftKey keyboard for Android. That's what I use.
I still miss that keyboard. It was incredible! The best of the best.
@@jeffsparks4209 for whatever reason, it's not the same. The predictions are different, dictation is different and accuracy isn't the same either.
Totally agree.
Why do I bother to see this over and over again? It will never come back, it was so cool and fluid :c
I want a Windows 11 Phone :(
I'm still sad about Windows phone being dead :(
@@biggsterbiggs5890 what window phone u have
Be happy because it happened
Not happy.
Not one bit!
Not happy
Gabe Payne life will present you with worse sadness my friend, take my words for this.
To me, all windows phone needed was actually good apps
Same with blackberryOS. I loved it so much , unfortunately developers did not put much effort into these platforms which eventually brought their premature end.
@@adimazga yup other than that hardware and software was excellent
yep
Very true.
Of course, that is the windows phone story. Making an OS is not that hard, convincing developers to use it is
Oh yes! I used a windows phone for a year as my daily driver back in 2012. I was selling cell phones at the time and I loved it. It had the smoothest touch screen I'd seen at the time. Also for a long time Netflix was only on windows phone so that was cool. This was the most accurate review I have seen of windows phone. Great job!
This phone was low key ahead of its time in 2015. USB-C, wireless charging, dark mode, always on display.
A JAAY Really good hardware, lacking in software.
@@danill4381 sorry, we had wireless charging back in 2012-13
The first guys to bring CONTINUUM!!
Maybe we could flash Android in It
Well Google and iOs murdered WP
I miss my old Lumia so badly. Android battery drain drives me nuts. Never had this issue with the Lumia. Lasted for 4 years working like new.
Get an lg super cheap new flagships and i get like eight hours of screen time including youtube spotify and some games
iPhone 11 pro battery lasts 10.5-11 hours screen on time with pretty heavy use (games Spotify youtube tik tok etc)
@@grizzlixx did we forget thr 1400 dollar price tag as well as the better optimzation
700club too expensive and androids are more open for custom apps and there’s A LOT more variety. Ranging from big batteries, really good screens, etc. or a combination of a few. And most still have headphone jacks lol. And plus many many many brands for android to choose from Samsung, lg, hawei. You get it. Also this reply shouldn’t be taken to seriously.
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I actually loved Windows Phone, I'm sad it's dead
same here I use iPhone now and iOS even copied to a lesser degree windows live tiles
I miss WIndows Phone a lot and I'm still salty they decided to discontinued it. It was a great OS and I really loved it.
A Nadella decision and also because they didn't paid developers to brought apps on their OS.
It's sad how they undercooked the experience, it had it's own flavour.
Get the windows launcher on ur phone if ur on android.
@@faultyalternator8313 tried and it's cool but it's almost Android.
Trio LOL Gamers They did lol, they port alone a game such Candy Crush (I don't care but it wqs really popular back in days), the problem was the war that Google started against Microsoft, they remove all gapps available.
This is why it fail, no gapps (RUclips, Gmail, Google Photos etc).
Windows phone was advanced on its time..
Even now i think.
The only problem is lack of apps...
I really miss my old windows phone
yeah apps was the only prob
Yeah shame. I really liked the windows phone experience.
I guess I'm crazy but that selfie looked fine to me.
Yeah, I actually liked it too. xD
Hello, Windows phone was born with dark mode. The UI was dark starting all the way from WP7.
True, since most Lumias had *led displays
And android 10 and ios 13 run behind WP..
Yeah, I get mad when people shout about the incomplete and inconsistent dark mode in Android like is the ultimate thing, when WP has it from the beginning. It was beautiful in a AMOLED display.
I liked mine, wish they had kept going. Still use it as a glorified MP3 player and the game Dragon's Blade.
This phone had watsapp dark mode. And it was so awesome. The whole design and feel was just amazing. Never once lagged and was always fast. The only problem was that they couldn't keep up with the changing times
@shaune caygill that was their biggest mistake
all windows phone had dark mode in whatsapp and i still use it as a backup phone( lumia 640xl) and carl zeiss lens were great
bruh dont tell me ur a indian
indians use whatsapp
@@ethanmathew3871 I am indian but whats that got to do with this?
Debasmita Nandy it a joke because Indians are the only ones who use whatsapp
Windows Phone felt so cool. The tiles looked amazing and it was fun to customize. The animations were so slick and satisfying. I'm genuinely sad they died.
The tiles (and offcourse the lack of apps) was one of the reasons I did not like WP
I liked the tiles more, making the home screen useful. Widgets can do this on Android, but I think they are really outdated and ugly and iOS the home screen is very static. Even though, iOS and Android kinda borrowed the design of showing some kind of info with the number on the icon. WP had a lot of cool ideas before Android and iOS.
@@lordeilluminati You can basicly do the same with the icons while looking better. Or just download another launcher and customize like you want. If you have Android offcourse. iOS is very locked down and booring.
Anything you say, I confirm it. My Android Pixel, everything is so jerky. Everything is not thought through to the end. Most apps are bad. Even the Microsoft apps are no good on Android. Windows 10 mobile is a big loss. Even with security. Each app worked in Windows mobile in a sandbox. And the hobbyist-OS Android? To see such an outdated home screen like in Android, I had 1999 on my PDA with Palm-OS. Even there, surface customization worked.
Microsoft loses even now its shop. He it's now not necessary, without Windows mobile 10.
I am still using my HP Elite X3.
I bought three of them to keep me going for years and years.
The phone still does everything I need it to do and has all the best apps I require to run my business so there is no way I will be switching to Android anytime soon.
And absolutely never ever going down the iPhone rip off ecosystem.
I know I will have to go Android eventually but while I have the three new HP phones as well as two new Nokia 1520's it just isn't going to happen.
I'm hoping for another 10 years on my windows phones and who knows what's going to be around then.
Lol, I bought a 950 last year, I'm very careful with it, I hope it last. But probably we will have news from Microsoft in 2021, with the launch of W10X. Maybe the Surface Phones will have dual boot between Android and W10X.
i picked up a cheap x3 last week. didn't really dfo my research. trying to hack it to get the apps I want on it. Its a hell of a phone on its own but no support really sucks. If I can just get some andoird APKs on here I would be perfectly happy with the phone.
Still using a Microsoft Lumia 640 for business. No problem at all.
i still have my lumia 520, but i use it as my alarm clock. honestly windows was great for me, the inter-phase was pretty good, i would choose it over android, and i believe people just hated on microsoft a bit, yea it had problems but they werent huge. if it came back and was good, people would still reject it, just for the fashion of ios and android
Tha burner phone huh?
I also have 640 although I don't use it anymore.
@Aji Sukma Hadiwijaya Instagram app has already been taken off the store and WhatsApp will be discontinued by the next month.
Are you poor?
Windows phone was my favorite phone the UI was absolutely gorgeous as well as HTCs!
@0:55, “quirks and features” somebody watches Doug demuro.
Yeah
I am one of you
YES
Demetrios b Doug DeMuro gang
DeMuro gang signs in!
I never owned a windows phone , but always wondered if i could side-load programs like on the desktop. If that is possible, i will definitely consider buying that phone just as a backup phone in which i can watch Netflix when i am bored
I love Windows Phone. I enjoyed Windows Phone. I miss Windows Phone.
I have a hp ipaq with windows mobile
Ik its nothing to do with this windows mobile but is cool
You gonna miss Windows 7 as well
@@raja7775 I don't use Windows 7 since 8 was a thing.
@@vivien9406 you still use 8 and not 10?
This was my first smartphone in junior high/high school and I remember I was sooooo mad about the lack of apps. Now I don’t use ig/Facebook/Snapchat and I wish I had this phone again 😭 I’d swap my iPhone XR for one of those bad boys in a heartbeat.
Same for me, i felt left out because it didn't have the same apps as other phones, but at the same time the apps that i loved were not in other phones so it was kind of special
Let's exchange then
Same here, probably. Idk xD
@@GrayDaDolf Lmaooo 😂😂😂😂
This video was such a coincidence because some friend of our parents literally gave us a Nokia Lumia 800, A windows phones, only 3 days ago.
800? That's like a super old phone. My mom bought the Lumia 710 right when Lumia 800 was launched back in 2011 or something.
PictureOfAProfile can we get some f s in the chat
F
That was my first WP, I liked it a lot
Lumia "The Beta Test Is Over™" 800
I remember wanting one of these so badly. I literally would search for windows theme on the play store so that my phone would look like a lumia.
But definitely, windows did play wrong. Overconfidence and dumb marketing killed there product. Like looking at it now, back then Google and android did not have an eco system to boast about but Windows did. It would have been so good if they used a little head and not overconfidently taking apple and Google for granted..
SquareHome 2 is the closest it can get in combination with Whicons, if you're on Android.
Launcher 10 , produces the live tiles the same layout
@@michaelpoole587 +1 for Launcher 10, as close as you can get with even live tiles...($7 tho)
Xiaomi MIUI 12 has similarities with WP UI but is missing live tiles. See the demos.
their*
I still use my 950 as main phone (previously I had the 630 and 640). The Iris Scanner was slow and inconsistent when I bought it a year ago, so I didn't use again until I tried a few weeks ago and it works great! Just about 0.2-0.3 seconds, and it even works with sunglasses and a face mask (yeah, in your face coronavirus XD). It was probably thanks to the last updates in December and February I think.
The 950 has a better button layout than the 950XL, it's less sharp, and the camera button in very practical for me, specially as shutter, instead of hitting the screen. The camera is great, that's the main reason I bought it, a modern phone with a similar camera cost 4 times more.
I like the plastic cover, since it's cheap and easy to replace when it breaks, and you can swap batteries or disconnect the SD. The only problem is that is not as functional and protective like in the old Lumias, that were thicker and cover better the side of screen, though there were bulkier.
About the apps, I never cared for games or social media apps. And for any serial work I use my Windows tablet/convertible. The only one that hit me a little was the removal of WhatsApp, but now I use Telegram and my most important contacts have it too.
I'll keep use it until 2021 when Microsoft (or their partners) release a W10X phone. I'll never touch an Android phone again. If I'm forced to use another phone for work, I'll just buy and old iPhone SE as secondary.
I have a 950XL 1520 and an iphone 11 pro max, still prefer to use windows over iOS even android
Got one has my work phone today and Is love it. Former 1020 daily user last windows Phone i used until today. I have a Android since i stored my yellow 1020. Never going to sell my 1020 love it to bits.
Couldn't agree more with the fact that iris scanner works even with face mask on. I still have 950XL and can't relate to iPhone users complaining about Face ID not working with their masks on (despite inconsistent results from Windows Hello, maybe due to the lack of optimizations) I use the phone occasionally, even during vacations because of its capable camera performance.
I wish that the lack of apps wasn't an issue for Windows Phone, but oh well.
I just bought the Lumia 950 for camera few days ago bt the battery on mine is really pathetic , r u facing any too?
The Iris scanning is not meant to work with glasses.
one of the reasons i am still on samsung note9 is that note10 has removed iris scan for no reason. been using iris since it was implemented in note8 and its still the most secure way along with fingerprint. gotta admit this lumia seems very advanced especially for 2015 - wish windows mobile stayed alive
Pesok How is iris scanning secure? Lol. The cluelessness.
@Ömer eryigit there's no iris scanning on the s10e tho..
I use it on my 950 with both antireflex glasses and polarized sunglasses and it works great. I laugh at people that can't unlock their flagships using a facemask while I can. The Iris Scanner was improved in the latest fixes it received.
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god damn I miss windows phone so much. it was hands down my favorite of all three OS'es. such a slick user interface. my lumia 950xl was easily one of my favorite phones i've ever used. guess my note 9 fills the spot alright, but damn i miss W10M.
Honestly, out of all the phones I had in the past, I liked the Windows Phone the most. Now, the lack of apps and games was certainly a huge issue, but at the time I didn't really mind since I mostly used it to play the occasional game or to chat via Facebook. But there is just something about the OS, be it the UI, the user experience, etc. that really made me fall in love with it.
Lol windows phone in 2019
-sent from blackberry
I have a BlackBerry Q5 and a white iPhone 4S and a Lumia 535
Send from blackberry the most secure phone
I use a key 2 red
Lol iphone are trash
-sent from 2009 macbook
Lol blackberry and windows phone in 2019
-sent from my Rotary Phone
heres some extra stuff to learn guys;
always on display is actually a very old tech; you newbies just realized it after seeing on android but nokia was using it since 2010; its original name is glance screen.
symbian anna had it and it got some supercool features in nokia belle era; it was the full screen background picture support; it was a great feature and NO THERE WAS NO AMOLED BURN PROBLEMS, even with those ancient amoled displays. apart from symbian nokias old futuristic legend meego had this feature as well. and ms also had the chance to add to their platform.
unlike todays aod glance screen works with proximity sensor; if you put the phone on a desk; it shows the time and background pictue for say 3 minutes, than if theres no movement in front of the sensor wich always active the phone disables the glance screen in order to save battery. if theres a movement in front of the display than shows it again.
pretty neat eh ? :) todays aod wich developed by samsung by mostly copying nokia works only with the accelometer whic is nonsense ;if you hold the phone you can unlock it as well so not a good itereation. theres nothing wrong with the copying a good stuf but they should have developed it more.
ah that dark mode isnt a new stuff either; all symbian versions had a dark theme with respective grey accents. and wi had it from the start as well
lumia 950 held the best camera record for 16 monts after its release. it got beaten by galaxy s7 which first samsung model with those good isocell sensors. even with todays so called ai tech that phone can still give good results and hold its ground thanks to zeiss lenses and pureview technology.
its a pity we dont have it in new nokia phones.
and that easily accessable url controld and stuff are mostly designed by nokia's old designer marko ahtisaari
and android copied that swipe to open menu stuff chief.
as always, nokia been the trendsetter since the dawn. leaving the Nippon, way beyond.
this actually goes back at least as far as Nokia 7650 from 2002
I refuse to believe that windows' amoled screens aren't susceptible to burn in
@@spotsies amoled burn is a sad fate aof every amoled display, nokia lumia amoleds were no exception. but it takes time that to happen.
my first amoled display smartphone was old nokia c601; its display had some burns in about 20 months; there was button shadows in the red and black background but there wasnt a red or pink hue.
my lumia 925 which i always kept the brightness highest and used colorful ui elements had some amoled burns after 4 years of usage; there was bars and button shades in grey background.
nokia glance screen was better at the display usage than the current always on display. so the amoled burn which becames les and less a problem in upcoming years was even less of a problem.
yes you still could have suffer from it if your phone was very actively used but it was not because of the glance screen.
dont get me wrong but i dont understand the peoples problem with the amoled burn problem; yes its problematic, yes its frustrating but you also should remember that lcd displays have more problems; stuck pixel (it can happen at anytime, on any display, theres no way to avoid ) dead pixel, low dynamic range etc.
Yeah. My N8 had Glance screen. Gawd I missed my N8. The camera is ahead of its time.
I was using one until 2018 October! It still works fine! I will really shift to windows phone if they come back to the market! The only reason is it's classy, the accent color customization, dark mode (which many android phones still struggle to implement). Here Maps, Music...
I tried to turn on my windows phone about a week ago and i got this message that microsoft will end the Windows phone on the middle of December
Darrel Radjendra not even bill gates himself uses a windows phone
Dam i was thinking of getting a windows phone instead of a laptop
@@irishlad5137 Ok so what?
The Great Arceus that means that the windows phone sux because not even the creator uses it
@@irishlad5137 Bill didn't make Windows Phone lol. Also they aren't bad at all. Have you even used one?
The keyboard on the Windows Phone was the BEST. No other OS came even close. Sure I had to switch to Android eventually due to the app gap, but I miss it everyday.
im still using lumia 730 till now...
anyone else here? a lumia fan ???
How is ur experience bro? Don't u have the feeling of lack of apps?
I'm a fannn OwO
Me too Bro
I am using lumia 1320...the best phone ever
Im still using a Lumia 435
It was bad when it launched in 2015
Now its EXTREMELY slow and laggy ;-;
Windows Phone was my first smartphone and after that, I just couldn't use android. Windows 10 is still far more superior to android and for many reasons. You mentioned a few of them (dark mode for example) but here are more reasons: One of them is resource management. Lumia 950xl with 3gig of ram can handle as many open apps as you want, but with Android, with even 4 gigs of ram, you're phone will slow down. You need a lot of apps to "clean your phone" or "optimize your battery" or all those things. Also, the file manager is far better on windows phone and you don't end up seeing your internal storage full for no reason. Also, the file explorer itself is way way better. The Lumia camera app gives you features for photography more than any phone device that I've seen. Windows continuum makes the android screen share to look like a joke. Back in 2016, you could have a working phone and a PC at the same time. You can do two different tasks simultaneously with continuum.
Hey Cortana was another thing that you didn't mention. You can do many tasks without picking up your phone. I think the lock screen is more practical in windows too.
I'm still using Lumia 950xl (I'm working from home, so I don't need many apps) and if I have to use android one day, I will surely install Microsoft Launcher first to make it more practical.
yeah, that, and I miss Daniel Rubino
yea, i struggle to accept android for the same reasons, i dont know why people make android this great os, its a cope for me
Install laucher10 on android and you'll have closest thing to wp. Dont bother with Microsoft launcher as its almost like stock android...
i am sure I've posted a commentary like this but it was like in 2017. Then i bought the brand new galaxy note 8 and that was a way through the note 9 and now the note 10 +. As I said, all the things that you explain are good, but it was in 2016, now the android phones has the same or more things that W10M does, like google now or/and Bixby for a good assistant, a good file explorer, (for me) Samsung dex is the best Phone to screen compatibility and it has windows 10 and mac connection, The samsung camera app is the best i know, it has a good Pro-mode and a lot of AI integrated that makes the best photos and from the note 8 I didn't saw any loading screen.
At the end of my usage with the L950XL, it has a lot of bugs, screen freezing and some errors i didn't want to see anymore.
I really enjoyed the W10 Experience then but now I am more comfortable with the Samsung experience, having a W10 WorkStation, a note10+ and a Macbook air 2018.
EDIT: Sorry for my English but I am from Argentina, saludos boludo :D
@MrMorbello come on, 3 years in tech is like an era. You can't compare something new with something 3 years old. It only shows that what an advanced device and OS it was back then. You mentioned Dex, but Dex is still nothing compared to Continuum. You need a PC or laptop, a wired connection, and software on your PC to run it. Using an android emulator would be much easier. But with Continuum, you can use it even on your tv screen with wifi, no wires, no apps. So after 3 years, Dex is still very primitive compared to Continuum. All the other features you mentioned are relatively new, so you can imagine if WP was still around, how much more techs and features we could see.
This takes me back to high school. Nokia was my first smartphone freshman year. Everyone was having fun playing games and apps while I was stuck in the corner playing Hypernaut because the windows app store literally was like a bread line during the great depression.
I would love to see Windows phone back
I owned a couple different windows phones. I didnt mind them. At the time, they weren't bad. I liked the plastic casing. It seemed more durable. I loved having microsoft word on hand too.
Windows Phone had a lot of well thought out features:
1: Security features could roll out independently, you were always getting updates from MS.
2: The UI was designed around practicality, not copying Android or iOS. (e.g. Bottom URL)
3: Good management of background battery usage and privacy. Great battery life on these things.
4: Early adoption of cutting-edge cameras and connectivity (USB-C).
5: Excellent keyboard (MS rolled in their expertise into SwiftKey for Android).
6: Actual GAMES in the Xbox store, not this microtransactional crap that's taken over.
What killed it?
1. Lack of apps, many developers were not motivated to support so few users.
2. Google sabotaged MS's attempts at supporting RUclips by claiming "illegal" use of their API.
MS really laid the foundation for something great, it just lacked momentum. The balance between customization of Android and a well managed OS is kind of what Pixel aims to be these days. MS was very forward thinking in how they handled security, updates and managed apps, all of which Android has followed suit.
I loved the tiles, HERE Maps app and usability, if they made one I'd definitely ditch my Samsung
But the lack of apps tho
Obi-Wan Kenobi If they had app support and fixed their issues I’d actually get one as a backup
It works better than google map offline.
@@antoniomedina8679 Need something I can link to my work computer
@@antoniomedina8679 Lol shut up
did he just said "quirks and features?" I thought I was watching a Doug DeMuro video lmao
Me toooo
Yeah , I noticed that too.
He even follows Doug on Twitter. He showed it when he was talking about twitter.
“This, is a windows lumia 735. It has top of the line specs, but its a windows. Today im going to take you on a tour of the 735 and show you all the quirks and features, and them in going to give it a 91 score. And to support my channel click the link below to subscribe.”
THIIIIIIISS IS A WINDOWS PHONEE
Likewise
I remember, my mum had to use one for work. Her first smartphone. When whatsapp was discontinued on it, i had to teach her Android. What a nightmare
So... is she getting used to it?
WP Dark Mode > iOS and Android Dark Mode Combine.
@Shaun G why they don't use black since most phones are amoled today
In my opinion, windows phone would've been at par with android and apple in only they stay for just a couple of years. The processors are getting so good the last couple of years, the continuum features would've benefit from that. And we've seen the revival of nokia, that nostalgic brand attachment only could've boosted windows phone. my first real smartphone was windows phone, so it will always hold a special place in my heart.
Microsoft took too long to develop Windows on arm and Windows 10X. Now they are forced to make specialized hardware for these 2 different platforms in order to be viable. Windows on Arm doesn't even had a fully developed telephony function so it can't be a phone os and Windows 10X was developed for Intel's chipset. It's as if they are purposely avoiding on creating a platform that can be both a full windows pc and a phone.
@@riopato2009 They also pretty much had no choice. Google wouldn't give support to critical apps that billions of people used. Microsoft eventually agreed to terms and began full investment on Android with Microsoft Launcher and other apps. Precisely why their Surface Phone is powered by Android. If they could go back and start over, they would do things differently to be the number 1/2 mobile OS.
The epitaph on Windows' grave will be: "Always too early and too late". They were just too late getting into the market in this case. But, as an iPhone user, they did so many things better than both Android and Apple. They were really good phones, and the OS was great as well.
When you said Candy Crush Saga, I got an ad instantly after for, you guessed it, Candy Crush Saga.
Very sus.
Targeted ads :)
Just install RUclips Vanced.
Because your Google account turned on Personalized Ads, I guess.
Microsoft should bring back Windows Phone. I had a Nokia Lumia 635 back in 2016 and I loved the performance and OS. Really miss that phone!
Yup
I'm still useing Windows Phone in 2019
I love it.
cameras with Zeiss pureview on lumias were the best cameras at that time. And the keyboard is also the best.
the whole pureview thing failed pretty badly because casual users love their automatic image processing. I still to this day don't understand why people want their pictures taken from 24 megapixel cameras to be botched by some bs automatic processing.
loved the "thwock" sound of the keyboard when the keys were pressed
Used Lumia 1320 for 5 years
2014-2019.
Missed out on lot of things in life.
Using an android rn
Still have a Lumia 1520 and Lumia 950 XL , still a beast of a phone(s) even in 2020
Windows phone is still my favorite , i use a Windows phone as my secondary device
TBH windows phone are pretty good... I'm still using it. The only problem is lack of apps.
Well, I still use my 520. You may be surprised to know I also have a 810 and a 735 but I like the 520 better because of the size. The store no longer works, but the Maps can still be updated. I still use the GPS with Drive and 95% of time it works wonderfully, while 5% throws me in horrible situations with freezing, showing the wrong way, loosing track, etc. It's made by Windows, that's the norm. By the way, I had Windows 10 Mobile on another 730 and it was a total and complete disaster of system, fancy looking menus with microscopic buttons impossible to touch. Microsoft got (yet another) 'smart' manager who said, Oh, what this phone needs to be more popular is a fancy looking interface. And they killed what was the best thing about the phone: easiness of use. That's how it goes in the industry, you have a team of smart people putting out a good product, then there comes another team and ruins everything. Stay with Win 8 mobile, forget about the fancy looking menus in Win 10 mobile. Windows Phones were/are for people who don't need 2000 apps to stay alive. Just phone, camera, GPS and a few games for fun. I had an Android phone and felt like throwing it against a wall: have to type a tiny icon to do everything on it, including calling. Windows phones were phones, not mini tablets. For the 10-20% of people. Too bad Microsoft ended it. It doesn't bring big revenue so let's end it. Big company without leadership.
Completely blame app developers for downfall of windows phone
just one app it's:
snapchat
Industry Hitjob
Blame Microsoft for effing over developers. The horrible transition process from Windows Phone 7 to WP8 (and then to W10M) meant the platform was doomed from the beginning.
Blame Americans for being slaves to their Google and apple cooperate overlords too brainwashed to try something new and better.
I'd kill Windows Phone too if I became the CEO in 2014. The current strategy of embracing all platforms is leaps and bounds better for consumers than trying (and failing) to emulate Windows' domination in mobile.
I'm using my Windows Phone 1520 (watching this video with it hehe) and it's my only phone and I love it to bits :3
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Simon Heller I only miss the Dougscore.
I was still using a lumia 950 until a few months ago, I started looking for a new phone when they announced they were discontinuing support
Joel Kelsay what do you use now?
Same situation as me. Don't want to be trapped in the Apple eco system and Android feels like a cheap knock off hybrid of iOs/Windows phone. Always on display doesn't even work unless you have it plugged in to charge on my Nokia-HMD phone. Every basic function on Android has to have an app installed if you decide to get a pure android device. Can't play a certain video format? Here, download one of a hundred of apps to play it. Using a third party app that needs permission to access your data? Download this app to add basic support for that app. It's stupid.
same. what are you thinking of as a replacement, i cant choose
@@minttt_ I'm using Microsoft launcher and using all of their apps that allows me to sync everything windows to my phone. This allows me to minimize my association to everything Google.
@@TheFourthWinchester The camera app from Lumia 1020 and later 950xl was ported to Android on the Nokia Purview 9. I'm familiar with it without learning a new camera app when it comes to manual shooting in raw format. The 5 lenses interested me along with light technology. The other brands are overhyped, over priced and the skins are locked down while Nokia receives more updates faster than any of the Pixel phones from Google which is ironic. I originally wanted the Huawei P20 pro for the camera but had the same issue with the oem skin. Basically I wanted a phone that is pure Android so I can hide all the apps that is Google related as much as I can and let every Microsoft apps take it's place which made the phone closer to Windows Phone as much as possible. I didn't need to install Your Phone app in order to sync sms messages to Windows because of this. One Plus also interested me but lost out to the Nokia which I got on sale at my local Bestbuy that made it a lot cheaper than what they had to offer and One Plus cameras were never that great compared to any of the Nokia phones.
All Microsoft had to do was allow Google to use HTML5 for its apps. That's what it would've cost for Windows phone to succeed.
i miss WP, it was really nice, but launched at a wrong time..
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if you never using windows phone before, I wanna tell you that the keyboard was far more beautiful, the phone itself was stable and faster even though there's a lot of animation everywhere
That camera could compete with a lot of phones nowadays too
@@lucasrem He meant a most of top phones :p
@@lucasrem try lumia 1020
HONESTLY, I enjoyed windows phones, the tiles and transitions looked so sleek and clean to be back then.
For a 2015 OS Windows is very smooth with very impressive animations, Android at the time and still couldn't/can't compare and IOS just got fluid transitions and animations so wow
I actually loved Windows phones. Way ahead of its time...at the time
you forgot to tell you can read this screen in direct sunlight... which even still very few phones are capable to do
Still using my Lumia 640 XL from 2015 :)
Windows Phone had the best Nintendo Game Boy emulator that I've ever used
and they purged it out in early 2017, grr
My love for Windows Phone is forever 💔
Dark mode was available from the day one of windows phone 7
I don't remember when the last time I play candy crush saga
Windows Phone in 2020? An operating system for feature phone?
I had a Windows phone in various guises for 10 years. Changed to a Nokia 8 2-3 years back and still do wish Windows mobile had been successful. My Microsoft 650 was a very competent phone. The OS was always slick to use, but the lack of app support was the killer. I had many happy years as a Windows phone user though.
Woah when i heard that Windows phone is dead and they wont support it anymore i just switched to android, but that os had such a potential for the future... Poor Windows phone!
I still have windows phone. Like who still use windows phone in 2019.
I still am. I'm going to change soon because it's dead now, but honestly if my phone was getting updates I would have kept it.
@ And also, it's very risky to use an outdated phone. When a device doesn't receive security updates anymore, they become the first target of hackers
me... love my 950xl...sorry it is going.
@ it'll happen to me as well =/
Still using 520 :P
I now think the menu was ahead of its time and would work today in nicer models
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Then you might want to take your glasses off?? On my Samsung even when you first register your irises then it would tell you to remove them. Sometimes it works with them for me but most of the time I use the fingerprint
Do a video on HTC phones, and what happened to them?
My brother still used it
@@lucasrem Only up until the 2, the pixel 3 and 4 are just made by Foxconn.
I remember when I was a freshman in high school in 2015, one of my friends in my squad had a windows phone I think a Nokia, and I remember all of us made fun of him because his phone didn’t have any apps. The only thing he did have was Kik and we all used it to have e a group chat. However I did feel bad for him though. His store didn’t have any good games or even good apps
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Ya that's what was bad with windows phone, would they have made fun of it if it were an android?
Obi-Wan Kenobi Nah we all had androids at the time actually. Most of them had a Samsung and HTCs while I had an LG G3 Vigor, except for like 1 guy who had an
iPhone 5s. Regardless the dude with the windows phone we kept making fun of him as a joke for not having apps.
Obi-Wan Kenobi Now I have an iPhone 11 and one of my friends from there that I still talk to has an iPhone XR. Idk about the rest I lost touch with them but I’m sure they still have newer androids
If Microsoft would release even a budget Windows Phone today I'd definitely switch to it from my iPhone 11 Pro. Imagine a full windows ecosystem. I wouldn't need the Apple ecosystem and I'd get something much better and cooler instead.
Still using Lumia 640 i really love it!!! It's so fast but my only problem is lack off apps.
USB-C was a microsoft invention. And I still use one of these phones today, camera still kicks ass over most phones in 2020,,, the video quality is better than any I phone around.
I'm still using it as my main phone:
The overall user interface is just so good. Although there aren't many great apps, some of them are Apps, i can't find on Android.
The whole user experience is wo well thought out and having Foobar2000, VLC, Spotify and more still functioning, it works ok as a daily driver.
I admit, not having a perfect RUclips app and missing Google Pay is not great, but that's why i still have my Huawei P10. :D
And probably the biggest reasons are the user experience with the tiles and the camera.
Sorry the camera blows away my flagship Huawei P10 and even some more modern flagships like Pixel 4, at least when it comes to colour accuracy and sharpness.
It's on top with other flagships and just now, it starts getting beaten by an iPhone.
But i will see, since WhatsApp won't be available next year most likely, i might have to switch anyway. Maybe to iOS?
And about mentioning bad WP hardware: Back when Nokia did the Windows Phones, Microsoft set some specific rules, so that the UI can run smoothly.
Indeed, EVERY entry Windows Phone ran smoother than an Android device at the same price! :D
It wasn't about the smoothness, the biggest problem were the Apps.
If MS would have arrived just a little bit earlier...
And about the keyboard: There are long articles somewhere about it. Since every WP developer used WP on a daily basis, they just knew what felt wrong and fixed it.
WP is much more thoughtout than iOS, i'm sad it failed.
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during the early 2010s when i was too young to have my own smartphone i was absolutely enthralled by my much older friends windows phone she had. so interesting how technology has grown and evolved so fast
I can't believe my english teacher uses a cracked nokia lumia still 😂
i wouldnt mind using a windows phone if they made a new one with these improvements
Lumia phones were really cool. I wish that the HMD global Nokia phones would revisit the Lumia design language with stock android installed. Especially since they already do retro and throwback phones.
*Watching this on my Windows Phone*
Me too bro
Commenting in September 2021 here. I only just recently quit using my Windows phone. It's a Nokia 920 and was my first (and until recently only) smartphone. I bought it at the local ATT store in 2012. Worked really well for what I needed it for all these years. The only reason I switched to an Android phone was because ATT is upgrading to 5G next February.
It's not perfect. The mobile hotspot feature only uses data, not wifi, for sharing. On a limited data plan it can eat up a month's allotment of data very quickly. It overheats if you play a game for any length of time. After nine years the battery needs to be recharged every other day. Still, it was a great phone for me.
mate. my uncle still using a lumia to this day coz my dad told him it was a great phone
I used to use Windows phone when I was in my high school and at that time I was having Lumia 640 which is pretty big phone at that time but I discontinued it after a year but windows phone were awesome due to it's OS and monthly updates
What bugged me with Windows phone (had a Lumia 625 when it launched) was:
1. You couldn't download pictures from Tumblr
2. Most app interfaces for stuff like Instagram, Messenger, Facebook, were completely different from the iPhone and Android version
3. Most apps that on other platforms were free, on Windows phone they were paid (THERE WAS NO FREE VERSION OF FRUIT NINJA)
4. RUclips on Windows was completely weird
5. The screens weren't really that good
6. Not enough customisation (but that was just my CocoPpa obssesed 14 year old self)
What I liked:
1. More simplistic interface
2. Snappier when it came out, and snappier despite me loading it with lots of software
3. Tap to wake
4. Most of them had matte backs instead of shiny, which made them a lot less likely to slip and nice to sometimes draw on their backs with a pencil
6. The dark mode was ahead of its time
7. good integration with Windows for PCs (especially with win 8)
8. Nothing will ever come close to that keyboard
9. OneDrive with Windows phones was just amazing
The windows phones reminds me of the WiiU.
23:00 , tired, full brightness amoled on my S10.
The 4k video with this phone, bright and darkening, my eyes just hurt, not ironical
You can low The brightness level ;-;
@@Noodles-yr5ks i just did that , but after the headache
@@Hakan89Oh 🙁
I love this phone until the very end. I have a Lumia 950 and I still turn it on from time to time to see if Microsoft would say let revive this phone. Even if they let you download android apps would of been a great way to keep the phone alive.
Can you review the 3ds in 2019
I really love the tiles, I’m sick of the standard small little app icons on every single software
I loved windows mobile and used it as long as I could possibly use it.
Same here