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That Microsoft increases market share? Not a very ambitious feat, to be honest. Not trying to bust your balls here but Microsoft is dead meat in the smart phone game. Smart phones are the answer to everyone's hatred of windows. Sure Win 7 was a nice olive branch, but we haven't forgotten that Microsoft represents all that is evil (kidding, of course). The fact that apple, the red headed step child of the personal computing world, is the king of the hill should be a pretty good indicator of where consumer sentiment lies. Not with Microsoft.
 
butttt i read a looottt of gadget blogs, and since you're steering away from the iphone, i would recommend comparing the s4, htc one (my vote), droid razr maxx hd, or..... don't laugh..... the z10.

scratch the z10... sprint doesn't have that either lol.

wait... don't have the droid razr either..

weren't you posting from your Nokia Lumia 2 days ago? Isn't it your fav. phone?
 
played around with one in the store, and have extensive experience with the OS. absolutely love it. any particular questions?

I've only ever had anroid phones made by samsung and HTC. Thinking of getting this phone this weekend. How is the build quality with nokia? and how do you like the OS compared to android/iphone? Any complaints with yours?
 
I've only ever had anroid phones made by samsung and HTC. Thinking of getting this phone this weekend. How is the build quality with nokia? and how do you like the OS compared to android/iphone? Any complaints with yours?

build quality with nokia is generally fantastic, usually extremely durable, although they are branching out with the 928. it's made of aluminum (like the recent iphones) as opposed to their traditional poly-carbonate, so i cannot vouch for this particular version. one issue with the build quality is dust buildup in the ff camera, that should be resolved in the new version though.

os is fantastic, i love using it, although i do have a few qualms. firstly, the design is top-notch, completely fantastic. supposedly ios7 has even been influenced to the point that their whole redesign is based on the one word that describes wp: flat. lock screen integration is fantastic, i donno how i EVER used a phone without it. however, i don't like that there is no notification center, no easy way to turn the phone to silent, can only toggle between volume and vibrate or volume and silent based on whether your vibrator is turned on (rumored to be fixed in gdr2 update mid-june).

love the "customizability" of the home screen. different from how you customize things on android, but i love the live tiles and the configurations you can build. the biggest complaint is that the app selection is generally weaker as it is not a priority os for developers, but there are still tons of quality apps. i think there is a wp app for android that looks at all the apps on your phone and determines what level of equivalence you would have on wp.

gimme a list of your "must-have" apps and i will let you know if this issue will also be a problem for you.
 
build quality with nokia is generally fantastic, usually extremely durable, although they are branching out with the 928. it's made of aluminum (like the recent iphones) as opposed to their traditional poly-carbonate, so i cannot vouch for this particular version. one issue with the build quality is dust buildup in the ff camera, that should be resolved in the new version though.

os is fantastic, i love using it, although i do have a few qualms. firstly, the design is top-notch, completely fantastic. supposedly ios7 has even been influenced to the point that their whole redesign is based on the one word that describes wp: flat. lock screen integration is fantastic, i donno how i EVER used a phone without it. however, i don't like that there is no notification center, no easy way to turn the phone to silent, can only toggle between volume and vibrate or volume and silent based on whether your vibrator is turned on (rumored to be fixed in gdr2 update mid-june).

love the "customizability" of the home screen. different from how you customize things on android, but i love the live tiles and the configurations you can build. the biggest complaint is that the app selection is generally weaker as it is not a priority os for developers, but there are still tons of quality apps. i think there is a wp app for android that looks at all the apps on your phone and determines what level of equivalence you would have on wp.

gimme a list of your "must-have" apps and i will let you know if this issue will also be a problem for you.

only apps i use are chase mobile banking for my car loan. mountain america mobile banking for my checking. capitalone mobile for my credit cards, and espn fantasy basketball and baseball apps.
 
tons of possibilites, everything that you care about on your home screen




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love lock screen capabilities as well




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