Acting like 2 year old phone is an ancient technology while in real world many still use them everyday, even older, 3 year old phones can be frequently seen in streets XD.
Like a lot of good stuff over the years past, it's not appreciated by the mindless masses so doesn't do as well in sales as the dumb, overpriced market leaders. How very typical of this world.
@@DokuNekuon Have you ever had one? They did everything anyone needed and they were way cheaper than the competition, so I don't know how you could say that? Without windows and blackberry phones the public are now left with a choice of Expensive iPhones which the public are demanded to upgrade every two years or so or suffer Apple slowing the performance down to frustrate you (Remember that?), Or Android phones, which is a bit on the cheap and nasty side. Both options are a step backwards and people like yourself, and society at large can't see it.
@@robertmcmillan3638 I agree with you. Most user now just care about the camera, social media apps, and selfies. I always relied on the stream less connectivity from school until now. I am afraid with this retreat of windows mobile, Microsoft will have to amp up prices elsewhere like the subscriptions. Learning the MSFT apps does take a bit but once mastered wow they become invaluable.
I used it as a second phone until about a year and a half ago. Windows phone 8, mind you. It became unusable but I really liked the OS itself, it had some smart stuff going on. Apps were just absolutely horrible though.
The best interface by far. Fast and fluid. It was the app gap that killed it. A real shame. I nearly bought one of those hp phones but had to admit it was a dying system and went back to Android which is not as good as an OS but the apps are there and you can't deny that it is the apps that make or break a mobile OS
Daniel Warner It's apps that make or break an OS full stop. For the same reason Windows Phone never took off, Linux doesn't have much of a foot in the door when it comes down to users on desktops.
To be honest, there are plenty options of applications on Linux, but it is games that prevent it from going mainstream. That and when something goes wrong it's a real PITA
App gap is a vicious circle. No one wants to use Windows Phone because the lack of apps, and developers won't develop apps for Windows Phone because the lack of users. The UI is really good for old people though. Big tiles are easy to see and tap, and the high contrast makes it easily readable.
Daniel Warner, the fact is that 99.99% of PCs come either with Windows or OS X pre-installed. From those, how many users are gamers? Most of them? I highly doubt it. Also, to my understanding, GNU/Linux distros support Valve games. I wouldn't know if its all the Valve games or just some of them because I'm not a gamer.
I loved my lumia 900 but had to stop using it since the app store doesnt function properly anymore in wp 7.8. I also have a lumia 530 which is still breathing and entertaining kids with the older minecraft (because even that isnt updated anymore)
I still use my Lumia 1520 with win 10 mobile on it. Very pleased. I can't understand why do you say that win10m is bad in comparison with wp7 and wp8. In my opinion win10m much better in terms of interface and ergonomic. It"s a shame Mices made it too late.
My dad uses it and he refuses to change to newer model. The expected problems are: - spontaneous shut downs, - problems to unlock the screen, - updating the device because it appears that sometimes updating skips updates and this causes problems because the update are created to be loaded in chronological order. This causes that user has to reset the phone to factory settings and load updates again. But there are lots of good things too: the UI is very logical if one has used windows before especially the option to pin things on the home screen and have live tiles , the photo program is awesome (I had Nokia 2010), I had no problems with the battery.
I loved my Windows Phone and only switched because certain apps where not compatible any more. Microsoft pushed allot of technologies first. My Microsoft 950 phone had an optical image stabiliser for the rear camera.. iris recognition... Cable-less charging, USB type C charging. Micro SD expansion card... Removable battery... That Continuum technology which you showed off in this vid. And that was all in 2015!! Imagine that. Also I still think the Windows OS was the easiest to use... Its settings menu was very well laid out... Unlike android. Finding a specific setting in android is a headache. I prefer to search how I'm going to find a particular setting in Google before I attempt to find it in Android. In Windows Phone you could pin any part of an app to the home screen. So for example... you are curious about cinema times on Tuesdays. Well Pin that section to the home screen and when you click on it it takes to to the page you want. No navigating through menu's. I pinned the train times for a particular route and time to my home screen. So all i had to do it press one icon and viola I am at the right page. It was an amazing feature. Well beyond what Android and Apple could do back then, and still beyond those two platforms. Consumers need a third option apart from Apple or Android. It is a BIG shame they are gone as less competition does not drive innovation and they can charge what they feel for their products examples being 1000 bucks for a phone, which you'll most likely keep for 2 years.
Yeah thats 100% correct. People pay fucking 1000 bucks and after 2 years that thing is a wasted or get slowed down because "battery" and other hardware or software problems...... i payed for the lumia 950xl back in 2015 for 350€ and still working and using it as my daily drive. Even if a other company make a new phone with ms on it and its better than my lumia 950xl (none so far) then i buy that instead of lagdriod or getyourpantshurtios.
mate I'm still using my 640 XL (running win 10) daily and cant see the issue. no interest in playing games, its my phone, i've got consoles and a pc to do that. mine has a decent camera (13mp zeiss with HDR), plays my music, can use fb, twitter etc and when the mrs is out I can watch HD filth at my own leisure, so why would I spend all my money on an apple or android device when this one serves me well? Plus the battery is shit hot on this thing. charge every 2 days
Windows 10 on an iMac is exactly the kind of savagery I signed up for, upon subscribing to this channel. I'm sad the Windows Phone OS never caught on, I always thought it could have been a great alternative to iOS / Android. Love your content man, you keep being you -
James Russo they accomplished having near iPhone market share, the system was bigger than iOS in Mexico acouple years ago. I believe the main problem was lack of publicity, maybe with some push it wouldn't have flopped
Yeah, and they even had plans to implement Android support to let people run Android apps on your Windows 10 phone natively. In the end they scrapped the idea because they thought that it would discourage developers from making apps specifically for Windows Store.
The problem was Microsoft. all they had to do was give out the OS for free, and charge basically nothing for a while on the app store to get more applications by the big guys to support it. They could of gained a massive market share for a superior OS. I really hate Android, and no interest in iOS. As of now the only application on my Windows phone which gets updates anymore, besides Microsoft applications, is WhatApp. WhatsApp only gets bug fixes, and no new features which Android, and iOS gets.
USB C, Liquid Cooling, Iris Scanner, Wireless Charging, OIS, Always-on display, 60Hz display, Live Photos. Nokia did it first with windowsphone. Some in 2012 (Lumia 920), some in 2015 (Lumia 950). They were way ahead back then.
Rooted Androids had the most innovative features of all the devices. Alot of currently official features, if not all, were influenced by makeshift androids hacks dating back to 2010.
I am a pure Microsoft fan here. But i cannot the deny the fact the "liquid cooling" is not really there/non-operational. You can't record a 4K video without overheating in a few minutes. Microsoft desperately wanting the buyer? I think so.
koolyo2foots Nah... there are just no Developer for it. They should built the ecosystem first. That's why they are focusing on the Store by now. Pushing the developer to using Continuum
Treefinger1 best marketing in the world can make anything seem and look good. For example Beats headphones. One of the worst quality wise yet still they charged a premium and tons of people got attached to it because of big celebrities endorsements. Same could be said for Apple, majority of people years ago when apple first started got attached to it because of its marketing but guess what, 90% of people just used it just as much as what a budget phone could do but bought it just to pretty much say "I have a iPhone".
koolyo2foots I'm not sure it was a marketing thing they rushed leased Nokia mobile and then didn't seem to know what to do they should have focused on developing their mobile software platform then jump into the hardware. heavily focused on app Developers. The unification of mobile and PC applications had tremendous potential. And could have conceivably overtaken Google consider writing one app that would work on both your phone and your PC with extremely minor modification it would be an app developers heaven. I really was rooting for it but observing the attitude towards updates and release of new flagship phones I decided not to invest in their ecosystem
My laptop got 4 gb ram for last 4+ years and it still working pretty good i can play some triple a titles in it that released before 2017 it can handle those at 40 fps.
It's MS that was too soon to give up. I forgot, but sometime in 2015 or 2016, Nokia managed to sell 10.5 MILLION Lumias in ONE QUARTER. That was a lot. Nokia tried realllllyyyy hard to bring all the top apps to the platform, but it seem Joe Belfiore and Nadella don't even try to market this platform. 3 times rebooted, 0 marketing.
alif csnajmi I really like the UI, but thr ads are annoying. Also back when I was using it (idk if that's still the case) it sometimes just failed downloading videos.
Hey dude, what it's like to have a windows phone in 2018? I'm a wp lover from 2015 and have lumia 540 and miss it soooo damn much! Thinking of getting a windows phone in future but am dead worried as Microsoft killed it! But the is was sooo beautiful! Damn I miss the good old days!
I miss Windows phone. Hands down my favorite phone OS, but lack of app support killed it. Best on-screen keyboard, Cortana being able to read your text messages and allow you to reply hands-free was awesome, and worked so much better than any solution I’ve found on Android or iOS.
The main difference between WP7/8/8.1/W10M and Android/iOS: • Windows Phones have little popular apps than Android/iOS due to the major failure in the past and didn't topped the world mobile market. • iOS/Android are more vulnerable/prone to malware and viruses due to being an open operating system (Android), and some apps can even store dangerous files to the internal storage without consent because it lacks a file manager by default (iOS). Windows Phones, on the other hand, is an ARM-based OS that doesn't run .exe files that could be potentially Trojans or viruses, and doesn't get infected easily since its source code and OS are more securely built and made... • Some NOKIA Lumia phones have an excellent and super high resolution camera (e.g. Lumia 1020) since NOKIA and Carl Zeiss teamed up together, even for the latest mobiles of NOKIA (manufactured by HMD, a company by former NOKIA workers. Yea, pretty much made by NOKIA). • iOS security features can be fooled and be controlled by scammers/hackers to lock out the owner, since Apple doesn't much care about it. Android, however, is also on security-wise and cannot be fooled easily, but it can be bypassed using Trojan apps. Windows Phones, well, is also secured, but not easily bypassed. Hackers can't just hack a Windows Phone since its not DOS based, and Trojan apps can't execute an illegal command because the OS itself is closed like iOS, and the OS itself is an ARM-based OS, which doesn't do x86 or x64 commands or actions or run .exe or .bat files. • So my best guess is, .... When it comes to security, WP. You can still install apps like installing APK files on WP by installing XAP or AppX files that are designed for the current version of the OS you have. You can install by: - PC - Make sure the XAP or AppX/AppXBundle file is not from the Store database. Rather, if you want a paid game for free, search for any cracked versions of it. Then, if you have installed the WP 7/8/8.1/10 SDK (Lite), run Windows Device Registration Tool to Dev unlock it. And lastly, run Application Deployment Tool and browse the file to install (deploy) to your phone. - local app installer - _only works on W10M_ Go first to Settings>Security>For Developers>Select Developer Mode and press OK when a pop up shows up. Then, go to File Manager, and search for the file and tap on it. Tap on Install... Done! That's all, thank you. I hope this helps, I think. 🌚 (Lenny)
I just bought a brand new Lumia 950XL for $275. I want fast charge, wireless charge, USB-C, OLED screen and Dual SIM and this phone has all of it including an SD card slot that does not use the SIM slot. I don't use apps much but I do want a good camera so this fit my needs better than the majority of flagships
The OS works flawlessly but there are no new feature updates, only security updates. The apps do get updates like Instagram, Edge, FB, Twitter, Waze and others. I have not had any crashes or freezes and the camera takes great pictures even though it could use an update.
I still use one, works great. I fuckin' hate Android and iOS. Also I hate that fact that you're almost forced into using shitdroid without any choice whatsoever.....
Shadow Rage Download Launcher 10. It will give you the closest to the "Windows Phone" as you can get. I'm running it on my Huawei Mate S and it runs beautifully. Suggest that you also PURCHASE the "Live Tiles" extension which costs all of $USD 1.99. For a total of $6.00 USD, it's the best you can get to a true Windows Phone experience.....
I like the interface concept on Windows Phone. The live tiles design is pretty cool, and it's a shame that it didn't take off. Continuum and Dex are kind of pointless features. The phones aren't powerful enough to be desktop/laptop replacements, and they do not scale apps properly. It'd be much more economical and practical to just invest in a Windows tablet. Atom x5-Z8350 tablets go for peanuts these days and that's a relatively powerful X86 CPU. X86 means you get the full Windows experience, not the poorly supported Windows ARM version.
I used a Windows Phone for 3 years, I had no problems with it. I mean I have android now, but it’s a phone, and it worked like one, so I didn’t really care. 😁 Plus, it had all the windows applications on it, and everything on my computer would sync with it, easily, without having to install any extra apps or setup a new account. (I’m really not trying to defend Windows Phone, just saying what I liked about it)
Yeah I used a Windows phone from 2015-2017 and in the beginning it was fine, there just wasn't snapchat. That was running WP8. When I upgraded to WP10 it was a total downgrade. Apps didn't work properly, it felt slower, and it was just a pain. The UI is great and I prefer the tiles over icons on Android, but like you mentioned, actually using the OS is a different story. It has great features but no one around to use them. The proverbial "tree falling in the woods".
I don't get why gsm dongle thingies for making phone calls is not a thing. just plug that into computer and make phone calls with whatever headphones, mic, speaker you already have, why invent smartphone industry that kinda tries to do almost the same what pc's are doing for decades? Just to milk peple who buy flagship phones?
Acting like 2 year old phone is an ancient technology while in real world many still use them everyday, even older, 3 year old phones can be frequently seen XD.
I had a Windows phone a couple of years ago and always liked it. However, the lack of some really basic apps/programs just made me switch I loved the battery life and it was well built. If MS has done it a bit earlier and some effort in development, it would have been a real pkayer. I miss my Nokia
100% agree, the interface and fluidity for windows phone was 2nd to none but the lack of apps ruined it. It really is to bad otherwise I’d be using it to this day. They really should’ve ported iOS and Android apps like they said they would.
what apps? there are alternatives to a lot of apps. now there are the web versions of apps that you can pin to the phone and they work just fine. there is a app like pawa to get rid of the address bar and stuff to make the web versions look more like a app too.
I am an owner of a Nokia Lumia 830 (1GB Ram). My experience with the phone when I started was terrible. It came with 8.1 and when I updated with windows 10 when I first started to use it was broken. I wondered why and reset the phone back to 8.1 trying to figure out the issue. After 3 days with the device being unusable I explored the internet and found a way to reinstall a clean build of windows 8.1 mobile on my phone. Turns out, i had a broken version of windows 8.1 build on my brand new nokia. After the clean install, I updated windows 10 cleanly on the device. Up to now, the phone is alive and kicking. I only use it as a secondary phone (for my 2nd sim) but I love the camera for it ever since I bought it. It might not have a lot of apps for it but I only use translator, office apps, edge, mail, messaging and calls on it. I don't really play on my phones/tablet anymore (be it android, Windows or IOS). It also lasts me 2 to 3 days since it is essentially just used as a phone, rarely used for the other apps. The integration with one drive is janky so I prefer to just email it as syncing to it takes too long. I've been using this phone since 2016 if memory serves me right.
For some reason I keep thinking I imagined that you exist, no idea why. But every time TH-cam recommends one of your videos I’m glad that you weren’t just a tech channel fever dream.
If you're not addicted to facebook, instagram, then you'll be surprise that it actually work. I'm using it on daily base, Nokia 930 btw and it works fine. The only thing that i miss a lot are bank apps. For that is my XZP.
I had several Windows phones and they were awesome. The maps worked a dream and the whole OS was great. I hate windows on PC and have switched to Chrome OS and it is a lot better. Good memories of windows phone. I am now looking to swap to KaiOS and try that out as I get annoyed with battery life of the newer phones, they barely last a day.
I actually do; I've got the Win10 version of the Alcatel Idol 4S. It's a great phone and, for a while, Windows Phone gave me an environment where I could do everything I wanted to. I used to be a HUGE proponent of Google and anti-Microsoft as hell, but since Microsoft has started being more friendly to open source, and Google has been caught literally wardriving and capturing packets from private wifi networks with their Google Maps cars, tracking the location of phones even with "location" settings turned off and the phone's SIM card removed, and Apple seems to have lost the ability to innovate and produce phones that are worth the asking price, especially since the loss of Steve Jobs, my opinions have kind of turned around, so I use Windows Phone more out of a desire to patronize the company that I see as being the least evil of the big 3. Cortana works great. I use her on my PC and it's cool that if I look up directions on my PC, I can send those directions straight to my phone as I walk out the door, although I feel like that's something you could probably do on Android with the Microsoft launcher and the Android version of Cortana. The app gap is real though. At first I had all the apps I needed, but since purchasing this phone my bank has officially discontinued their Windows Mobile app, and while there are plenty of apps for Windows Phone in the store, there's also a lot that are missing. Losing the official USAA app is not a huge issue since it was literally just a pointer to their mobile web page, so I can just pin a shortcut to their mobile page to my start screen with Edge, but it's still an annoyance that you can no longer just go to the Microsoft Store and install an official app from them. Most of the apps I use on a normal day to day basis are still there though, Outlook, Excel, Facebook, Messenger, Camera, web browser, Pandora, etc. For a normal daily driver it's alright, but it's annoying that there's a lot of devices and software out there that I can't make use of because their apps are only available on iOS or Android. I really think Windows mobile could have done great. Even in its dilapidated "maintenance only" state right now, it's "OK" for the majority of my daily needs, but it's annoying to see something, that was actually quite good in my opinion, get tossed aside, leaving us with only two real choices if we want a Smart Phone, and we need a good third option for people who, for one reason or another, don't want to give their money to Apple or Google. I'll probably keep this phone until it physically breaks down, or until Microsoft stops supporting their official apps on the platform. With the advent of these "always connected" ARM PCs running Windows 10 S, we might even see the reintroduction of some smart phones running a modded version of that operating system.
From the point of competition I'm sorry these phones died but windows never put the money in developing apps. You couldn't do your banking, at least i couldn't and many other things. They refused to let third party people have the code to create what could have been an Android killer. Android is a mess because gone allows phone makers to much freedom on changing the pure Android program. Only a few makers have genuine Android running.
I think Windows Phone updates are now tweaked to reduce the operational strength of the devices, such as poor battery response (like Apple did), decreased network reception, slow application connectivity, etc. They really want people to abandon the platform and move to iOS or Android. Sucks, because it was such a strong and dependable device and collection of services. I don't think I will ever feel another OS can be so dependable, and then, so betrayed by a company.
RyanCutter2017 We've got an unofficial one (myTube) that's a hella lot better than the official ones for Android/iOS. (Background Playback, Audio Only, Downloading, Ad-blocker, etc.)
My only regret was that ubuntu touch naver took off ,,, they introduced these continuum ideas and invented an amazing gesture based UI that was not palm OS ... The universal search in every app was also invented by them ... Its just sad
Abdullah Zafar i have a Ubuntu phone. It was horrible from the start. That is why it was stopped. Just horrible. I pull it out of the box it's in just to remember how pathetic this is was.
I run a Nokia 820. It's got a map, music, wireless charging, spare battery, Bluetooth, case, calendar, contacts, browser, office, books, games and so on. I paid too much for it but it works and I just invested £5 in a new battery.
Richard Dalmau like the famous HTC windows phone (cant remember the name). It had a 4.3" screen and was built in 2009. This phone had WindowsPhone 7 or even 6 installed, and could (with new bootloaders) work with: StockRom Windows Phone 8 Android 2.x (was the modern android back then) Android 4.x Android 5.x Ubuntu Phone Mozilla FireFox OS And many more
it´s a phone, i can call others, text via sms, whatsapp, discord, skype, receive emails, sent emails, make calender entries, remote control any pc of my costumers if i feel the need to - what do you expect from your phone? dont tell me you def. need that one facebook-app to survive....
majstealth It doesn’t even support its own app Skype it dropped it. It’s amount of apps is insanely terrible. Not to mention the battery’s are terrible.
So last week I moved from iPhoneX to Pixel 3. Decided to use my Lumia950 for a day just to see how well I'd like it. As I've been using it for entertainment/weather/alarm clock via WiFi, it had all the Windows 10 updates running. I still loved the tile interface and the gestures, fonts and other elements still work beautifully. When I threw my SIM chip in, I was alerted to SIM updates - which I installed. I made and received phone calls which did great on the phone, wireless earbuds and automobile Bluetooth. The deal breaker was no matter what I did, I could not get my cellular data to kick in. So mail and everything else was restricted to WiFi. Had not been on Android for over a decade. When I got my Pixel the next day, I immediately purchased the premium version of Launcher 10 which provides a full Windows Phone experience on Android - including Live Tiles. I have everything set up - but have ended up just using the native Pixel launcher - which I think is gorgeous given it's minimalistic Design.
Microsoft actually had introduced the windows mobile phone 2003 OS with a Motorola mobile phone. Yes 2003. I didn't had this model but I had the next one in 2004. The problem was that Microsoft was believing that people would be satisfied with what its operating system for smartphones was providing. Third party apps could be installed easily though. There were various sites with paid and free apps for early windows mobile phones. Very few people really trusted them with their credit card and the apps were mostly converted arcades games from 80's. With iPhone people trusted their credit card with the App Store because Apple is a well known historic multibillion company instead of an unknown company with a website full of apps. When Microsoft realized its mistake it was too late. I have the Nokia 1020 with its impressive 41MP lens and the Zeiss lens. Its photos are still impressive for a smartphone even today. The Windows phone 8.0 OS is very easy and I would say that I liked more than iPhone but the Windows Phone Store had only the basic apps. Nothing special. Nearly all are HTML based apps. Also it was nearly impossible to install pirated apps on Windows phones. Something very easy with android and jailbraked iPhones. This was important for youngsters. With his return Steve Jobs couldn't challenge the dominant of Microsoft Windows OS of home computers but he succeeded initial with the iPod and afterwards with iPhone and iPad. After iPhone 4 the mobiles phones have the power to replace in a great degree the desktops and laptops.
you can easily install pirated apps on Windows phone. all you need to do is download a .xap file and install it from an SD card only though unlike Android where you can install .apk files from the internal flash memory.
It's a good phone, but the apps are slowly being discarded, support for many of the popular apps are discontinued.... I am specifically using the HP elite x3
My lumia 950xl was stolen, but it was a beast of a phone, friends always loved the photos it took and even preferred it over the s7 at the time. I loved the is OS so much i wanted to get a lumia 650 as a on the go phone since I was scared of my 950xl getting damaged or stolen. Sweet phone and way ahead of its time.
As I remember I think Windows phone killed itself, as then Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer scoffed at the original 2006 overpriced iPhone, and stuck with their enterprise focused, stylus oriented Windows CE / Windows Mobile phones. With the launched of iOS App Store in 2008, Apple had struck twice. Palm and Android were now in the game, and Microsoft still hasn't engaged their afterburners.
Damn, it has a front firing speaker with the B&O brand on it? That's amazing. How is the speaker quality on that thing? With a brand such as that attached to it, it has to be pretty decent!
GmodGTX Ironically, it's fairly uninspiring. Gets decently loud but the quality is meh. And the camera just does not produce good pictures. Remember, this was an Enterprise focused device. Cameras and sound quality were not on the forefront of what a business user needs. I kinda wish I kept mine because I really liked the phone.
Comments from 3-4 months ago suggest this video was a teaser to draw people to your channel. To answer your question: "Can a Windows phone still be used in 2018?" Answer: Of course it can. I have a budget (cheap as hell) $30 Windows 8 Phone on Lumia 430 hardware. Small and still used every day. Original battery has had no problems until it accidentally got caught in a rain storm about a year ago. I let it dry out and there hasn't been a problem with it since. Cellular service was supposedly cut off by T-Mobile but I found a work around in the settings by changing it to AT&T, rebooting, and fiddling with airplane mode, then rebooting once more and that enabled me to keep using T-Mobile but at only 2G speed for data. Second Gen is where it stayed after that. I've changed "providers" once to Consumer Cellular a few months ago. My data is still stuck at 2G speed, however my monthly phone bill is now $20 for unlimited talking. Add $5.00 to include unlimited texting with 250 MBs for simple data use like checking the weather, emails (sluggish), or checking for work. Graphics rich sites are impossible at 2G. Oddly though when I travel to different states my 4G modem works just fine.
I'm sorry, but did you say "TrOOncated?" I'm pretty sure that's truncated I also wonder how the progress of ARM processors running x86 applications are going
If Microsoft ever figures out a way to run the full version of Windows on an ARM SoC They should give this phone thing another shot, it feels like it's a missed opportunity.
I just Googled that and Google came back with a price of $1,132.88, unlocked, from 3 stores. A person would literally be out of their mind to pay that much for a phone. The one below is going for $723.46. Not as bad as the first return but it is still outrageous.
I'm guessing the Windows phone for a week failed after a few hours huh? LOL Or you are just too busy to release the follow up video, which is understandable. Hope to see the part two to this someday!
Whatever. You have no idea. He should have checked for updates before doing the video. This phone is unbelievable. I love it. It still beats the iPhone X in so many ways. I'll die with this phone in my hand and in the other hand my 950!!!! iOS sucks butt, and Android is just crap, even with all the craps.
I went from brick phone, to Nokia symbian to Windows, then stuck with them until 2 days ago :'( ... RIP. So much potential in Windows Phone. I swear it's 100% the lack of 3rd party apps, so frustrating that there was no committment from other companies to get into Windows it would be nice to have more competition on the market.
Of course it's going to take a couple of hours to update a phone that hasn't been used in 1½ years. I've used Windows Phone ever since 2011 and still am to this day with my trusty Microsoft Lumia 640LTE from March 2015. It was a mid-range phone when it released and still runs decent now 3½ years later. I use Twitter, Outlook, do banking and use manga apps among others. Even Netflix and Facebook work and most works as it has always, though it has always been a shortage of apps compared to other phone OS, but the essentials are there and then some. It still receives updates from time to time, mostly at night it will force itself off and show a cogwheel for 15 minutes or so before rebooting, so yes it is still supported and getting security updates. At the end of the day, it's barely been any difference since Microsoft announced they won't be releasing any new Windows Phones. It's a shame that some app developers and other phone manufacturers take that as the OS is dead, because it's not really. The only apps that i've noticed disappearing are some banking apps, but there's really no reason for that other than there not being enough customers for it to be worth it to them to update their apps, what with those types of apps requiring additional security attention. Other than that, yes it is still a very valid option as a phone.
"Back in 2016"... oooh! The dark ages! A year and a half ago!
dude. in 2016 usb type didn't even exist. actually windows mobile and blackberry are the real precursors of everything you use today.
Type c exist in 2014-2015ish. Lumia 950 and Nexus 6p is one of the early type c adopter.
My xiaomi mi4c released on november 2015 wnd use usb type-c
davidf2281 a year and a half ago is a lot for the phone industry
Acting like 2 year old phone is an ancient technology while in real world many still use them everyday, even older, 3 year old phones can be frequently seen in streets XD.
I bet Windows Phones will become collector's items in the future
Like a lot of good stuff over the years past, it's not appreciated by the mindless masses so doesn't do as well in sales as the dumb, overpriced market leaders.
How very typical of this world.
@@robertmcmillan3638 windows phones suck though lmao
@@DokuNekuon Have you ever had one? They did everything anyone needed and they were way cheaper than the competition, so I don't know how you could say that?
Without windows and blackberry phones the public are now left with a choice of Expensive iPhones which the public are demanded to upgrade every two years or so or suffer Apple slowing the performance down to frustrate you (Remember that?), Or Android phones, which is a bit on the cheap and nasty side.
Both options are a step backwards and people like yourself, and society at large can't see it.
@@robertmcmillan3638 i found one for 105 bucks.. trying to get it running on straight talk
@@robertmcmillan3638 I agree with you. Most user now just care about the camera, social media apps, and selfies. I always relied on the stream less connectivity from school until now. I am afraid with this retreat of windows mobile, Microsoft will have to amp up prices elsewhere like the subscriptions. Learning the MSFT apps does take a bit but once mastered wow they become invaluable.
Kinda wish Windows Phone would succeed... It's a "fresh" design in the mobile world
It’s sadly far too late for there to ever be hope. They did a lot of things really well but just couldn’t grab developer support or market share.
I used it as a second phone until about a year and a half ago. Windows phone 8, mind you. It became unusable but I really liked the OS itself, it had some smart stuff going on. Apps were just absolutely horrible though.
Android you can develop with Java , Windows Phone you are limited to a specail diaclect of C++
also Lumia 1020 has iris scanner
Ivan Monahhov C# is not a „special dialect“ of C++, get your facts right. And by the way C# is way more performant and not such a huge WTF like Java
Dude. Even in 2019 you sound insane talking about 2016 like it was the dial up age.
Thank you. My girlfriend is using am iPhone 6 still
Yeah! It is dial up age.
Gunj Chowwiwat umm no it’s not. Microsoft started a lot with windows phone that you and everyone else are taking for granted
@@DrDman14 my friend still uses broken screen iphone 4
2019 and still using windows phone .. my fourth year with lumia 535 .. wish it improves.
Still waiting for Windows 10 update on my 535..
Rip 💀 Windows Phone 📱
Why are we not getting any messenger calling function? Why can't we watch live facebook videos??
WHYY??????
And I with my Lumia 1520... I love that phone!
Me too 😊 or maybe I'm too poor to buy a new phone
still using my Microsoft Lumia 535 (2015-2019)
Windows Phone was the only OS actually doing anything cool for a solid two years
I miss using windows phone for the tiles but the crashing and lack of apps finally took it toll.
"Cool" is transient, and soon becomes tiresome.
All phone OSes are universally crap. I bought a librem 5 so I could run a full linux desktop on my phone.
crashing and unstablility in some places really took me off. MS should try to squish the bug in a dedicated year.
Cool does not mean usable. You could make the coolest phone in the world, but without good support for apps it's gonna be awful.
The best interface by far. Fast and fluid. It was the app gap that killed it. A real shame. I nearly bought one of those hp phones but had to admit it was a dying system and went back to Android which is not as good as an OS but the apps are there and you can't deny that it is the apps that make or break a mobile OS
Daniel Warner It's apps that make or break an OS full stop. For the same reason Windows Phone never took off, Linux doesn't have much of a foot in the door when it comes down to users on desktops.
It's unfortunate, considering linux actually does have a majority of applications working perfectly fine. Drivers are the only big issue currently.
To be honest, there are plenty options of applications on Linux, but it is games that prevent it from going mainstream. That and when something goes wrong it's a real PITA
App gap is a vicious circle. No one wants to use Windows Phone because the lack of apps, and developers won't develop apps for Windows Phone because the lack of users.
The UI is really good for old people though. Big tiles are easy to see and tap, and the high contrast makes it easily readable.
Daniel Warner, the fact is that 99.99% of PCs come either with Windows or OS X pre-installed. From those, how many users are gamers? Most of them? I highly doubt it.
Also, to my understanding, GNU/Linux distros support Valve games. I wouldn't know if its all the Valve games or just some of them because I'm not a gamer.
Simultaneously brings back fond memories of WP7 and nightmare flashbacks to W10M. Sigh. What a shame. Killer video though dude!
WP7 and WP8.1 were certainly the golden days. Windows 10 Mobile... well... we don’t talk about it. 😂 Thanks Michael!
Windows 10 is excellent and improved dramatically over time.
had great times using my Lumia 710.
I loved my lumia 900 but had to stop using it since the app store doesnt function properly anymore in wp 7.8. I also have a lumia 530 which is still breathing and entertaining kids with the older minecraft (because even that isnt updated anymore)
I still use my Lumia 1520 with win 10 mobile on it. Very pleased. I can't understand why do you say that win10m is bad in comparison with wp7 and wp8. In my opinion win10m much better in terms of interface and ergonomic. It"s a shame Mices made it too late.
Watching the rest of this video was weirdly uncomfortable after you brought up the fact you squat for your videos
the 2015 lumia 950 had USB C, just throwing that out there
Yeah I remember getting it at an AT&T store and the guy was saying over and over how new that was. Small awesome design choices on Microsoft’s behalf
My dad uses it and he refuses to change to newer model. The expected problems are: - spontaneous shut downs, - problems to unlock the screen, - updating the device because it appears that sometimes updating skips updates and this causes problems because the update are created to be loaded in chronological order. This causes that user has to reset the phone to factory settings and load updates again. But there are lots of good things too: the UI is very logical if one has used windows before especially the option to pin things on the home screen and have live tiles , the photo program is awesome (I had Nokia 2010), I had no problems with the battery.
K Perttula I have been using my Lumia 950 for two years and haven't had any of those problems.
Lumia 950 and 950 XL were awesome win 10 windows phones, just think if they stayed with the Lumia line how good of ones we’d have today.
i had that phone :')
Have you heard of chairs?
OneDayinDubai where's the fun in that?
WonderfulCeko I don't think squatting for ten minutes is fun
@@grinsystem He could sit on a pile of pillows too
I loved my Windows Phone and only switched because certain apps where not compatible any more. Microsoft pushed allot of technologies first. My Microsoft 950 phone had an optical image stabiliser for the rear camera.. iris recognition... Cable-less charging, USB type C charging. Micro SD expansion card... Removable battery... That Continuum technology which you showed off in this vid. And that was all in 2015!!
Imagine that. Also I still think the Windows OS was the easiest to use... Its settings menu was very well laid out... Unlike android.
Finding a specific setting in android is a headache. I prefer to search how I'm going to find a particular setting in Google before I attempt to find it in Android.
In Windows Phone you could pin any part of an app to the home screen. So for example... you are curious about cinema times on Tuesdays. Well Pin that section to the home screen and when you click on it it takes to to the page you want. No navigating through menu's.
I pinned the train times for a particular route and time to my home screen. So all i had to do it press one icon and viola I am at the right page. It was an amazing feature. Well beyond what Android and Apple could do back then, and still beyond those two platforms.
Consumers need a third option apart from Apple or Android. It is a BIG shame they are gone as less competition does not drive innovation and they can charge what they feel for their products examples being 1000 bucks for a phone, which you'll most likely keep for 2 years.
Mahmoud Maguid Sadly, I can only like your comment once. Spot on.
Your like means allot more to me than just one. Thanks
MS had been tired even before starting to run.
Yeah thats 100% correct. People pay fucking 1000 bucks and after 2 years that thing is a wasted or get slowed down because "battery" and other hardware or software problems...... i payed for the lumia 950xl back in 2015 for 350€ and still working and using it as my daily drive. Even if a other company make a new phone with ms on it and its better than my lumia 950xl (none so far) then i buy that instead of lagdriod or getyourpantshurtios.
mate I'm still using my 640 XL (running win 10) daily and cant see the issue. no interest in playing games, its my phone, i've got consoles and a pc to do that. mine has a decent camera (13mp zeiss with HDR), plays my music, can use fb, twitter etc and when the mrs is out I can watch HD filth at my own leisure, so why would I spend all my money on an apple or android device when this one serves me well? Plus the battery is shit hot on this thing. charge every 2 days
2 weeks and no follow up. maybe he fell in love?
Hahaha. Video coming in a few weeks.
My Lumia 950 is still working just fine and the OS just got an update mid-June 2019.
ok
Well hello there
Actually, I'm watching this video in my Lumia 950xl.
F
Hope it didn't crash while playing
I still have my yellow Lumia 1020
Watching from my Lumia 950
Does it support more apps than older Windows phones,because I'm thinking about buying one but am not sure about it
Windows 10 on an iMac is exactly the kind of savagery I signed up for, upon subscribing to this channel. I'm sad the Windows Phone OS never caught on, I always thought it could have been a great alternative to iOS / Android. Love your content man, you keep being you -
This platform had so much promise, but as you said entry time to the market was key. And Windows didn't have it.
James Russo they accomplished having near iPhone market share, the system was bigger than iOS in Mexico acouple years ago.
I believe the main problem was lack of publicity, maybe with some push it wouldn't have flopped
Tonatiuh Valenzuela then real problem was the 3rd party apps. Like youtube, snapchat etc
Steve Balmer's Fault. He was too busy laughing at the iPhone.. Too bad having 3 OS instead of 2 would be great.
Yeah, and they even had plans to implement Android support to let people run Android apps on your Windows 10 phone natively. In the end they scrapped the idea because they thought that it would discourage developers from making apps specifically for Windows Store.
The problem was Microsoft. all they had to do was give out the OS for free, and charge basically nothing for a while on the app store to get more applications by the big guys to support it. They could of gained a massive market share for a superior OS. I really hate Android, and no interest in iOS. As of now the only application on my Windows phone which gets updates anymore, besides Microsoft applications, is WhatApp. WhatsApp only gets bug fixes, and no new features which Android, and iOS gets.
So... What were the results?
result is making money on youtube wievs with clickbite title
Ding Dong your opinion is wrong
I love my Microsoft Lumia 950xl and using even today. Its work great for me.
Same! Some people think they need more than they need to
Eww
ive been using mine for years best phone ive had & still im using it
Great software for the camera
I've the 950 without the XL behind, and I'm completly satisfied.
USB C, Liquid Cooling, Iris Scanner, Wireless Charging, OIS, Always-on display, 60Hz display, Live Photos. Nokia did it first with windowsphone. Some in 2012 (Lumia 920), some in 2015 (Lumia 950). They were way ahead back then.
If *A PHONE* needs *LIQUID COOLING* then you know they've done something *SERIOUSLY, SERIOUSLY WRONG* in the - ahem - "design" process. Pathetic.
Or it's just a marketing gimmick.
Rooted Androids had the most innovative features of all the devices. Alot of currently official features, if not all, were influenced by makeshift androids hacks dating back to 2010.
I am a pure Microsoft fan here. But i cannot the deny the fact the "liquid cooling" is not really there/non-operational.
You can't record a 4K video without overheating in a few minutes.
Microsoft desperately wanting the buyer?
I think so.
Uhhhh bruh where did you see a 30hz display
Them strong TH-cam leg muscles Oof
Luis Alamilla Yep. That’s definitely where all my muscles are. Don’t assume my whole body looks like my arms.... definitely don’t do that...
I cannot unsee you squatting now. Thanks Quinn...
Luis Alamilla Ayyyy 👌 love your videos, keep it up!
PolarFTW ♥️🎮
he has so small hands
They just drop the ball. Windows phone had so much potential but I think their marketing was terrible.
koolyo2foots Nah... there are just no Developer for it.
They should built the ecosystem first.
That's why they are focusing on the Store by now.
Pushing the developer to using Continuum
Also later, microsoft just straight up give up on this platform.
koolyo2foots best marketing in the world doesn't help if you don't have apps..
Treefinger1 best marketing in the world can make anything seem and look good. For example Beats headphones. One of the worst quality wise yet still they charged a premium and tons of people got attached to it because of big celebrities endorsements. Same could be said for Apple, majority of people years ago when apple first started got attached to it because of its marketing but guess what, 90% of people just used it just as much as what a budget phone could do but bought it just to pretty much say "I have a iPhone".
koolyo2foots I'm not sure it was a marketing thing they rushed leased Nokia mobile and then didn't seem to know what to do they should have focused on developing their mobile software platform then jump into the hardware. heavily focused on app Developers. The unification of mobile and PC applications had tremendous potential. And could have conceivably overtaken Google consider writing one app that would work on both your phone and your PC with extremely minor modification it would be an app developers heaven. I really was rooting for it but observing the attitude towards updates and release of new flagship phones I decided not to invest in their ecosystem
After watching this, I kind of wished this took off. This could've gone somewhere. I can feel it. Only if we gave it the chance...
As a former WP user (Lumia 520) I can say that Windows Phone (8.1 and 10) is most underestimated mobile OS that ever existed
When did 4gb of ram become not much?
i don't use my 3gb of ram on my phone. So i think 4gb is good for a phone
ya phone dont do pc mode
My laptop got 4 gb ram for last 4+ years and it still working pretty good i can play some triple a titles in it that released before 2017 it can handle those at 40 fps.
TheMonkeyButte most flagship phones right now have 6gb at least
Tiziano Colzi no 3 is not enough, your phone only dont use 100% of your ram because it need the free ram when it loads something etc.
That audio quality isnt that bad
It’s pretty terrible, but thanks. Haha. I tried to save it the best I could.
The biggest problem is that you placed an background track at a high level with bad audio at an low level
it is pretty bad. even for snazzy standards.
It's MS that was too soon to give up. I forgot, but sometime in 2015 or 2016, Nokia managed to sell 10.5 MILLION Lumias in ONE QUARTER. That was a lot. Nokia tried realllllyyyy hard to bring all the top apps to the platform, but it seem Joe Belfiore and Nadella don't even try to market this platform. 3 times rebooted, 0 marketing.
Yeah Microsoft is good at that, I remember the same shit happened with Games for Windows live and other projects.
He forgot to mention the built-in wireless charger feature. I really liked the Windows phone.
Knowing you're squatting and not sitting on a chair made me so uncomfortable throughout the whole video
do u even chair bro?
Standing desks could be the future, or at least a sitting desk which can easily transform from sitting to standing mode.
Do you even ENGLISH bro?
Chair?
Don't be a stool pigeon.
Some of us like Linux.
Least he doesn't rape like Indians do, bro.
Watching this on my Lumia 950 using MyTube.
Same here but on a Lumia 650,still does every I want out of a phone
Matt w Yeah and I still couldn't find apps that are as good as MyTube and Reddplanet for Android.
how does awesome tube compared to mytube?
alif csnajmi I really like the UI, but thr ads are annoying. Also back when I was using it (idk if that's still the case) it sometimes just failed downloading videos.
Hey dude, what it's like to have a windows phone in 2018? I'm a wp lover from 2015 and have lumia 540 and miss it soooo damn much! Thinking of getting a windows phone in future but am dead worried as Microsoft killed it! But the is was sooo beautiful! Damn I miss the good old days!
I miss Windows phone. Hands down my favorite phone OS, but lack of app support killed it. Best on-screen keyboard, Cortana being able to read your text messages and allow you to reply hands-free was awesome, and worked so much better than any solution I’ve found on Android or iOS.
Richard D The keyboard feels weird now, but I agree. Back when WP7 launched, it was by far the best keyboard of any mobile OS.
Now I want my Lumia 950 XL back :(
Such a beautiful OS...
The main difference between WP7/8/8.1/W10M and Android/iOS:
• Windows Phones have little popular apps than Android/iOS due to the major failure in the past and didn't topped the world mobile market.
• iOS/Android are more vulnerable/prone to malware and viruses due to being an open operating system (Android), and some apps can even store dangerous files to the internal storage without consent because it lacks a file manager by default (iOS). Windows Phones, on the other hand, is an ARM-based OS that doesn't run .exe files that could be potentially Trojans or viruses, and doesn't get infected easily since its source code and OS are more securely built and made...
• Some NOKIA Lumia phones have an excellent and super high resolution camera (e.g. Lumia 1020) since NOKIA and Carl Zeiss teamed up together, even for the latest mobiles of NOKIA (manufactured by HMD, a company by former NOKIA workers. Yea, pretty much made by NOKIA).
• iOS security features can be fooled and be controlled by scammers/hackers to lock out the owner, since Apple doesn't much care about it. Android, however, is also on security-wise and cannot be fooled easily, but it can be bypassed using Trojan apps. Windows Phones, well, is also secured, but not easily bypassed. Hackers can't just hack a Windows Phone since its not DOS based, and Trojan apps can't execute an illegal command because the OS itself is closed like iOS, and the OS itself is an ARM-based OS, which doesn't do x86 or x64 commands or actions or run .exe or .bat files.
• So my best guess is, ....
When it comes to security, WP.
You can still install apps like installing APK files on WP by installing XAP or AppX files that are designed for the current version of the OS you have.
You can install by:
- PC -
Make sure the XAP or AppX/AppXBundle file is not from the Store database. Rather, if you want a paid game for free, search for any cracked versions of it. Then, if you have installed the WP 7/8/8.1/10 SDK (Lite), run Windows Device Registration Tool to Dev unlock it. And lastly, run Application Deployment Tool and browse the file to install (deploy) to your phone.
- local app installer -
_only works on W10M_
Go first to Settings>Security>For Developers>Select Developer Mode and press OK when a pop up shows up. Then, go to File Manager, and search for the file and tap on it. Tap on Install... Done!
That's all, thank you. I hope this helps, I think. 🌚 (Lenny)
I thought Open Source is more secure, since anyone who finds vulnerabilities can contribute to it.
I just bought a brand new Lumia 950XL for $275. I want fast charge, wireless charge, USB-C, OLED screen and Dual SIM and this phone has all of it including an SD card slot that does not use the SIM slot. I don't use apps much but I do want a good camera so this fit my needs better than the majority of flagships
Not The One how the is phone now?software updates?
The OS works flawlessly but there are no new feature updates, only security updates. The apps do get updates like Instagram, Edge, FB, Twitter, Waze and others. I have not had any crashes or freezes and the camera takes great pictures even though it could use an update.
Not The One yeah I agree as a former wp user
Well there you go! Hope you are happy with your purchase 📱
Not The One Are you still using the phone? I wanna know if it’s still worth it to go back.
"back in 2016" lol yeah, I can barely remember
Dude, get a stool! hahaha
Marcelo Tavares You don’t get sexy quads sitting on stools. 😂
Snazzy labs don't say that again or your GROUNDED!!
YEASSSS!!! WP7 HTC Surround!!!! Sooooo few people know what that phone is or even used it! I can say I am one of those who had it, and I LOVED IT!
Best Mobile OS. I miss my windows phone :(. I hate android.
I still use one, works great. I fuckin' hate Android and iOS. Also I hate that fact that you're almost forced into using shitdroid without any choice whatsoever.....
Shadow Rage Download Launcher 10. It will give you the closest to the "Windows Phone" as you can get. I'm running it on my Huawei Mate S and it runs beautifully. Suggest that you also PURCHASE the "Live Tiles" extension which costs all of $USD 1.99. For a total of $6.00 USD, it's the best you can get to a true Windows Phone experience.....
@@shadowrage2593 EXACTLY! Windows for my phone as well...
@@shadowrage2593 and shit IOS
Me too
I like the interface concept on Windows Phone. The live tiles design is pretty cool, and it's a shame that it didn't take off.
Continuum and Dex are kind of pointless features. The phones aren't powerful enough to be desktop/laptop replacements, and they do not scale apps properly. It'd be much more economical and practical to just invest in a Windows tablet. Atom x5-Z8350 tablets go for peanuts these days and that's a relatively powerful X86 CPU. X86 means you get the full Windows experience, not the poorly supported Windows ARM version.
Why don't you just sit?
too tall lmao
Jibby Esuruoso:
Because chairs don't exist yet.
That would be too easy, lol.
He's using a windows phone, he doesn't have much sense. 😂😂
He just wanted to brag about how tall he is.
I really want microsoft to invest in and push for windows os like seriously it was pretty good.
Where are we on the follow up?
I remember back in the day when I jailbroke my iPhone 5 and installed a skin to make it look like it runs the windows OS
Gamer_Boiii 77 nice
I used a Windows Phone for 3 years, I had no problems with it. I mean I have android now, but it’s a phone, and it worked like one, so I didn’t really care. 😁 Plus, it had all the windows applications on it, and everything on my computer would sync with it, easily, without having to install any extra apps or setup a new account. (I’m really not trying to defend Windows Phone, just saying what I liked about it)
Golden comment.
Yeah I used a Windows phone from 2015-2017 and in the beginning it was fine, there just wasn't snapchat. That was running WP8. When I upgraded to WP10 it was a total downgrade. Apps didn't work properly, it felt slower, and it was just a pain. The UI is great and I prefer the tiles over icons on Android, but like you mentioned, actually using the OS is a different story. It has great features but no one around to use them. The proverbial "tree falling in the woods".
I'm still using a Nokia Lumia 1020. I don't want any other kind of phone.
with you, me too, im glad i never bought into apple brainwashing, also surface pro windows tablet better than my wifes apple tablet
amazing camara with no instagram stories... this is stupid
@Viper bnh so do I, & it works like a charm 😎😎🐱👤🐱👤🐱👤🐱👤
@Viper bnh We aren't lying, the simplicity and layout of the OS is by far the best out there. The apps are a letdown but not a major problem.
I am still using 640 xl.
If only Microsoft could make a phone that can run a pc software. That would be cool.
I don't get why gsm dongle thingies for making phone calls is not a thing. just plug that into computer and make phone calls with whatever headphones, mic, speaker you already have, why invent smartphone industry that kinda tries to do almost the same what pc's are doing for decades? Just to milk peple who buy flagship phones?
Microsoft dangled that carrot very hard just a year ago. It disappeared tho...we can only hope. Will it happen? Not so much.
Wait.. there was an HP phone?
There were HP phones before this one. One of them was a Windows device.
before HP made phones they made tablets and PDAs. their phones weren't very successful so they stopped making them
Yes, it was. And it's definately the most buggy device amongst all windows 10 mobile phones.
hp elite x3
@@potato_x69 POTATO
Acting like 2 year old phone is an ancient technology while in real world many still use them everyday, even older, 3 year old phones can be frequently seen XD.
I had a Windows phone a couple of years ago and always liked it. However, the lack of some really basic apps/programs just made me switch I loved the battery life and it was well built. If MS has done it a bit earlier and some effort in development, it would have been a real pkayer. I miss my Nokia
I am fully convinced that Android doesn't deserve its popularity...
TheDesertLad Android is made by Google, a tech giant.
Yeah me too, i had my lumia 925 bac then, it was awesome phone,
100% agree, the interface and fluidity for windows phone was 2nd to none but the lack of apps ruined it. It really is to bad otherwise I’d be using it to this day. They really should’ve ported iOS and Android apps like they said they would.
what apps? there are alternatives to a lot of apps. now there are the web versions of apps that you can pin to the phone and they work just fine. there is a app like pawa to get rid of the address bar and stuff to make the web versions look more like a app too.
I am an owner of a Nokia Lumia 830 (1GB Ram). My experience with the phone when I started was terrible. It came with 8.1 and when I updated with windows 10 when I first started to use it was broken. I wondered why and reset the phone back to 8.1 trying to figure out the issue. After 3 days with the device being unusable I explored the internet and found a way to reinstall a clean build of windows 8.1 mobile on my phone. Turns out, i had a broken version of windows 8.1 build on my brand new nokia. After the clean install, I updated windows 10 cleanly on the device. Up to now, the phone is alive and kicking. I only use it as a secondary phone (for my 2nd sim) but I love the camera for it ever since I bought it. It might not have a lot of apps for it but I only use translator, office apps, edge, mail, messaging and calls on it. I don't really play on my phones/tablet anymore (be it android, Windows or IOS). It also lasts me 2 to 3 days since it is essentially just used as a phone, rarely used for the other apps. The integration with one drive is janky so I prefer to just email it as syncing to it takes too long. I've been using this phone since 2016 if memory serves me right.
For some reason I keep thinking I imagined that you exist, no idea why. But every time TH-cam recommends one of your videos I’m glad that you weren’t just a tech channel fever dream.
Great idea. I actually was considering doing something similar recently. Better you than me
If you're not addicted to facebook, instagram, then you'll be surprise that it actually work.
I'm using it on daily base, Nokia 930 btw and it works fine. The only thing that i miss a lot are bank apps.
For that is my XZP.
I honestly prefer windows phone over Android. I really wish it took off better and then we could have seen some really cool things from Microsoft
Matthew Valdez I would say the same 3 years ago... but the lack of ESSENTIAL apps made me change my mind.
It is fast, fluid, but no basic apps for me
Sad that Windows Phones died. I can really guarantee that they had a chance. If they survived you likely would have a PC right in your phone.
I had several Windows phones and they were awesome. The maps worked a dream and the whole OS was great. I hate windows on PC and have switched to Chrome OS and it is a lot better. Good memories of windows phone. I am now looking to swap to KaiOS and try that out as I get annoyed with battery life of the newer phones, they barely last a day.
and funny part is, back then, Windows Store had only 100-200k apps. But W Store got more money from paid apps than Play Store which had 1m apps.
I actually do; I've got the Win10 version of the Alcatel Idol 4S. It's a great phone and, for a while, Windows Phone gave me an environment where I could do everything I wanted to. I used to be a HUGE proponent of Google and anti-Microsoft as hell, but since Microsoft has started being more friendly to open source, and Google has been caught literally wardriving and capturing packets from private wifi networks with their Google Maps cars, tracking the location of phones even with "location" settings turned off and the phone's SIM card removed, and Apple seems to have lost the ability to innovate and produce phones that are worth the asking price, especially since the loss of Steve Jobs, my opinions have kind of turned around, so I use Windows Phone more out of a desire to patronize the company that I see as being the least evil of the big 3.
Cortana works great. I use her on my PC and it's cool that if I look up directions on my PC, I can send those directions straight to my phone as I walk out the door, although I feel like that's something you could probably do on Android with the Microsoft launcher and the Android version of Cortana.
The app gap is real though. At first I had all the apps I needed, but since purchasing this phone my bank has officially discontinued their Windows Mobile app, and while there are plenty of apps for Windows Phone in the store, there's also a lot that are missing. Losing the official USAA app is not a huge issue since it was literally just a pointer to their mobile web page, so I can just pin a shortcut to their mobile page to my start screen with Edge, but it's still an annoyance that you can no longer just go to the Microsoft Store and install an official app from them. Most of the apps I use on a normal day to day basis are still there though, Outlook, Excel, Facebook, Messenger, Camera, web browser, Pandora, etc. For a normal daily driver it's alright, but it's annoying that there's a lot of devices and software out there that I can't make use of because their apps are only available on iOS or Android.
I really think Windows mobile could have done great. Even in its dilapidated "maintenance only" state right now, it's "OK" for the majority of my daily needs, but it's annoying to see something, that was actually quite good in my opinion, get tossed aside, leaving us with only two real choices if we want a Smart Phone, and we need a good third option for people who, for one reason or another, don't want to give their money to Apple or Google. I'll probably keep this phone until it physically breaks down, or until Microsoft stops supporting their official apps on the platform. With the advent of these "always connected" ARM PCs running Windows 10 S, we might even see the reintroduction of some smart phones running a modded version of that operating system.
From the point of competition I'm sorry these phones died but windows never put the money in developing apps. You couldn't do your banking, at least i couldn't and many other things. They refused to let third party people have the code to create what could have been an Android killer. Android is a mess because gone allows phone makers to much freedom on changing the pure Android program. Only a few makers have genuine Android running.
Ha! "less evil of the 3"
I like that! 😅
👍 like.
Hi Can the phone download old games like gta 2 igi red alert
4:30 Windows performing just like windows lmao
Why I use Linux 😂🤦🏽♂️
I think Windows Phone updates are now tweaked to reduce the operational strength of the devices, such as poor battery response (like Apple did), decreased network reception, slow application connectivity, etc. They really want people to abandon the platform and move to iOS or Android. Sucks, because it was such a strong and dependable device and collection of services. I don't think I will ever feel another OS can be so dependable, and then, so betrayed by a company.
Heimrich Gundesalf yep
the older my phones get, the slower they run
I'm watching this on a windows phone
Bravo.
Hey, me too! Which one do you have?
You still not got a TH-cam app that Isn’t the mobile website?
RyanCutter2017 We've got an unofficial one (myTube) that's a hella lot better than the official ones for Android/iOS. (Background Playback, Audio Only, Downloading, Ad-blocker, etc.)
My only regret was that ubuntu touch naver took off ,,, they introduced these continuum ideas and invented an amazing gesture based UI that was not palm OS ... The universal search in every app was also invented by them ... Its just sad
Abdullah Zafar i have a Ubuntu phone. It was horrible from the start. That is why it was stopped. Just horrible. I pull it out of the box it's in just to remember how pathetic this is was.
Have a windows phone. It updated in less than 5 minutes.🤷🏿♂️
I run a Nokia 820. It's got a map, music, wireless charging, spare battery, Bluetooth, case, calendar, contacts, browser, office, books, games and so on. I paid too much for it but it works and I just invested £5 in a new battery.
Tech giants like Apple and Google can never replace tile display ui. I still miss it. It's the life of Windows phone!
We need dual OS capabilities and Boom 💥 all windows phone will be sold.
Richard Dalmau like the famous HTC windows phone (cant remember the name). It had a 4.3" screen and was built in 2009. This phone had WindowsPhone 7 or even 6 installed, and could (with new bootloaders) work with:
StockRom
Windows Phone 8
Android 2.x (was the modern android back then)
Android 4.x
Android 5.x
Ubuntu Phone
Mozilla FireFox OS
And many more
TheRailroad99 it was the HTC HD2. Still have mine!
Xiaomi mi4 did that.
MS had thought about that idea, but never been done.
Yes, I’m using one. Very painful.
My lumia 830 has a lot of bugs Switched to android but still using it to watch movies
it´s a phone, i can call others, text via sms, whatsapp, discord, skype, receive emails, sent emails, make calender entries, remote control any pc of my costumers if i feel the need to - what do you expect from your phone? dont tell me you def. need that one facebook-app to survive....
It's easier to have public transport in an app maybe...? Just a thought.
majstealth It doesn’t even support its own app Skype it dropped it. It’s amount of apps is insanely terrible. Not to mention the battery’s are terrible.
limpack1 especially considering so many apps are just made from HTML and JavaScript, you know, web sites.
So what happened? Did you last more than a day?
some say, that he followed bing maps, fell off the bridge and drowned.
So last week I moved from iPhoneX to Pixel 3. Decided to use my Lumia950 for a day just to see how well I'd like it. As I've been using it for entertainment/weather/alarm clock via WiFi, it had all the Windows 10 updates running.
I still loved the tile interface and the gestures, fonts and other elements still work beautifully.
When I threw my SIM chip in, I was alerted to SIM updates - which I installed. I made and received phone calls which did great on the phone, wireless earbuds and automobile Bluetooth. The deal breaker was no matter what I did, I could not get my cellular data to kick in. So mail and everything else was restricted to WiFi.
Had not been on Android for over a decade. When I got my Pixel the next day, I immediately purchased the premium version of Launcher 10 which provides a full Windows Phone experience on Android - including Live Tiles. I have everything set up - but have ended up just using the native Pixel launcher - which I think is gorgeous given it's minimalistic Design.
I so miss windows phone. It was my favorite operating system
I was planning on buying a windows phone at one point but the lack of apps turned me off.
So and what Apps in particular?
Microsoft actually had introduced the windows mobile phone 2003 OS with a Motorola mobile phone. Yes 2003. I didn't had this model but I had the next one in 2004. The problem was that Microsoft was believing that people would be satisfied with what its operating system for smartphones was providing. Third party apps could be installed easily though. There were various sites with paid and free apps for early windows mobile phones. Very few people really trusted them with their credit card and the apps were mostly converted arcades games from 80's.
With iPhone people trusted their credit card with the App Store because Apple is a well known historic multibillion company instead of an unknown company with a website full of apps.
When Microsoft realized its mistake it was too late. I have the Nokia 1020 with its impressive 41MP lens and the Zeiss lens. Its photos are still impressive for a smartphone even today. The Windows phone 8.0 OS is very easy and I would say that I liked more than iPhone but the Windows Phone Store had only the basic apps. Nothing special. Nearly all are HTML based apps. Also it was nearly impossible to install pirated apps on Windows phones. Something very easy with android and jailbraked iPhones. This was important for youngsters.
With his return Steve Jobs couldn't challenge the dominant of Microsoft Windows OS of home computers but he succeeded initial with the iPod and afterwards with iPhone and iPad.
After iPhone 4 the mobiles phones have the power to replace in a great degree the desktops and laptops.
you can easily install pirated apps on Windows phone. all you need to do is download a .xap file and install it from an SD card only though unlike Android where you can install .apk files from the internal flash memory.
wclifton968 I have the Nokia 1020 and unfortunately can’t accept SD cards. There is no slot for Micro SD cards.
I'm still using one in 2019.
How is it I'm thinking about buying one
It's a good phone, but the apps are slowly being discarded, support for many of the popular apps are discontinued.... I am specifically using the HP elite x3
I'm using a Lumia 950XL, no problems. And with new PWA's rolling out, things are looking even better. Some apps ate missing, sure, but no pain for me
My lumia 950xl was stolen, but it was a beast of a phone, friends always loved the photos it took and even preferred it over the s7 at the time. I loved the is OS so much i wanted to get a lumia 650 as a on the go phone since I was scared of my 950xl getting damaged or stolen. Sweet phone and way ahead of its time.
Should be ‘Can you use a Windows phone?’
Lukas well, Windows Phone is really dieing at the Moment and many Apps got cancelled in the last few months. Also Microsoft stopped Updates
Tim Weber yeah, ik
As I remember I think Windows phone killed itself, as then Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer scoffed at the original 2006 overpriced iPhone, and stuck with their enterprise focused, stylus oriented Windows CE / Windows Mobile phones. With the launched of iOS App Store in 2008, Apple had struck twice. Palm and Android were now in the game, and Microsoft still hasn't engaged their afterburners.
Yep, and who's scoffing *now* eh? It sure ain't Microsoft.
Damn, it has a front firing speaker with the B&O brand on it? That's amazing. How is the speaker quality on that thing? With a brand such as that attached to it, it has to be pretty decent!
GmodGTX Ironically, it's fairly uninspiring. Gets decently loud but the quality is meh. And the camera just does not produce good pictures. Remember, this was an Enterprise focused device. Cameras and sound quality were not on the forefront of what a business user needs. I kinda wish I kept mine because I really liked the phone.
Comments from 3-4 months ago suggest this video was a teaser to draw people to your channel. To answer your question: "Can a Windows phone still be used in 2018?"
Answer: Of course it can. I have a budget (cheap as hell) $30 Windows 8 Phone on Lumia 430 hardware. Small and still used every day. Original battery has had no problems until it accidentally got caught in a rain storm about a year ago. I let it dry out and there hasn't been a problem with it since. Cellular service was supposedly cut off by T-Mobile but I found a work around in the settings by changing it to AT&T, rebooting, and fiddling with airplane mode, then rebooting once more and that enabled me to keep using T-Mobile but at only 2G speed for data. Second Gen is where it stayed after that.
I've changed "providers" once to Consumer Cellular a few months ago. My data is still stuck at 2G speed, however my monthly phone bill is now $20 for unlimited talking. Add $5.00 to include unlimited texting with 250 MBs for simple data use like checking the weather, emails (sluggish), or checking for work. Graphics rich sites are impossible at 2G. Oddly though when I travel to different states my 4G modem works just fine.
I have actually had nightmares that my only phone was a windows phone, I actually woke up screaming.
Are you going to do a follow up video?
Even though Windows phones were bad I thought they had a great home screen.
You can use it. They haven't killed it yet
This thing is so ahead of its time.
the windows launcher may not give u all the cool features
but at least u get the iconic menu
I'm sorry, but did you say "TrOOncated?" I'm pretty sure that's truncated
I also wonder how the progress of ARM processors running x86 applications are going
FinalCPU pretty good but not great
Why no update yet? What's going on?
Monthly updates on mobile 📱
What?
I'm still using the same Nokia Lumia
If Microsoft ever figures out a way to run the full version of Windows on an ARM SoC
They should give this phone thing another shot, it feels like it's a missed opportunity.
I just Googled that and Google came back with a price of $1,132.88, unlocked, from 3 stores. A person would literally be out of their mind to pay that much for a phone. The one below is going for $723.46. Not as bad as the first return but it is still outrageous.
I'm guessing the Windows phone for a week failed after a few hours huh? LOL Or you are just too busy to release the follow up video, which is understandable. Hope to see the part two to this someday!
Whatever. You have no idea. He should have checked for updates before doing the video. This phone is unbelievable. I love it. It still beats the iPhone X in so many ways. I'll die with this phone in my hand and in the other hand my 950!!!! iOS sucks butt, and Android is just crap, even with all the craps.
Was there an update to this video?
What about 2019? ;)
Nice, the Surround... My first modern smartphone... I loved that thing.
I wish microsoft updates windows phone and add a desktop mode like the galaxy note 8,9.
that would be a dream come true
Still waiting for this review.
I went from brick phone, to Nokia symbian to Windows, then stuck with them until 2 days ago :'( ... RIP. So much potential in Windows Phone. I swear it's 100% the lack of 3rd party apps, so frustrating that there was no committment from other companies to get into Windows it would be nice to have more competition on the market.
Of course it's going to take a couple of hours to update a phone that hasn't been used in 1½ years.
I've used Windows Phone ever since 2011 and still am to this day with my trusty Microsoft Lumia 640LTE from March 2015.
It was a mid-range phone when it released and still runs decent now 3½ years later. I use Twitter, Outlook, do banking and use manga apps among others. Even Netflix and Facebook work and most works as it has always, though it has always been a shortage of apps compared to other phone OS, but the essentials are there and then some. It still receives updates from time to time, mostly at night it will force itself off and show a cogwheel for 15 minutes or so before rebooting, so yes it is still supported and getting security updates.
At the end of the day, it's barely been any difference since Microsoft announced they won't be releasing any new Windows Phones. It's a shame that some app developers and other phone manufacturers take that as the OS is dead, because it's not really. The only apps that i've noticed disappearing are some banking apps, but there's really no reason for that other than there not being enough customers for it to be worth it to them to update their apps, what with those types of apps requiring additional security attention. Other than that, yes it is still a very valid option as a phone.
Jaron Lanier (the VR pioneer from the '90s) was recently interviewed in Read Write magazine as using a Windows Phone device.