DARCA1213

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Yes yes! Listen to jafo Android and Microsoft make good functional phones that are compatible. Apple is evil and I don't like you anymore ID because of what you did.

Really Apples UI, network, syntax, brand, product conventions, compatibility, pricing, idea copying/STEALING, all suck. Windows products don't have pricing, functionality, and moral issues. Redeem your soul. Please.

 

DARCA ;- )

Most of that is ridiculous thinking.

If you read my post you'll see why I switched, and lets not even get into morality issues and the like in regards to Google.

Have you ever held a little baby hard drive in your hand and thought about its future? They want to be in a Microsoft product, not apple.

And if you actually took a look at Android you'd see why they are better for what you wanted.

I'm familiar with Android, and want nothing to do with it or Google.

Most of the computer products on my desk are Apple, so that makes it even easier to work with.

Your dead to me! Prepare to be invaded by my Empire of Androids!!! (that would make a great random event "the phone wars")

I want what he's smoking....

I don't care, you're still a traitor... converting dozens upon dozens of us to Nokia Lumias with your post, then jumping ship.  Had I not been so dehydrated when I first read this thread... going back to an iPhone indeed.... well I possibly could have cried.  I mean, the best phone ever, and it's on the crap heap of [now] unloved tech.  So sad... so, so sad.

Nah, it's what best suits ones needs, and obviously the iPhone fits in with you Apple setup.  I still have my Lumia 820 and see no need as yet to change or upgrade to anything else.  It works well and fits in with my Windows 8 environment.. to which I am soon adding a HP Envy x2 tablet-come-laptop with an Intel Core M 5Y10 @ 2.0ghz, a 128gb SSD, 4gb RAM and Win 8.1 installed. It was a toss up between it and a Surface Pro 3, but  the HP Envy won out at near 300 bucks cheaper and more power, etc. I'm getting it for $797 not the $997 advertised, plus I'm selling my laptop for $150, which brings down my expenditure even more.

Agreed!  I never liked Android phones and I've never trusted Google.

Smoking causes aneurysms. Jokes causes happiness.

<grin>

I still think Windows Phone, or whatever they call it now is still a great OS.  I'd take one over Android any day and I still recommend them to anyone who doesn't want an iPhone but isn't sure about Android.

Windows Phone is great, that's for sure. I'd still be using mine if it weren't for my kid switching to Android. Although i too hate Google, I'm now using a Samsung Note 4 and I admit I thoroughly enjoy the phone. You have no idea how much it pains me to admit that.

I agree with Starkers. As long as the phone you're using serves your needs, nobody should be telling you to use something different. heck, look at Andrew Luck. He's still rocking an old Nokia flip-phone. He's never owned a smartphone of any brand. That's what he says, anyway.

It all boils down to each his own.

Windows Phone is still called that and still a great OS, as you say.  I had a cheapy Nokia push button unit and wasn't really in the market for a smart phone until I read your post about the Lumia 920 and saw the addtional features available.  Now I did look at Android phones and various iPhone models, but none of those impressed me as much as the Nokia Lumia 820.  At the time the 920 was somewhat harder to come by and cost a couple of hundred bucks more, so the 820 was the obvious choice.  I don't know why so many people disliked it back then, it has served me well and is a solid performer.

As for Windows Phone being behind/found wanting in the apps department, I have found all the apps I've wanted or needed, and MS is improving the platform all the time, so I can't see changing any time soon.  I once had an Android phone and disliked it from word go, which is why I was so appreciative of your Lumia post showing a much better alternative.

Thing is, John, you made a choice so as to be compatible with your kids.  Nothing wrong with that, and if you're enjoying the Note 4, then that's all that matters and it shouldn't pain you to admit it.  It's not like you've dissed the Lumia/Windows Phone and said disparaging things about it before kicking it to the kerb, so no foul, no harm.

Can we have a relevant discussion about desktops next, I want one...a good one. Not a phone of the same price.

and honestly ID, I have a Nokia 921 or 920 so that's why don't understand you.

tell siri I said what's up.

Hehe, I do have Android to thank for one thing... making me want and get something a whole lot better. 

Long live Nokia Lumias and Windows Phone 8.1.

I bought the Lumia Icon back in March of this year. I had the Lumia 928 prior to that.

Both of these phones have been rock solid as far as performance and reliability.