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Fabio Franco22-Oct-14 2:07

Fabio Franco

22-Oct-14 2:07

Sander Rossel wrote:
my current phone though (Nokia Lumia 800

I understand your frustration. You're stuck with windows phone 7, as I was (Lumia 900) and I can assure you that you would be pleased with Windows 8 phones (I currently own a Lumia 920).

There are many (really, many) more apps and they are much better; the OS is much better. There are very cheap choices of windows phone. The Lumia 920 itself is very cheap now (as the current flagship is the 930) and the camera is great.

Is there any app in particular you think you won't find in windows 8?

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Sander Rossel22-Oct-14 2:13

22-Oct-14 2:13

Fabio Franco wrote:
Is there any app in particular you think you won't find in windows 8?

The apps everyone knows about aren't the problem. Sure they all have Whatsapp (basically the only app I use), and probably some other apps I like, like IMDb app, Dilbert app, 9GAG app...
It's the small apps, like a few weeks back when I was going for a walk. There was an app for walking routes in that area, but it was only available for iPhone and Android. It's those kind of apps that I'm missing on Windows Phone, simply because the smaller niche market isn't focusing on Windows Phone.

It's an OO world.

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PIEBALDconsult21-Oct-14 9:03

PIEBALDconsult

21-Oct-14 9:03

I'm looking forward to next week's unveiling of the Motorola Droid Turbo. Cool | :cool:

Sander Rossel21-Oct-14 9:15

21-Oct-14 9:15

Actually that's not the droid you're looking for Poke tongue | ;-P

It's an OO world.

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PIEBALDconsult21-Oct-14 9:18

PIEBALDconsult

21-Oct-14 9:18

I'm hoping it is; my current one has a blown motivator.

Tom Deketelaere21-Oct-14 9:50

Tom Deketelaere

21-Oct-14 9:50

Sander Rossel wrote:
Google's decision to not support synching on Windows Phone

I have a windows phone and it syncs just fine.
Email is a Gmail account and I also use the Google calender without any issues.

It is a windows 7.5 phone but if it works on that it should work on a 8.1 / 10 (if that's the name) as well no?

Sander Rossel21-Oct-14 10:08

21-Oct-14 10:08

Google decided to stop supporting Windows Sync (or whatever it's called) last year.
I have Windows 7.8 (I believe) and my Gmail account that I set up about two years ago worked without any problems. It synced mail as soon as I got it, it would delete mails on the server if I deleted them on my phone, it would mark mails as read when I read them, etc. I set up a new account and it does none of that... It doesn't sync contacts at all and the best I can do with email is to check once every 15 mins, I receive sent mail in my inbox, when I delete them on my phone it doesn't delete them on the server etc. I don't use a calendar, but I know that won't sync either.

I believe it would work on Windows 8.1 and probably also on 10, but I don't think Windows will catch up (any time soon) with the amount of apps that are available for Android any time soon.
iPhone would've been a good go too if it weren't made and priced by Apple Wink | ;)

It's an OO world.

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Tom Deketelaere21-Oct-14 11:50

Tom Deketelaere

21-Oct-14 11:50

Sander Rossel wrote:
once every 15 mins

Ah you mean that, yeah I noticed that as well but I guess it doesn't really bother me that much.

It does sync (almost) instantly with my surface rt tho.

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz21-Oct-14 11:29

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

21-Oct-14 11:29

Get an Obamaphone!

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Sander Rossel21-Oct-14 11:48

21-Oct-14 11:48

Did you mean Bananaphone[^]? Big Grin | :-D

It's an OO world.

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Mycroft Holmes21-Oct-14 14:44

Mycroft Holmes

21-Oct-14 14:44

If you like the big screens then the Note 4 is nice. I upgraded from a note 1 Blush | :O

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MikeD 221-Oct-14 23:59

MikeD 2

21-Oct-14 23:59

this kind of stuff does my head in as well but I bit the bullet and ordered a upgrade contract with a sony xperia Z3 yesterday

my decision was based on battery life, camera quality, dust/water proof and commitment from sony to upgrade to Lollipop next year (I was so ~~pissed~~ upset at HTC that they never updated my HD2 from windows 6.5) oh and the fact that the Z3 apparently MAKES PHONE CALLS as well. Who knew you could do that away from the house

of course it may all turn out to be pies in the sky but at least I am happy waiting for it to arrive

Now all I need is for the indoors signal where I live to be upgraded past intermittent GPRS and I will be able to use it as well

XH558v22-Oct-14 1:17

22-Oct-14 1:17

Try the Motorola G 2nd generation. 5 inch screen, dual sims and you can add an micro SD card up to 32Gb. All for £144 quid from Amazon in the UK.

Sander Rossel22-Oct-14 2:14

22-Oct-14 2:14

Why would I want dual sim?

It's an OO world.

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XH558v22-Oct-14 4:42

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Motorola-5-Inch-SIM-Free-Smartphone-XT1068-Black/dp/B00NBSZ56C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413988847&sr=8-1&keywords=moto+g+2014[^]

22-Oct-14 4:42

Because my dear Sir, it's a really good phone for the money! Poke tongue | ;-P

Sander Rossel22-Oct-14 8:43

22-Oct-14 8:43

It's camera is only 5 megapixel. I want at least 8. So that's a no Smile | :)

It's an OO world.

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XH558v22-Oct-14 8:58

22-Oct-14 8:58

What do you expect for 142 quid! It's a bargain. Anyway, let's get real about this, if the phone doesn't have decent optics, it don't matter squat how many pixels it's got, it'll still produce a crap image. How you can tell whether a phone has good optics? - now there's a question - wish I knew!

Sander Rossel22-Oct-14 9:25

22-Oct-14 9:25

I somehow assume that if a phone has many megapixels it can produce good photo's.
One thing is for sure, if the camera sucks the pictures will suck Big Grin | :-D

It's an OO world.

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XH558v22-Oct-14 22:05

22-Oct-14 22:05

I've just looked on Motorola's website and their rear facing camera is 8M pixel, so not sure where you got the idea it was 5.

http://www.motorola.com/us/Moto-G-2nd-Gen/moto-g-2nd-gen-pdp.html[^]

Sander Rossel22-Oct-14 23:26

22-Oct-14 23:26

Found it on a Dutch compare website... Perhaps I read it wrong?
Anyway, I went for the Samsung Galaxy S4. A bit more expensive than I had in mind, but it's a nice phone Smile | :)

It's an OO world.

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XH558v22-Oct-14 23:31

22-Oct-14 23:31

Nice choice. Smile | :)

Solo7322-Oct-14 3:40

Solo73

22-Oct-14 3:40

Take a look at OnePlus One (www.oneplus.net[^])

dave.kelly22-Oct-14 5:59

dave.kelly

22-Oct-14 5:59

I would second the OnePlus One

Had mine a few months, outperforms most other flagship phones for less than 1/2 the price.

Was a bit hard to get hold of, not sure how easy now but worth the effort.

Sander Rossel22-Oct-14 8:48

22-Oct-14 8:48

It seems a little... Alternative...
Probably not my thing. I want to make phone calls and I'm not even sure this thing can handle it, despite it's beautiful layout.

It's an OO world.

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