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I have used Symbian (remember?) and Android. I have colleagues using Windows phone and iPhone. Last OS upgrade from Apple created chaos. So the guys I know hate it. Still, they are entrapped in "Look, I got iPhone!" feeling. I don't get it. Windows phone guys compare it with Android and talk of performance. I have Nexus 5 and I do not see any significant differences. I do not care about that ever valuable nanosecond.
I will recommend Android as the market is good and you can get almost any app you want on the phone. Windows and iOS are lacking, I feel, on that front.
You mentioned you like tiles so, latest Android upgrade switched contacts view to tiles.
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I have a Nokia Lumia 920 and like it a lot. On the downside, it doesn't play well with my car electronics, since apparently they tested the system only with iPhone and Android, so that's a bit of a disappointment.
Some people dismiss the apps issue, and for most people it won't be a problem. But it is true that if someone is developing a new product that has a smartphone component, it's only rational that they develop for Android and/or iPhone first. For example, I thought about sending that link for the smartphone controlled paper airplane to my wife (thinking it would be a fun birthday present), but checked out the "Supported Smartphone" section, and realized it would be useless without an iPhone.
Recently, I upgraded to WP 8.1, which isn't generally available but you can follow the instructions here[^] to perform the upgrade. I have to say I really like the new OS.
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Did you try changing the Bluetooth setting for your car? worked for me, came with last update. Settings->Bluetooth->Advanced->tick box.
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Nope, hadn't tried that (the checkbox is labeled "Use an alternate Bluetooth audio connection for Speech" and the problem I had was with the media player). But I will definitely give it a try!
Thanks!
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How did that go? On my phone (Lumia 920) it's called 'Connect in a different way to use Speech with Bluetooth in my car', and since messing about with it, I don't get text messages read out, so I'll tick it again and see what happens, it used to work.
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Didn't seem to make a difference. The main problem has to do with selecting and playing music from my phone. I can get one song at a time, but can't even play an album. Thanks for the suggestion, though.
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Oh right, that is rubbish. Have you tried a 3rd party app? I can't imagine why it would help, but you never know. I use Podcast Picker, and it has options in it's settings along the lines of 'when you press skip forward in your car, what do you want to do? skip track, skip forward 10 secs, etc.'.
You'll be needing an app with really big buttons then so you can use it in the car!
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Disclaimer:I have an iPhone, it is working very well, the UI is not clunky (compared to my GF's Android phone) and everything is working flawlessly.
You prefer the closed eco-system of Windows ?  ( vs android vs iphone ?)
Have a look at the different "generic" apps that you would like to use (music, calendars, notes, photos, ... ) for each platform.
Have a look at games (yeah, we all want to play a game sometimes)
Have a look at more specialized apps (accounting, music, photos, public service (transport, ... ) )
Have a look at the different development environment (if you want to develop for them)
If you want to learn Windows 8, then, no need to go for an iPhone or an Android phone.
Good luck with that.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Let the religious war begin...
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Does Blackberry make a smart phone?
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As with any purchase, you need to first specify your requirements and then find what products fulfil them best.
Will you be developing for it?
Do you think you will play games.
email? Web browsing? etc. etc.
Did you know, by the way, that some of them can also make phone calls 
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_Maxxx_ wrote: Did you know, by the way, that some of them can also make phone calls
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
I would agree with you but then we both would be wrong.
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If you have an apple computer or an ipad stick with iPhone.
If you have Microsoft products such as a laptop or desktop go with Windows Phone.
If you have a chrome book, or android tablet stick with android.
There is a massive benefit with cloud technologies when all your devices are the same brand
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agreed, I really like how OneDrive/SkyDrive and one note all just 'work' across my Win8 and WinPhone8 devices... All my pics etc... It actually makes the Win 8 start screen 'photos' tile pretty good, since it shows my recent snaps from my phone 
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Have you had a look at the new Windows Phone 8.1 update? For me (long time user since the first WP 7 Lumias) this update brings the platform up to par with Android and iOS. If you do not fancy converting to the Google or Apple ecosystem, WP 8.1 is now a great way to go. Only if those App-Nazis (like those with the paper-planes or home automation systems) would produce more apps for WP...
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I strongly prefer WP for a huge variety of reasons, I own a Lumia 920 myself and even the small things like Wireless charging and Glance make me tingle 
But from a developers point of view I personally say working on WP is a better choice. There's obviously dozens of pros/cons to both platforms but here's a small sample that make me say WP.
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Developing on Windows phone can be done in many languages besides C#; and C# is pretty much a global standard for many environments. With your new found C# skills you could make a program for windows desktop, phone, RT, Linux, Android AND Apple products. However if you picked iPhone you will either use Objective-C or Swift, which are both locked languages to apple usage only.
If you look into iPhone development you pretty much need a Mac product to work with, such as a MacBook or iMac. You can't do iPhone programming on any other environment unless you spend a lot of money.
While you are allowed to WP development on pretty much any machine.
If you plan to get into the app market to make money, you will find it extremely difficult to succeed in the apple Appstore because of the millions of apps and developers lingering on it for years. I know of, and seen countless companies, indies, friends etc. Try extremely hard to get anywhere in that Appstore and failed. At least in the Windows app store its still fresh and it's steadily growing.
Windows Phone 8.1 update is now available to use and develop on. They've added plenty of features and improvements which make WP stand out quite well from other platforms, such as Access to the Cortana API to integrate voice tools into your own app.
That's all the thought I can spare atm, feel free to correct me if I got any details wrong etc.
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Glance on WP8, well, I would say 'amazing', it's not, it's what we all had before smart phones... but I wouldn't want to do without it.
Emails/Facebook/Missed calls and the time all on your screen without having to turn on the phone is a HUGE feature compared to android/ios... it's a shame that this is true... we had this years ago!!
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It all boils down to your ecosystem of choice. Both are great phones and are pretty much on par with their features (give or take a few on each side). In my case, I'm heavily invested in the Microsoft stack(Windows 8, Windows Phone [Nokia Lumia 920], Xbox, Bing, Office, OneDrive, ...). Therefore I can confirm that the integration between them is awesome.
A bonus point for windows phones is the free navigation and augmented reality apps.
I suggest you take a look on the new Nokia Lumia 930. It should be released soon and from what I've read, it looks like a high quality phone.
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Windows phone are always better that iPhone. GO for Lumia Series , high end phones
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I'm an iPhone user, and a regular Apple fan, but if I was starting from scratch would go for a Windows Phone - probably a Lumia.
I'm not sure how I would sum up the difference between the two, but all of the people I know who have switched to WP seem pretty happy with it.
I think the big problem with the iPhone is that the UI is now so mature it's starting to go a bit stale - and it's not easy for Apple to change the UI to something newer or fresher like you see on the Windows phones because it's too big a step, design wise.
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Are you into - or thinking about getting into - mobile app development? If so, I'd recommend Windows Phone, and here's why:
1) Xamarin. As an indie gamedev with an XNA background, the ability to continue using my XNA knowledge (with Monogame) for WP8 and port to Android and iOS while still coding in C# is absolutely amazing. I can't speak for apps, but the latest version of Xamarin (v3) looks very promising for making cross-platform apps in C#, right up to the interface level. Moreover, there are very encouraging signs between Microsoft and Xamarin at the moment, so while there is currently a licence fee, things may yet change.
2) Nokia. Here in the UK, Nokia have been incredibly supportive of the efforts of small developers like myself, to the extent of even helping out with test devices. They have also been great helping promote my games on the marketplace.
... plus, as expected, the basic WP8 SDK tools can be downloaded for free, and it's only $19/year to publish to the Microsoft marketplace. And if there's an app you need that's not on the store - just make it!
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Full disclosure, I've been using Windows Phone since v7 (it wasn't great) and I'm currently running the latest Dev Preview version of the OS so it's possible not all of the features I mention below will be immediately available. Also, I have a general dislike for Apple, though not as much as my growing hatred for Google.
You're really choosing an ecosystem. As somebody pointed out, if you have a Mac and an iPad it's really a no-brainer to get an iPhone. If you're pretty well invested in the Mircrosoft ecosystem, then Windows Phone is the clear winner.
If you are truly on the fence. The live tiles are great and if you get a Nokia the free Nokia apps are fantastic. I didn't think I'd really use Cortana that much, but I've found her very useful and she's really starting to grow on me. The downside is apps, there a few that I wish would port to Windows Phone, but no deal breakers for me.
The best feature has to be the WordFlow keyboard. That thing is one step away from reading my mind. It's to the point where if it doesn't get the word I was swiping the first time I assume I've done something wrong.
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I've been using the iPhone line for a few years now and it works fine. As a Windows developer I tried to go with Microsoft's solution back when it was Pocket PC, etc. but became frustrated because they kept changing the rules. I also didn't care for the Metro system so I quit trying to work with it. I simply decided that in the Microsoft ecosystem I'd remain a developer so far as Windows was concerned but for my mobile usage I became "just" a user. I feel like I chose correctly. The whole thing works fine. I'm not a fanboy of either ... just got used to Apple's mobile solution that's all. Microsoft is very strong in Enterprise level solutions, not so much in mobile. I see Apple the opposite way; strong in mobile, not so much in enterprise level. MS should stop trying to be "another Apple" and just keep doing what they do best which is not so much consumer level, IMHO.
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