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Since when is 80% increase "doubling"? Still, getting close to 10% of market share is really a "massive achievement". I did not expect that. I wonder what was the main reason for people to buy it. I mean, if you're not a programmer/developer and you enter the store and see Lumia, SGS4 and iPhone4/5, how does the average customer select?
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You have heard of a web browser haven't you? Everything that there isn't an app for you can do on the damn browser which is good as its the same as full desktop IE10. This is a poor excuse and justification. As for shoddy apps, Google Play has its fair share as well don't forget.
It's really ironic that Microsoft's OS is being bailed out on its lack of apps by the web. Embrace, extend, extingu..... Embraaaaaaaaaace!!!
It isn't Microsoft's job to write the damn apps, even though they did write a lot to start with themselves to get a good value proposition to start with.
And let's apply your flawed logic to other things:
"It's really ironic that Windows is being bailed out on its lack of apps by the web".
Doesn't work then does it?
This must be bullshit. Not that I have scientific evidence, but as a app developer I got quite good at identifying a device type just by having a quick glance at it and that's what I usually do to keep me busy in public transport and other places. What I see is about 50% iPhones, the majority being iPhone 4, not so many 4S, but also quite a few iPhone 5. Next up are Samsung phones of all kinds, with the prevalent bei…
I'm curious as to bow you tell an iphone 4s apart from a 4 at a glance.
A less misleading headline would probably be "Windows Phone sales in the last 3 months double in Europe. Share of new sales trails iPhone by only 1% in Germany"
Cite: http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/30/windows-phone-doubles-shar...
"... reflects the latest three months of actual smartphone sales, which the research company gets by interviewing actual consumers."
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I've been using a Lumia 620 for the last three months, and I have really tried to like it. Switched back to my 2 year old android ZTE blade with a cracked screen two days ago. I feel like I just got an upgrade. Nokia used to make great phones... and I still love the hardware. but the windows phone package leaves much to be desired.
I'll trade you a working blade for that 620. Your choice of white, black, or gray. I even have an OLED screen lying around :)
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I've been using a Lumia 620 for the last three months, and I have really tried to like it. Switched back to my 2 year old android ZTE blade with a cracked screen two days ago. I feel like I just got an upgrade. Nokia used to make great phones... and I still love the hardware. but the windows phone package leaves much to be desired.
I'll trade you a working blade for that 620. Your choice of white, black, or gray. I even have an OLED screen lying around :)
This must be bullshit. Not that I have scientific evidence, but as a app developer I got quite good at identifying a device type just by having a quick glance at it and that's what I usually do to keep me busy in public transport and other places. What I see is about 50% iPhones, the majority being iPhone 4, not so many 4S, but also quite a few iPhone 5. Next up are Samsung phones of all kinds, with the prevalent bei…
The phone has a few nits (the single volume control being #1 on my list) but on the whole I like it. Partly because I got a little burned out on iDevices (3 iPhones over the years) and wanted something different, but also because of the camera (I have a 928, which I got like 2 weeks before the 1020 was announced - bad timing). I took some photos at a backyard party the other night, and the low light performance is excellent.
I like the look of the phone, and I'm hoping that Microsoft turns some of the Nokia designers & engineers loose on the Surface, and give it some style.
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I'll trade you a working blade for that 620. Your choice of white, black, or gray. I even have an OLED screen lying around :)
In an ideal world where cost of a product is directly linked to the actual value it delivers... I would have gladly taken that offer ;) .
http://dx.com/p/genuine-zte-v880-touch-screen-black-random-s...
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It does have fewer apps. No instagram, vine, youtube, dropbox, G+ hangouts (really important for a lot of software engineers), tripadvisor offline city guides, starbucks app, airline check-in from many carriers (United surprisingly does have)... That was just going through the main homescreens on my Android. > I actually only use three "apps" that aren't built in on my WP8 device. I'm not sure what you're trying to s…
My WP homescreen has several Nokia HERE apps: Drive, Commute, Transit, Maps, City Lens. You'll have a hard time finding anything that good on iOS or Android. Then there are clone apps for allmost all the apps you mention (Instagram, Vine, Youtube, Dropbox, Starbucks, Hangouts). Probably not as good [1], but they work and often there's a native way to accomplish the same thing, making an app redundant (i.e. install Fi…
That's not how social networks work.