Made the switch to Windows phone and have no regrets

I saw that too awhile ago, hell I'd pay for a version of windows to run on my smartphone that was flashable like that. Not a ton, but I'd pay to try it. I'm that curious, just not curious enough to ditch my android phone completely.
 
problem is that the same user savvy enough to flash their phone will be the same user to decry WP over its lack of apps and customization.

creating a wrapper to allow Android apps to run in the WP environment would be far more beneficial
 
WP is simple and elegant. Some can appreciate this and some want more. as for the lack of apps, not an issue for me but then again, I know it is for most people. MS made some serious blunders that might sink WP. I hope not, there can never be too much competition.
 
Personally I really liked it. If Verizon offered a way for me to bring a low cost lumina I'd still be using it.
 
When I jumped the Verizon ship for cricket I got a nokia 635 and OS wise I'm happy. For it being a 40 dollar phone the OS is lag free, has never locked up but even with the tiny battery, it last roughly 2 days before its dead. What does get to me is the lack of apps. This is kinda nice as I'm not tempted to be on my phone all the damn time but there are some that I don't have that would make life a bit easier and pass free time.
 
smc805 said:
Anybody see this?

http://mashable.com/2015/04/03/microsoft-windows-on-android/
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Yeah, you won't be able to switch the OS out yourself though, only have the option of ordering the phone with the same hardware on either WP or Android.. essentially what HTC and Samsung have already been doing with their One M8 and Galaxy S/Ativ phones respectively. It annoys me that I can't just through a WP ROM on my One M8 despite it literally being the exact same hardware inside and out sans the logos on it. So I don't really see how this is news if you still can't switch OSs after the fact.
 
QwertyJuan said:
You really that much of a fan boy, you'd buy one just because it ran Windows Phone? :confused:
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I just prefer the removable batteries, but it seems they are ditching that though :(

I like the idea of choice for OS on a mobile platform.
 
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My wife still uses her old Lumia 900 and loves it.

Even after all these years it has not slowed down at all and the battery lasts a while.
 
T4rd said:
Yeah, you won't be able to switch the OS out yourself though, only have the option of ordering the phone with the same hardware on either WP or Android.. essentially what HTC and Samsung have already been doing with their One M8 and Galaxy S/Ativ phones respectively. It annoys me that I can't just through a WP ROM on my One M8 despite it literally being the exact same hardware inside and out sans the logos on it. So I don't really see how this is news if you still can't switch OSs after the fact.
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I don't know how accurate this is. If you can flash a custom rom to the phone you'd be able to do this with wp10. Obviously it would only be for the techies and the carriers themselves.
 
I am intrigued by windows phone, but the apps while searching for some of the normal things I do on Android, keeps me from jumping.
 
Carouselambra said:
I don't know how accurate this is. If you can flash a custom rom to the phone you'd be able to do this with wp10. Obviously it would only be for the techies and the carriers themselves.
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Please prove me wrong. But I've read on it a moderate amount and it's not possible with any current hardware. If it were possible, I'm pretty sure it would have made headlines (other than for what that original article is about).
 
T4rd said:
Please prove me wrong. But I've read on it a moderate amount and it's not possible with any current hardware. If it were possible, I'm pretty sure it would have made headlines (other than for what that original article is about).
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Make headlines where? Two point seven percent of the market share and shrinking. It's clear few in the U.S. outside of Microsoft give a crap about WP. I wonder how much of that 2.7 percent are Microsoft employees or their contingent staff.
 
vr. said:
Make headlines where? Two point seven percent of the market share and shrinking. It's clear few in the U.S. outside of Microsoft give a crap about WP. I wonder how much of that 2.7 percent are Microsoft employees or their contingent staff.
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Any decent mobile/tech blog? Yeah, they have a small market share, but that mean they're completely ignored in the news.. I see WP articles on the Verge, PocketNow, and many Android sites all the time as well.
 
T4rd said:
Any decent mobile/tech blog? Yeah, they have a small market share, but that mean they're completely ignored in the news.. I see WP articles on the Verge, PocketNow, and many Android sites all the time as well.
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Brian at Anandtech seems to be very fond of WP too.
 
I was too. Trying to hold out for fall but the shrinking app pool leaves me unfulfilled.
 
I use WP phones for 3 years now I think and Lumia 1020 keeps me happy all day long though I want to upgrade now to a newer phone but there is not yet model that is better then 1020 IMHO.
 
T4rd said:
Yeah, you won't be able to switch the OS out yourself though, only have the option of ordering the phone with the same hardware on either WP or Android.. essentially what HTC and Samsung have already been doing with their One M8 and Galaxy S/Ativ phones respectively. It annoys me that I can't just through a WP ROM on my One M8 despite it literally being the exact same hardware inside and out sans the logos on it. So I don't really see how this is news if you still can't switch OSs after the fact.
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I'm with you, I don't understand if the hardware is virtually identical what is going on under the hood that won't let you change it out at will.

I've personally never rooted or anything, but that was one of my whole reasons for going Android. I have been a Linux user and really liked that it sat on top of the Linux Kernel, that and you could have access to the filesystem if you wanted it.

Now though I'd really like to just have whatever is as light as possible and even though they're able to cram ever impressive amounts of RAM and clockspeeds into the phones that is no excuse for a poorly optimized OS. Though I love Android I have come to realize that is does seem less fluid and slightly more buggy than other alternatives, and deep down that drives me crazy.
 
T4rd said:
Please prove me wrong. But I've read on it a moderate amount and it's not possible with any current hardware. If it were possible, I'm pretty sure it would have made headlines (other than for what that original article is about).
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It does seem strange that in theory if the hardware is identical that it should work. I wonder what they could do at the factory to prevent users from being able to do this. The same model chip for the BIOS or something that is flashed differently according to the OS?
 
^serialized hardware would prevent this. Trimble uses it to prevent their software from being installed on non Trimble hardware.. The installer checks the serial number and refuses to install if it cannot validate the CPU in the system
 
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