Formal Introduction, Windows Phone Convert

[Flagz]

What don't you like about it so far?

1) OneDrive integration sucks, which is terrible considering ALL of my pictures, documents, and music are stored on that particular Cloud. Unfortunate since I also just purchased 200GB of storage for $100 in January. I really like this service considering every product I own has native OneDrive support.

2) The Camera underwhelms, terribly. In perfect conditions it's a great camera, but I'm not IMPRESSED by it. In low light it's awful. I was also hoping that shutter speed & software would match the capture speed of my Fiancés Galaxy S5, but it doesn't. She takes pictures faster after the initial focus, meaning she can turn out two pictures vs my single picture.

3) I've already had a single crash/random reboot, but I've also had to reboot my device TWICE due to WiFi issues. It connects perfectly with full signal strength, but then nothing loads and I get an error pop up saying it can't connect to the internet. Every other piece of tech is fine, but this looks like it's gonna be a daily reboot in order to stay at max efficiency.

4) Incompatible apps. I don't see this being a problem in the long run, but the initial release sucks. I can't even watch movies on VUDU which sucks because they seem to have the best picture quality of all the websites I browse. I also have ~$200 of movies purchased here so lets hope they hurry up so I can get my movie game on point.

5) I hope the battery life improves. I know I'm a heavy user but all my past phones at least got me 10 hours, this doesn't seem to be the case here. I'm on day three and I'm already more than 10 charging cycles in. I put a lot of faith in the reviewers hands hoping they'll be interweb junkies like me and give it a truly heavy test, but I guess not. I'm an extremely heavy user and this phone last me approx. 5 hours of use. Terrible. I hate lugging wires around work because we aren't in a consistent location most of the day, and are more active. Looks like it's time to invest in a power bank.

6) The lack of support with Xbox Apps. I know this isn't the G3's fault, but it's one of the reasons I'm unhappy with some experience. The Xbox Music app can't Sync local music, and the native Music app can't Sync DRM Xbox Music, so now I'm in a position where I have to constantly switch apps to listen to all of my music. This really caused a problem when I wanted to put a Music Widget on my home screen, then realized I can't because I'll need both to listen to the entire collection.

7) A lot of widgets (Like Apps) are optimized, so I cant pin a lot to my Home Screen without feeling content. I want a lot of 5 row widgets! Without them I feel uneven and that makes me feel messy. Yes a little OCD, but I'm the user and that's what makes me happy.

8) This might be rare, but I wish the phone had something similar to "Glance" on Nokia Windows Phones. Looking at the Dream Mode while connected to a charger made me realize how elegant it would look.

There's more I come across here and there. It's a great OS, just not for me. I still find myself waiting for the MS McLaren windows phone rumored for the Fall. It'll get better and eventually I'll feel like I had a great experience, but we're not there quite yet. Looking forward to test Android L more than anything now.

 

[Almeuit]

Welcome to Android!

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[AKaTheGeek]

The complaints you have with onedrive and Xbox is Microsoft fault. But I have faith with the new CEO. I like onedrive better than gdrive. And Outlook is better than Gmail.

 

[Flagz]

The complaints you have with onedrive and Xbox is Microsoft fault. But I have faith with the new CEO. I like onedrive better than gdrive. And Outlook is better than Gmail.

I know the apps are MS fault, but they recently opened the Xbox Music API, so anyone can soon use it so I'm hoping for third party options and OneDirves API is also open for companies to use. All Google needs to do is add an option in Account/Sync setting for OneDrive sign in similar to Drop Box and Box.

 

[Karl Thomas]

Welcome to the forums! I hope you enjoy your stay.

 

[ajua]

I'm a Windows Phone convert myself and I prefer Microsoft services over Google's. I jumped to the HTC One M7 last year and my experience has been great.

I miss some things from WP like live tiles and the uniformity of the UX in most apps. This is specially true with the way Android and iOS have more tapping than swiping in their system or apps.

If this is the first time you have an Android phone consider researching on third party launchers and other things. I have Nova Launcher Prime and it's great to have more options like grid sizes, icon packs and animation choices.

I use my Microsoft account for mail, contacts and calendar via EAS (Exchange Active Sync). Everything works really well except subscribed calendar so I subscribed to them using Google to have them sync to my phone. I only use the Google account for that and the requires Google apps.

OneDrive, OneNote, Skype and Office Mobile work fine on Android.

I'm thinking on getting the HTC One M8 in a couple of months to stay on Android but I'll wait and see what other flagship with Windows Phone get released in the fall.

 

[danglingneuron]

I have both a Lumia 920 (WP8.1) and Nexus 5 and I love both.

 

[cuongneymar]

Oh silly me, I did find the updates under About Tablet in System??
what ??

 

[Jason MacArthur]

Welcome. I need 4 more post before I can ask a question.

 

[casaout]

Great! It seems you are a very open kind of person who is trying many different phones & platforms. Good luck on your journey!