Robbo suggested the iPhone until I posted this! LOL
Android to WP, will I regret it?
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That's just one person, though. You are also only comparing two homescreen layouts, one default and one modified. Yes, you can't change the iPhone one much, but yours isn't exactly showing tons of information in comparison, is it? That's what the notification centre is for, you just swipe down from the top and there's more info there. You can swipe up too for the control centre on the iPhone.
There's a much bigger picture when you actually dive into the individual apps, as most people do, most often. The iPhone apps would essentially wipe the floor with the ones on Windows Phone, for the most part. So your picture isn't really showing much. Then you've got to consider the quality of coherent design within said apps, I bet there's no comparison there either.
iOS 7 may not be to all tastes, but what it has behind it elevates it far beyond what WP8 can offer, and that's not even getting onto the iTunes side of things. You're free to disagree (and you no doubt will do), but as far as I'm concerned, Windows Phone and iOS don't have massively different approaches, but one has a vastly superior ecosystem to the other.
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Funny really. Got the GFs 5S here and it doesn't look as awful as that. Yeah the icons are a bit physcodelic but the background in that photo really doesn't help!
Not just one, I personally know 3 people who have ditched the iPhone in the last week after seeing 8.1. Even *modified* the iPhone looks like an antique.
That screenshot isn't even from a 5/5S. 
You can set it up so it looks a lot nicer than that, and if you were to Jailbreak it, there's no limit to what you can do.
I see you've ignored all of my other points, so if we're focused on home screens being the one key factor, why didn't you get an Android phone?
You can set it up so it looks a lot nicer than that, and if you were to Jailbreak it, there's no limit to what you can do.
I see you've ignored all of my other points, so if we're focused on home screens being the one key factor, why didn't you get an Android phone?
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Why the heck are iPhones even in this thread? You could almost buy 2x 1020s for the price of a 5c, let alone a 5s.
Brenn, you're not going to pursued us. I tried live tiles, I didn't like them much, prefer widgets.
You're happy with your phone... why is it important to you to try and impose that on us too?
It does sound like 8.1 brought some improvements. Good. There's no harm in healthy competition, which Windows hasn't really provided thus far.
You're happy with your phone... why is it important to you to try and impose that on us too?
It does sound like 8.1 brought some improvements. Good. There's no harm in healthy competition, which Windows hasn't really provided thus far.
I'm not trying to pesuade anyone, I was just posting the views of a current iPhone owner who now thinks it looks like a childs toy and is off to get a Nokia 925 on Tuesday.
I hope said person has researched it, as they might eventually discover they've downgraded when they actually use it...
Anyway, you ignored my question (again), if home screens are the most important thing to you, why not get an Android phone?
He might, but he seems pretty positive he's binning his iPhone due to it looking *stupid*.
Why would you assume android is better?
Its a mess, with no commonality between widgets.
Powerful yes. Looks good, rarely. Especially if you try to fill it with widgets that all look totally different and usually massive.
It's not like wp is small anymore it has a good market share and is growing rapidly, you can tell it's gained traction in the last few months as well. Nokia/MS posts on Facebook, used to be filled with hate/trolls. Now it's positive posts with one or two haters who get jumped on and this is before all the wp8.1 hype.
He might, but he seems pretty positive he's binning his iPhone due to it looking *stupid*.
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His one friend on Facebook isn't really a compelling argument.
My ONE friend..... OK, I'm out, rant about how good your iPhone is all you like. I don't care.
My ONE friend..... OK, I'm out, rant about how good your iPhone is all you like. I don't care.
I only want to know why you didn't get an Android phone, purely out of interest!
You seem to like configuring home screens and looking at them a lot, so you'd be in heaven on Android.
My only reason problem for Droid is just not getting that feeling of sheer slickness between everything.
I don't know, WP is kinda a mixture of iOS and Droid IMO, sure you don't get as much info on the start screen as you COULD get with lots of widgets etc, but you get a lot more info than the static grid of iOS ( I still like iOS).
No matter how much of my own customisation I made on droid devices ( designing my own backgrounds icons etc), I could never get the same design language to follow throughout, their was alloys different menu screen SMS/ Mail screen Calendars etc, that all changed in how they looked, acted and generally worked.
And that annoyed me more than anything I can customise on it.
ALso, yes I do actually know a few people that have left the iOS cap to go to WP, though im a little surprised at that , currently now about half of those that I immediately work with are now on various WP devices.
The receptionist at my place actually walked in with a 1020 in her hand, I was actually really surprised at this, but shes a bit manic with taking photos of everything lots of family days out etc, so she read about and said the 1020 was a no brainer and told me about how the 5s just didn't cut it in the real worked using it. Even though she seemed intimidated from all the photos options she now has.
I don't know, WP is kinda a mixture of iOS and Droid IMO, sure you don't get as much info on the start screen as you COULD get with lots of widgets etc, but you get a lot more info than the static grid of iOS ( I still like iOS).
No matter how much of my own customisation I made on droid devices ( designing my own backgrounds icons etc), I could never get the same design language to follow throughout, their was alloys different menu screen SMS/ Mail screen Calendars etc, that all changed in how they looked, acted and generally worked.
And that annoyed me more than anything I can customise on it.
ALso, yes I do actually know a few people that have left the iOS cap to go to WP, though im a little surprised at that , currently now about half of those that I immediately work with are now on various WP devices.
The receptionist at my place actually walked in with a 1020 in her hand, I was actually really surprised at this, but shes a bit manic with taking photos of everything lots of family days out etc, so she read about and said the 1020 was a no brainer and told me about how the 5s just didn't cut it in the real worked using it. Even though she seemed intimidated from all the photos options she now has.
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I only want to know why you didn't get an Android phone, purely out of interest!
You seem to like configuring home screens and looking at them a lot, so you'd be in heaven on Android.
The guy likes WP so just let him be. Why try pushing him into something he doesn't want? I personally made the switch from android to WP as did a friend of mine and neither of us have looking backed regretting our move. The UI is one aspect but the overall user experience is also great. The Windows ecosystem is also getting so much better. That alone is why my next upgrade will be another WP phone.
Have you read the thread? I have no problem with him or with WP, but he's made a point of attempting to bash the iPhone when you can apply the majority of its negative points to WP.
I think you've misunderstood.
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Having using iOS, WP and Android, mostly android but I have seen some very clear trends when you compare WP vs iOS or WP vs Android.
Not every UX/UI well appeal to all users, there is no right UX for the most part. I also find it a bit sad that you gain so much joy by convert users to WP, isn't there more for you to do in life?
Who cares what phones your friends/colleagues use.
Sticking too the OP, I think you should give WP a try, but it online should give you 7/14 days to return it, I think you will know pretty quickly if it is something you will like or not. WP 8.1 has gotten to the stage where it has a lot of great features, most things people said where missing are not sorted and the platform as a whole is much more solid. Google services are a bit iffy still and I don't see that changing any time soon, which is sad as it could strength another platform and more strong platforms means everyone has to keep going at 100% and not slow down.
- App are not as good, even if WP gets the latest Apps things don't get updated nearly enough, big apps lack features and so on. There are a lot of awesome smaller apps and what not but those don't matter in the grand scheme when your trying to attract new customers
- Start Screen looks nice but it can get very mess very quickly. Missing Notifications is also very easy if something is not on your start screen, not sure how well the Action centre handles that now
- Settings just sucked
- Nokia's camera app is very impressive but capturing a photo for example is just far too slow, this is a problem on Android for awhile now but the HTC M8 is basically the fastest to captures and the S5 is second so it is now fixed.
- Glanceable Notifications is over hyped. Everyone OS has its own versions and I think iOS does it best, all your notifications are on your lock screen, no need to have start screen full of live tiles at are pretty overwhelming and slower as you have to scan everything to see whats new. Also not sure how customisable icons are but when you see a nice background on a start screen with mostly transparent icons then an ugly ass Facebook icon it kind of kills it for me
- Apps generally I have found to be much better designed on iOS. There just too flat and simple, too much reliance on text and overlay I found them a bit confusing at times and this just feels like bad UX too me.
- Not sure why you keep posting that 1 Facebook post, for most people the iOS screenshot is much cleaner, it is very simple and the user knows exactly whats going on. the WP start screen on the other handle is very confusing, has a lot moving at once, it can be easily overwhelming for new users.
Not every UX/UI well appeal to all users, there is no right UX for the most part. I also find it a bit sad that you gain so much joy by convert users to WP, isn't there more for you to do in life?
Who cares what phones your friends/colleagues use.
Sticking too the OP, I think you should give WP a try, but it online should give you 7/14 days to return it, I think you will know pretty quickly if it is something you will like or not. WP 8.1 has gotten to the stage where it has a lot of great features, most things people said where missing are not sorted and the platform as a whole is much more solid. Google services are a bit iffy still and I don't see that changing any time soon, which is sad as it could strength another platform and more strong platforms means everyone has to keep going at 100% and not slow down.
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