* lumia 640 & 640xl *

Bradmax57 · 12 May 2015 at 20:06

Relentless81 said:
I didnt know about these, how much bigger is the 640 XL screen compared to a 920? I've had my 920 for two years and love it but it would be nice if it was lighter with a bigger screen.

These have Glance too?

5.7" vs 4.5" so quite a difference

nightrider1470 · 12 May 2015 at 23:59

Cant wait for 940

Thesnipergecko · 13 May 2015 at 08:08

I can confirm the 640 xl has glance

Shoei · 13 May 2015 at 08:50

Thesnipergecko said:
I can confirm the 640 xl has glance

Thats what i like about the 640.
Hope that the new 9XX has glance too.

Relentless81 · 13 May 2015 at 19:25

Good stuff thanks for confirming, Glance is by far my favorite feature.

I think I'm going to order one but I am going to see what the new 9xx series brings first, if I dont need anything they feature I'll just get a 640 XL

Bradmax57 · 13 May 2015 at 19:27

might sound stupid but whats glance

Sighn · 13 May 2015 at 20:56

Relentless81 said:
Good stuff thanks for confirming, Glance is by far my favorite feature.

I think I'm going to order one but I am going to see what the new 9xx series brings first, if I dont need anything they feature I'll just get a 640 XL

Don't expect glance background pictures/images, just the time and simple symbols.

Relentless81 · 14 May 2015 at 06:51

Thats fine thats all I want.

Is there going to be another 8xx series does anyone know? Trying to establish what the new range is going to be like

Mr Jones · 14 May 2015 at 08:14

Bradmax57 said:
might sound stupid but whats glance

Basically it's a screen lock that don't use backlight, refreshes roughly once every minute or whenever you get a new notification that you've assigned to show up on lockscreen.

Very useful for a quick peek at time, notification of emails / whatsapps / FB etc without touching anything else.

Consumes a little more battery than a black screen but much lesser than a turned on screen.

Been using mine with the 920 since the update release with it on, lost around 2 hours battery life over a day run, can't complain. Nice to know the 640XL has it too.

Relentless81 · 14 May 2015 at 11:22

Set it to "Peek" ?

Every time you pull the phone out of your pocket it sets Glance off and will consume less battery

Mr Jones · 14 May 2015 at 12:32

Sorry, I forgot to mention I do have mine at peek

Set it ages ago, didn't need to change it since.

Sighn · 14 May 2015 at 20:02

The backlight activates on the 640 (LCD).

Bradmax57 · 14 May 2015 at 21:21

Mr Jones said:
Basically it's a screen lock that don't use backlight, refreshes roughly once every minute or whenever you get a new notification that you've assigned to show up on lockscreen.

Very useful for a quick peek at time, notification of emails / whatsapps / FB etc without touching anything else.

Consumes a little more battery than a black screen but much lesser than a turned on screen.

Been using mine with the 920 since the update release with it on, lost around 2 hours battery life over a day run, can't complain. Nice to know the 640XL has it too.

Ah thanks in that case appears the 640 has it also

not sure where the peek setting is tho?

Thesnipergecko · 14 May 2015 at 21:45

Bradmax57 said:
Ah thanks in that case appears the 640 has it also not sure where the peek setting is tho?

In the Glance settings, there's a drop down for it.

Bradmax57 · 14 May 2015 at 22:05

hmmm I cant find the glance settings....?

Sighn · 14 May 2015 at 22:07

It's in the last set of settings, scrolling near the bottom: extras.

Bradmax57 · 14 May 2015 at 22:11

Sighn said:
It's in the last set of settings, scrolling near the bottom: extras.

ta

koolpc · 15 May 2015 at 19:39

Awesome phone. Love my new 640

welshdragon · 16 May 2015 at 13:41

Just picked up a 640 to have a play. Surprising just how good it is for such a silly price.

Andrew_McP · 18 May 2015 at 20:42

I was tempted into a WP because my Android phone (a Huwawei Y300) had become a pain in the backside. If I never see another 'not enough memory to install this app' error, when my phone had loads of free memory everywhere it'll still be too soon! And recently some annoying Google messages had started interrupting my podcasts. Couldn't get rid of those no matter how I tried.

So when a 640 popped up on HUKD for £75 on an o2 upgrade (which I immediately swapped to 3 PAYG) with Topcashback I jumped and was rather more impressed than I expected.

Ok, there are some things that bug me (like the long struggle to find a decent podcast player and organiser; settled on Metro File Manager). And I missed a few apps almost immediately (like Google's Authenticator for a start!) But for what I paid this is an incredible bit of kit. Battery life is excellent (at least two days of mixed use for me) and the speed and slickness of the experience puts my Android phone (which I paid more for last year) to shame and then some.

The camera has been an unexpected surprise, taking remarkably capable photos even in tricky backlit circumstances, and the call quality (always handy in a phone!) is excellent for both me and whoever I'm calling.

In an ideal world I'd like a dedicated camera button, and I have issues with the way I lose my place in a podcast if I temporarily stop to do something like make a call, but part of that might be user error; I'm still getting to grips with the WP way of things after a month or so. But overall I've been happier than I thought with what I expected to be a stop gap device. I think I'll be using this for longer than I thought.

*** lumia 640 & 640xl ***

* lumia 640 & 640xl *