*** lumia 640 & 640xl ***

[BRIGGBOY81]

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

yeah absolutely thats one of the things that convinced me to buy one. and also iam done paying for flagship models if this is the new standard for microsofts mid price phones now then im staying in the middle

 

[Bradmax57]

Things will only get better with wp10 I'm in no rush to change from my 640 anytime soon

 

[Glaucus]

e to find a decent podcast player .

http://www.windowsphone.com/en-gb/store/app/podcast-lounge/83bc0329-8e02-410e-b6d2-da3c0c1d971d

 

[Andrew_McP]

http://www.windowsphone.com/en-gb/store/app/podcast-lounge/83bc0329-8e02-410e-b6d2-da3c0c1d971d

Thanks, I'll take a look. While I'm here, anyone know a way of turning off live tiles? Even after a month I find the blinky LOOK AT ME! tiles a bit annoying, so I've put most of them off my main screen.

I guess live tiles is one of their main differentiators though, so this might asking a bit much.

 

[Cheetah Designs]

Must say I am quite likely this phone. Sometimes the animations are a bit laggu if that makes sense, is that normal? I take it that with a flagship device I wouldn't get these? Might get the 940 when it comes out

 

[Glaucus]

Thanks, I'll take a look. While I'm here, anyone know a way of turning off live tiles? Even after a month I find the blinky LOOK AT ME! tiles a bit annoying, so I've put most of them off my main screen.

I guess live tiles is one of their main differentiators though, so this might asking a bit much.

You would be mad to turn them off. But most apps with live tile have a setting in the app to switch them off.

 

[Andrew_McP]

Well, it's things like the People icon which I really don't need flashing around pointlessly. The weather icon I can understand but if I want a minute by minute update I'll look out of the window, and to get a look into the future you have to open it up anyway. You've prompted me to find the setting for that now. It was buried but there, so thanks for prompting me to be a bit less lazy.

The photo tile I'd already found the settings for, but the shortcut tiles to the few direct shortcuts to people flash about needlessly with no obvious settings. The Cortana tile seems to have no setting, and neither do those tiles showing a group of apps. But shuffling them off the screen isn't an issue.

Obviously you'd never want to stop the live tiles showing txts, calendar, emails, or missed calls, but they don't flap about annoyingly, just display a number or brief details.

One feature I do like, in a totally trivial aesthetic kind of way, is the way the little notification icons rotate when you switch from landscape to portrait. Shame the tiles don't rotate as well to allow landscape use, but all home screens seem to be standardised that way, so it's not a legitimate gripe.

Anyway, I now have a totally static home screen, with all the ADHD stuff hidden off the bottom. I'm slowly getting this thing set up to suit me!

 

[filter2000]

i'm looking to dump my iphone 4s for a 640 how are you guys finding the camera?

 

[Bradmax57]

i'm looking to dump my iphone 4s for a 640 how are you guys finding the camera?

Camera isn't bad, pics look better on the phone than on a pc etc but same can be said for most, low light is surprisingly good

 

[Thesnipergecko]

Thing I love about the camera is the "live photo" mode it has.

It saves the last few frames of a photo so it's like a moving picture then fades in to the image you take.

(imagine the harry potter newspapers etc)

 

[MichaelAwkward]

How does the 640 compare to the 735?

 

[koolpc]

How does the 640 compare to the 735?

Its 95 numbers less?

 

[TheLegendOfMart]

I really like the 640. Every phone I've had there's always been something that makes me want to change phone but this is the first phone I've not been compelled to change.

It's the right size, weight and style. Has the right screen size, enough cpu and gpu power and even comes with 4G, the OS isn't as bad as Windows Phone 7 was (the last time I tried WP) though I'm looking forward to Windows 10 and universal apps. Even managed to track down an original blue back shell for it.

I thought I'd miss android and it's apps and while I admit Windows apps are a bit lacking, especially in the games area, for the most part the built in apps do everything I need it to.

All that for £120 sim free is ridiculously good.

 

[Bradmax57]

I really like the 640. Every phone I've had there's always been something that makes me want to change phone but this is the first phone I've not been compelled to change.

It's the right size, weight and style. Has the right screen size, enough cpu and gpu power and even comes with 4G, the OS isn't as bad as Windows Phone 7 was (the last time I tried WP) though I'm looking forward to Windows 10 and universal apps. Even managed to track down an original blue back shell for it.

I thought I'd miss android and it's apps and while I admit Windows apps are a bit lacking, especially in the games area, for the most part the built in apps do everything I need it to.

All that for £120 sim free is ridiculously good.

I'm exactly the same, it just does everything I need it too, for the price theres nothing that can touch it imo, what impresses me most is the battery life, easy getting two days of normal use

 

[welshdragon]

Anyone stuck Windows Phone 10 on their 640 yet....?

I've signed up but it keep's telling me there are no builds available.

 

[Glaucus]

I wouldn't anyway.
It's beta and not very stable and damn slow.

 

[welshdragon]

Ok, I'll hold off.

 

[Bradmax57]

think it can only be installed on earlier 8.1 builds if you've updated past a certain point cant be done afaik

 

[welshdragon]

Ahh I see. Following our conversation I am at a quandry. Stick iPhone 6 or go windows phone.......

 

[koolpc]

Loving 640 so far. Camera is ace. Any camera apps you recommend with this mobile.