WP8.1

Tuvoc said:
Yep, 8.10.14219.341 which is Denim. I need to find out what is new in that apart from Cortana ! I'm not so sure about this whole talking to your phone thing, but maybe I'll give it a try.
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Cortana – The most personal digital assistant on the market will now be available in the UK and China as a Beta. India, Canada and Australia will have access to Cortana as a public Alpha. For US residents, Cortana now includes an improved natural language, car kit integration via Bluetooth for contacts, snooze reminders and calendar improvements.
•Live folders – If you prefer to keep your apps or games organised, you can now put them into folders. Simply press, hold and drag an app over another to create a new folder on the Start screen. Each folder can be renamed by tapping on the text field above the open folder.
•Apps Corner – Create a customised Start screen, where only specific apps or games are accessible. This could be particularly useful in the workplace if you’re issuing Windows Phones to employees.
•SMS merge and forwarding – Select individual text messages to either delete them out of a messaging thread, or to copy and past them into a new message in order to forward them.
•Snooze Times – It’s now possible to customise the snooze time within the Alarm app.
•Consumer VPN – Maintain privacy and security when using data while connected to public Wi-Fi hotspots or even with your home Wi-Fi.
•Mobile Web Site improvements in IE – Connect and browse even faster with improved downloading speeds on mobile websites.
•Store Live Tile (US only) – The Store Live Tile displays featured apps and games that are the most popular in the Store, or most relevant for you.

Unique Lumia experiences
•Lumia Camera – Replacing Nokia Camera, Lumia Camera is faster and more intuitive than before to make the best camera experience, even better.
•Speed – Pocket to capture speeds are superfast, and it only takes milliseconds going from shot to shot.
•Moment Capture – A long press of the camera button starts 4K-quality video recording at 24 FPS. With each frame at 8.3 megapixels, you can save individual frames as high quality still images.
•Rich Capture – Auto HDR and Dynamic Flash are now welcomed into the already-impressive feature set. Shoot first and adjust the camera settings later for that perfect photo.
•Improved image processing algorithms – Updated to give you clearer photos, even in lowlight.
•“Hey Cortana” Voice Activation – Gone are the days of pressing the microphone button to wake-up Cortana. Simply say “Hey Cortana” while the phone is idle and Cortana will activate.This is possible thanks to the SensorCore technology.
•Glance Screen – Compatible Lumia devices can now show more at a glance with Bing Weather, or Bing Health & Fitness data, in addition to time and date, notifications and application data.
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I just can't see a new flagship phone till w10 release which is likely Oct/Nov, imo wrong strategy by MS. But there we go. Wait and see what is said in the 21st, we might getter a better idea, or we might not.

Also rumours that they are working on automatic sleep detection, to silence the phone. I would love this, as sleep pattern changes so often I cba to change quite hours several tomes a week.
 
MS conference about w10, where we are expecting a big update to w10 preview and information and a preview to WP10. Kicks off at 5pm.

Right time is when you have the money, otherwise you are always waiting. Personally not much point to high end wp8, unless there's something you specifically want. Get a 735/830 and then see what wp10 releases are at the end of the year. They've also said all wp8 phones will get wp10, which is good and they'll have big back lash if they don't do that.
 
It's very very unlikey to happen q2, it's based like wp8 on windows. Windows 10 is no where near finalised and won't be released till q4, q3 at a big outside bet..

Wp7 wasn't based on windows, it was windows mobile renamed, which was a totally different os and code.
 
I prefer Dos Mobile

http://lumiaconversations.microsoft.com/2015/04/01/microsoft-launches-ms-dos-mobile/
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Finally native support for mkv in Xbox videos in wp8.1 gdr2 software currently on 640s and coming to some other phones.
Doesn't sound like it's coming to all phones, but the way some carriers take so long, win 10 will be on our phones by then anyway.
 
I wouldn't buy a good phone yet, wait and see what windows 10 for Mobile phones they release latter this year.

Otherwise 640 is the only new gen handset out.

Naming convention
5xx higher the first number the higher the phone specs
X2X middle number is series, so 2 is old, 3 is current, 4 is new.
Xx5 is variants late/dual sim etc, probably won't be on series 4 phones as they just seem to be naming them.
 
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Why don't you like the Xbox stuff, ir has nothing to do with games.
Xbox is Microsoft entertainment name.
So Xbox video, Xbox music.
 
Xbox is entertainment brand.
Xbox music, Xbox video has absolutely zero to do with an Xbox console. So why does it bother you these apps are on the phone.

It's like getting an android phone and being enraged that it has google play on there for music and films.
 
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