iPhone vs Windows Phone: FIGHT!
Jul. 18th, 2015 05:21 pm
So the low down on Comic Con... is coming. :)) ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
adelagia has written up her daily summary of our trip, and rather than basically repeat everything she's about to post, I'll link to her entry when it's up (but she doesn't have internet right now).
Then there's the One Direction concert we went to a couple days after returning from San Diego, but it works better to post about that after the Comic Con stuff, since some of our reaction to it is based on our experiences in SD.
Instead what I actually want to talk about is my new iPhone. (!!!!!!!!) I've resisted getting one for a long time, because of personal reasons, and also the expense. Since I'm not much of a social media person, or go crazy for apps or whatever, I've always been really happy with my Windows Phone. (Plus, Apple's iPhone business makes MORE MONEY THAN ALL OF MICROSOFT'S BUSINESSES COMBINED. So if one is under some delusion that one is supporting "the little guy" by going iPhone... you're not. Apple's "little guy" days are over.)
However, a few months back I started considering switching phones, because the modern world finally caught up with me, and I kept not being able to get this app or that app -- or more the case, the apps on WP weren't as good or stopped being supported (like Waze, which is an app I really love, so this can all probably be traced back to it). Then, while in SD we wanted to use Lyft after getting a promo code, andadelagia had to be the one to always use it, because it has an Android app but not WP. I guess it all just added up. I knew my mother's line was eligible for an upgrade, and when I learned that AT&T was willing to let me upgrade on her line, and then just switch the new phone to my line, I decided to go for it (also, thank you AT&T for making that a painless process that did not cost any extra! But also, stop trying to hard sell me on Digital Life).
I've had a few days now to use it, and it's kind of an adjustment, in positive ways and negative. The apps stuff is great -- it's opened up a whole new world for me, while the actual functionality of the phone... well, it's been the leader in the marketplace for so long that I feel it's been complacent in improving that area. There are so many basic functions about WP that are far superior, that I really miss -- not just kind of miss, but REALLY miss. And honestly, I am really surprised by that. I just assumed the iPhone had to be better in almost every way. There's no way a regular person would realize this, because of course, hardly anyone has even tried a WP, much less has one. But if the app situation were equal, I would *so* go with WP.
( iPhone vs Windows Phone: Who does what better )
adelagia has written up her daily summary of our trip, and rather than basically repeat everything she's about to post, I'll link to her entry when it's up (but she doesn't have internet right now).Then there's the One Direction concert we went to a couple days after returning from San Diego, but it works better to post about that after the Comic Con stuff, since some of our reaction to it is based on our experiences in SD.
Instead what I actually want to talk about is my new iPhone. (!!!!!!!!) I've resisted getting one for a long time, because of personal reasons, and also the expense. Since I'm not much of a social media person, or go crazy for apps or whatever, I've always been really happy with my Windows Phone. (Plus, Apple's iPhone business makes MORE MONEY THAN ALL OF MICROSOFT'S BUSINESSES COMBINED. So if one is under some delusion that one is supporting "the little guy" by going iPhone... you're not. Apple's "little guy" days are over.)
However, a few months back I started considering switching phones, because the modern world finally caught up with me, and I kept not being able to get this app or that app -- or more the case, the apps on WP weren't as good or stopped being supported (like Waze, which is an app I really love, so this can all probably be traced back to it). Then, while in SD we wanted to use Lyft after getting a promo code, and
adelagia had to be the one to always use it, because it has an Android app but not WP. I guess it all just added up. I knew my mother's line was eligible for an upgrade, and when I learned that AT&T was willing to let me upgrade on her line, and then just switch the new phone to my line, I decided to go for it (also, thank you AT&T for making that a painless process that did not cost any extra! But also, stop trying to hard sell me on Digital Life).I've had a few days now to use it, and it's kind of an adjustment, in positive ways and negative. The apps stuff is great -- it's opened up a whole new world for me, while the actual functionality of the phone... well, it's been the leader in the marketplace for so long that I feel it's been complacent in improving that area. There are so many basic functions about WP that are far superior, that I really miss -- not just kind of miss, but REALLY miss. And honestly, I am really surprised by that. I just assumed the iPhone had to be better in almost every way. There's no way a regular person would realize this, because of course, hardly anyone has even tried a WP, much less has one. But if the app situation were equal, I would *so* go with WP.
( iPhone vs Windows Phone: Who does what better )
