How do you like the Lumia? How do you mitigate the app store issue or does it not matter to you?
What app store issue?
No seriously, I have every app I need. So for me it boils down to Battery, durability , camera, size and cost. If you follow Nokia/Microsoft products they are every bit as good as Apple if not better. I love the 20MP Zeiss camera. I love the dedicated camera button and quick charge, I love the OS Windows 10 on a phone rocks and is buttery smooth, Cortana rocks. My old phone my 640 I used to chuck across the room for people to demonstrate how tough it was (only $29). Literally chuck it at way and put it back together...no scratches. They drop Lumias from space and they survive.
My 950 was $298 added a $40 Mozo Leather back, no screen protector as it has GG4. Its perfect today just like I got it ..keep it in a sand free pocket. Log in with my IRIS in under 1 sec.
Apps... Like I said I have all I need, I don't bank on a phone even though I could (WF and BofA have money in both) , even though W10M is bay far most secure, nor use NFC even though I can , nor use Qi even though I can because I'm in security and don't NEED any of that. What I need are offline maps with voice directions...because I have an SD card I can load the entire planet offline and get voice nav. I can download tracks off Groove which has 40,000,000 songs more than Apl Music or Spotify.
I have roughly 200 apps on my 950, of all sorts of uses. Great apps many apps the same as on IOS in fact some from IOS like SCAN and Monument Valley or Fallout Shelter. I rarely if ever care about and app I don't have. Just to be sure I do have an iPad 3 and I check that AppStore...mainly fluff IMO.
The average person uses maybe 12 apps...I have my 12. Plus 188 more just in case. My main apps are Chronos Calendar + (love the live tile) , Outlook Mail and Calendar (Gmail), Grover Pro (podcasts) ,NextGen (Rss), Authenticator, #Slack, Viether (weather-love the live tile), Accuweather ( another forecast), Continuum (turn into a PC) , Disqus, Office 365 (full version), GPS calculator Pro , Groove, KiK, MyAppFree, North, Office Lens, Poki for Pocket, ProShot....can go on and on.
So for me the Hardware, OS, security, Capabilities far outway a larger app store. I have had four Lumias total cost ? Around $400 for all four Lumia's (520, 635,640, 950).
So for me the app store is a non issue and actually on Windows Store you pay once and get 10 installs for your family (Things like Adobe Elements etc.) and much cheaper Movies, Groove rocks.
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