I am curious to hear other people's stories here.
I have been a bit addicted to phones since my first real smartphone (the HTC hero doesn't count) the HTC Evo. It was a great phone, and got me started loving phones.
I have had a ridiculous number of phones since then, and amongst them the last 3 iterations of the iPhone. I realized today that the i have always kept my iPhones the longest as well.
What spurred this post was the last three weeks i spent away from my iphone 5s. Typically, when I move from the iphone, I do until the next version of the iphone comes out. Honestly, the biggest factor for my move was boredom and the bigger screen sizes. I moved to a nexus 5...loved it, and though i missed imessages, it wasn't enough to bring me back. What was enough, was the poor camera and poor signal strength. i went through two of these phones, and it constantly had 2-3 bars less than my iPhone. I didn't get signal in my work place, and I didn't get signal in parts of my house...yet with my iphone I got 3-4 bars of LTE. Therefore, after two weeks, I gave up on it...and moved to a Nokia Lumnia 1520. Now that was a nice phone, a bit big...but it was nice, hardware wise. The nokia had the best signal, camera, screen, call quality, and speaker of any phone I have ever owned...without a doubt. It also had some novel features that were actually useful. What pulled me away from it? Windows phone....I mean I have always been fascinated by windows phone, but never gave it a try. I learned my lesson. Its a cohesive atmosphere, but it is severely limited on apps and the apps present lack features found in other platforms. My other grips with the platform should be remedied with the upcoming update. Honestly, I can't stress the app situation enough. For example I use tweetbot and the iwork suite a lot on my iphone and ipad (hence the small screen being a pain). There is no comparable twitter client on windows phone. The biggest disappointment was the Microsoft office integration. I thought this would seal the deal for me...but it did the opposite. The ability to edit and manipulate documents, spreadsheets, and powerpoints (for example, in powerpoint you can only edit text, you can't do anything with present images, not even move them) was limited compared to iwork. Also, google services is non-existant on windows phones, there are work arounds, but they are only half baked (HERE maps by nokia is great though, as is nokia mixradio).
As such, today I listed the nokia 1520 on swappa, and I have moved back to my iphone 5s, which I have had since a few days after launch. It honestly is a joy to use compared to other phones. That being said, android on the nexus 5 is VERY close...i mean very close. If you are a google user, its a dang good phone. If the phone had comparable camera and signal to the iphone....I might not be writing this article right now.
That being said, I will impatiently wait for a bigger screened iPhone. My goal is to get a phone that I will keep for two years, and I think that is the phone that can do it. If the iPhone has a bigger screen, it will be great...if not, maybe the next nexus will remedy its current problems, or maybe windows phone will finally catch up?
Anyway, I am just curious of other users experiences when migrating to another platform, only to return a few weeks or months later.
Best,
-Blue
I have been a bit addicted to phones since my first real smartphone (the HTC hero doesn't count) the HTC Evo. It was a great phone, and got me started loving phones.
I have had a ridiculous number of phones since then, and amongst them the last 3 iterations of the iPhone. I realized today that the i have always kept my iPhones the longest as well.
What spurred this post was the last three weeks i spent away from my iphone 5s. Typically, when I move from the iphone, I do until the next version of the iphone comes out. Honestly, the biggest factor for my move was boredom and the bigger screen sizes. I moved to a nexus 5...loved it, and though i missed imessages, it wasn't enough to bring me back. What was enough, was the poor camera and poor signal strength. i went through two of these phones, and it constantly had 2-3 bars less than my iPhone. I didn't get signal in my work place, and I didn't get signal in parts of my house...yet with my iphone I got 3-4 bars of LTE. Therefore, after two weeks, I gave up on it...and moved to a Nokia Lumnia 1520. Now that was a nice phone, a bit big...but it was nice, hardware wise. The nokia had the best signal, camera, screen, call quality, and speaker of any phone I have ever owned...without a doubt. It also had some novel features that were actually useful. What pulled me away from it? Windows phone....I mean I have always been fascinated by windows phone, but never gave it a try. I learned my lesson. Its a cohesive atmosphere, but it is severely limited on apps and the apps present lack features found in other platforms. My other grips with the platform should be remedied with the upcoming update. Honestly, I can't stress the app situation enough. For example I use tweetbot and the iwork suite a lot on my iphone and ipad (hence the small screen being a pain). There is no comparable twitter client on windows phone. The biggest disappointment was the Microsoft office integration. I thought this would seal the deal for me...but it did the opposite. The ability to edit and manipulate documents, spreadsheets, and powerpoints (for example, in powerpoint you can only edit text, you can't do anything with present images, not even move them) was limited compared to iwork. Also, google services is non-existant on windows phones, there are work arounds, but they are only half baked (HERE maps by nokia is great though, as is nokia mixradio).
As such, today I listed the nokia 1520 on swappa, and I have moved back to my iphone 5s, which I have had since a few days after launch. It honestly is a joy to use compared to other phones. That being said, android on the nexus 5 is VERY close...i mean very close. If you are a google user, its a dang good phone. If the phone had comparable camera and signal to the iphone....I might not be writing this article right now.
That being said, I will impatiently wait for a bigger screened iPhone. My goal is to get a phone that I will keep for two years, and I think that is the phone that can do it. If the iPhone has a bigger screen, it will be great...if not, maybe the next nexus will remedy its current problems, or maybe windows phone will finally catch up?
Anyway, I am just curious of other users experiences when migrating to another platform, only to return a few weeks or months later.
Best,
-Blue
