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TopherCStone posted:I'm noticing a good number of Windows phones (and I think a few Surface Pro 3s) in the latest season of House of Cards. I seem to recall seeing Apple gear in use in earlier seasons, so it seems like Microsoft is trying to bring in some product placement. Haven't watched the new season yet, but in previous seasons they were pretty good about diversity in characters' cellphones. Zoe's iPhone featured prominently, but Francis had a Blackberry and I think Jackie Sharp had a Lumia of some type etc etc etc.
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What are some reasons to get a windows phone over an iphone? This windows phone has zero useful apps, my bank has apps for android and ios, and itunes is literally the best way to have music.
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Feb 28, 2015 18:01
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PRESIDENT GOKU posted:What are some reasons to get a windows phone over an iphone? This windows phone has zero useful apps, my bank has apps for android and ios, and itunes is literally the best way to have music. good post Also iTunes runs like poo poo on Windows
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Feb 28, 2015 18:04
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I can put itunes on this phone?
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Feb 28, 2015 18:24
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PRESIDENT GOKU posted:and itunes is literally the best way to have music. I like you. You're pretty funny.
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Feb 28, 2015 18:27
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TopherCStone posted:I'm noticing a good number of Windows phones (and I think a few Surface Pro 3s) in the latest season of House of Cards. I seem to recall seeing Apple gear in use in earlier seasons, so it seems like Microsoft is trying to bring in some product placement. Count Grimm season 4 aswell. That tv series was completely dominated then suddenly one of the main characters pulls a bright blue 530 a lot and seems that the others are using windows phone too. Stuff like this is what makes people recognize Microsoft devices instead of "what kind of phone is that?". Also nice troll post about itunes wich is the worst music app ever made.
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Feb 28, 2015 18:48
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Does this work for existing group chats? I'm not seeing any of my current hangouts
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Feb 28, 2015 19:03
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Guillermus posted:Count Grimm season 4 aswell. That tv series was completely dominated then suddenly one of the main characters pulls a bright blue 530 a lot and seems that the others are using windows phone too. Stuff like this is what makes people recognize Microsoft devices instead of "what kind of phone is that?". Several seasons of Parks & Rec were actually kind of obnoxious about this, the last one had mostly fake futurephones though
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Feb 28, 2015 19:07
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loquacius posted:Haven't watched the new season yet, but in previous seasons they were pretty good about diversity in characters' cellphones. Zoe's iPhone featured prominently, but Francis had a Blackberry and I think Jackie Sharp had a Lumia of some type etc etc etc. I did notice one Samsung phone, a Macbook, and an iPad or two, so it's still pretty diverse but there were some gratuitous (though not distracting) Windows Phone shots and a few more subtle uses (one character had a white 1020, only really identifiable thanks to that camera part on the back).
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Feb 28, 2015 19:33
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A Yolo Wizard posted:Does this work for existing group chats? I'm not seeing any of my current hangouts Nope, group chats don't work.
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PRESIDENT GOKU posted:itunes is literally the best way to have music I was on your side until this part
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Feb 28, 2015 20:33
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ElGroucho posted:I was on your side until this part Real talk what is another way to get a gigantic library of music from one source that can be put onto a myriad of devices?
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Feb 28, 2015 21:04
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PRESIDENT GOKU posted:Real talk what is another way to get a gigantic library of music from one source that can be put onto a myriad of devices? Xbox music. Dropbox, OneDrive, and other cloud solutions if you don't have DRM. PRESIDENT GOKU posted:What are some reasons to get a windows phone over an iphone? I'm starting to wonder that myself. The camera button and the back button? Cortana seems better than Siri. wookieepelt fucked around with this message at 21:13 on Feb 28, 2015 |
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Feb 28, 2015 21:10
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PRESIDENT GOKU posted:Real talk what is another way to get a gigantic library of music from one source that can be put onto a myriad of devices? OneDrive. Google Music. PRESIDENT GOKU posted:What are some reasons to get a windows phone over an iphone? Masochism
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PRESIDENT GOKU posted:Real talk what is another way to get a gigantic library of music from one source that can be put onto a myriad of devices? MediaMonkey. Amazon Music.
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Feb 28, 2015 21:31
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PRESIDENT GOKU posted:Real talk what is another way to get a gigantic library of music from one source that can be put onto a myriad of devices? Computer + USB cable + any of the hundreds of music library management programs
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Feb 28, 2015 22:01
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Loving Amazon Music, personally. You go to their website, click "buy this," and you get an MP3 file download. It's so simple.
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Mar 1, 2015 01:19
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Are you required to use that lovely clunky Amazon program that's like iTunes but worse
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You buy the file and you can set the app to download new tracks automatically to whatever folder you want with no input from you. From there, its just an mp3 file that you play with whatever media player you want.
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PRESIDENT GOKU posted:Are you required to use that lovely clunky Amazon program that's like iTunes but worse That's the best part, you can use literally whatever program you want because it's not iTunes 
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Mar 1, 2015 06:02
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fantastic, more low end phones that they decided to rebrand again
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Mar 1, 2015 20:47
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You do know that the only people who make money on flagship phones are Apple? Samsung, HTC, LG et all loose money on flagships. It's the mid and low end that makes the money and gets the marketshare.
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Mar 1, 2015 20:59
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Foxtrot_13 posted:You do know that the only people who make money on flagship phones are Apple? Uh what? HTC I would maybe agree with because they are a flailing company in general, but there is no way that Samsung and LG lose money on their flagships, that's insane.
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Butt Soup Barnes posted:Uh what? HTC I would maybe agree with because they are a flailing company in general, but there is no way that Samsung and LG lose money on their flagships, that's insane. No, see, selling cheap phones with no margin is how you make money, not selling flagship phones that are marked up a ton.
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RVProfootballer posted:No, see, selling cheap phones with no margin is how you make money, not selling flagship phones that are marked up a ton. Yeah, at the moment only Samsung and Apple make money at all. Apple makes 93% of all profits from selling phones. Samsung is down to 9%. Yes, this adds up to more than 100% because the rest are basically losing money. http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-is-taking-93-of-the-profits-in-the-smartphone-industry-now-2015-2
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CalvinandHobbes posted:Yeah, at the moment only Samsung and Apple make money at all. Apple makes 93% of all profits from selling phones. Samsung is down to 9%. Yes, this adds up to more than 100% because the rest are basically losing money. What we need to do is convince Apple to make a Windows Phone. That'd be the real shot-in-the-arm this platform needs.  I know that sounded completely nonsensical but honestly I was only MOSTLY joking. With Jobs out of the picture and Google getting bigger and scarier by the day anything's possible. See: Siri performing Bing searches by default.
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loquacius posted:What we need to do is convince Apple to make a Windows Phone. That'd be the real shot-in-the-arm this platform needs. You know what's funny? Samsung's Galaxy S6 will have OneDrive and OneNote preloaded over google's apps. Who knows if we'll get more Samsung phones with windows after that
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Inspect Your Gadgets > Windows Phone - At least you don't have to use iTunes
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Wonder how long until the S6 and M9 become "Windows Flagship" devices.
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Guillermus posted:You know what's funny? Samsung's Galaxy S6 will have OneDrive and OneNote preloaded over google's apps. Who knows if we'll get more Samsung phones with windows after that CubanMissile posted:Wonder how long until the S6 and M9 become "Windows Flagship" devices. Same hardware as Android, same Microsoft services available on Android and iOS, UI getting more and more similar to Android and iOS, but none of those pesky apps you'd be saddled with on Android or iOS: it's Windows Phone! 
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Now that Google bought softcard and they are dropping support for Windows, how is Microsoft going to compete with Apple Pay and Google wallet? Is it easy for anyone to make an app that communicates with NFC pay stations, or does a major credit card have to sign off on it?
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RVProfootballer posted:Same hardware as Android, same Microsoft services available on Android and iOS It would be really great to date a day and date similar hardware. The M8 for windows phone was the first real Android Flagship hardware Windows Phone every got, and that was about 6 months after the Android launch.
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CubanMissile posted:Wonder how long until the S6 and M9 become "Windows Flagship" devices. A year after their original launch with the same $199 on contract pricing structure.
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Stick100 posted:It would be really great to date a day and date similar hardware. The M8 for windows phone was the first real Android Flagship hardware Windows Phone every got, and that was about 6 months after the Android launch. What about the Focus S and Ativ S? Both were based off older Galaxies.
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RVProfootballer posted:No, see, selling cheap phones with no margin is how you make money, not selling flagship phones that are marked up a ton. Selling 20 different models of cheap phones with no margin you mean.
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They're really going all in on included services with the 640, meanwhile Outlook on Windows Phone now seems a lot more like Outlook on the iPhone which I guess is just like Accompli used to be. Excel looks a ton better than it used to. Also they're releasing a foldable Bluetooth keyboard. e: Surface Hub looks dope. Shrimpy fucked around with this message at 09:04 on Mar 2, 2015 |
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"Microsoft's director of phone marketing, Neil Broadley, confirmed that the company is waiting on Windows 10 before any new flagship hardware. "We remain completely committed and focused on new flagship products," says Broadley. "That said, certainly we believe the best time to bring those flagship devices to market is when we have our very latest flagship software experience available. “We’re focusing our flagship development for slightly later when Windows 10 is available."" We all knew it, but having the confirmation is gut wrenching.
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I know it''s not customary to say something positive here, but here I go. My 930 was delivered last Thursday and I've been toying around with it since then. It's like night and an early summer morning compared to my 710. It's not exactly night and day, but it's great and fills me with joy. The screen is gorgeous, the camera is pretty much what I hoped it would be (though I still need to learn to use it properly) and 8.1 has filled up the holes I had using WP7.8. (finally I can fill my phone with geek sounds again) Going from holding my 710 to holding a 930 it feels like I swapped a toy for a tool. I could probably kill someone with this thing.  I just wish the corners weren't quite as sharp, it's not the most comfortable phone to hold but a cover should fix that.
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Early price rumors for the 640 were in the range of $300 which would have killed it out of the gate, but at $180 for the LTE and expected ~$150 for the 3G it's actually looking like MS's most competitive mid/budget offering since the 520. Really solid specs and no bizarre omissions like the 635 (all expected sensors). Obviously not the flagship most want here, but on a pure price/features scale it's actually...impressive?  gently caress, even the name is sensible.
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Honestly the company has been doing better at everything since Nadella took over. Still not "good" per se (obligatory no-flagship rage  ) but better.
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