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FYI ya'll. The developer preview is live as of 7:10 EST. http://www.wpcentral.com/windows-phone-81-now-available
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a couple questions. 1. Previously all the games I had were only visible in the games hub. Now they are all in the alphabetic app list. Is there a way to hide them all back into games hub? 2. I uninstalled the facebook beta app in favor of the new facebook app. However now all my contacts are no longer synced with their facebook pictures. Reinstalling the facebook beta app did not fix this. How can I get this to resync?
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Apr 14, 2014 21:54
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Is cortana providing traffic updates for anyone? I have this feature turned on as far as I can tell but have never seen this update happen. Just headlines, weather and tech news in Cortana's feed.
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Apr 19, 2014 03:20
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joebuddah posted:Has anyone figured out how to use the integrated Skype function when making a call? I have Skype installed and can use the app, but the button is disabled in the call options while a call is in progress Is the other person's Skype account linked in the people hub to their main phone number?
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Apr 25, 2014 14:36
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Well Xbox music got updated to add fine scrubbing and other small improvements. I'm annoyed though that when scrolling through my music quickly, I still get to a point where it needs to catch up and fill in the artists and songs. I find this more annoying that anything. The old music hub which is still accessible ( http://www.wpcentral.com/bring-back-old-Xbox-Music-Windows-Phone-81) doesn't have this problem. Does anyone with more programming knowledge know why this is?
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May 10, 2014 02:03
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G-III posted:As I previously reported, none of my searches in the xbox music store were working via the phone yet the same searches would work on the xbox music website and windows 8 app. I've been a long time zune / xbox music subscriber which got me grandfathered into the 10 credits per month, however the only place where you can still spend song credits is ONLY through the phone interface. Therefore not being able to search and purchase music from the phone basically renders my xbox music subscription completely worthless. No matter what search you put it, the store search in the xbox music app will come back as "no results." Not even disputing that the xbox music app is horrible but if you are a zune pass subscriber, you can still use the grandfathered song downloads in the wonderful zune desktop app.
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Jun 21, 2014 23:08
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Drastic Actions posted:Gives me a reason to turn my 1020 back on. Hopefully it just works. well this is hopeful. MY Dp preview 8.1.1 1020 is now downloading a new update. Hopefully its cyan. edit: Well, its cyan. Looks like you no longer have to downgrade to get it! Theres a second download after it going now though CalvinandHobbes fucked around with this message at 22:49 on Aug 26, 2014 |
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Aug 26, 2014 22:11
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BonoMan posted:My 620 was more budget than the 630 and had both. I think Microsoft has tried to move the entire range downmarket. Partially because 4 is seen as a cursed number in china (it sounds like the word death) so they didn't want to make a Lumia 430. The 530 is essentially what a 430 would be and the 630 has moved down to the 520 range. Granted, I still don't think this excuses the lack of an ambient light sensor or proximity sensor. I can't imaging they are saving that much per unit by shaving these off.
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Aug 29, 2014 05:51
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Tanith posted:No, I'm still using WP7 Yeah, I would look into whether switching to ATT's Next plan and getting a phone off contract (925 or 1020 which can be had for around $300) wouldn't save you some money. All current non-1520s on Att are a little long in the tooth and not really worth being stuck in a 2 year contract for. The 830 should be coming out soon on ATT (soon as in the next few months). If you must remain on contract, that's probably the one I'd do.
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Sep 17, 2014 04:30
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vigorous sodomy posted:The battery life on my Lumia is garbage. What am I doing wrong? It lasts maybe 2 days before dying. Is that to mean that you charge the phone once every two days? if so then that's exceptional battery life for any smart phone.
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Sep 19, 2014 23:07
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The Lord Bude posted:I like this idea. second this, it would look awesome and fit with WP more.
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Sep 23, 2014 05:30
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LifeSizePotato posted:I'm used to MS making the 1020 is actually only around a year old (released july 2013). Also it didn't sell super well. The 920 however is almost exactly two years old and sold decently on ATT. Those people will be coming off their contracts. Microsoft wants them to "upgrade" to 830s. I suspect a lot of 920 users will be buying iphones. Disclaimer, i'm a huge Nokia fanboy. I got a Samsung focus on contract, then pay full retail for a 900, then got a 920 on a contract then paid full retail for a 1020. I don't see myself upgrading to anything else other than the 1030 equivalent hopefully by next spring. My mom however is coming up to a 2 year renewal for her 920 and needs to upgrade as the battery on her phone is getting pretty bad. If the 1520 is too big for her, i'll probably recommend an iPhone 6.
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business and marketing decisions, but this is one that just doesn't make sense to me. You have people coming off their 2-year 1020 contracts, and you have nothing new and exciting to give them as a replacement. What can they possibly be expecting, that people are so loyal that they'll sit around for another year waiting for WP10, which will undoubtedly be 1.5 generations out of date anyway? Are they supposed to downgrade to the mid-tier scrub models? Working within the upgrade cycle timeframe seems like the basest rule when it comes to the American smartphone market.
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Jewmanji posted:I'm not smart enough to know if this article is off the mark, but it seems like a fairly straightforward and believable explanation to me: http://www.wpcentral.com/why-microsoft-keeps-starting-over-windows-phone The other big problem with constantly restarting from scratch is the lack of polish we saw in Windows phone 8 and 8.1. WP7 was a limited OS but incredibly polished. The music experience for example was sublime. With so much developer time spent on redoing the kernel and basic OS, more rough edges have popped up although the OS is now more capable. iOS and Android have had much more time dedicated to polish and its really starting to show.
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Oct 9, 2014 06:55
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OldPueblo posted:My bad memory tells me the biggest issue with going from 7.5 to 8 was more chipset/driver related I thought. Anyway here's an update summary from what I've seen on the 830 which is coming to AT&T, and a potential "upgrade" for those with old faithful (920): Just wait for ATT to announce that they've done you the favor of removing built in Qi charging in favor of $50 powermat cases! (i'm only 10% joking...)
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Oct 15, 2014 22:56
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Stumpus posted:The lumia 930 seemed to be the best windows phone that wasn't giant or had a tumor sized camera protrusion. From what I understand it's also good enough for her purposes and will be a significant upgrade from her iPhone 4. check out the 830 as well. If she's coming from an iPhone4, the 930 may come off as really bulky. The 830 is generally felt to be the better designed of the two.
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Oct 29, 2014 14:20
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Uthor posted:Technically, the 530, but it seems you'd be better off with a 521 or a 635. The spiritual successor to the 520 is absolutely the 635. Microsoft moved the whole series downrange but didn't change the naming series as the number 4 is bad juju in china: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_in_Chinese_culture The 530 should be considered the 430 (Microsoft should have just named it the 330 or something) The 635 is now the 5 series equivalent.
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Nov 2, 2014 20:06
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Krinos posted:Not any old FFC, the same FFC as the 730. And an actual auto focus rear camera, not the dodgy POS from the 530. Basically this phone is what the 530 and 630 should have been, rolled into one and released a couple of months later. with no plan to release it in the US and only to Europe after a few months. Yay Microsoft!
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Nov 11, 2014 21:09
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Maneki Neko posted:At this point, I've jumped ship to iOS as a primary phone, largely due to the music/podcast experience and the lack of polish that has plagued the whole 8.x release. The lack of a new flagship for AT&T also contributed quite a bit. Honestly the music experience is really crucial. When jobs introduced the original iPhone, they hyped its ability in three areas. As a phone, as an internet device and as a music player. The phone part is arguably less important now unless you include various messaging solutions. But given that music is seen as at least the third most important thing a smart phone should do, its baffling that Microsoft has deprecated the music experience so much. Zune desktop and zune on windows phone7 were what really sold me on the platform coming from IOS. If I wasn't so smitten with live tiles and the 1020 camera (although the slowness is started to really bug me), I'd have jumped ship already.
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Nov 12, 2014 17:43
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Factor Mystic posted:... an official position that Microsoft has decided to try and compete primarily on the basis of price rather than the basis of quality. Probably with the hope that low price alone will drive sales and increase market share. Focusing on low prices, while also having low sales volumes, means low revenue. Which means more ruthless evaluation of priorities around this perspective. Which means quality becomes optional. Which means a low quality product is acceptable to release... Furthermore I think the push towards cheaper prices is a misinterpretation of why the 520 was so successful. It wasn't just price, it was quality for the price. The 530 leveraged that model, not by attempting to improve quality but by slashing this in an effort to be even cheaper. I think the calculus there was wrong and hopefully the 535 is Microsoft recognizing this.
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Dec 4, 2014 20:34
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xylo posted:I didn't say it was wrong. I would love for the "mouthpieces" to just come out and say the real story. However if they did that and the ugly truth was revealed it would make some parties look pretty bad. And people don't like to look bad in public. That would damage business relationships and make things even harder then they are. I'd like to echo the sentiment of appreciation for xylo's posting. Most of the windows phone forums these days are pretty miserable places and that's partially because a lot of the early adopters and fans are really apprehensions about the future of the platform. This mostly comes from a desire for the platform to succeed although it can seem quite a bit more negative than that. Any information from official or semi-official sources that Microsoft remains dedicated to the platform and making it better is really helpful.
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Dec 5, 2014 06:00
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Combat Pretzel posted:Awwwwww The do allow backgrounds behind transparent tiles though. I for one find backgrounds rather than the minimalistic elegant black or white to be quite.... ugly in all the workups I've seen. I hope the at least leave an option for the current background behind transparent tile with black on edges.
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Jan 17, 2015 23:20
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Well, count me as one the disgruntled old fogeys who is a little disappointed at further departures from the original "metro" asthetic in the previews today. The biggest offenders being the Calender app and the wallpaper behind rather than visible through the tiles (which I really really liked). Seems however that most of the blogosphere really liked the new look though. Ah, well.
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Jan 22, 2015 03:21
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Jewmanji posted:You're not alone. In this article http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/21/7869441/windows-10-for-phones-features-hands-on there's a few images of the Messaging app (I believe), both the directory of recent contacts as well as a messaging thread- they both look ghastly. Add to that the fact that there's now a left and right swipe in Outlook to flag and delete e-mails (as opposed to the standard carousel), and it seems like the original design aesthetic is being splintered. Outlook looks like something from the new Google design style. Not to harp on this, and i'll stop atfter this comment. And also not to minimize the tremendous work that's clearly gone on behind the scenes improving the core functionality. But the images of the home screen in that link with the user selected photos are just awful. Background image behind the tiles works well in Laptops and tablets since there is so much real estate around the tiles. In the phone form factor, there is only minimal space between the tiles and the bezel. Background image visible through the tiles worked so much better.
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Jan 22, 2015 06:59
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Tanith posted:Well I hope to god there are rumblings about a flagship soon because my Lumia 900 is getting senile. Current rumblings are July at earliest, more likely august/September. Yeah, I now, Microsoft is making it hard to remain on board this platform as an enthusiast. You could pick up a used 920/830 for 120-300 from swappa or Amazon? Both of those would be hardware wise huge upgrade from the 900 and then do a proper upgrade once the 940 (god I wish it would be a 1040 but that looks unlikely) comes out.
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wookieepelt posted:I think this is where MS can set themselves apart. Make a 1030, make it waterproof and durable as all hell. Add all the hey Cortana updates and whatnot, and reinvent Windows 10 phones as the photographer's phone. Microsoft/Nokia needs an identity for their flagship phones. They are getting the low end based on price for performance but their high end excursions have been far more mixed. The 830 for example wins at neither price or performance compared to android offerings. Waterproofing is probably not worth it as its costly from a design perspective and ends up not being a huge differentiator (or at least hasn't been a great boon for sony yet) Photography and Camera's as the high end identity would be viable but Microsoft really needs to double down on it. The iPhone6 and Galaxy Note have mostly caught up to Lumias even up to the venerable 1020 in image quality (minus lossless zooming). Lumia camera 5s speed improvements are a great start but a Lumia 1030 with all the newfangled doodads (phase detection autofocus, xenon flash, oversampled lossless zoom and comparable shot to shot times) would probably take the crown again. Make this phone and DON'T price it at 299 on contract like the 1020 when it came out (and make it certainly cheaper than Iphone6 and the android flagships off contract) and they may have a chance. This would probably be a loss leader proposition so Microsoft would have to be willing to eat some losses to gain higher end marketshare particularly with the hopefully competent marketing campaign the attach to this flagship launch. More likely, we'll see the Lumia 940 launch in September on ATT only in the US at 199 on contract and 650 off contract with the carriers expected to do the marketing.
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-Anders posted:I'm looking at replacing my current Oppo Find 5 android phone with a windows one. I've been looking primarily at the Nokia 930, even though it's a bit thick dimensions wise. Here is a hopefully helpful recent reddit thread. http://www.reddit.com/r/windowsphone/comments/2v7aga/longtime_android_fan_on_his_first_week_with/
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Windows 10 preview now available! http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/12/8017935/windows-10-for-phones-download-preview Only for Lumia 630, Lumia 635, Lumia 636, Lumia 638, Lumia 730, and Lumia 830...
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Feb 12, 2015 19:07
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xylo posted:Can try using Groups -- it would be text and email only though. are you able to shed any light unto the decision making behind dropping rooms?
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Feb 18, 2015 01:51
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loquacius posted:I'm pretty sure Joe promised us more device news by now. Where are the devices, Joe. Where are they. I still need to replace my 920. Flagship device. More like July/August/September. Well after all the android flagships release (because hey, Microsoft services are great on Android if case Microsoft could give you more prompting to switch). Next month at MWC, rumor is they'll announce two new midrange phones (likely 1330 and something else). Flagship gets announced likely at BUILD at the end of april/early may.
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Feb 21, 2015 05:06
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TraderStav posted:Initial impressions of the Lumia 635 from Cricket: For pocket: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/poki-for-pocket/2532ff45-aa3f-4aba-a266-ed7ec71d47bd
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Feb 26, 2015 19:18
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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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hotsauce posted:Grab some popcorn. I just ordered a new 1520.3 (want Qi) from here for $250 shipped: wow that site screams of scam. Let me know if its now, i'd be interested in following your daring daring shoes. Since we're not getting a flagship until September, i'm interested in a stop gap. I love my 1020 to death but the camera slowness is starting to wear on me. I live in a area of somewhat marginal coverage so going without LTE on the 930 could potentially make things much worse (if the 930 had LTE for ATT OR Glance, i'd probably pull the trigger. I actually use glance quite a bit so I can't mentally bring myself to lose both. At least not for more than $200.)
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Mar 3, 2015 03:12
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Prime Weasel posted:Ah, thanks for that. I've since read up some more on it, too. If you me the 640 then yes, Only ATT of US carriers I getting the xl http://www.winbeta.org/news/t-mobile-and-metro-pcs-will-carry-lumia-640-not-640xl
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Mar 6, 2015 14:56
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Doomsday Jesus posted:The LED notification is in Android still if the manufacturers use it. I had an LG G3, which has it, and although I set custom LED colors for certain people it never flashed that color. Not blaming Android per say because it was most likely an LG issue. I got two people on windows phones with strong recommendations. Both like it. Recently a friend of mine was in the market for a phone and wanted a windows phone. I had nothing to recommend for her. 1520 was huge and 1020 was old and slow. She's happy now with her iPhone 6....
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Mar 17, 2015 02:50
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gloom posted:My iPhone 5 is falling apart and I'd like to go back to Windows phone for a bit -- I really miss my old HTC Titan and also had an 8X for a while. Love the interface and don't care much about apps, do want a decent camera. The Lumia 640 looks pretty good; I like the specs on the 640 XL but it might be too big. It isn't clear yet when either will be available in the US. The UK pre-order price for the 640 converts to about $250 USD. At the same time, I can get an unlocked Lumia 830 on Amazon right now for around $300. I know the chipset is dated but overall the specs appear adequate. The design also seems like a step up. I'd either get a 830 or look into a 930 which are available for not that much more than 830s these days.
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Mar 19, 2015 21:32
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cixelsyd posted:Hi guys, Unfortunately no LTE on the 930 on ATT (or really any US bands). That and the lack of glance are the things that stopped me from getting one.
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Mar 24, 2015 17:56
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RVProfootballer posted:Yeah, the downside of Android is that the "stock" experience can be wildly different between phones, and using Samsung or LG's default apps can be even worse than WP. The upside is you can find Google or 3rd party alternatives, but that does take some amount of effort, and requires that you actually know that better apps exist and that you can fully replace what came stock on your phone with those better apps. Although what's most galling about the music experience in WP is that is USED to be fantastic. When I switched from the OG IPhone to a Samsung focus way back in 2010, the music experience was one of the things I loved the most. No there's no doubt in my mind that music on the iPhone is a better experience.
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cougar cub posted:Is there a consensus best twitter app (paid or free)? Generally speaking Aeries and Tweetium are considered the best. I use aeries myself. Aeries: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/aeries/4af58dea-f287-4ef0-bd04-bc25413be8ac Tweetium: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/tweetium/8f328427-666d-4b6d-8a58-042ff6a17e41 Super recent review of windows phones twitter clients: http://allaboutwindowsphone.com/features/item/20246_Peregrine_MeTweets.php
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Suspicious Dish posted:I'm very aware that I made a terrible decision by actually assuming Microsoft could make a usable product and not gently caress it up. I'm just ranting to the internet because I literally can't believe that a Microsoft device literally can't play music without falling over in 2015. Welcome to the state of windows phone. As others have mentioned, its worse for the long timers. Windows phone 7 had a dreamlike music experience. I switched from an OG IPhone to a Samsung focus partially based on how much I liked the zune phone and desktop apps. Every update to the OS since then has sequentially destroyed the experience. The original windows phone 8.1 app was nearly unusable. Its now been improved to just really bad. If you want to blow more money on the platform, look for a windows phone 7 device (lumia 800 for example?) Also the Lumia 520 is awful in pretty much every way except price. That's not helping things here.
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bushes posted:I went to the Microsoft store over the weekend and picked up a 635 for $49 to replace my 520 until flagships arrive. Anyone have an idea why they phased out the 1520 so soon without a successor? It seemed a bit..early. Not that I was going to buy one but I would have liked to look at that big ol screen one more time The lumia 1520 is a 2013 phone comparable to the Galaxy note 3. Neither ATT or Verizon still sells new Galaxy note 3s although you can get refurbs. It wasn't so much retired early as Microsoft just hasn't bothered releasing new flagships in the US since it came out.
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