Windows Phones on the plane

Thursday evening flight from Edinburgh to London, three strangers on the same row, each using a Windows Phone, and two of us sporting a Microsoft Band 2.

Awesome. Well at least Some of us still appreciate the best phone user experience.  

Conversation 29 comments

  • 5027

    10 February, 2017 - 12:12 am

    <p>Awesome 🙂 I still see some Windows Phones on the train on my way to work everyday. So we are still out there</p>

  • 10717

    10 February, 2017 - 1:01 am

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    • 5027

      10 February, 2017 - 4:13 am

      <blockquote><em><a href="#41912">In reply to </a><a href="../../../../users/Sharlynwilliam001">Sharlynwilliam001</a><a href="#41912">:</a></em></blockquote>
      <p>And this is why we need a block function and a report function so we can block Spam…</p>

  • 10766

    13 February, 2017 - 1:08 am

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    • 5027

      13 February, 2017 - 6:20 am

      <blockquote><em><a href="#42200">In reply to </a><a href="../../../../users/James_Cameron">James_Cameron</a><a href="#42200">:</a></em></blockquote>
      <p>and here we go, even more spam .&nbsp;</p>
      <p>We desperately need a way to report and block spam&nbsp;</p>

  • 830

    13 February, 2017 - 5:59 am

    <p>Watched Casualty on BBC1 last night and the doctor was using an orange Lumia 930. &nbsp;Great prop choice!</p>

  • 830

    13 February, 2017 - 6:12 am

    <p>Watched Casualty on BBC1 last night and the doctor was using an orange Lumia 930. Great prop choice! &nbsp;Guess it shows the NHS can’t afford iPhones. &nbsp;Who’d have thought they’d sneak a political statement into its drama shows? ;-)</p>

    • 9201

      13 February, 2017 - 8:31 am

      <blockquote><em><a href="#42209">In reply to </a><a href="../../../../users/StevenLayton">StevenLayton</a><a href="#42209">:</a></em></blockquote>
      <p>Windows Phones/ Surface Pro devices feature higher than the consumer share average on UK television [e.g. Cold Feet]. Not sure if its Microsoft UK product promotions [e.g. Humans] or just creative preference.&nbsp;</p>

      • 4964

        13 February, 2017 - 10:15 pm

        <blockquote><em><a href="#42234">In reply to </a><a href="../../../../users/Jules_Wombat">Jules Wombat</a><a href="#42234">:</a></em></blockquote>
        <p>Maybe Windows Phone falls into the BBC ‘no advertising’ policy. Using a phone few can even buy any more!</p>

        • 9201

          14 February, 2017 - 12:22 am

          <blockquote><em><a href="#42321">In reply to </a><a href="../../../../users/robincapper">robincapper</a><a href="#42321">:</a></em></blockquote>
          <p>Cold Feet, Humans, No Offence all featuring SP4s are ITV and C4, not BBC. </p>

  • 2

    Premium Member
    13 February, 2017 - 9:10 am

    <p>The best phone experience from 2013 maybe. 🙂 It’s not even close now, sorry.</p>

    • 661

      13 February, 2017 - 9:37 am

      <blockquote><em><a href="#42238">In reply to </a><a href="../../../../users/paul-thurrott">Paul Thurrott</a><a href="#42238">:</a></em></blockquote>
      <p>Paul</p>
      <p>have you ever done a story regarding which Android Apps you use routinely. It would make an interesting article or discussion.&nbsp;</p>

      • 2585

        13 February, 2017 - 6:28 pm

        <blockquote><em><a href="#42241">In reply to </a><a href="../../../../users/Simard57">Simard57</a><a href="#42241">:</a></em></blockquote>
        <p>Paul is regularly using iOS, I think…</p>

        • 2

          Premium Member
          15 February, 2017 - 8:29 am

          <blockquote><em><a href="#42300">In reply to </a><a href="../../../../users/jbuccola">jbuccola</a><a href="#42300">:</a></em></blockquote>
          <p>I use both, actually.</p>

      • 2

        Premium Member
        15 February, 2017 - 8:29 am

        <blockquote><em><a href="#42241">In reply to </a><a href="../../../../users/Simard57">Simard57</a><a href="#42241">:</a></em></blockquote>
        <p>Look for "Android for the Windows Guy", I’ve written about this a lot.</p>

    • 2063

      13 February, 2017 - 2:29 pm

      <blockquote><em>Yes Paul for some people, I know it’s&nbsp;not for all.&nbsp;As for me I’ve got a bank app on Win 10 mob, which I know puts me in the minority, and with my O365 subscription Groove music contains all my music via OneDrive. All the apps I need I have. Therefore the functionality of the OS is what’s most important to me. I prefer Win 10 mob to Android and iOS which I why the 950XL is my daily driver.<a href="#42238">In reply to </a><a href="../../../../users/paul-thurrott">Paul Thurrott</a><a href="#42238">:</a></em></blockquote>
      <p>&nbsp;</p>

      • 2

        Premium Member
        15 February, 2017 - 8:28 am

        <blockquote><em><a href="#42284">In reply to </a><a href="../../../../users/[email protected]">[email protected]</a><a href="#42284">:</a></em></blockquote>
        <p>The "it does everything I need" argument is both tired and incorrect. You’ll never know what’s possible if you limit yourself to a phone that does almost nothing. Sorry.&nbsp;</p>

        • 5496

          15 February, 2017 - 11:53 am

          <blockquote><em><a href="#42464">In reply to </a><a href="../../../../users/paul-thurrott">Paul Thurrott</a><a href="#42464">:</a></em></blockquote>
          <p>You always say that. But people don’t want to look for apps to see what’s new. They have the apps that they need, and the phone does what they need. That’s all that matters.</p>
          <p>Windows phone does everything I need.</p>
          <p>Your constant bashing on it, is getting old and tired.</p>

        • 5611

          15 February, 2017 - 2:11 pm

          <blockquote><em><a href="#42464">In reply to </a><a href="../../../../users/paul-thurrott">Paul Thurrott</a><a href="#42464">:</a></em></blockquote>
          <p>"The ‘it does everything I need’ argument is both tired and incorrect. You’ll never know what’s possible if you limit yourself to a phone that does almost nothing."</p>
          <p>Assuming it is tired and incorrect, the same argument should apply to OSX users.</p>
          <p>Naturally, a phone that does almost nothing is, basically, a phone… which we know is not true of Windows 10 Mobile. So, we can all read that with&nbsp;a pinch of salt obviously ;-)</p>

    • 9201

      13 February, 2017 - 3:33 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#42238">In reply to </a><a href="../../../../users/paul-thurrott">Paul Thurrott</a><a href="#42238">:</a></em></blockquote>
      <p>Your opinion, and many others, but I deliberately stated best phone&nbsp;user experience, not necessarily the best phone experience. Just consider that maybe some of us are not so dependent upon Apps.</p>

    • 9201

      13 February, 2017 - 4:09 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#42238">In reply to </a><a href="../../../../users/paul-thurrott">Paul Thurrott</a><a href="#42238">:</a></em></blockquote>
      <p>Well that’s your own opinion, just consider that for many of us&nbsp;(well the few of us on WP) apps are not necessarily the main reason for our&nbsp;phone choice. The OS is&nbsp;remains cleaner and modern than iOS and Android by some margin. The apps gap was just as wide in 2013 as it is now, so I don’t understand how it was so much better in 2013. Its perhaps&nbsp;more about uncertainty in the platform, I can understand. But the fetish for some to expect&nbsp;a ‘premium’ speced phone every year is a rather&nbsp;bemusing indulgence to my mind. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

      • 2

        Premium Member
        15 February, 2017 - 8:27 am

        <blockquote><em><a href="#42293">In reply to </a><a href="../../../../users/Jules_Wombat">Jules Wombat</a><a href="#42293">:</a></em></blockquote>
        <p>Yes, it is my opinion. Obviously.&nbsp;</p>
        <p>The reason it was "better" is that the experience of using the phone was better then. Since that time, WP has gotten worse from a usability perspective—thanks, Windows Mobile—and iPhone and Android have gotten much better.</p>

    • 907

      13 February, 2017 - 4:47 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#42238">In reply to </a><a href="../../../../users/paul-thurrott">Paul Thurrott</a><a href="#42238">:</a></em></blockquote>
      <p>Just purchased a Huawei Mate 9 and it has been an absolute revelation for me. Running Nougat with 4 GB Ram and 64 GB storage with a massive battery with all of the Android apps. I don’t wish to belittle WM users but you have no idea how good it can be. Every damn app including MS apps are there. I absolutely respect your resilience WM fans but you are choosing a second rate experience.</p>

      • 9201

        14 February, 2017 - 12:25 am

        <blockquote><em><a href="#42296">In reply to </a><a href="../../../../users/anchovylover">anchovylover</a><a href="#42296">:</a></em></blockquote>
        <p>I also have an Android phone, OnePlusOne 3, yes all the Apps available, but I still prefer the Windows Phone experience on my Lumia 650, as my daily driver sorry.</p>

      • 5027

        14 February, 2017 - 2:14 am

        <blockquote><em><a href="#42296">In reply to </a><a href="../../../../users/anchovylover">anchovylover</a><a href="#42296">:</a></em></blockquote>
        <p>You say you do not want to belittle&nbsp;WM users and yet you go on an do just that in the next sentence.&nbsp;</p>
        <p>I am very well aware of what Android and iOS offers, and I’m sure most of Windows Phone/mobile users on this site does as well, and it offers nothing I need. you think windows phone&amp;mobile are blind and stupid so they done know whats out there??&nbsp;</p>
        <p>Every app is there.. okay, great if you care about apps, I don’t.. so you get worse UI experience, but you get apps that I for one do not need. &nbsp;I use some apps, but so seldom I would most likely be able to live without them as well. &nbsp; I use Skype, Whatsapp, Twitter.. and well that is about it . Skype is more or less built in, and whatsApp I use less and less. .. other apps I need.. eem &nbsp;nothing I can think of . I have a web browser, and I can do anything else I need with that.</p>
        <p>&nbsp;</p>

    • 6593

      13 February, 2017 - 7:23 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#42238">In reply to </a><a href="../../../../users/paul-thurrott">Paul Thurrott</a><a href="#42238">:</a></em></blockquote>
      <blockquote><em>My random reboots and app failures on nougut are frustrating.&nbsp;I have a nice LG V20, like the phone not sure I can say the same&nbsp;about the OS. As the browser crashed, yes the browser I was reminded of how solid WP was in it’s day. &nbsp;</em></blockquote>
      <p>&nbsp;</p>
      <p>&nbsp;</p>

  • 5038

    14 February, 2017 - 2:25 pm

    <p>Were there any snakes?&nbsp;</p>

  • 3428

    14 February, 2017 - 3:41 pm

    <p>I have seen a few more recently few on a flight back from Amsterdam yesterday in fact.</p>

  • ponsaelius

    16 February, 2017 - 3:17 pm

    <p>In the UK we used to have a market of 11%. Microsoft have concentrated on the strategy of relying on OEM's to build their product. The HP Elite X3 is sold to business only. The Alcatel is a US only product. </p><p><br></p><p>UK market share has fallen. Although strangely enough the franchises inside PC-World stores have large pictures of Windowsphone. No stock of course but nice pictures.</p>

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