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Why not a Windows Phone? They're very decent.

by Avalaxy 11y ago

brudgers 11y ago
I've recently bern using my old WP 7.8 phone for eBook reading near water after a couple of years with Android as my primary device. My opinion is that Windows Phone is hands down the best user interface. It's aesthetically coherent, communicates efficiently, and smooth to use...and the browser...well it works perfectly with Hacker News [and shouldn't the OP's spouse be reading Hacker News?] That said, the reason I'll almost certainly stay on Android is access to all the programming tools: J, Ruby, Python, Forth, Octave, etc. It's just too nerdtastic even though I think TouchDevelop is one of the coolest things ever.
lucozade 11y ago
They also have secondary benefits. My teenage son was playing rugby and while the game was going on the changing room was robbed. The only thing the robbers took were phones. Interesting, only iphones were taken and the only phones left were a badly cracked iphone and my son's Nokia Windows phone. What made my son particularly happy was that, the reason he has a Nokia is that he had his iphone stolen while on holiday and didn't have enough to buy a new one. So, if you have a habit of leaving your phone around, the conclusion is to either smash it or buy a Windows phone!
- mcintyre1994 11y ago
  The UK Home Office published data in 2014 about phone thefts [0], it's pretty interesting. Over 50% of thefts in London were iPhones, they were the only ones with a higher share of thefts than of the market (by miles - their market share was <15%) (page 13). I can't find a newer analysis, but probably worth pointing out that they mention manufacturer security improvements reducing thefts, and iOS has obviously had some of those since 2014. [0] https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/390901/HO_Mobile_theft_paper_Dec_14_WEB.PDF https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachm...

Why not a Windows Phone? They're very decent.

by Avalaxy 11y ago

Why not a Windows Phone? They're very decent.

I've recently bern using my old WP 7.8 phone for eBook reading near water after a couple of years with Android as my primary device. My opinion is that Windows Phone is hands down the best user interface. It's aesthetically coherent, communicates efficiently, and smooth to use...and the browser...well it works perfectly with Hacker News [and shouldn't the OP's spouse be reading Hacker News?] That said, the reason I'll almost certainly stay on Android is access to all the programming tools: J, Ruby, Python, Forth, Octave, etc. It's just too nerdtastic even though I think TouchDevelop is one of the coolest things ever.

lucozade 11y ago

They also have secondary benefits. My teenage son was playing rugby and while the game was going on the changing room was robbed. The only thing the robbers took were phones. Interesting, only iphones were taken and the only phones left were a badly cracked iphone and my son's Nokia Windows phone. What made my son particularly happy was that, the reason he has a Nokia is that he had his iphone stolen while on holiday and didn't have enough to buy a new one. So, if you have a habit of leaving your phone around, the conclusion is to either smash it or buy a Windows phone!

mcintyre1994 11y ago
The UK Home Office published data in 2014 about phone thefts [0], it's pretty interesting. Over 50% of thefts in London were iPhones, they were the only ones with a higher share of thefts than of the market (by miles - their market share was <15%) (page 13). I can't find a newer analysis, but probably worth pointing out that they mention manufacturer security improvements reducing thefts, and iOS has obviously had some of those since 2014. [0] https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/390901/HO_Mobile_theft_paper_Dec_14_WEB.PDF https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachm...