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I'll probably be hung for this comment, but I'd still grab the Lumia 625 for the same price myself. Sure the screen isn't as high res but you get 4G/LTE, an SD

by bananas 13y ago

I'll probably be hung for this comment, but I'd still grab the Lumia 625 for the same price myself. Sure the screen isn't as high res but you get 4G/LTE, an SD slot, guaranteed lifecycle, quality integration with just about every online service and completely 100% offline (unlike google) and free for life turn by turn navigation for vehicles, public transport, on foot and inside buildings. Also if you've ever broken a Lumia, you'll know the bits are cheap to get and easy to replace without such things as heat guns and odd tools. A T4/T5/T6 torx set and you're sorted. Smashed my 820 AMOLED screen a week ago and had bits in next day and it installed in 10 minutes. Before anyone goes "apps apps apps", I only have two additional apps installed other than what shipped with it: an RPN calculator and Adobe Reader Edit: pricing links as HN has decided I'm posting too fast: https://www.o2.co.uk/shop/phones/moto/g/ https://www.o2.co.uk/shop/phones/moto/g/ https://www.o2.co.uk/shop/phones/nokia/lumia-625/ https://www.o2.co.uk/shop/phones/nokia/lumia-625/ Lumia pricing goes really low. You can get SIM-free 820's for £169 and 520's for £69 if you keep an eye peeled on amazon.

glogla 13y ago
Can you use Lumia without MS account? I know you can do that with Android (for example using F-Driod repository instead of Google Play), and I'm pretty sure you can't do that with iPhone, but I don't know about Windows Phones.
- bananas 13y ago
  You need to use a Microsoft account to buy stuff on the WP Store but there is no obligation to use it for anything else, it can be tied to your existing email address and can be closed at any point without any problems. I've never had to buy an app - the built in ones are awesome and the best others are free (Nokia HERE for example). You can just chuck a SIM in it and skip the signup when you use it and live with the built in apps as well if you want. It doesn't nag you.
glomph 13y ago
Isn't the Lumia 625 is quite a bit more expensive?
teekert 13y ago
I just bought the moto G, coming from a Lumia 800. Reasons: (besides battery/no win8 etc) Whatsapp is crap, no official telegram app (the unofficial ones are workable), no Bittorrent Sync, no VNC app, the integrated Bing search always makes me go back to Google (and I have tried), my Imap email stopped functioning just like that, no mass storage, instead: Zune. No good standard podcast player (needs Zune). Etc. That said, Windows Phone is butter smooth and very nice, very well executed but it really is the apps for me.
- bananas 13y ago
  The Lumia 800 was a WP7.5 device. It's a bit different now with WP8. Battery doesn't suck anymore with the NT kernel, we do have mass storage and it doesn't require Zune anymore. It's a simple MTP device. I can actually plug it into a CentOS 6.5 machine and copy files on and off it quite happily including music/videos. IMAP is very reliable (better than my wife's iPhone), Google search is integrated into the browser. I can't say I've tried telegram/whatsapp/bittorrent sync or VNC though.

by bananas 13y ago

glogla 13y ago

Can you use Lumia without MS account? I know you can do that with Android (for example using F-Driod repository instead of Google Play), and I'm pretty sure you can't do that with iPhone, but I don't know about Windows Phones.

bananas 13y ago
You need to use a Microsoft account to buy stuff on the WP Store but there is no obligation to use it for anything else, it can be tied to your existing email address and can be closed at any point without any problems. I've never had to buy an app - the built in ones are awesome and the best others are free (Nokia HERE for example). You can just chuck a SIM in it and skip the signup when you use it and live with the built in apps as well if you want. It doesn't nag you.

glomph 13y ago

Isn't the Lumia 625 is quite a bit more expensive?

teekert 13y ago

I just bought the moto G, coming from a Lumia 800. Reasons: (besides battery/no win8 etc) Whatsapp is crap, no official telegram app (the unofficial ones are workable), no Bittorrent Sync, no VNC app, the integrated Bing search always makes me go back to Google (and I have tried), my Imap email stopped functioning just like that, no mass storage, instead: Zune. No good standard podcast player (needs Zune). Etc. That said, Windows Phone is butter smooth and very nice, very well executed but it really is the apps for me.

bananas 13y ago
The Lumia 800 was a WP7.5 device. It's a bit different now with WP8. Battery doesn't suck anymore with the NT kernel, we do have mass storage and it doesn't require Zune anymore. It's a simple MTP device. I can actually plug it into a CentOS 6.5 machine and copy files on and off it quite happily including music/videos. IMAP is very reliable (better than my wife's iPhone), Google search is integrated into the browser. I can't say I've tried telegram/whatsapp/bittorrent sync or VNC though.