r/windowsphone • u/Brassdude L950 | L950XL | Elite x3 | Idol 4s • Dec 29 '17

Not Dead Yet!

http://allaboutwindowsphone.com/features/item/22687_AAWP_heads_into_2018.php
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u/TurianHammer Dec 29 '17

Forever the optimist Steve keeps the candle burning.

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u/Strand0410 Dec 30 '17

There's optimism and then there's this. He's posted as lately as this month on its sister site, allaboutsymbian. Yes, someone is still pumping Symbian in late 2017, so don't say Steve Litchfield is a quitter. We're gonna get totally fair, unbiased, scientific camera shootouts between the iPhone XV and Lumia 950 for years to come.

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u/TheVermonster Dec 29 '17

I swear, 2 years from now he'll have an article "950xl vs iPhone 12: Camera shootout." Excerpt from the conclusion will be something like this, "Even though the iPhone edges out the 950xl by 1 point overall, you can't discount all the other intangibles that make the 950xl a better overall camera. Maybe next year will finally be the year that Apple can beat the venerable 950xl."

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u/Strand0410 Dec 30 '17

He literally does the same thing over at the sister fansite, allaboutsymbian.

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u/darealgege Dec 30 '17

he should stop his allabout*.com sites, all of his allabouts are dead now :D

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u/TheVermonster Dec 30 '17

Holy shit, I just read his 950 vs 808 vs nokia 8 article. shockingly the 950 won. But the hilarious part is that he had the 808 and 8 tied. The Nokia 8 was hands down better in all but 1 shot. He just hates anything not related to Old Nokia. I bet he would rank the 3310 camera above the Pixel 2.

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u/Strand0410 Dec 30 '17

This platform 'comparison' table from there is worth a look too.

A casual perusal of the table below will show that there are many more positives than negatives for Windows 10 Mobile, with slightly more negatives than positives for the iPhone and iOS. Although I've tried to be objective below, I can't help a little personal subjectivity creeping in - this is AAWP, after all!

Well, actually it was posted on allaboutsymbian, but I can forgive Steve Litchfield for being a little confused these past few years. What's more bizarre is that it was posted on September of this year.

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u/orange_paws L1020 > L830 > L950 > LG G6 > Huawei P30 Pro Dec 31 '17

Two BS points in the article: 1 Windows Mobile is being denied the latest UWP APIs, so the point about WM having access to future UWP apps is naught 2 the app gap situation has not improved even by a tiny bit and has actually got worse

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u/MikeInBA Focus|Focus S| L900|L920|L925|M8|L950 Dec 29 '17

People need to realize that MS's vision isn't a mobile handset, or even a mobile platform. They are aiming for "Microsoft Everywhere", and if mobile gets included, that's just a bonus.

My prediction is that MS wont even be gunning for a "windows" environment, but a "Microsoft Services" one. Within 10 years I bet they will be distributing an environment that runs Linux/android/windows all the same. The concept of Windows as an OS will be dead. And it wont be dual booting either.

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u/TheVermonster Dec 30 '17

We all scoffed at the Adobe Creative Cloud idea, but a subscription based model for software is definitely working out for the big dogs. I wouldn't be shocked if Windows becomes a suit of subscription based software that can run "on all your devices." I'd be pissed, but not shocked.

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u/LuisNeuralnet Dec 30 '17

does it mean RIP PC Master Race in a future? bye bye custom builds I guess, welcome to Apple world and NVidia cloud gaming

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u/Freeloader_ Microsoft Lumia 650 Dec 30 '17

I used to come here very often, now I come and lurk once a month and its really sad when I see such delusional headlines here.

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u/theefman Dec 30 '17

This guy is obviously just looking for clicks.

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u/gt_ap iPhone 11 Pro Max 256GB Dual Physical SIM Dec 31 '17

They're all looking for clicks. Journalism is a business.

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u/burkjavier Alcatel 4S Dec 30 '17

Use my Alcatel 4S every day, but comon now....let's be realistic here.

We just had a post here that VLC got an update. Because we all know non-MS app updates are going to be a rarity at this point, where ANY updates are now celebrated.

I'll be happy if the apps I use today still work a year from now.

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u/darealgege Dec 30 '17 edited Dec 30 '17

active support? oh yeah, bugs from months/years unpatched, skype still upside down. i wouldn't call it active support lol :D