For those masochists who like to run Windows phones there is good news on the horizon, three Surface phones are due to arrive some time in 2017. The market segmentation is different from the competition, instead of offering curved screens or a different size they will sell consumer, business and enthusiast models. That is an interesting way to separate your products and with the amount that usual phone usage has changed an Enthusiast model actually makes sense for those who spend more time gaming and watching HD content on their phones than on their laptops.
The Inquirer has heard rumours that the phones will have a 5.5" QHD AMOLED screen, an Intel Atom CPU, 4GB of RAM and 64GB or 128GB of local storage, though one hopes the enthusiast model gets a little boost in specs.
"MICROSOFT'S RUMOURED Surface Phone reportedly won't see the light of day until next year, but will arrive in three versions when it does."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
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- NVIDIA GTC 2016 Recap – Pascal GPUs, Iray VR, AI and Autonomous Racing @ Techgage
- Samsung kind of cracks the 10nm barrier with new 8GB DDR4 slabs @ The Register
- Quanta LTE Router May Be Most Unsecure Router Ever Made @ Slashdot
- Huawei P9 and P9 Plus arrive with dual Leica-certified cameras @ The Inquirer
- Windows 7's grip on the enterprise desktop is loosening @ The Register
I hope its full blown
I hope its full blown windows, that would make me actually want it.
Don’t worry. It won’t be.
Don’t worry. It won’t be.
Masochists? I bet there is
Masochists? I bet there is much wider selection of Android phones designed for masochists. Windows phones might not be great but are certainly passable.
>>I bet there is much wider
>>I bet there is much wider selection of Android phones designed for masochists.<< You'll lose that bet as it will be a difficult task finding such a selection. - Android does not suffer from app availability problems, so there's no pain there. - Actually finding the available apps is not an issue - no pain there either. - No walled garden experience on Android; it can be configured to each user's need. - While Android is also built to spy, its not the Orwellian nightmare that Win 10 is. - Android's spying can be solved relatively easy. The difference is night and day even if the average unsavvy, uninformed consumer isnt aware.
You are probably Apple user
You are probably Apple user so you know very little how bad Android phone can be.
I dont use Apple devices
I dont use Apple devices either – I actually avoid personal smartphone use for the most part. I own several but none are activated with a carrier. They’re either for media consumption or for work-related research.
I’ve had lots of hands-on experience with tons of devices and their respective OS over the years (I’m excluding my first Nokia brick phones in the early 90s), beginning with Palm OS and Windows Mobile/ Win CE . That was almost 20 years ago and I’ve since dissected, repaired, configured, updated, jailbroken and rooted hundreds of them. As a consultant I’ve networked Palm PDAs – standalone, non-converged monochromatic devices, way before smartphones – and I’ve wowed the non-initiated with things like Ir printing and dial-up for web access (do you know what a painful thing Circuit Switched Data was?). Dont even get me started with the early BT headsets that were often mistaken for hearing aids or that had others thinking I was crazy, talking to myself.
Ok, sorry about the CV but we needed a bit of relevant background. I’ll try to be brief.
Android used to be a horrible mobile OS. The UX was bad: from the crappiest of interfaces to alarms that did not go off. The competition – iOS, and for a hot minute, webOS – had it beat with respect to functionality and polish. However, it has matured nicely and today is the first OS I would recommend for daily personal or business use.
Now this is from someone who avoids Google’s products and services like the plague. My Android devices are rooted, fitted with special ROMs and are void of Google apps or Play services. If its high end hardware that I decide to use often, I would even setup firewalls, encryption and a special hosts file and apps. Cameras are covered, mics are blocked through software and GPS/ location, sync, WiFi, etc., would be turned off. Finally, Im careful with what I place on that device. If I dont want it out there, I dont place it on a networked phone or computer.
So why would I even recommend Android given the above? Simply for the fact that it gives me the option to easily take those measures. Android is open and can be bent and shaped to your liking. Get the source and do whatever or pay someone to; the choice is there. Try doing that with iOS for example. Sure, you’ll succeed at jailbreaking and setting up a firewall and other security but the nature of the OS means you’ll never get the control that you need. When you consider this lack of control, and the fact that Apple also gather data, the choice for privacy-conscious, non-masochists becomes painfully clear 😀
And its the same with Windows. The new mobile OS will change the game like its desktop counterpart has. Its based on a new paradigm… Google’s paradigm actually, except its now on steroids and with the control mechanisms removed. So it is against these facts and familiarity that I conclude what I have; not for knowing very little on the topic.
To be fair, though, I understand what you mean. The usual Android experience, that is, the one to be had on a new, unmodified device, can be a scary one. Since this is the default experience that the majority of consumers have, there is cause for concern. But that can also be said of iOS and, in time, Windows. They’re all scary out of the box so in that case it makes sense to choose the devil that you can tame.
Windows phones are the only
Windows phones are the only ones I have ever had to install Microsoft's O359 SSL certs on manually in order to connect it to ActiveSync … so ya, masochist's dream.
Android phones can be pretty
Android phones can be pretty bad. However, a decent Android experience is miles ahead of a top-notch WP experience. WP’s best is Android’s average.
Android and Apple mobile
Android and Apple mobile operating system is backwards with its tiny rounded icons!
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