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@jevonsims900

7 ай бұрын

My favorite Windows Phone feature was True Expandable Storage I could insert a micro SD Card into any 16gb WP and make it 128gb instantly.

one of the best budget smartphones was the Lumia 520 . The whole windows phone died 'cause the app store didn't get any love . I never understood why .

@Aomicplane

7 ай бұрын

The fact that Google deliberatiely did not make any Google apps for Windows Phone and even went as far to render 3rd party Windows Phone apps for their services (like 3rd party WP KZread clients for example) nonfunctional was a big part of it. Google did not want a big 3rd player in the smartphone OS market and they played a significant role in why WP failed.

@breakinggames6356

7 ай бұрын

@@Aomicplane doesnt windows 11 have android support I keep hearing about it and if so if windows phone cameback microsoft could just bundle that into it and get past everything

@adamsc9734

7 ай бұрын

If PWAs had beed introduced a few years earlier, we might still have WP

@mykmyk7856

7 ай бұрын

The best

@joelconolly5574

7 ай бұрын

​​@@Aomicplaneyeah. Google hates Windows. Made even worst that Microsoft can't even find developers to put major apps in Windows Phone. Sad.

The UI remains my favourite to this day, smooth and aesthetic. Good build quality as well

@victor100judo

7 ай бұрын

I always say that the Microsoft Launcher for Android should be the full Live Titles experience

@jiv32

6 ай бұрын

Me too. I miss the beautiful live tiles interface. Easily the best interface I have ever used. Too bad the buggy half baked apps made the phone unusable 😔

Windows Phone was in its prime in 8.1

@NOHEATED

7 ай бұрын

Windows 10 Mobile was a huge step ahead tho

@charismafunds

7 ай бұрын

I stayed in win 8.1 in my lumia. I still use it sometimes. And best thing I stopped my laptop also in windows 8.1.

@SouravSatvaya

7 ай бұрын

​@@NOHEATEDWindow 10 Mobile was not smooth, half baked, there were lots of broken features. The UI was inconsistent, it totally removed the colourful live tiles, changed the individual settings to unified settings like Android. They tried to make it like the Windows 10 PC version.

@teddygonzalez87

7 ай бұрын

​@@charismafundswindows 8.0 and 8.1 were crap on computers. They were designed for phones and tablets.

@monochrome_linux

7 ай бұрын

YES! my first smartphone was a nokia lumia with windows phone 8.1 and it was amazing, the phone only had 512 megs of memory and a really slow snapdragon 400 CPU but it was smooth, consistant and worked well, i used to be really into games like Hill Climb Racing back then, and those games ran very smoothly. but then windows phone 10 update came out and it was slow, sluggish, all the games that i played smoothly without any lags started stuttering like crazy, UI was worse, it was just a worse experience over all.

Recent news said that Nadella (CEO, Microsoft) realized that stopping the Windows phones was a big mistake. Thanks for the video.

@DrumToTheBassWoop

6 ай бұрын

That can only mean one thing, Microsoft want to rekindle the Lumia.

@Blahh6789

5 ай бұрын

I wish they make a comeback

The OS was underrated AF. Simple, clean, elegant, stripped-down, fast, stable and pretty secure. It was also easier to develop apps for, but too bad people didn't do so a lot. It was so efficient, getting the best out of devices with pretty underpowered hardware compared to flagship Android and iPhones.

It had amazing minimalist design and a pure dark mode. I still consider Windows Phone keyboard to be the best- accurate, great haptic feedback.

@ArkadiuszLitwin

7 ай бұрын

WP keyboard in WP7 and WP 8.1 hands down, the best mobile/touch keyboards that I have ever used to this day... it's sadly frustrating that I can't find even close replacement in 2023 for something that I was using a decade ago lol

@monmonfiasco6391

7 ай бұрын

remember the swipe to text key google and ios copied them from windows phone

@kayj8976

6 ай бұрын

The keyboard was the best. My experience with Cortana was that it was the most accurate with dictation and punctuation.

@PabloHz

6 ай бұрын

WP 8.1 keyboard was magical. I Loved it. I miss this OS

@dee_wade

6 ай бұрын

Not to mention the keyboard had the best clicky noises.... seriously its ridiculous how sublime of an experience WP offered. At the time, I really didn't mind not having the mainstream apps. Because everything else worked so freakin well... Took my Lumia Icon out (928/929??) the other day to compare camera shots with a new Samsung. Surprisingly holds its own. Arguably better image quality ( hard to tell with the lower res Lumia screen though. might have to check out the raw images later on) If the Lumia had the same photo processing software that the Samsung had, I'd argue that the Lumia would come out ahead all dayyyyy Also Windows Continuum was the original Samsung Dex... I know its been years guys but I'm still upset about losing windows phone

I still use my Lumia 1020 as a point and shoot RAW mode on a 2013 phone, they were so damn ahead of the time

@devrim-oguz

7 ай бұрын

Raw mode existed on previous LG phones as well

@ThePrinceVincent

7 ай бұрын

@@devrim-oguz Which ones. far as I know there wasn’t a API at the time

@dp8460

7 ай бұрын

@@devrim-oguz nah,, during lumia times, majority of phones doesnt have support for digital negative. windows phone are the only ones that support digital negatives natively at that time.. there was apps that let you shoot digital negatives what you cant control it, just shoot.

7 ай бұрын

​@@ThePrinceVincentLG V30 up to V60 for sure, possible that the G6-G8x also had RAW

@ThePrinceVincent

7 ай бұрын

@ But that was until 2018-2019 Windows Phone had raw mode since 2013

Still missing my 1520 till this day. It was the best phone experience I've ever had. Sad Microsoft didn't follow it through

@Nator_Hard

6 ай бұрын

True. Had a lot of phones, but 1520 was the best for me

Windows Phone was amazing, I miss the lumia design so much!!!!

@ImportantTech

7 ай бұрын

I miss it as well

Got the Lumia 800 way back in 2011 when WP just came out. It was the tech of the future, easily gave the iPhone 4s a run for its money. Still hurts me to this day that we don't have these beautiful devices around anymore.

Windows phones just needed apps. They were much better than Android can ever be. Lag free, they might even have had integration with Windows PCs and would have created an ecosystem just like apple’s. Its a shame nobody made windows apps and the phones had to die. They had the perfect premium plastic bodies which did not break easily and were replaceable if they did break, awesome cameras for their time, an almost perfect OS and UI, my personal favourite till date, and an almost perfect ecosystem possibility like that of apple.

I miss the Windows Phone UI so much. Never had any problems or glitches, it just worked. The lumina line of phones were amazing also, just built like tanks and loved the colour plastic.

@ImportantTech

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing! Sadly I did get some glitches in Windows 10, but Windows 8 worked great

Was proud owner of *Nokia* *Lumia* *620* . Used from 2013 to 2017 amazing compact phone.

My first smartphone was the Lumia 525, and it was definitely a great phone!

The phone you used here runs WindowsPhone 10 OS which is kinda ugly and has an Android like feel and less prominent animations. I'd really like you to try a WindowsPhone 8.1 device instead and you'd really wish it was usable today. It's absolutely beautiful!

@ImportantTech

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment! I agree. Windows Phone 8 felt better than 10. It also had a lot less bugs.

Wireless charging also debuted first in Windows Phone, I guess Lumia 920.

I had a Nokia 920, and I think it was an amazing phone ahead of its time. For example, it had wireless charging when most phones were still charging by cable only. It also had an always-on display which showed the time, weather, and notifications. Great phone.

I miss my Nokia Lumia 930 in orange. It was truly ahead of it's time! Amazing camera as well!

I loved it's size, interface, easy to organize features, sadly had to give it up becoz of discontinued support

@ImportantTech

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@ekinteko

7 ай бұрын

@@ImportantTech Microsoft was pretty incompetent, and lacked vision and action. If they managed to release Windows 10 Mobile back in 2010, so basically in competition with iOS 4 and Android 2.3 then yes, Microsoft would have dominated the smartphone marketshare. In 2011, they still would have a chance, just as long as the hardware was good, price fair, and the third-party support competitive. Because we saw the huge leap with Android 4.0 and not long after we saw Apple re-revolutionise the industry with iOS 7, 64-bit hardware, and the absolutely tiny/ergonomic in the iPhone 5S. So basically by the time it was 2013, it was too late. Yet, Microsoft didn't really get their best foot forward until like 2016. I really liked the HP Elite X3, but there was litle reason to get that instead of the iPhone 6S+ or Samsung S7+ or the ZTE Axon 7.

The first Windows phone I used was the Nokia Lumia 610, which ran WP7.5. I got it in 2018, so it was pretty useless from the start sadly. Windows Phone was a very cool OS with a very unique and beautiful UI. I have never used any of the later Windows phones, I wish I could've experienced it when it was at its peak still with limited app support though). I have Launcher 10 as my Android Launcher and it very accurately replicates the WP10 OS. I could spend all day just looking at it!

I had both 520 and 640 XL. Hands down most intuitive and best smartphone UI I ever had. I remember and will never forget how bitter it felt when apps simply started disappearing from the store. I used to be a great fan of Microsoft, but since they murdered this great little thing, I never bought a single device from them ever again.

@TheJames-Edward

6 ай бұрын

If they would have been able to get google apps these phones would still be around.

This felt like way agead of it's time. If only they would have stayed a little longer in the market then things might have turned around for them and creators would be created apps for windows too.

Yes, I still own 4 Windows Phones. But I don't use them as my daily phone. HTC Arrive (Windows Phone 7.8), Lumia 640 (Windows Mobile 10) , Lumia 822 (Windows Phone 8.1) , and Lumia 950 (Windows Mobile 10). They're still fun to play around with. It's funny when I see Android and Apple come out with "new features" that Windows Phone had almost a decade ago.

@polepino

6 ай бұрын

I definitely remember when Windows Phone had wireless charging as one of its prime features back in 2017-18 if I remember correctly. I specifically remember being at an airport in FL while I was on vacation and needed a charge. They had phone charging stations where they had plug holes for charging cables etc. Also, the charging stations basically had "shelves" on them and on those shelves were two pads. They were wireless charging pads. I remember every one and their mom had wires coming out of these charging stations and I was like the only one to put my phone directly on the pad to charge without wires. It was kind of a funny scene.

@jerrybandy3827

6 ай бұрын

@@polepino When I originally bought the Lumia 822 from Verizon, it didn't come with wireless charging out of the box. But it was as simple as buying the optional back cover and changing it.

Yes it was ahead of its time, where consumers didn't understood what they were delivering it, only few could understood. And they still love it and always will. One day they will launch it again. Lumia forever ❤

Choose the best lighting on 950 is my favorite option! It'a amazing how you can change light after shoot... Still have it and 1020 also... To bad Windows died...

I had Nokia Lumia 610, 520 and 640XL. All were amazing phones with great cameras and ran smoothly. If they had Google apps I would not have switched to Android.

The UI is still the best, even today! It was such a smooth interface to flow through. I miss my Windows Phones, I had the 1020 and 950XL. I use a launcher to make my Android look like the live tile homescreen.

@ecguy6

6 ай бұрын

What app do you use? Is it relatively smooth?

@Ecirroh1

6 ай бұрын

@@ecguy6 Hey, it's called Launcher 10, and yes, it's smooth.

I loved Windows Phone and kept it right up until the very end, as an avid gamer too it had great integration with Xbox, loved unlocking achievements on the go! I just wish the third party support was there, if the apps were available the customer base would've come I reckon

the Animations in WP8.1 where so much better! loved it

@monochrome_linux

7 ай бұрын

the page flip like animations! oh boy, brings back some good memories

The tile interface was nice and useful.

Imagine windows phone makes comeback but this time it's a pocket computer having everything just like a pc ( games apps word ppt excel

@ImportantTech

3 ай бұрын

That would be amazing

I miss Windows Phone so much. One of the reasons I actually liked it so much was because it was missing so many of the popular apps iPhone and Android had. I felt like I could actually switch off without constantly being bombarded with notifications. I had a HTC 8X and Lumia 535.

I still own three of those and regularly come back to both my Lumia 530 and 640 (i actually use them as alarm clocks because I just like the Nokia alarm jingle way more than anything my current iphone SE has). If they come up with some sort of windows 11 or 12 phone I'll be first in line to get one, i loved everything about them

I always liked the live tile design and how it looked.

Windows Phone were wonderful. I was a fan of Windows and Nokia., was a best combination. I am still open to adopt to windows in phone

Yes, I have lumia 520 since 2012. And recently I bought refurbished Lumia 540 dual sim.

loved my 1520. updated to windows 10. still keeping it though it won't start anymore.

I had a Nokia Lumia 820 with Windows and it was amazing, loved that one so much!

I was windowsphone user for many years and it was good time...

If a windows phone comes back with proper app support like maps, social media apps and basic utilities app such as file sharing, my next phone will be a windows phone. I was a huge fan of this UI and its camera. By the time I was old enough to be able to buy a phone for myself, the windows phone got discontinued.

I think the problem with this homepage was that it required a lot of effort to adjust it to your needs. The default setup was not good. If it could be preset by default better and dynamically change itself according to how the user is using the phone etc. It would be great.

Nice work 👍🎉😊

@ImportantTech

7 ай бұрын

Thank you

Still the best keyboard, still the best camera app, still the best UI for one hand: many don't notice that, but this large heading text in apps appears exactly about the limit where you can reach with your thumb.

I've got 4 windows phones and all get love ;-) They're beautifully designed and feel good in the hands and so slick. Huge mistake to let these die.

Colour ascent consistency was also well implemented...

My first phone was HTC HD2, then HTC X and then lumia 7 series, all of them were windows Phone... I shifted to Android in 2017 and I still miss windows Phone. The user interface was awesome. Very good ram management.

Good old days, Missing it so much 😢

still have my windows phone in original box. just can`t through it Away. loved it so much

I still have my Lumia 635 (non functioning), 640 and 640XL. After seeing this video, I went and charged up my 640XL, which still works, minus the app store access now. It's cool though, I kept all my apps and games on their and I was running windows 10 the last update they put out. Of everything, I loved taking pictures with it, even if it wasn't high end like the 950, its the software that made the difference. You take a picture, and after each picture, it added the touches and when you go to after a few seconds those pictures were clean!!

I miss the little dimple in the keyboard that in reality were the arrow keys for moving the typing cursor, the paste button on top of the keyboard and the “don’t forget your last calendar event” wen it died out of battery. Had a 930 and a 950xl and those were my favorite phones

The Sat Nav was superb too.

How do you still on the windows phone and I think it’s the one you showed for the majority of the video. It sits on my desk to this day.

Yes, I still use the Lumia 1020 in 2024 !! A wonderful and powerful device, the images of it I still find to date challenge new phones, especially in sharpness and depth of pureview color !! Thank you Google and Facebook for destroying that system because you prevented your applications from going to the Windows store in that time !!

I was a windows phone fan. Missing it's simplicity and speed

I had a original moto g once. This had a replaceable back cover. And Motorola brought out a flip cover, shipping with an actual back cover. Was the most compact way of doing a flip cover case, as at the back sight was acting as the backcover. Now you always need a sjell (hard or silicone) around the actual phone, making it bulkier.

If it releases again, Imma buying it foshoo

i own lumia 720.. and wanted to use it as a secondary device but the power button is damaged now.. and no one was able to fix it.. so its just sitting there with me.. it still looks way better than any android device i have used so far

can't watch without tears. Bastards killed best OS ever.

I used lumia 520 and 930 in the past (about 9-10 years ago). The OS was amazing.. elegant, smooth, never lags. The only reason I switched to iPhone 6 at that time was due to its app store. It lacks many important apps and I need to use many third-party apps, even for Instagram and Facebook. Never understood why. If not because of the apps, I can even see myself using windows phone till today.

I find out that Windows Phone runs well on entry level devices than Android, including the Go Edition. If only MS kept developing Windows Phone

The option to have two separate Phone and Messaging app for Dual Sim phones was the best feature that I had on any phone.

I loved the Nokia 1020 I used to own, it was White, the first mobile phone camera that really impressed me, and I always enjoyed using Windows Mobile.

I had a couple different Windows phones and they were some of my favorites. If they would have been able to get google apps then they would still around.

Always a special place in my heart

I had the 520.. Running windows 10 mobile from the insider program. 😊

I still own both of my Windows phone, and I still love them, If Windows Phones ever comes back, I will switch to them in blink.

FINALLY SOMEONE WHO AGREES

I had the Lumia 950 XL, was a phenomenal phone, till i shattered my screen. Whenever I was using the phone people used to stop all the time to check it out, everyone thought it was the most amazing phone theyve seen. I actually miss it. A Windows 11 phone running WSA would be absolutely awesome.

I use launcher 10 and paid for live tiles, i loved my windows phone besides the lack of apps, i would switch to WP in a blink if they brought it back

If I remember right, you could also change the color of your text bubbles to what you wanted. Mine were to different shades of red. (was yellow by default?)

@ImportantTech

7 ай бұрын

I didn't know that was a thing. Nice

i will always miss my Windows Phone😢😢😢 Dark mode Tile interface The camera Files app Everything 😭😭😭😭😭

If windows phone comes back I would like to get one of them

It's rare that a superior product and not the most popular product ends up coming out on top. Looking back at all the dead mobile OS platforms, this couldn't be more true. So many good mobile OS platforms have come and gone that were so ahead of their time than what we have left with iOS and Android. Windows Phone was definitely one of my favorite and I still have my Lumia 830 which is still one of my favorite phones of all time as well as my Lumia 1020, another amazing phone. Always wanted a Nokia 808, not Windows Phone powered but one of the last Symbian powered flagships of that era. Symbian, another excellent mobile OS that is no more. The mobile landscape 15 years ago was just so much more diverse and full of innovative tech. These days most of the so-called innovation happens in China between the various Chinese brands and rarely makes it outside to other markets and most of that innovation surrounds camera tech and a lot of that is iterative year over year updates, nothing groundbreaking. I would love a third option at this point. I love my Pixel 8 Pro and but give me a modern webOS powered Pixel with that same AI and camera tech and the Google Play Store and I'd take it in a heartbeat over anything else out now.

I really hope they bring back windows phone . I will buy it in a heartbeat

I really loved Windows phones. I dreamed buying them when I'm grown up but sadly they have disappeared now 😢

Continuum worked wirelessly as well, (though sort of slower, on a Wifi b/g protocol) with Miracast supportin devices (i.e TVs) back in the days. Something we don't see even today in some of the devices out there in the market.

Back in the days when I used to have Lumia 540, I loved it. One of the most memorable purchases I've ever made. Android & iOS cannot give satisfaction as much as a windows phone. ❤

I really loved my windows phone, but the lack of app support really killed it, I either had inferior versions of apps or straight couldn't get some apps

Used my lumia 535 until last year 2022. It was amazing .

Every now and then I just search in the internet "windows phone come back"...I feel sad that by the time I could buy one, they just died..

@ImportantTech

7 ай бұрын

I agree. But windows phone wasn't perfect, so I understand why they killed it.

@user-amarYT

7 ай бұрын

@@ImportantTech Yep not perfect. But it had a lot of the potential. It might have been a great ecosystem of windows smartphones and pcs

ive always wanted a windows phone because of the squares.

My first smart phone was the Nokia Lumia Icon (basically the 930) it was amazing

I really miss my lumia. It felt so much faster and less glitchy than my current Samsung phones.

I still have Dell Venue Pro as a sentimental value ;) but nothing beats my Blackberry Bold 9900. Best phone ever.

continuum also works with the samsung dex dock, and probably also on most other usb c docks with hdmi

@ImportantTech

4 ай бұрын

nice

Continuum kinda feels like Samsung Dex (if u use a Galaxy) but back in 2015... so nostalgic fr

I remember my first Lumia was so light and sturdy with no case. You could throw it across the room and just keep using it no matter what it didn't matter.

My Nokia Windows phone was an inexpensive beast. Besides the 2-3 large software holes, I would totally opt back into it. I'm not sure why Microsoft couldn't write code for group messages or allow other play stores.

And the social integration into the contacts hub/app. So you see a contact and also see their emails and texts, even FB if that’s set up

I COULDN'T AGREE MORE!!! Mine was Lumia 640, running with windows 8.1. It's a shame I wasn't able to upgrade it to windows 10. I had it with me for 3 years, I just need a new battery replacement for it to work again. The features are superior especially the dark mode, live tiles, and the animations.

Most beloved mobile os of mine ...I still miss The Lumia series 🥲

I personally used Lumia 650 and I really liked it at first, but after couple of updates it really slowed system down ... it was really visible at the end of the lifecycle before they ended the support completely. I re-installed my WP10 in Lumia 650 and it was nice and smooth, after a few moments I got message "hey got some updates for you" and after the updates it drastically slowed down ... I honestly am kinda sad that Windows Phones ended ...

@ImportantTech

6 ай бұрын

The Lumia 650 was one of my first phones. I had the same experience. I really liked it a lot, but after a while the phone got kinda laggy, so I really wanted to upgrade to something else. Sometimes the camera app didn't open at all or it had long loading screens. Apps crashing sometimes, and more issues.

I had Lumia 520, camera quality was awesome.

I had a Lumia 625 and boy it was gorgeous. I could download music long before Apple Music and Spotify

I loved my Windows phones. I still have my Lumia930 with orange back. Superb camera, feels so much better quality than my iPhone.

My first smartphone was XDA O2 mini running windows pocket PC

I was a very great fan of Lumia, the 520; 640 were really good. The only major problem I guess wthes"app gap." I loved Windows Phnies and still do.

I had lumia 925. Which had amoled display with optical image stabilization.

Windows Phone is ahead at that time. They given more features, user can't handle that. I used Windows phone I totally agree with you.