[Windows Phone 8 General] theguitarman94:
This! I felt exactly the same, I only had it for 4 weeks and the operating system just drove me crazy so boring! I don't see how live tiles are more appealing than an awesome wallpaper with widgets.

---------- Post added at 11:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:37 PM ----------

That's a load of sh*t a home screen that has to have either a white or black background with a limited choice of tile colours isn't static? I don't think so. Widgets can be more functional than live tiles which is saying something considering that's one of the main features of windows phone. For example you can have a youtube widget that shows a list of videos from people you are subscribed to and you can actually scroll through the videos on the actual widget so basically android has interactive widgets. You can't do anything on a live tile, all it does is show you a thumbnail or a little message. Guess what? Android doesn't need live tiles because we actually get all of our notifications in a notification centre which means one swipe down from the top of the screen and we get more detailed notifications than what a live tile can show.

As for the custom rom thing. You must be someone who got a rubbish android phone because my last 2 android phones have been absolutely fine, no lag what so ever. If you're going to bash android you need to do better than that.

---------- Post added 20th March 2013 at 12:02 AM ---------- Previous post was 19th March 2013 at 11:53 PM ----------

I suppose that's your opinion but definitely not a popular one but still an opinion and I respect that. I suppose a windows phone is a good option for somebody who doesn't really use their smartphone for all that much. It works I'll give you that, to me that sounds boring which is why I don't get how you can call android boring but hey ho.

---------- Post added at 12:28 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:02 AM ----------

To anyone considering the change to windows phone from android you need to consider many things. For starters what type of user are you? It's all well and good people calling android static and boring but if they don't use their smartphone for much they are going to like windows phone aren't they? If you use your phone for lots of things than I'd stick with android. You then need to consider what ecosystem you are tied into or prefer. If you watch a lot of youtube use gmail, google drive and many more then you're not going to get a decent service with a windows phone (I know I've tried) Windows phones have alternatives but they don't quite cut the mustard. Good luck getting google maps on windows phone good luck getting youtube (metrotube is ok but it's miles away from the android youtube) if you use google drive I'm afraid it will be skydrive or dropbox from now on if you went and got a windows phone. If you play games on your phone then be prepared to play 2d games that you would of played on a 7 year old cheap samsung phone (no temple run, subway surfers, jetpack joyride, songpop you name it if it's not angry birds, doodle jump and cut the rope you're out of luck) The official facebook app is diabolical, it's got no functionality what so ever and the pinch to zoom is laggy. The twitter app is also just as simple as the facebook app, you can't see if anyone has retweeted you or favourited your tweet and as far as I'm aware you can't do that with any of the hundreds of replacement twitter apps. Also apps don't stay in service for long, there is no real multitasking with windows phone, not at the level android does it.

This is just my opinion and call me a hater of what ever but the fact is I've owned the 8x so I have the right to criticize the operating system. The 8x is an amazing phone, I love HTC but the operating system is just pants. There are good things about windows phone 8. It's simple and it does the job of a phone but in my opinion that's just what a blackberry does. If windows phone gets more apps and a notification centre it will be much more attractive and I would consider going back but they would also need official google support to make official youtube and google maps apps which is something I can't see happening in the near future so its a no from me.