[Windows Phone 8 General] bruce142:
Dear Windows Phone users,

I've decided to go back to Android after being part of this community for almost halve a year now. I would like to thank GoodDayToDie, -W_O_L_F-, jessenic, reker, hjc4869, compu829, contable, ngame and snickler for creating apps and hacks which helped ease the pain and extend the time I had my Ativ S (to be honest I wasn't all too happy of my WP in the first place, a friend had recommended it). I loved being part of this WP community, but the frustration I had with the OS were too severe to cope any longer with WP. Reasons for departure are as following :

- I was getting bored with the slow official app development and the lack of update/support on both official and non-official apps that were released.

- I was experiencing a lot of lag lately on my Ativ S, even more FC/CTD's and freezes than my cheap ZTE Skate. Could be the apps, I was using : 9gag by Rudy Huyn (he's going to make the official tinder app allegedly, wonder how this goes) and an unofficial tweakers app, but I experienced this far too often to ignore also with other apps (Flash Player, etc).

- The battery was discharging even when plugged in (overnight 100% -> 89% when plugged in). Drain of 30% over two hours WiFi use.

- I was sick and tired of the Nokia dominance on the WP market, if you see how many free apps (Plex, Hot Rod Racers,...) they could download and I couldn't (even with the proxy trick).

- I was sick and tired of the rumors around Windows Phone, if you follow WPCentral and WMPoweruser, you get almost depressive of the cheer improbability of the rumors created (eg. Sony which going to make a WP, how do they think Sony will react if they see Xbox Music + Video and Xbox Games on their hardware, Microsoft making an exception is also very improbable because this means they have to give in). Uninstalling WPCentral and WMPoweruser isn't an option as you may miss notifications on great deals (eg. all angry birds temporally free or temporally free Asphalt 8 or temporally free Disney games).

- Too many promises (GDR1, GDR2, GDR3 and WP 8.1 is going to be the same thing), so little result.

- Biggest bloat ("system" and "other" partition) I've experienced on any OS I've used.

- The fact that Microsoft is fighting against interop-unlock, by encrypting everything and forcing Samsung to plug their FCRouter exploit. The only advantage is a safer OS, but this also isn't true if you saw what happened with the hacked KPN app

installed from the official Windows Store

, stealing data from WP users. Source : http://wmpoweruser.com/the-danger-o...dows-phone-app-steals-thousands-of-passwords/

- Too many users who ask if they could flash Android on a Windows Phone :p (no obviously), and too many times the same answer that WP is better as Android (everyone is entitled to their own opinion) and that if you wanted Android, you should have bought an Android Phone (which I have done a couple of days ago).

- I got a good deal on a brand new Nexus 5 (16 GB) getting it for 335 euro (there was a temporally discount of a big concern with the discount being the percentage of the BTW (similar to the VAT in the UK)), far less expensive as a brand new similar Nokia Lumia 1520 (same place, same discount at 549 euro, I admit it has a better camera and a bigger screen, but I don't need any of those things, smartphones outdate too fast to be spending over 500 euro on a device).

You may think different on these points than me and I respect that (again everyone is entitled to their own opinion). But I hope you can respect my opinion and my decision to go back.

This post is not to convince people switching back to Android, oh no, but to explain why I'll leave this part of the xda forums.

Take care.

bruce142