Mar 25, 2014 06:29 PM
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(Updated May 06, 2014 03:02 PM)
After using my Android phone for nearly 2 years I have decided to try with WindowsPhone, Finally bought Lumia 525 and after using it for 2 months, here is my brief review-
Few things I noticed at my first look-
The Style/Design and Tile features has amused me a lot, although the inside phone is not so user friendly, you can always have a Tile you wanted on the Homepage,
There will be only two columns in the Windows Phone, First one is with all Tiles which is your home page and second is the list of apps you have downloaded.
Once you Login with a Hotmail account you cannot delete it and add another account, the only option is to reset the phone
While pressing the search key, windows key or back key the phone vibrates which is irritating at times
Out of 8 GB internal memory, almost 3GB has eaten by OS, waiting for 8.1 update which gives provision to move apps to SD card
No option to clear the RAM explicitly, forums suggests that OS takes care of itself, however you can kill the tasks by long pressing the back button it will open the list of open tasks, you can close them one by one
Panel is IPS LCD, could be delicate and fragile if handles in an inappropriate manner
To switch on the Data connection or WiFi, you need to navigate through the settings and turn them on/off, Windows 8.1 update mentioned to have an Action center/Notification area, that should solve the problem
Many complain about the FM radio, we can configure FM radio in Lumia 520/525, just go to Music and Videos, click on Radio and tune in
The problem with FM radio is tuning, its very hard to tune in for particular station, also the Radio signal is bad, very bad
Few Cons
- The call+SMS filter which was supposed to block calls and SMS's from specific numbers is not working.
Few more - Minor
Windows store don’t have many Apps compared to iOS and Android, they are in initial stage, expecting that App dev community will increase in coming days and we get the apps (they don't have ICICI bank till date)
The look and feel of the Windows Store in not user friendly
There is no option to select a particular letter, the complete word will be selected which is sometimes irritating, For example if you want to type mouthshut.com and by mistake if you type an extra H, to remove that h you cannot place the cursor at H, you need to select the complete word and retype it.
- sometimes the Phone hangs, Yes its true, when you are loaded with applications, suddenly if someone calls you, the phone will hang and the touch is not responsive.
Finally I would like to say its the best phone if you are tired of using Android and need a change, Many people are complaining about no front camera and no Flash(but you guys must have read the specs before buying, I am prepared for it, so I bought it).
What I mean to say is The journey has just Begun for Nokia and Windows Phones, I am sure it will be developed in coming days and eat the market of Samsung and Android Phones, this doesn't mean that Android will vanish, but Windows will have its place. Again its all dependent on their 8.1 update which the market is expecting in July/August 1st week.
