Microsoft Lumia 950 5.2-Inch 32 GB SIM-Free Smartphone - Black
Available at £395 from Amazon ... while I have seen similar prices these have been from retailers unknown to me. The 950XL is also shown available at £449.
Top comments
Joehawkins609 to 008
18 Jan 1610#6
You've essentially compared a Ferrari to a Fiat Punto.
monitor1 to sdutton007
18 Jan 169#15
You always get one.
The_Hoff
18 Jan 167#4
There's a new offer on the Lumia 950/950XL within the incumbent Lumia Offers app, you'll get a free year of O365 Personal and 1TB of Onedrive storage.
If you activate the offer then upgrade to Home, you'll get the year for the price of a month, which will give you 4 users and 60 minutes of Skype calling a month.
The_Hoff
18 Jan 166#40
I ran a pilot of 200 Windows 635 through to 930 and I disagree with reliability. They're much more reliable than Android devices, aren't jeopardised by malware attacks on a weekly basis and are built on solid Nokia IP.
There's no chance I'd deploy Android devices to the corporation, MDM or not. Setup is horrible, there's a heap of configuration required and there's issues on some devices with partitioning of storage, unlike WP that pools will available storage.
There are 2 devices I'd choose for the elderly or youngsters I know, iOS or WP, usability is key and the fact both at an OS "just work" speaks volumes about how good both OS are.
Personally I'm an Android guy but that's because I like to tinker, but my work device will always be a WP and that's especially true now that W10 (ecosystem) has arrived.
Out of interest when did you last use W10P? Sounds to me like you used early preview builds that were raw (and that's what was expected), it's a completely different experience on the 950's.
Continuum and UWP is years ahead of anything Android or Apple are doing and that follows the innovations they've made in the cloud.
P800 was a great device, I used to love my SPV too, but times change and thankfully much of what we needed to achieve at a device level has changed too.
As for W10, W10P, Xbox, IoT, you say there's not much interoperability, but there is more demonstrated across Windows than any other ecosystem. Which given that W10P has not yet been formally released and W10 only being 6 months old I'd say is quite an achievement.
Soon enough you'll be able to stream you Xbox to your phone over LAN like any other W10 device. Last week RDP UWP was launched, so my phone can now operate like a Citrix client too... My Android in comparison is the Fisher Price toy, it just has more "leisure" apps.
All comments (69)
neoaisac
18 Jan 161#1
Wow! That's a very good deal for an awesome PCPhone!
celticprince
18 Jan 164#2
In market context a good deal, heat added.
Never paid over a ton for a mobile; I will hang on to my Lumia 925 until this drops to within my range c.2017 :wink:
cirian1975
18 Jan 164#3
I love the Win8/10 phones, the UI is just so nice and I like the way they work.
But the app gap is a killer, voting hot if your not dependant on Google services these are good.
The_Hoff
18 Jan 167#4
There's a new offer on the Lumia 950/950XL within the incumbent Lumia Offers app, you'll get a free year of O365 Personal and 1TB of Onedrive storage.
If you activate the offer then upgrade to Home, you'll get the year for the price of a month, which will give you 4 users and 60 minutes of Skype calling a month.
008
18 Jan 162#5
HEAT if you want one..
However Win Blu HD with Windows 10 for £350 less, sort of swings the balance!
Joehawkins609 to 008
18 Jan 1610#6
You've essentially compared a Ferrari to a Fiat Punto.
bavi014 to 008
18 Jan 16#9
BLUE HD is nothing compared to this Phone. I had BLU when it was for £49 during Xmas, but not good build quality compared to Lumia 735 even .
rfu3
18 Jan 16#7
Do you still get the free dock?
Mark43 to rfu3
18 Jan 16#22
Think that was only with the XL wasn't it?
008
18 Jan 16#8
>>>>>
Well having had both, would have the punto all day long ;-)
scousethief
18 Jan 16#10
Voted hot on the price.
But the lack of apps, flaky OS ( my screen keep going off requiring a reboot, its a Win10 driver issue but the constant internet disconnections arent ) and this 32GB nonsense ? 32GB ? really a £400 phone with 32GB is soooo 2014............just joking :smiley: but 32GB is not enough.
Like i say Voted HOT on the price as is the sites standard but from a user MS need to close the app chasm that exists between Android/Apple and MS.
Opening post
Available at £395 from Amazon ... while I have seen similar prices these have been from retailers unknown to me. The 950XL is also shown available at £449.
Top comments
If you activate the offer then upgrade to Home, you'll get the year for the price of a month, which will give you 4 users and 60 minutes of Skype calling a month.
There's no chance I'd deploy Android devices to the corporation, MDM or not. Setup is horrible, there's a heap of configuration required and there's issues on some devices with partitioning of storage, unlike WP that pools will available storage.
There are 2 devices I'd choose for the elderly or youngsters I know, iOS or WP, usability is key and the fact both at an OS "just work" speaks volumes about how good both OS are.
Personally I'm an Android guy but that's because I like to tinker, but my work device will always be a WP and that's especially true now that W10 (ecosystem) has arrived.
Out of interest when did you last use W10P? Sounds to me like you used early preview builds that were raw (and that's what was expected), it's a completely different experience on the 950's.
Continuum and UWP is years ahead of anything Android or Apple are doing and that follows the innovations they've made in the cloud.
P800 was a great device, I used to love my SPV too, but times change and thankfully much of what we needed to achieve at a device level has changed too.
As for W10, W10P, Xbox, IoT, you say there's not much interoperability, but there is more demonstrated across Windows than any other ecosystem. Which given that W10P has not yet been formally released and W10 only being 6 months old I'd say is quite an achievement.
Soon enough you'll be able to stream you Xbox to your phone over LAN like any other W10 device. Last week RDP UWP was launched, so my phone can now operate like a Citrix client too... My Android in comparison is the Fisher Price toy, it just has more "leisure" apps.
All comments (69)
Never paid over a ton for a mobile; I will hang on to my Lumia 925 until this drops to within my range c.2017 :wink:
But the app gap is a killer, voting hot if your not dependant on Google services these are good.
If you activate the offer then upgrade to Home, you'll get the year for the price of a month, which will give you 4 users and 60 minutes of Skype calling a month.
However Win Blu HD with Windows 10 for £350 less, sort of swings the balance!
Well having had both, would have the punto all day long ;-)
But the lack of apps, flaky OS ( my screen keep going off requiring a reboot, its a Win10 driver issue but the constant internet disconnections arent ) and this 32GB nonsense ? 32GB ? really a £400 phone with 32GB is soooo 2014............just joking :smiley: but 32GB is not enough.
Like i say Voted HOT on the price as is the sites standard but from a user MS need to close the app chasm that exists between Android/Apple and MS.