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Originally Posted by Mark
A co-worker has 3 Windows phones and loves them. Everyone I talk to that has them (very few and far between) loves them. The phone companies are barely selling them as I think the Lumia's are in the middle of ending the current lineup and introducing the new lineup. We're thinking about the Lumia 830. Does anybody have extended experience with that model? I'm just curious how it holds up and your thoughts about it since there aren't many out there.
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I used a Windows phone for over a year and when I switched to Android it felt like I had fallen behind two years using the Windows phone. It had a couple things that I liked, but overall Android and iOS are superior by a wide margin IMO. Lack of apps was a big problem, while it had most of the major ones, it never had new ones. You'll hear about a new app or game and go the app store on the Windows phone and the chance of it being there will be slim to none. You may say that doesn't matter to you, but why not have the flexibility of a platform that most developers are making things for? Unless there is some specific must have feature that windows phone has that Android or iOS doesn't have, I wouldn't recommend it. For reference I used a Lumia 920.
IMO the biggest downside of iOS is the cost of the latest phone models can be quite a bit. If you are concerned about bloatware then buy a Nexus branded phone and I have heard good things about the Moto X Play phone. Although I don't think bloatware is much of an issue.