Windows Phone 8.1 review: Major league

21 April 2014
Windows Phone is yet to become the game changer Microsoft was hoping for. It didn’t quite achieve the explosive growth to become Nokia’s savoir, but it has been steadily climbing up the ranks. Maybe an upgrade of the scale of its 8.1 version is all it needed to go into overdrive and really challenge the big two in the smartphone game.

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  • AnonD-243376
  • Xu@
  • 14 Jun 2014

Update is awesome pls we want security locks for our apps and also for photos and videos.... This option if their means no other os can beat 8.1 pls update asap..... Waiting!!!!!!

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    • ajayg
    • 2@x
    • 07 Jun 2014

    When forwarding email with attachments, do we still need to download attachment and attach it again??

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      • bubu
      • 3qE
      • 06 Jun 2014

      Anonymous, 02 Jun 2014Does Windows Phone 8.1 have a copy/paste function yet? The... moreYes, it has

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        • Akshay
        • 2ZY
        • 04 Jun 2014

        When will be available the windows 8.1 updates for windows 8 based phone
        awaiting response

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          • Anonymous
          • Hsg
          • 02 Jun 2014

          Does Windows Phone 8.1 have a copy/paste function yet? They lost me back when they introduced Windows Phone 7 without it and stated that feature wasn't required by the customers to which they appealed!
          I haven't had a need to look back since!

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            • Genius
            • ftI
            • 27 May 2014

            I can see the media player now has a navigator for forward and rewinding music 🎶. Thanks windows phone 8.1

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              • Snthosh
              • vLQ
              • 26 May 2014

              when this updates lanch officialy

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                • AnonD-267361
                • fsT
                • 25 May 2014

                How can i update my lumia 925 to windows 8.1?//...and also can't get whatSapp on my phone,y?

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                  • CYM
                  • PUT
                  • 20 May 2014

                  Stig, 19 May 2014I have a Nokia 720. It's a great GPS but I couldn't use it... morejust when I was happy with the Nokia 1520 and was about to buy a new Nokia. They removed the SD Card slot.
                  They really screwed up. what is a "smart" phone without the ability to manage your own data files?
                  And why do they limit the SD when the photo files are getting bigger and biggers?
                  I am staying with Samsung which lets me manage my extra files with SD slot, and I can carry an extra battery ( not the extra size power bank).

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                    • Stig
                    • smU
                    • 19 May 2014

                    I have a Nokia 720. It's a great GPS but I couldn't use it as a phone. Just about everything to do with audio on WP8 is stuffed. These days a modern phone OS needs to be a jack of all trades. It needs to do everything well, and one of those things is to be a media player. This is where WP8 is beyond awful. WP8 seems to have no idea that files should have date attributes.

                    If you add music, WP8 has no way to sort it by date added, modified, created or anything. Next April 1st, find a description of how you create a playlist and show it to someone. The joke will be that they will think it's an April fools joke but the twist that it isn't makes them fooled.

                    WP8 is pretty, and visually slick, but it's like a beatiful painting that someone has ripped a chunk off. You can see the promise of what it should be but it's so compromised you wouldn't hang it on your wall.

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                      • Ray
                      • fXr
                      • 19 May 2014

                      AnonD-264905, 18 May 2014I am unable to install WhatsApp in my Lumia 520 after updat... moreThere is a problem with whatsapp at the moment, I think they are working on improving the app. Should be available soon.

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                        • AnonD-264905
                        • 7tB
                        • 18 May 2014

                        I am unable to install WhatsApp in my Lumia 520 after updating it to wp 8.1, whenever I go to download it from store it says this software is not available for ur device, can plzz anyone help.

                          Note to the Editor
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                          There is a typo in the second line of the paragraph under the screenshots of "Glance Settings" starting with "Now anymore as with..."

                          It should be corrected to "Not anymore as with..."

                          Replace the "Now" with "Not"

                          Nothing serious, but then while we're at it, why not fix it as well

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                            • Gladiator
                            • fXt
                            • 18 May 2014

                            AnonD-131407, 16 May 2014I think he means apps don't crash every 20 minutes for no r... moreAlso the features of the S5 are not useless to all, You wouldn't mind them if you had them on your phone, you would even use them.. But anyway, Im not a big fan of the S5 myself though, Nexus 5 is better IMO, and like you said, the S5 is ridiculously priced.

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                              • Gladiator
                              • fXt
                              • 18 May 2014

                              AnonD-131407, 16 May 2014I think he means apps don't crash every 20 minutes for no r... moreAndroid does not crash every 20 min, this crash thing, as well as "android is full of malware " are pure fanboy arguments (especially if you're referring to the latest version of Android (4.4)).

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                                • doesnotmatter
                                • njA
                                • 18 May 2014

                                Jefferson, 12 May 2014Nokia does not want to hear from you any more than they wan... moremuch hate, have you?^^ WP is actually good and is definitely getting better. but this is only valid for people interested in both Nokia and Microsoft. if you don't like either, why do you bother posting comments? :(

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                                  • jim
                                  • HIh
                                  • 18 May 2014

                                  mihai, 08 May 2014WP 8.1 is a big improvement compared to WP8 and it continue... moreIt work n Lumia 520?

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                                    • axew505
                                    • 0d1
                                    • 18 May 2014

                                    Microsoft should really fix the fallowing:
                                    Fast installing when gears show up for an update.
                                    When hard and soft reseting the apps and memory dont load right i have to turn my phone off.
                                    Battery life you should get a least a day and a half on all models 520-1520.
                                    The auto brightness bug need to be fixed too when i leave my screen off for awhile it gets really bright and i have mine on low with auto brightness on and its at night time. PLEASE FIX THESE

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • t7X
                                      • 16 May 2014

                                      lolza, 12 May 2014still no way to disable those stupid fugly tiles ? no thank... moreEbrace it you are you are jealous of windows live tile cause your icon thing is technology from the past 14 yrs ago it is also invented by microsoft and other company just copy it. Sued them microsoft hehehe

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                                        • AnonD-131407
                                        • Nr9
                                        • 16 May 2014

                                        Gladiator, 16 May 2014The advantage your WP has over a S5 is WP doesn't hang?? Lo... moreI think he means apps don't crash every 20 minutes for no reason, I'm talking about android in general. the S5 is just full of ridiculous features which actually one of them was just basically copying iOS, which makes its price higher for no reason