The one thing I get from this is that the Lumia 1020 is still very relevant in terms of image quality.

The only thing I like about the Apple Watch is that it does not cost a fortune to get jump started. Its pretty affordable for the premium materials you are getting. But that’s about it.

I think the actual device is rather ugly, does not evoke an expensive watch whatsoever. The moto 360 did nail the looks in my opinion.

Don’t see myself using that wheel too often, I think nobody ever complained about covering stuff on the screen of their smart watch, people’s brain is so used to touch screens now that you just naturally infer what your fingers are covering, its probably good as an alternative input method, but not quite as the main one.

I’m not discussing here if there is people like you who can deal with the absence of certain features or services. You can probably find a work around for almost all limitation Windows Phone has. What I’m discussing here is the appeal of Windows Phone for the customer looking for a high end device.

The M8 has been a good test bed to evaluate how Windows Phone stacks against Android and to be honest, it feels like comparing Windows to Linux on the desktop. Linux has 99% of what Windows can do covered, but its just not as neat, not as easy and not as ready to use as Windows. Oddly enough the market share that Windows Phone has is very similar to Linux’s.

Well, I think you are wrong, I’m a big MS fan boy, but been a fan boy does not mean you need to agree with all the company is doing and follow blindfolded.

To be honest, 15% of a pull of less than 10 million total devices sold a quarter is very low. That devided by all wp models above $400 and we have a pretty lame market. No one expect to sell a million units of a particular model.

I’m not talking about you personally, but the market in general. People crave for iTunes and google services on mobile, and Microsoft do not have them.

That is the same exact way I felt when I first got a Windows Phone. Although, I think Windows Phone was up for something when it was first released. Specially the uber social nature of it. I think there was a lot of value there. All of that is gone and now we end up with an OS that does not know what it is, that does not bring anything innovative to the realm and that has been playing catchup for about two years and behind a year compared to Android and iOS.

Unless Microsoft has a mayor redesign in the works for Windows Phone 9 that puts them ahead of the game, they should just abandon the platform and go Android.

Windows phone started good conceptually, but has fallen on an obscurantism in the past couple of years that has it way behind the competition. Most new features are not breakthrough, its perpetually playing catchup with a full year behind the competition.