Reviewers Liked
- Gorgeous intuitive user interface
- Great productivity tools
- Support for higher specification devices
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Can be confusing to use at first
Microsoft Windows Phone 8
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Windows Phone 8 is a solid effort that remains beautiful and effortlessly easy to use. It adds in a few extra features to keep it competitive, as well as support for the current cutting edge in hardware, but unfortunately, it still doesn’t solve...
By 5FWD onI keep wanting to say "Windows Phone has a lot of potential," as if this OS is a version 1.0. But it isn't – it's the third version, and it's been around for two years. It just hasn't been a serious contender until now, because of...
By IT Pro Portal onMicrosoft's first attempt at revamping its mobile phone software with Windows Phone 7 was an impressive reinvention with a unique, stylish interface but thanks to fundamental hardware limitations and a few missing features, it fell short of really...
By Trusted Reviews onThe INQUIRER got its hands on the Windows Phone 8-powered HTC Windows Phone 8X smartphone ahead of Microsoft's launch, and we put it through its paces to see if it really can take on the smartphone big...
By The Inquirer onWindows Phone is still the most recent entirely new phone OS to launch (though BlackBerry has its software just around the corner). Two years on, it’s still fresh and different, but now has so many improvements and additions it feels even more...
By T3 Magazine onWe'll be updating this Windows Phone 8 review once we've spent a lot more time testing Microsoft's new mobile operating system for smartphones . In the mean time, as well as this review, read our articles What's new in Windows Phone 8? 5...
By PC Advisor onThe Microsoft mobile platform took the biggest step forward of all the major players this year. While Android focused on optimizing performance and voice assistants, and iOS basically stagnated (shooting itself in the foot with Maps), Windows Phone...
By GSMArena onWith the exception of a few new features, Windows Phone hadn't changed much in the last two years. The new version of its OS, however, definitely makes the platform feel more refined and even brings back some of the freshness we originally felt when...
By Engadget onLos abuelos del lugar todavía recordamos los primeros pasos de Windows Mobile y cómo llegó a dominar una parte muy significativa del mercado smartphone cuando los primeros teléfonos inteligentes con GPS comenzaron a atrapar las...
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