Lumia 950/950XL
Discussion
Anybody planning on getting one of the new Microsoft Lumia phones?
Pre-orders currently being taken at a few places with the 950 at £419 sim free and the 950xl @ between £469 (Amazon and CPW) and £529. Exact release date is unsure but seems to be within the next few weeks (or possibly days).
Get the 950xl from one of the Microsoft partner retailers and you should be able to redeem a code to get a free Continuum display dock (while stock last, register between certain dates etc).
Just about to place my order for the 950xl
Pre-orders currently being taken at a few places with the 950 at £419 sim free and the 950xl @ between £469 (Amazon and CPW) and £529. Exact release date is unsure but seems to be within the next few weeks (or possibly days).
Get the 950xl from one of the Microsoft partner retailers and you should be able to redeem a code to get a free Continuum display dock (while stock last, register between certain dates etc).
Just about to place my order for the 950xl
I'm with Three. Also just out of contract after 2 years with the 1020. I was on the Unlimited Internet 500 tariff that was £33 per month.
I also had an Ipad 3 from them with a 15gb per month limit that was £25 per month.
I went over the bills for the past 12months on both and noticed that I only went over 200mins on the phone once and only over 4gb once on the Ipad.
So stopped the Ipad and changed my phone sim to a £17 12 month contract that gives me 200 mins, unlimited data and 4gb tethered and some stupid amount of texts.
Just need to keep an eye on the phone calls and how much of the tethered data I use. I could have gone for £22 which would have given me 600mins and 8gb of tethered data.
Just got to wait delivery from Amazon of my white 950xl now.
Looks like we've also got USB OTG as well. Don't think I'll bother plugging in a mouse! http://www.windowscentral.com/lumia-950-and-usb-ot...
I also had an Ipad 3 from them with a 15gb per month limit that was £25 per month.
I went over the bills for the past 12months on both and noticed that I only went over 200mins on the phone once and only over 4gb once on the Ipad.
So stopped the Ipad and changed my phone sim to a £17 12 month contract that gives me 200 mins, unlimited data and 4gb tethered and some stupid amount of texts.
Just need to keep an eye on the phone calls and how much of the tethered data I use. I could have gone for £22 which would have given me 600mins and 8gb of tethered data.
Just got to wait delivery from Amazon of my white 950xl now.
Looks like we've also got USB OTG as well. Don't think I'll bother plugging in a mouse! http://www.windowscentral.com/lumia-950-and-usb-ot...
Received my 950xl from CPW. Took a bit to set up as I needed to do an OS update for the update released in the last week and then about 40apps to update. Then a trip to Three to get a nano sim.
So now fully up and working. First impressions, fast, very nice screen, feels nice in the hand.
Power button being between the volume up and down will take some getting used to, but it is slightly recessed in compared to the up and down buttons so easy to id by touch.
I was worried about the size of the XL, but so far from playing its not to bad. The only thing so far is with the hamburger menu icon being top left makes it hard to reach when using the phone one handed. I need a longer thumb.
Size comparison -Left 950xl, middle 1020, right 635
So now fully up and working. First impressions, fast, very nice screen, feels nice in the hand.
Power button being between the volume up and down will take some getting used to, but it is slightly recessed in compared to the up and down buttons so easy to id by touch.
I was worried about the size of the XL, but so far from playing its not to bad. The only thing so far is with the hamburger menu icon being top left makes it hard to reach when using the phone one handed. I need a longer thumb.
Size comparison -Left 950xl, middle 1020, right 635
Been having a further play today.
Picked up a USB Type C to Type A cable to try the USB OTG. Copied a TV show I'd recently downloaded to a pen drive, this played Ok. Also tried some music - MP3's, Flac and Ogg format. MP3s and Flac worked Ok, but wouldn't play the Ogg.
FM Radio works Ok.
Windows Hello - This is being temperamental. I think one of the problems is you train it without wearing your glasses but I really squint with my right eye when not wearing my glasses. It was also not very bright in the room when I was training it. I'll have another go tomorrow.
Battery Life - Still trying to drain it/charge it a few times before making my mind up. But last night I went to bed at about 2:15am and it was on 46%, at mid-morning it was on 43%. It hadn't been used at all between those readings. It should have but I set the alarms wrong. Luckily I had left my old phone on so the alarm on that went of.
Picked up a USB Type C to Type A cable to try the USB OTG. Copied a TV show I'd recently downloaded to a pen drive, this played Ok. Also tried some music - MP3's, Flac and Ogg format. MP3s and Flac worked Ok, but wouldn't play the Ogg.
FM Radio works Ok.
Windows Hello - This is being temperamental. I think one of the problems is you train it without wearing your glasses but I really squint with my right eye when not wearing my glasses. It was also not very bright in the room when I was training it. I'll have another go tomorrow.
Battery Life - Still trying to drain it/charge it a few times before making my mind up. But last night I went to bed at about 2:15am and it was on 46%, at mid-morning it was on 43%. It hadn't been used at all between those readings. It should have but I set the alarms wrong. Luckily I had left my old phone on so the alarm on that went of.
No problem with alarms on mine.
Swipe up from the bottom of the screen should bring up the back,home, search icons
Just tried the text file and I get the same. But works on my 635. Just downloaded an app called NotepadT. Seems to open txt files ok from one drive. If you change the file it doesn't appear to save it, but if you save it as a new file it does. I need to have a further play
Swipe up from the bottom of the screen should bring up the back,home, search icons
Just tried the text file and I get the same. But works on my 635. Just downloaded an app called NotepadT. Seems to open txt files ok from one drive. If you change the file it doesn't appear to save it, but if you save it as a new file it does. I need to have a further play
Not sure if your aware but for anyone with the 950XL (possibly also the 950) you can get a free 1yr subscription to Office365 Personal. Usual price £59.99 per year
This includes 1TB of OneDrive storage, Office installed on a PC, tablet, and phone, and skype minutes.
Download the Lumia Offers app from the store and it should list any offers. Mine shows the Continuum Dock (that I've already claimed) and the Office 365 offer.
The app took a few attempts to get it to work correctly to get to the offer.
This includes 1TB of OneDrive storage, Office installed on a PC, tablet, and phone, and skype minutes.
Download the Lumia Offers app from the store and it should list any offers. Mine shows the Continuum Dock (that I've already claimed) and the Office 365 offer.
- ** Be careful if you already have a Home or University subscription as it may downgrade it. ****
The app took a few attempts to get it to work correctly to get to the offer.
Edited by Russ35 on Monday 18th January 17:25
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