Windows Phone 8.1 Review

Lisa Gade reviews the Windows Phone 8.1 OS update using the Nokia Lumia Icon. WP 8.1 brings some significant and mature changes to Microsoft's OS for smartphones, including a notification area, Cortana the voice assistant, added wallpaper support, Miracast wireless display, a revamped calendar and more.

[Rayoody]

facebook, whatsapp and instagram apps arent mature yet....I'd love windows phone to become one of the great OSs

[briankendall]

As always, great review Lisa. Just downloaded 8.1 today on my 925 and am really enjoying it. I'm amazed at the sheer size of this update. If it wasn't for Microsoft wanting to remain consistent with their numbering across all platforms, they could have easily called this Windows Phone 9.0 with all the improvements they packed into it. A huge and welcomed update from WP.

[EnAlGoMe]

Thanks for the review Lisa. This is making me reconsider Windows Phone for my next acquisition.

[MindControl]

Nice review! I would love to see a side by side comparison of Blackberry 10.2.1 and Windows Phone 8.1. Both companies are upping their game for people to take notice.

[Televersity]

Lisa, first lady of tech. thank you for your great service, its much appreciated ;)

[EdwinJose]

2:40, cortana stores it in the phone so I wont be worried about it.. even if "she" does store it on a server I don't see why everyone is worried because what about Facebook, your literally storing your photo messages and everything in a server and nobody seems to worry about that. in fact Facebook owns the picture's that u put on it..  I think windows phone 8.1 is a huge approach from Microsoft,  it maybe not as good as ios or android, personally I think that it is better than android, window phone is highly optimized os, it runs proper smoothly on a low end phone like nokia lumia 520, and if it was android there would be atleast a few crashes..

[Moskoe]

Thanks for the tip on Cortana. Googling her now. 😆

[Hadgerz]

As far as the Cortana software went with setting alarms and the like I was sort of hoping there'd be an option to say *_'wake me...when you need me'_*
Not sure how long that would let me sleep in...

[vinaydixit]

I added the windows 8.1 update to my Nokia 521 and it works very well. Especially the virtual assistant is very useful.

[davidjohn]

Looks excellent, beautiful display."..great review thanks

[enxhiav]

I love lumia devices and I love the ecosystem, it's always smooth and minimalistic... but the deal breaker are the limited apps that WP provides you with...
However Liza your reviews are wonderful!!! it's always a joy to watch your videos :-D

[qiangzhang-thingking]

i have got lumia 1520 in hongkong several days ago, and i really like it.i wait for wp 8.1.

[kanyapatthamdee]

I can't use the store to buy the app.
When I downloaded something from the store it gonna sey tne verification password.

[MSMSValve]

Does anyone know when Cortana is going to be available worldwide? Is the current US restriction due to localization issues?

[vickdelonge]

is there in the action center, a setting that allows me to turn the flash on of off? just like apple and android OS´s

[saidas]

It looks like MS's answer to the "app problem" will be universal apps for Windows, Xbox and Windows Phone OS's. This will open the gates for developers to start making apps for all MS platforms. Universal apps will also provide the same experience across all MS platforms. This will also be a great selling point to join or switch to the Windows.

[MrAndrew]

Nice review. Being a Blackberry devotee I would find the lack of a Hub difficult to do without. I don't pay games on my phones as most chew through too much data. Besides my Blackberries, I have a Note 2 and have found Android to be a pretty straightforward, intuitive OS. With the arrival of fitness wearables and accompanying software, I think I'd find it difficult to abandon. I'm tossing up between the S5 and the Note 4 when my contract runs out in October.

[stevec]

Have you looked at the nextbook8 8.1 windows yet? i really enjoy your reviews.

[hussainageel]

Timeline: 5:20 .... Estimated: 6 days 23 hours with 84% charge.. now that's probably not true..
how long does it last with full battery charged in real time?

[Thisisjosh]

thank you so much for this video, i jad to suffer through apple fine tuning thier OS, and im glad i wont have to wait so long with the 1520.