Using a Windows Phone in 2024...

This Windows phone was SOMETHING ELSE back in 2012, man. I thought it was so cool that my Xbox profile was so seamlessly integrated into my phone. Ultimately, it had poor support and just wasn't a great OS, but I still really enjoyed this phone! Let's take a trip down memory lane and explore this HTC 8x here in 2024.

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[SmokinSilicon]

Who else used to have a Windows phone? I was a huge fan of the Xbox integration back in the day

[MYSEGAISBROKEN]

The one thing I could appreciate is the animation windows when shifting windows and scrolling. Felt so smooth and was a nice aesthetic.

[itsnot.ronnie]

It’s seriously amazing just how smooth this OS operated for 2012 as well as how clean this OS still looks. I know a majority of Android phones of the same budget ran far worse than Windows Phone. Super cool seeing the retro Xbox 360 dashboard style natively on that phone app. I always wanted a Windows Phone back in the day to differ myself from the crowd but it unfortunately left the market before I had the opportunity to give it a shot.

[YoDz-]

I bought windows phone just so I could earn Xbox achievements on it. There was its own version of Minecraft. Plus a bunch of spin off games like hit man, assassins creed etc. it was pretty fun. I ended up completing like 20 windows phones games 100% achievements that still appear on my Xbox profile even though windows phone is shut down. You can’t earn achievements on them anymore

[drake_lol]

I think Windows phone could genuinely have a chance at revival if they brought over WSA to run android apps like how you can on Windows 11. Personally, that would be amazing for me.

[OldSchoolOverload]

I loved my windows phone, I used a lumia 1020 through the end of highschool and into college from 2013-2015 and it is still my favorite phone I've ever used. The only reason why I switched is because as I grew older I started to need access to banking/school apps that weren't available on windows phone. It was a great conversation starter, a lot of people didn't even know about windows phones at the time and assumed I was using some weird yellow android. It was extremely common for a friend to recommend an app/game only for me to find out I couldn't get it on my windows phone, luckily it was mostly social media apps that I didn't use anyways or obscure indie games that hadn't been ported yet, all the essential stuff like instagram, whatsapp, popular games, and even Vine were available. The cameras on Nokia Lumia phones were insane for the time, especially my Lumia 1020 with its 48 megapixel shooter. It sounds like nothing today compared to the 200+ megapixel sensors in modern Samsung phones, but the 1020 was released at a time when Samsung was bragging about how big the 13 megapixel camera in its newest Galaxy Note was. I feel like Microsoft was really onto something back then with their phones, and if they weren't so late to the smartphone game they would still be producing phones in 2024.

[neptune._]

I had a Lumia 521 as my first phone, I stuck with windows phone till it died as Windows 10 mobile, but by then I had a Lumia 950, it was a unique experience for sure.

[ponraul]

I had one around 2015. What really killed it was the lack of apps. No YouTube was a dealbreaker.

[Aditya_Pro]

Admit it or not, Windows phones with limited hardware gave buttery smooth Ui experience.

[RaviShankarVishwakarma]

The most loving Mobile Operating System ❤️

[XrapXx]

Back in 2014 I got myself a Nokia 1520 windows phone. It felt weird at the beginning not having genuine Google apps but as I got used to it by finding workarounds and I've started to really appreciate it. My previous phone was an LG 4x which was a nightmare with all the lag it carried, ont the other side the WP interface was as smooth as it could be with it's nice animations and slide ui's, I never felt lag or delay. Also developers in my country were trying to help this operating system by creating apps mostly of the media streaming type. In 2016 the motherboard got burned and by that time windows phone was dead. I really miss that phone to be honest and wish they made it work.

[MT]

came to this video because i randomly had memories of this phone. wanted to be different from everyone else as well lol. but i always thought the layout was really cool

[londonguy]

it was a beautiful OS, I wish it succeeded but such a lack of apps killed it

[NazmusLabs]

Windows Phone with a dark theme in 2010-2012 was WAYYYY ahead of its time, SubhanAllah!

[darealdrivable]

5:19 no one gonna talk about how his wifi says "FBI survenilance van #563" LOL

[coolgamr]

Always wanted one of these Windows Phones lol, loved how they were basically a pocket Windows PC you could carry around

[ohruinso]

I got a Nokia lumia 1020, when I was 14, it has always been my favorite phone.

[c.c.a.s]

One of the best phones I've ever had was a Lumia 520.
In 2020 it had only 512MB of RAM and yet it did absolutely everything I wanted the fastest.
I loved the interface.Why?It's simple and fast.
The games on there ran so well and looked so good for a 2012 phone.
Edge too was still good at that time and yet again, the fastest answer was from the Nokia garbage phone.
I remeber how it even had a Youtube client.I absolutely fell in love with it and regret that I didn't jailbreak it. It died in the most horrific ways possible. Dad bent it in an argument.

The killer thing for me was how it had a Word app and always ran well.

Compare that to one of those Android phones which are utter landfill now because no other reason than Google Play Services.
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[Keitosha]

I still have a Lumia 550 (Windows 10 Mobile) lying around which I got in 2016 just to try it out. I was pleasantly surprised. It was something different compared to Android and iOS. Sad that MS didn't stick with it and pulled the plug. My main driver though was a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge.

[fennecRBX]

daily driving one myself, has discord and reddit apps working so that's all i really need lol