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Lumia 925 review.

Samsung Galaxy S4 Review

Looks like WP has a better flagship phone than Android does at the moment, according to The Verge.

 

[EightBitNate]

HTC One got an 8.3

 

[ComputerMKII]

Being a Windows Phone makes it inherently worse than the Samsung Galaxy S4.

 

[Alrus]

Too much features is a negative now?

 

[mr2xxx]

So it's a whopping 1.2% better, let the MS dominance begin!

 

[Rubenov]

Dat .1 difference

 

[brotkasten]

Damn, I wish it ran Android.

 

[jossueinacoma]

from the verge? wow.

 

[badcrumble]

HTC One got an 8.3

Yeah, I'd call the HTC One the current Android flagship.

Samsung needs to step it up and stop offering cheap shitty industrial design at the high end.

 

[Keylime]

What the hell thread is this? :lol

This is the thread version of "So basically X is better than Y" based on review scores...applied to smartphones.

 

[Pctx]

Best response.

 

[SolsticeZero]

HTC One got an 8.3

Yeah, the One is definitely the Android flagship at the moment.

 

[Jado]

More disturbing is that no matter how good they are, non-Apple products never, ever receive better scores from Verge than iPhone.

 

[DrFunk]

Looks like WP has a better flagship phone than Android does at the moment, according to The Verge.

I didn't know Android in itself had a 'flagship' phone, only OEMs.

And by your logic, the One is better than both

 

[J-Rod]

The reviewer for the S4 was really disgusted that it was made of plastic.

 

[massoluk]

One of their con kinda invalidate the comparison.

"Windows Phone needs more features/apps"
"Sheer number of features can be overwhelming"

Like, wut...

 

[gcubed]

The reviewer for the S4 was really disgusted that it was made of plastic.

aren't we all

 

[NawidA]

Too much features is a negative now?

If they are not particularly useful and create unneeded clutter/problems, yes.

Also, haha at a single .1 review score difference (is it even from the same writer?) from a single source on a item that's quite subjective to the user meaning something is better than something else.

 

[Troll]

We all know that the HTC One isn't the Flagship Android phone. Let's not kid ourselves now.

 

[Blasty]

It's hard to take review scores seriously because they're so inconsistant. Something may be considered a con for one phone, but isn't mentioned for another phone.

 

[hwalker84]

HTC One got an 8.3

The HTC One is a far superior phone IMO. My primary is Lumia 920 but I also purchased and subsequently sold an HTC One and S4.

 

[CriginsMcJuggs]

No built-in wireless charging is a negative? Does any phone have that?

 

[Cipherr]

Looks like WP has a better flagship phone than Android does at the moment, according to The Verge.

One of their con kinda invalidate the comparison.

"Windows Phone needs more features/apps"
"Sheer number of features can be overwhelming"

Like, wut...

Its going to be interesting watching the major OEM's navigate this.... For some reason recently reviewers have railed HARD against OEM's adding software to the phones. Usefulness of most of this software is subjective, and we are seeing them talk down on it. I wonder how this is going to work in the future.

 

[DrFunk]

We all know that the HTC One isn't the Flagship Android phone. Let's not kid ourselves now.

Still got a higher score than boooooth

 

[SCHUEY F1]

No built-in wireless charging is a negative? Does any phone have that?

The Lumia 920, 928 and I think a Android phone or two.

edit: If I was ever going to get an Android I would have got the One.

 

[BrokenEchelon]

Using decimal points in reviews is idiotic, which is par for the course for a site like The Verge.

Look at some of those cons, "lack of color options" are you fucking five years old? Do you need it in Magenta for it to be a better phone?

 

[Anton Sugar]

Yes! I can finally shed some insecurity and visit The Verge again!

 

[Cipherr]

We all know that the HTC One isn't the Flagship Android phone. Let's not kid ourselves now.

Flagship Android phones are Nexus devices, after that there is one flagship from every OEM.

No built-in wireless charging is a negative? Does any phone have that?

Nexus 4 has it.

 

[Matugi]

Windows Phone.

I also find it ridiculous that they counted the number of features on the S4 as a negative.

 

[NeOak]

lol this thread

*hugs his red 920*

 

[gcubed]

We all know that the HTC One isn't the Flagship Android phone. Let's not kid ourselves now.

of course it isn't, otherwise you'd have no thread

 

[NawidA]

Using decimal points in reviews is idiotic, which is par for the course for a site like The Verge.

Look at some of those cons, "lack of color options" are you fucking five years old? Do you need it in Magenta for it to be a better phone?

The previous color options on the Lumias were really nice and helped the phone stand out.

ITT: People either don't understand reviews, the points in the reviews, or/and the futility of comparing scores.

 

[Troll]

of course it isn't, otherwise you'd have no thread

Exactly.

 

[Doffen]

Being a Windows Phone makes it inherently worse than the Samsung Galaxy S4.

Halo is coming to Windows Phone. Now what?

 

[nomis]

I also find it ridiculous that they counted the number of features on the S4 as a negative.

Well when 75% of them are gimmicky, useless shit, it is a negative.

It's clutter. It's stuff you have to deactivate.

 

[gcubed]

Windows Phone.

I also find it ridiculous that they counted the number of features on the S4 as a negative.

thats like saying new PC's with all the garbage software preloaded should be a feature and not a negative

 

[Milchjon]

Damn, I wish it ran Android.

Would fit the hardware design better, too.

Also:

 

[MCD]

My favorite troll.

 

[Onion_Relish]

The Note 2 is better than both of them.

What, me worry?

 

[dorkimoe]

Being a Windows Phone makes it inherently worse than the Samsung Galaxy S4.

Yeah accept the opposite

 

[Vigilant Walrus]

TheVerge / Polygon makes me uncomfortable. Something about them strikes me as incredible untrustworthy. But amazing layout. I went past a coffee shop, and I saw 3-4 people on the outside browsing TheVerge at the same time. Also all on Apple laptops too! Never seen that before!

 

[clav]

dat tom warren bias