I'm still liking my Moto X. Camera is pretty weak in low light but that's my only real compliant. I was getting pretty butthurt for a while because I thought my charging plug was going bad but it turned out it was just jammed full of lint.
Which is why someone needs a 'gateway' or something where you can deactivate apps from one platform and activate them on another platform in order to switch without losing all your paid for apps.
That and you look at Android which is simple and functional, then your first experience with metro is win 8 or server 2012 where it's a step backwards... Doesn't really inspire one to take the leap of faith into the same UI on a phone.
Well, you aren't wrong, entirely. Windows phone wasn't a horrible platform. It was functional, relatively smooth, and didn't have any major, glaring issues. The problem was, like you said, being way late to the party. Most people were already committed to an ecosystem and without an easy way to switch, it became a case of, "why bother?". Then, you had the fact that Windows Phone had a pretty shitty UI/user experience, was extremely slow on putting out features that existed on iOS and/or Android months/years prior (seriously, it wasn't until 2013-2014ish that they got around to finally adding a "swipe down" option for all your notifications, etc.), and the app support was completely abysmal (mostly due to such a low user base, I'm sure. I'm not sure how "difficult" it was to develop in windows mobile, but I never heard many reports of it being an awful experience).
Yup, the thing is insane. It's 98% of the reason why I haven't purchased a DSLR. I take it with me on every vacation with the wife and our pictures come out fucking amazing. We have night shots at the beach that are incredible. My Moto X 2nd gen photos look like dogshit in comparison (no auto lens/image stabilizers, are you fucking kidding me Motorola?!). Also, I've never seen a phone be more visible in direct sunlight than my 920 was.
It had like six updates to install out of the box (4.2 to 5.0) that all required restarts, but past that it's been a great experience. It's much snappier than I expected from a small phone like that. I don't really care for all the bloatware it came with, or the Xperia customization, but it's not so bad once updated and using a different launcher. Haven't had a ton of opportunity to test out the camera, I got some cheap clip on lenses I am kinda waiting to toy with first. Been too pussy to test the waterproof part yet.
I've been using Nova for years, ever since the first sale where you could get the paid version for $.25. The grid resizing itsef is worth it, since I can't stand a stupidly large 4x4 grid on a larger phone.
