After dropping my old iphone 3gs for the gazillionth time, it finally died. Being in a pinch for a "quick phone cheap" i ordered the Lumia 520
(at&t branded
) from walmart.com for 48.98. When i got it a few days later i tossed in my at&t compatible sim card from straight talk and bam! Back in business. Being a linux, android, freebsd, osx or anything non microsoft OS user for years i figured why not? It's $50! If i don't like it, it was cheap, no big loss. While i HATE windows 8 on the desktop
(my moms computer i constantly have to clean out
), i am quite ok with the 8.1 phone update. I never thought i'd say this, but i like this phone. Sure it's a bit older and lower spec'd by todays standards, but for $50 i can't complain. The apps available are good enough for me. I mean it IS a phone. I dont require 60 apps on my phone. I check email, facebook, stream internet radio stations while driving, check the weather, use the built in gps, make phone calls and text. Anything else is pointless and sucks battery life IMO. All in all, i'm happy with my $50 purchase. Will i go back to iOS or android when this phone eventually craps out? More than likely yes, but for right now windows phone 8.1 isn't that bad. Yes, i said it. Sue me. LOL
Oh, and Cortana sounds wayyy sexier than Siri.....
Cheers.