Why Does Windows Phone Exist in 2017? #Helpful Post

hey guys Boston windows phone' launched

seven years ago

however today it's on life support why

does it still exist in 2017 first of all

we have the Alcatel Idol 4s what's

interesting about this phone is that not

only can you get the Windows version but

there's also an Android Edition which is

essentially the same hardware even

though there's a little bit more of a

mid-range phone we actually take a look

at it it looks really nice so what

you're getting here is a large 5.5 inch

display and some nice features like a

fingerprint reader as well as a glass

back and a metal chassis and because

we've got the Windows Phone version here

we also have a VR headset which comes in

a block so it looks very much like

something like gear VR and omission

curious I've never tried a Windows Phone

that actually has any kind of VR support

Wow this is actually really nice

packaging what you're getting here

especially for 200 bucks is pretty solid

it should be the full continuum

experience what I will say the hardware

of this guy definitely is not on par

with idle is very much plasticy and the

bezels are pretty giant but again 230

bucks including all of this stuff one of

the most promising features of Windows

10 mobile is continuum so paired with

this dock which gives you not only USB 3

and HDMI visible as a couple of USB 2

ports is that you could take your phone

dock it and once you have a mouse

keyboard monitor essentially this single

device can do double duty as your phone

as well as your desktop at least in

theory the last point I took a look at

that ran continuum was the HP elite x3

maybe fear that was a very premium phone

but also came with a premium price tag

of about $700 the Acer in theory

supports all of the same continuum

features and there's a lot of potential

here however it feels like it really

isn't fully baked so you take a look at

it once you're actually plugged into the

dock and monitor this looks very much

like standard Windows however once you

actually get into it you realize that

this is definitely not a full copy one

of the big problems here is that

everything is just really slow now

saying we're an edge and yes we can kind

of scroll but it's very jerky not

particularly smooth and it's annoying I

mean sure this is phone hardware so you

shouldn't expect to be as fast as a

laptop but this is a lot slower on top

of that there's just not that much that

you can actually do so to refigure the

Microsoft edge browser is fairly

full-featured but once you actually open

up the windows main

you'll see that beyond these standard

apps that come with Windows Phone

there's not a lot of extra support this

guy does not run full Windows

application it's really disappointing

because continuum feels way ahead of its

time in phones like the galaxy s 8 have

actually supported a very similar sort

of setup and honestly done a lot better

which just sucks I mean come on this is

Microsoft if anyone is going to pull off

running Windows on a phone and a desktop

it's going to be done with the idol 4s

the big feature is the VR headset that

comes in the box and I'm actually kind

of curious to see how this is going to

work I'm actually I'm totally sure how

this is connected since it actually

doesn't connect via USB see but I do

have some buttons here I will say it is

a 1080p screen which makes it a little

bit uh get you looking but let's just

see oh man a 360 video right now and I

mean the traffic looks ok

I mean it's VR it works I guess

I mean the 360 effect looks okay but if

nowhere near as polished is something

like gear VR I honestly don't think

anyone would spend some serious time in

this gaming sucide what I'm curious

about is how usable Windows Phone is

today so the big downside to basically

all Windows Phones beside this and a

couple of the more recent ones such as

the HP is that they are no longer

supported so Windows Phone 7 Windows

Phone 8.1 none of these are going to be

getting any updates and if the rumors

are true Windows 10 is actually not

going to be that much farther behind can

be fear there are some apps that are

still supported on Windows Phone mostly

because a lot of the apps that are meant

for the Windows 10 store will run here

when you look through the top category

the the apps are pretty slim once you

get past a few of the main one there's

not a lot that's actually still going to

run on this phone it is very clear that

the software is what's holding back

these phones as the hardware actually

isn't too bad so with the Acer not only

are you getting a 1080p AMOLED display

which looks pretty nice but it also has

a Snapdragon 808 maybe not the newest

thing in the world but totally decent

and yet not a lot actually works the

idol 4s even bump that up to a

Snapdragon 820 you're still getting the

nice glass and metal build there are a

lot of nice little features like having

the fingerprint sensor as well as the

dual front firing speakers something

that does hold it pretty well on both

phones however are the cameras well

especially not bud so i o4s actually

does a lot with HDR to pull

everything in here and now with the Acer

and the cameras are not bad on these

phones but it is really really slow to

take an HDR photo these look pretty

similar but I should have to give it to

the Acer here especially when you look

really up and close there's a little bit

less compression you can see a lot more

detail on the tile to me it's pretty

obvious that Windows Phone is on its way

out

now again so you can get pretty good

deals on phones that are still

technically supported but don't expect

much of a future here unless you are a

hardcore Windows fanboy it is really

difficult to recommend picking up one of

these in 2017 but what do you guys think

let me know in the comments below and I

will catch you in the next one