IMHO yes. It makes one-handing game-playing a pain, but for videos, walls of text, and the like, I love it. Disclaimer: had a Samsung Note II and hated it. So clearly it's not the form factor that was bugging me...
Yes, for me certainly so. I rarely talk on the phone, I mostly text, browse the web, play games, or read. All of those things are much nicer on the bigger phone.
Droid Mini side-grading to a Droid Maxx this week, because of battery life.
I'm currently on Verizon, but this phone is GSM compatible too, and I plan to switch to TMobile soon (though, I've planned this for months. Inertia and all of that...).
Many friends use Whatsapp, so it's harder for me to stay in touch with groups.
Other than that I haven't missed it much. I spent way too much time browsing various sites with it, now I have more attention for the people around, and I actually read books.
No, I'm not kidding. I always carry around my laptop and/or my tablet (which has no SIM support), so I only need a phone in my pocket to check the time (I don't like carrying anything on my wrist), send SMS and call people (people in my area are usually responding to those more quickly than on Skype, Facebook, Viber or whatever).
A Lumia 1520 (personal) and a Lumia 930 (work), although the latter is usually in my backpack or drawer.
If I'm working I'll be at my desk and easily reachable through many channels other than mobile phone. If I'm not at my desk it usually means I'm not working, hence not going to pick up your call or checking work email :)
There are of course exceptions, I'm not an unreasonable jerk :)
For the past two years I've been using a Nexus 5, which I never really liked (should have gotten the LG G2 instead) because of the average build and camera quality.
Then Google bricked it with the 5.1.1 update, so while waiting for the replacement to arrive I got a cheap Lumia 535 that I'm loving so far.
Fast forward one week, Nexus 5 replacement arrives, and updating to the latest version bricks it again (this time a soft brick :)
Having realized that Google is apparently packed with morons I'll stick with Windows Phone for a while. Looking forward to the upcoming Lumia 940 or the successor of the Lumia 1020.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 63.1 ms ] threadI'm currently on Verizon, but this phone is GSM compatible too, and I plan to switch to TMobile soon (though, I've planned this for months. Inertia and all of that...).
Other than that I haven't missed it much. I spent way too much time browsing various sites with it, now I have more attention for the people around, and I actually read books.
No, I'm not kidding. I always carry around my laptop and/or my tablet (which has no SIM support), so I only need a phone in my pocket to check the time (I don't like carrying anything on my wrist), send SMS and call people (people in my area are usually responding to those more quickly than on Skype, Facebook, Viber or whatever).
I want to switch to the Ubuntu phone soon (BQ Aquaris E4.5) - does anybody have any experience with that?
If I'm working I'll be at my desk and easily reachable through many channels other than mobile phone. If I'm not at my desk it usually means I'm not working, hence not going to pick up your call or checking work email :) There are of course exceptions, I'm not an unreasonable jerk :)
Then Google bricked it with the 5.1.1 update, so while waiting for the replacement to arrive I got a cheap Lumia 535 that I'm loving so far.
Fast forward one week, Nexus 5 replacement arrives, and updating to the latest version bricks it again (this time a soft brick :)
Having realized that Google is apparently packed with morons I'll stick with Windows Phone for a while. Looking forward to the upcoming Lumia 940 or the successor of the Lumia 1020.