Microsoft Lumia 950 XL is extra large in many departments — and is worth trying

Manila Bulletin ^ | Dec 21, 2015 | (none)

[dayglored]

Finally some good news about Windows Phone...

[dayglored]

Windows Phone review - Lumia 950 XL ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

[Vince Ferrer]

20MP is amazing. 20 years ago I saw digital backs for Mamiyas at 20MP going for $15,000.

[CodeToad]

Runs Windows 10? “Phoning home” is ironic. Windows 10 is spyware and send private information back to Microsoft. It is banned in secured and sensitive environments.

I don’t need my phone phoning home.

BTW, the Droid Turbo phone has had a 20MB camera in it. Great images, too.

[crosdaddy]

You do realize that the 20 Meg’s, on a very small chip vs a much larger chip, is different?

[tacticalogic]

They let you use that Droid phone in those “secure and sensitive environments”?

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Will they make it exclusive to AT&T again?

[CodeToad]

No phones, but no Windows 10 on any desktop or laptop either.

[dayglored]

> Will they make it exclusive to AT&T again?

Dunno, good question.

[tacticalogic]

No phones, but no Windows 10 on any desktop or laptop either.

How long does it normally take them to get a new OS vetted, configured and approved for that environment?

[Excellence]

So far, yes, unfortunately.

[Scutter]

Only someone completely ignorant of security would recommend any Android phone as a secure alternative to a Windows phone.

[CodeToad]

“Only someone completely ignorant of security would recommend any Android phone as a secure alternative to a Windows phone.”

Yet, I didn’t, so if you were making that assumption then your reading comprehension skills are terrible.

[CodeToad]

“How long does it normally take them to get a new OS vetted, configured and approved for that environment? “

There isn’t such a thing as what you asked, but when the OS like Windows 10 transmits information without authorization it is a slam dunk to be denied.

[tacticalogic]

There isn't such a thing as what you asked, but when the OS like Windows 10 transmits information without authorization it is a slam dunk to be denied.

We have a process where I work for exactly that.

Where are you getting your information on what it is that Windows 10 transmits, and under what conditions?

[dennisw]

Just off the top of my head from the specs and internet back chatter..... This Windoze phone is better at a consumer friendly price than any iPhone out there. Never forget that Microsoft can be laughed at but still make 25% profits from their income which is very RESPECTABLE and enough $$$$ coming in to innovate past the debauched homos at Apples doughnut shaped mother ship. Did they move in yet?

I hear that an outpost of Reggie Loves favorite, Man’s Country (Chicago) will open there when the doughnut is habitable

[CodeToad]

Search for it. It is a HUGE topic. If you were in any position within IT I cannot imagine you have no idea what this is about.

[GingisK]

20MP is amazing

Tiny tiny plastic lenses spoil the effect.

[Vince Ferrer]

By how much?

[tacticalogic]

Search for it. It is a HUGE topic. If you were in any position within IT I cannot imagine you have no idea what this is about.

I know there's a lot of hyperventilating out there.

I am in a position in IT where I have enough information and experience to want to see an authoritative source for an assertion that Microsoft has made it's desktop operating system functionally incompatible with and unusable in a secure environment.

Frankly, I don't believe you.