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Is it a phone, or a walkaround processor?
One thing holding me back from giving up my Nokia Lumia 1520s is the smaller screens on most other phones.
At least this has a nominal 6" screen.
The 6" screen phones feel like they were designed for my big hands.
The X3 was created for enterprise. I believe it is too much phone for a typical consumer but consumers are buying it. I understand sales so far have been OK as companies are buying dozens at a time for their employees. Expect no marketing at all since sales are aimed at companies.
HP should create a consumer level phone by taking the X3 and removing some features aimed at enterprise and perhaps adding a few consumer type features like a better camera. HP would then have an enterprise phone and a consumer phone.
FWIW, Alcatel is releasing a phone through T-Mobile soon that sounds pretty interesting: the Idol 4S. The following are some of the specs:
Data: 4G LTET-Mobile Extended Range LTE CPU: Snapdragon 820 Quad Core CPU @ 2.15GHz Display: 5.5 inch FHD AMOLED Dragontrail Glass 180 degree viewing Memory: 64 GB ROM 4GB RAM microSD Camera: 21 MP Rear 8 MP FF Battery: 3,000 mAH Quick Charge 2.0 Battery
The phone will have Continuum, VR and Windows Hello, fingerprint. I'm looking forward for the reviews of this phone by the gadget press. The long rumored Surface Phone may not happen for a while or at all. Microsoft is keeping their cards too close to their chest on this one.
Last Thursday night I went to a Microsoft Store to ask about a cloud storage program an architect I was talking to has for his business (unfortunately, that program is no longer available). I saw the HP Elite x3 on display. For me, the Elite x3 was easy to hold in one hand, and it does have a much more premium feel than either the Lumia 950XL or 950, while also (during a brief comparison) seeming to be noticeably faster. However, the non removable battery is a deal breaker for me. FWIW, one of the number of phones I have right now is a Lumia 521.
The X3 was created for enterprise. I believe it is too much phone for a typical consumer but consumers are buying it. I understand sales so far have been OK as companies are buying dozens at a time for their employees. Expect no marketing at all since sales are aimed at companies.
HP should create a consumer level phone by taking the X3 and removing some features aimed at enterprise and perhaps adding a few consumer type features like a better camera. HP would then have an enterprise phone and a consumer phone.
FWIW, Alcatel is releasing a phone through T-Mobile soon that sounds pretty interesting: the Idol 4S. The following are some of the specs:
Data: 4G LTET-Mobile Extended Range LTE CPU: Snapdragon 820 Quad Core CPU @ 2.15GHz Display: 5.5 inch FHD AMOLED Dragontrail Glass 180 degree viewing Memory: 64 GB ROM 4GB RAM microSD Camera: 21 MP Rear 8 MP FF Battery: 3,000 mAH Quick Charge 2.0 Battery
The phone will have Continuum, VR and Windows Hello, fingerprint. I'm looking forward for the reviews of this phone by the gadget press. The long rumored Surface Phone may not happen for a while or at all. Microsoft is keeping their cards too close to their chest on this one.
I played with the HP X3 about 6 months ago and it was very nice, if Windows were to get a few more apps, I would probably get one.
MSFT certainly has the resources to support mobile apps, but don't really seem to care about it at all anymore.
Too much focus on music, video, games, IMO, instead of productivity.
If you eliminate useless apps, games, etc, business apps are sorely lacking.
And, too many are unrevised for a couple of years, all too often.
I may need to go back to Android just to have a few helpful real estate apps that Windows will apparently never offer.
That review was for the Android version of Idol 4S. In terms of hardware I haven't compared that phone with the Windows Mobile Idol 4S version hardware but I suppose it will be similar.
T-Mobile officially announced yesterday that the price for the W10M Idol 4S will be $470 and it will come with VR goggles. The phone will go on sale November 10.
This phone may do well with sales because Windows Lumia phones are starting to age (minus the 950, 950XL, 650 and 550). Lumia owners are itching for a new Windows phone and the Surface phone may take longer than previously imagined.
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