I’m a “dyed-in-the-wool” Nokia user. My friends know that. I’m
a self-acclaimed Nokia Brand Ambassador. I promote Nokia like I get paid
handsomely to do it. I have never used any other brand of phone. My cousin gave
me a blackberry and I sold it. If Nokia was my wife, I’m the most faithful
husband ever, never cheated on her. My first love was Nokia 3310, I played
Space Impact like crazy. I have even won a Nokia phone on a Facebook Nokia
picture contest before. I just love the simplicity, durability, functionality,
navigation, etc. of Nokia. I currently have 3 good Nokia phones though I don’t
use all of them. I just love the value I get from all my Nokia phones.
But all that is perishing fast and furiously with my recent purchase
of a black Nokia Lumia 720 Windows Phone (Amber). I love the design and size of Nokia Lumia 720 but.... It’s unbelievably annoying that I can’t perform some SIMPLE BASIC
FUNCTIONS I’ve known and loved Nokia for. It’s with difficulty that you perform
some of them. Below is the list of a few of the numerous I want to share.
RINGTONE: It’s so unbelievable that I need a computer before
I can set a custom ringtone. Jeez! What if I don’t have a computer? That is so
messed up. Since carrying out simple function on one’s phone requires a
computer, you should hand out a free computer for every Nokia Lumia windows
phone purchased! Why can’t I set a custom ringtone for sms and IM messages? I
always set these tones to something that harmonize with my being and greatly
improve my Nokia experience. THIS WAS A SIMPLE BASIC FUNCTION ON NOKIA WITHOUT
WINDOWS.
MUSIC PLAYER: I can’t find any stop button. Imagine having a
car with no brakes. You can’t edit the songs if the title was incorrect. 9 out
of 10 times when I use the “add to now playing” function, it doesn’t work!
Creating a simple playlist and adding songs to it is like coding for a novice.
Mind you I’m a power Nokia user yet it’s difficult to me, I can imagine the
agony of a non-power user.
SMS MESSAGING: I always create sms folders in my Nokia
without windows. That way I sort my sms messages effectively and efficiently
and eliminate clutter. That feature has effectively denied me in Lumia 720. If
a contact has more than one numbers, how do you send the text to your preferred
number? The Nokia I’m used to will pop up the different numbers and you choose
the one want to send an sms message to. The windows Nokia don’t do that. Text
preview cannot be disabled, it should be optional and not forced on users. In
2013 I’m suffering the same issue that people complained bitterly about on
windowsphone site in 2011. Do they listen to their users at all or do they just force their
deficiencies on users.
UNNAMED NUMBER: Few days ago, numbers that I have already
saved with names on my phone stopped showing the names when these people call.
It made me look like a fool when I ask these people who they are.
LOCATION: I hate the fact that almost every app I want to
install keeps asking for my location even when the app has nothing whatsoever in
its functionality to do with one’s location. I like my privacy. With all the
Snowden breach of privacy x-files out there it seemed as if spying is more
important to them than building a great app.
CALL HANDLING: Sometimes you don’t want to pick a call and
you don’t want to ignore or cut the call either. In the old Nokia which I love
so much you have the option to silence the call while it rings to the end. With
these windows Nokia you can’t do that. You become a nuisance with the
embarrassing noise pollution coming from your ringing phone that you can’t
silence.
FILE TRANSFER: I can’t send video files via bluetooth. I take
a video of my friend and I can’t just send it to him right there via bluetooth?
Seriously?! Even when you are able to send other files via Bluetooth, you have
to first of all turn the bluetooth on. Bluetooth option should naturally appear
when you press “SHARE” making navigation easy with reduced press and click of
buttons.
LIMITED ACCESS TO SD: There is limited access to removable
memory storage. It doesn’t give option of where to install apps. There are some
apps I won’t like to install on the internal memory, the windows Nokia won’t
let me do that.
There are lots more but I’m just sharing the most ANNOYING. If
this things cannot be fixed, I’m afraid I have to divorce Nokia.
