Microsoft Microsoft Store Holiday Super Sale: Surface Pro 4 with Intel Core m3 $999, Microsoft Lumia 950 XL $399, Gears of War 4 $50 + More Holiday Super Sale! Lumia 950 XL $399 + More!
get this dealFind super gifts for yourself or your loved ones with the Holiday Super Sale at the Microsoft Store, where you can find a number of exclusive deals on computers, peripherals, Xbox One bundles and more!
Plus, all orders placed before December 19 are eligible for FREE expedited shipping (regularly $9.99), which guarantees delivery before December 25!
We've listed a few of the offers to help give you an idea of what's available, but be sure to browse the sale to find some great gift-giving inspiration!
Cell Phones
- HP Elite x3, Unlocked - $799.00 (regularly $999.00)
- Microsoft Lumia 950, Unlocked - $339.00 (regularly $549.00)
- Microsoft Lumia 950 XL, Unlocked - $399.00 (regularly $649.00)
Computers and Software
- 30% off Adobe Elements 15 software, starting at $89.99
- Dell Inspiron 13 2-in-1 Signature Edition Laptop with Intel Core i5 Processor, 8GB RAM, 1TB Hard Drive and Windows 10 - $669.00 (regularly $999.00)
- Dell Inspiron 15 Signature Edition Laptop with Intel Core i7 Processor, 8GB RAM, 1TB Hard Drive and Windows 10 - $699.00 (regularly $1149.00)
- Dell Inspiron 17 Signature Edition Laptop with Intel Core i7 Processor, 16GB RAM, 1TB Hard Drive and Windows 10 - $799.00 (regularly $1199.00)
- Microsoft Surface Pro 4 with Intel Core m3 Processor, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD and Windows 10 - $999.00 (regularly $1179.00)
- Microsoft Surface Pro 4 with Intel Core i5 Processor, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD and Windows 10 - $1499.00 (regularly $1679.00)
- Microsoft Surface Pro 4 with Intel Core i5 Processor, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD and Windows 10 + Signature Alcantara Type Cover - $1699.99 (regularly $2024.99)
- Up to $446.00 off refurbished Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book devices
- Up to $500.00 off select PCs, starting at $349.00
Peripherals and Accessories
- [December 20 to 24 only] 50% off all Fitbit Alta and Blaze accessories, starting at $19.95
- Bose SoundLink Bluetooth Speaker III - $289.00 (regularly $319.00)
- DJI Phantom 4 Quadcopter - $1349.00 (regularly $1649.00)
- Home8 Smart Garage Starter Kit - $199.99 (regularly $299.99)
- JBL Flip 2 Portable Bluetooth Speaker - $49.99 (regularly $89.99)
- JBL Flip 3 Portable Bluetooth Speaker - $119.99 (regularly $139.99)
- Up to $40.00 off Parrot drones, starting at $59.99
- Up to $59.96 off Littlebits, starting at $89.95
Video Games
- Gears of War 4 - $49.99 (regularly $79.99)
- Up to 50% off select Xbox games and accessories, starting at $24.99
- Up to $100.00 off select Xbox One S consoles, starting at $349.00
This sale is effective online and in-stores until December 24. The Microsoft Store offers free shipping on all orders with orders placed before December 19 eligible for free expedited shipping.
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I picked one up at the Yorkdale location earlier on today. It sucks that they didn't have the docks anymore. The rep told me it was a limited of time specialty thing.
So I wouldn't say plateform is dead.
Both SIM's can be on the Rogers network. (Though not both Bell or TELUS).
One SIM can use the same frequency at a time. So if you're on a phone call with one Rogers SIM, the second Rogers SIM is frozen until after the call. For texts and such this isn't a problem, as they both swap back and forth as needed to share the same radio.
However, only one SIM can be at full 4G/LTE and use data, the second SIM is then capped at 2G (voice/text). In Canada, only Rogers still has a 2G network running. So they're the only Canadian carrier that'll work as your second SIM.
I use Public Mobile on SIM1 (Bell/TELUS), and Speakout on SIM2 (Rogers).
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Hardware wise, it's a great phone. Fairly sufficient power for a budget phone and has no issues running most apps. Camera is good for the price. Windows Metro UI is quite beautiful and puts the others to shame.
8.1 was pretty wonderful, functioned smoothly, wasn't too tedious and works within the small app availability that is there.
(still mad there's no actual canadian mcdonalds app)
I updated to 10 in august, and a number of problems came up. First, the upgrade was broken and killed my people's app and erased the sms' on my phone (my fault for not backing those up prior to upgrade). Afterwards, I did what a lot of sites suggested and did a clean install and it functioned better afterwards.
I noticed w10 phone does drain a bit more, not quite sure for what reason why it drains more over 8.1. The way w10 phone handles updates is really annoying, since you can't set it to manual, only delay and it will force itself whether you like it or not. Some of the UI changes were good and bad. I'm not sure why but im getting some kind of 1 pixel wide error on the side of my background on the start screen. I know it's not a display issue either cause when i slide back and forth between the app directory it doesn't show up. I don't know why but you can't put any icons on the same row as the All apps button on the bottom which is pretty weird. The overall system stability since updating to w10 has been questionable at times, though I'm not 100% sure if it's an issue on the app devs or the OS itself.
Conclusion is that I would buy a 950 if they fixed a number of the issues (or was extremely cheap), since I'm not that desperate for an app heavy phone. Also if x86-arm translation becomes a reality and the older phones are all updated with it allowing us to use native desktop apps, I would buy this phone in a heartbeat, even for a few hundred more.
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I also still have a N7 but never find a need to install ANY app that I thought that is missing in WP, I meant zero and it is a first gen N7 with mobile data(i.e. I can carry with me but never leave the house) and just get a LG PAD which I don't even bother to open and another 2 android(free from speakout) in the drawer, never charged up.
I used it as a glorified pocket camera and GPS for a year and they sold it.
So the battery life and thermal efficiency of ARM with the x86 apps.
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I also agree about waiting to see what happens in 2017, especially with that Qualcomm partnership and ARM being able to run the full Windows 10 Enterprise OS.
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HP Elite x3 includes virtualized Win32/x86 applications as a part of the experience, and both Azure RemoteAPp and Citrix app-virtualization are also available as cloud solutions in Windows 10 Mobile. W10M also fully supports both pure cloud-based and hybrid infrastructure with Azure Active Directory. All these options work with whichever MDM solution the business is utilizing for remote device configuration and management. I wonder if you're thinking Windows Phone and not Windows 10 Mobile. W10M supports always-on VPN, and a host of other RDP services available.
I'm not saying this makes it the best business device. But I do believe we should provide accurate information for other forum users, especially if stating we are a credible source.
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Cortana handles the syncing of internet activity/bookmarks/history on Android and IOS platforms with Windows 10 devices.
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To me, Continuum was a really intriguing feature, and I don't think it is the same as using a Chrome Cast or other similar means to project a smartphone screen onto a larger display. In Continuum, the phone itself is still fully usable as a phone and the monitor displays a completely separate screen. It is essentially a dual display system with each display operating independently (so you can have two different apps open at once - one on the phone and one on the screen). In the future, x86 support will make it even more useful (as right now, the apps that work well with Continuum are limited).
I also really like using Cortana. In the car, I find that it works well to read out text messages and respond to them, or if I'm wondering what song the radio is playing, I can just ask it and it will listen and tell me. When I had a Galaxy S3, S Voice was unusable as a true-hands free system as even for basic things, I still had to somehow touch the phone to use it (whether it be starting the S Voice app, or entering my PIN). I'm assuming that perhaps Siri probably works well too, but I can't comment as I haven't used it in real-world settings.
But don't go into today's Windows 10 Mobile unless you know what carefully weight what you are getting yourself into... e.g. lack of first-party apps and a different UI-philosophy than Android/Apple among other things.
Someone mentioned earlier, not so much a business phone either cause the business connectivity and productivity apps are lacking compared to iOS/Android.
The 950 and the 950XL are for fans unless you can find the heavily discounted. If you want to try windows phone, I strongly suggest picking something in the 6xx range, they will come with almost everything useful you find on the 9xx series. I you end up falling in love with the interface, wait to see if you 2017 brings new life to the platform. I would not spend 400$ on the 950 series based on having used one for the last 5 months.
Cheers,
Different strokes for different folks.
I have an S7 and a Lumia 640 is my back up phone. The only thing holding me back from using a Windows phone full-time is the Maps I think. Google Maps is MUCH better than what they offer. I have no other issues I can think of. Good media players, has Office and OneNote, messaging is fine, camera software is okay, and of course it's a nice bonus to have everything sync up with my laptop and desktop and have a consistent UI. I'll probably ride out my S7 through 2017, it'll be interesting to see what Windows phones will be available to me a year from now.
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Perhaps the most telling is that Microsoft releases business apps for IOS/Android before they release it for Windows mobile. For example the SharePoint mobile app was released for IOS well before it was released for Windows mobile.
Bottom line, you are going to severely limit yourself in every respect with a Windows mobile phone.