Not surprising when you remember that the mobile Bingbot calls itself ... iPhone.
RedBar
9:41 am on Sep 28, 2017 (gmt 0)
Sadly, the Windows phones are not as robust.
I assume you do not own/have not owned one?
IME Windows phones are far superior to any Android or iPhone and they don't go out-of-date with new models being introduced. Nearly all my friends who are heavy users of Androids have battery problems before their phones are a couple of years old. I have an orignal Lumia 520 and 1520 still with the same batteries and still running perfectly and those that run Win 10 are an absolute delight.
I have to admit that they did make a couple of almighty update cock-ups which infuriated me but these days I wouldn't change mine for anything else.
Guessing I would say that Bill Gates is using an Android to test that MS Apps work correctly since they want their apps to work across all platforms ... seems fairly logical to me.
keyplyr
10:01 am on Sep 28, 2017 (gmt 0)
I had a Windows Lumia phone for a year. I disagree. Didn't like it nearly as well as Android. The problem with them is not only with the UI but the lack of support for the apps I needed.
I've had 3 Android phones. They don't "go out of date" and I had no battery issues at all. In fact, the fact they can switch batteries is one of the nice features of Android phones. I also dig that I can switch SIM cards and use external memory cards to store most apps, freeing space on the phone which keeps things running very fast. The Window phone I had was really slow.
Also, Android supports most Windows apps (as noted in the Bill Gates article.)
lawman
6:36 pm on Sep 28, 2017 (gmt 0)
Can't switch batteries on the Galaxy S8. A little over a year old and definitely needs a new battery.
keyplyr
7:16 pm on Sep 28, 2017 (gmt 0)
Yes, the battery thing is device specific and not solely a feature of Android phones, although in my experience most Android phones let you change batteries.
Samsung, or at least a few of them, don't seem to include that feature... which is ironic since the battery issue has been a huge problem for them on at least 2 models.
