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Overall then, if you discount boot-up time, the Lumia 1020 is almost twice as fast at just about everything compared to the same device under Windows 10 Mobile. Time to launch Cortana to cards interface I've done some 8.1 comparisons before, but this is with the very latest updates to Windows 10 Mobile Creators Update, so here goes: Lumia 1020, all times in seconds

Having two Lumias, one on each OS, I couldn't resist a quick set of benchmark data points.

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Don't go looking for it though, since this support was very buggy - it was only in Windows 10 Mobile that Bluetooth keyboards became practical.

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No Bluetooth keyboard support - this came in (belatedly) with Windows Phone 8.1 Update 2, and this was only ever available to a handful of product variants.

If the applications are bug-free and do what you want then fine, mind you.

The Windows Phone 8.1 applications that are available have mostly been frozen or even abandoned, so you'll be stuck at the current version in the Store forever.

(You'd miss out on AAWP Universal, for one!) City Art Search, Office Lens, ProShot), but the majority aren't. Now, some UWP apps are rewrites, ports or re-imaginings of older Windows Phone 8.1 applications (e.g.

You'll miss out on virtually all new application development - UWP apps are all for Windows 10, by definition.

The version of Office version in WP8.1 is more limited than under Windows 10 Mobile, and isn't tied to Office 365 at all, so whatever your status on the latter, Word and Excel are fully working for all file locations.

This is a blow if you use this, but in many cases a laptop or Surface hybrid will be a better fit for Skype anyway (see below).

Skype is no longer supported or updated, and has stopped working.Moving the 1020 to W10M removes all Glance functionality. Nokia Glance screen still works (unlike under W10M).The OS and interface is significantly faster and more fluid, see the benchmarking table below.In terms of navigation, the HERE suite is still top notch. The HERE suite (Maps/Drive) is not being updated anymore (in terms of code) but happily, even in 2018, the map data is being added to, with 2017 roads present that are still not in Windows 10 Maps.Nokia's Lumia Camera application is faster and slicker under Windows Phone 8.1, plus you get explicit 'reframe' options in Photos and, when shooting video, the 1020 can capture stereo sound (this gets lost if you force the 1020 to W10M).In no particular order, starting with the pros: Here are the bullet points that you need to know. Venturing online with WP8.1, you're just about immune to anything mischievous - heck getting anything working is sometimes a challenge(!) Pros and cons Security should be a concern but in practice it isn't, since a) the OS was already very secure, and anyway b) the installed base of WP 8.1 users was/is far too small a target (in the grand scheme of things) to attract the attention of thieves, scammers and hackers.

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It wasn't all roses, of course - I did miss the raw speed and screen size of the latest flagship Lumias - but there were plenty of positives, from the full implementation of Glance screen to the better maps and navigation experience.īut what about support? Official updates for Windows Phone 8.1 finished years ago and there are precious few (first or third party) updates in the Store anymore. My testing was helped by having another 1020 that had been hacked up to the latest Windows 10 Mobile, so I was able to compare the two OS side by side. I've been using a Lumia 1020 on Windows Phone 8.1 for the last few days and have come to some very interesting conclusions.

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