Windows Phone 8 has Instragram and Waze, but is it enough?

So about a month ago, Windows Phone 8 finally got a breakthrough. One of the most used apps in the world, Instagram, finally arrived on the third platform for mobile.

Source: Windows Phone Central

It is a huge deal, of course, since Nokia (the biggest and frankly, the only company who is still making Windows Phone because well, it has been bought buy Microsoft) is doing a hell of a job making their Lumia phones. The Lumia 900, 920 and 1020 produce superb photos. It was quite sad that it as without this essential application (for most) for quite some time now.

Also, Waze is here too. With a score north of 50 million downloads on Google Playstore, you cannot underestimate this app even when Lumia phones come equipped with the superb Nokia HERE. Apps are coming to Windows Phone, and they are not stopping.

Speaking about Nokia, if only Nokia did not go down this path, they might even be a serious contender to Apple in terms of quality phones. I know that Samsung is killing the market with their phones, but we all know that deep down inside, we want another Nokia phone.

So yes, if you are on the market looking for a phone right now, and haven't invested heavily in the Apple App Store or Google Playstore, and you are okay with experimenting with a new platform, then this is the mobile OS that you might want to look at. Nokia's built quality and WP8's fluidity is unmatched for phones below MYR 1000 in my opinion.

However, here's why I will not buy a Windows Phone at the moment:

Ugly user interface: Yes, it might be refreshing the first few weeks you got it. But to me, it is mostly thanks to the awesome screens that comes with Lumia phones, not the OS itself. Once you get over the simple UI, you are stuck with a dreary black background.

I snapped within minutes of using the Metro interface on my desktop. So, be assured that I would not want that on my phone which I use 4-6 hours per day.

Lack of Google support: Let's face it. The coolest things a phone can do is somewhat related to Google. And Google's refusal to acknowledge this platform is one of its most glaring flaw.

Microsoft: For pushing Bing to me whenever it can. And for taking away the Start Menu button in Windows 8 and teased about putting it back in 8.1, then never did.

BSOD: I do not think it is necessary to elaborate on this.