i wanted 2 change my tecno n3 due to d embarrasment so i Changed temporarily with a friends lumia 920 n i noticed android was way better than windows phone so i made a little research here's what i found out:
1. In-Depth Personalization Options
I often struggle to interpret the sounds that my
Nokia Lumia 920 makes, and it's not because
of low-quality speakers (far from it, in fact).
The problem is that, unlike Android, Windows
Phone 8 doesn't allow me to set individual
notification sounds on a per-app basis. A
Twitter mention alert sounds the same as a
Facebook one, and there's nothing that I can
do to change that.
Similarly, Windows Phone 8 also does not
allow one to set individual sound levels, for
notifications, apps and multimedia content.
Android does -- you can have music playing at
half-volume and, when someone calls, the
smartphone rings at full-volume. Or, mute
notifications when you want to hear your
favorite tune playing quietly in the
background. A simple control panel would get
the job done but, at least for now, no such
option exists.
2. LED Notification Light
Most (if not all) Android smartphones feature
an LED notification light, which starts flashing
in various colors whenever there is a new
notification. This way, folks do not have to
constantly check their smartphones just to see
if there's a new email or SMS message. It's a
minor feature, but one that has a major
impact over the user experience.
By contrast, no such counterpart exists on
Windows Phone 8 handsets. That said, the HTC
Windows Phone 8X features an LED notification
light but, sadly, it only lights up whenever the
smartphone is running low on battery or the
charging is complete. Smartphones like the
Lumia 920 offer no such hardware features

3. Control Toggles
Android makers, like Samsung, allow users to
quickly toggle between various states for built-
in software and hardware features through
dedicated widgets or panels. Disabling Wi-Fi,
for instance, takes only a couple of seconds.
On Windows Phone 8, one has to go through
the Settings menu and look up the adjacent
sub-menu and then flip the switch. It's not as
straightforward. Admittedly, there are third-
party apps for this but they only provide
shortcuts rather than actionable toggles.
4. File Manager
Even though file managers may not be as
essential as social networking apps, they do
hold a special place for Android enthusiasts.
Such offerings allow users to handle (move or
delete, for instance) locally-stored files,
without connecting the smartphone to a
computer and performing changes from the
outside.
While it may seem like an unneeded app,
there's a case to be made for it on Windows
Phone 8 as well. Any incoming transfers, or
downloads that are made on the internal
storage cannot be managed without, again,
connecting the smartphone to a computer.
This oversight also makes sharing files a bit
more difficult, as one has to navigate to an app
which can handle such content.
5. Browser Sync
One of my favorite things about Android was
the fact that the Google Chrome app would
sync with its desktop counterpart, which made
the browsing experience more enjoyable. All
my desktop bookmarks, passwords and even
tabs would make their way onto my
smartphone as well. I could pick up what I was
looking at on my laptop on my Android
handset, on the go.
After switching to Windows Phone 8 I had to
give this feature up. When compared to Google
Chrome on Android, Internet Explorer is quite
basic, only offering basic features like the
ability to locally-save passwords, manage tabs
and improve the browsing security through
external services.

6. App Feature-Parity
Popular Android apps rarely come without
features which are available on other
platforms. Evernote, Facebook, Instagram or
Twitter, to name a few, always bring the latest
and greatest to the green droid operating
system, while on Windows Phone (if the apps
exist) users have to wait months even to get
the most-recently added features.
Evernote cannot be used to create notebooks,
Facebook does not have a security code
generator and Twitter has yet to implement any
two-factor authentication-related functionality,
just to give you a couple of example as to how
major developers implement the latest features
in their Windows Phone 8 apps.
7. Timely App Releases
Similarly to the aforementioned point, Android
also gets most popular app and game titles
(well, at least shortly after iOS), while Windows
Phone 8 users have to wait quite a bit of time
until even the first installment in the series is
released. Older offerings like Pandora arrived
on the tiled smartphone operating system only
earlier this year, while on Android the app was
offered since 2009.
Case in point to the late game releases is
Temple Run, which was launched on Windows
Phone 8 two years after the game made its way
on other platforms. And, what's worse, newer
titles have also been launched in the
meantime.
8. Contextual And Local Search Results
Android users have Google Now and Windows
Phone 8 users have... a robotic-sounding male
or female voice that does not respond back.
The former provides comprehensive features,
from replying with the outside temperature to
giving indications to a nearby shop.
Meanwhile, the latter can only power up Bing
Search and perform a query and, at best, allow
users to dictate some voice controls to the few
apps that support this.
What I find the most troublesome is that
Google Now works decently well in the land of
Dracula, while the Windows Phone 8
counterpart can't even show me nearby coffee
shops, let alone point me to a mobile
operator's store in a new city.
9. Extensive Browser Sharing Options
Various Android offerings can integrate into
the browser's built-in sharing menu, allowing
users to send links to read-it-later type of apps
(like Pocket). When stumbling upon things that
I wanted to check out later, I could save the
webpage's link for an in-depth reading with
Evernote or Pocket.
On Windows Phone 8, Internet Explorer only
allows users to send the links to someone else
or another device, via emails, messages, social
networks or Xbox, but not to an existing app
like Evernote or Pouch (a third-party Pocket
client). As a result, I find that it's best to rely
as little as possible on Internet Explorer for
such tasks, which is a shame as the browser
should allow users to do more things rather
then limit them to an established path.
10. Notifications Center
Android, in my opinion, is the best
smartphone operating system at aggregating
and managing all notifications from various
apps and games, into a single place.
Notifications are actionable, users can
individually dismiss them and, generally
speaking, it's a very well though-out system.
Windows Phone 8 does provide some
notifications via toasts and live tiles, but it's
difficult to pinpoint the source of one at times.
The smartphone rings and, if it's not a
lockscreen-enabled app (which can show a
counter), I have to scroll through the Start
screen just to find the information that I need.
Sometimes I have to wait a bit for the live tile
to update or flip, in order to see what I came
to find.
Microsoft is undoubtedly working on a
notification center, but until that day when us,
Windows Phone 8 users, can actually use it we
are stuck with lesser functionality. Similarly,
Android switchers will have to adopt to the
different (and older) way of doing things.

Then are You planning to sell the Nokia?

nope i've returnd it.

Download media volume set from the market place to customise ur volume options.
Developer unlock or fully unlock the phone and start loading it with home brew apps 2 see the power or windows phone....
The only real problem with win phone is independency; i.e some task can not be done without the zune or Windows SDK on PC just like the iOS and unlike android....

@op from the points you have made it means you know nothing about phone software,android is popular because its open source but windows phone is better though I use a techno n9 tablet.And by the way which fool will exchange his Nokia lumia for techno n3.Abeg go siddon jare

everyday: @op from the points you have made it means you know nothing about phone software,android is popular because its open source but windows phone is better though I use a techno n9 tablet.And by the way which fool will exchange his Nokia lumia for techno n3.Abeg go siddon jare

d switch was temporary oh even a dummy would nt do that he's never used android n i've never used windows 8.anyway y do u say window is beta dan android 4rm ma lil experience android is way better.

$#EGXY:
d switch was temporary oh even a dummy would nt do that he's never used android n i've never used windows 8.anyway y do u say window is beta dan android 4rm ma lil experience android is way better.

No doubt, Android is currently the best mobile OS above iOS & Windows Phone respectively because of its simplicity, customization, little dependency on PC & Open source license;
we windows phone user know that what Android can do; Windows can equally do & even better...
Do you know windows phone fonts can be changed?
Cant even sell my 510 for 18k nor my 620 for 30k......
Make I go kid corner to save data jor......

$#EGXY:
d switch was temporary oh even a dummy would nt do that he's never used android n i've never used windows 8.anyway y do u say window is beta dan android 4rm ma lil experience android is way better.

windows phone os is smooth and does not lag when a windows phone with ram 512 is smooth and does not lag unlike android which always lag,secondly android is open source and has security issues unlike windows phone which is a secured os

Em-my:

No doubt, Android is currently the best mobile OS above iOS & Windows Phone respectively because of its simplicity, customization, little dependency on PC & Open source license;
we windows phone user know that what Android can do; Windows can equally do & even better...
Do you know windows phone fonts can be changed?
Cant even sell my 510 for 18k nor my 620 for 30k......
Make I go kid corner to save data jor......

tnx anyway abeg windows fone dy chop mb like android?

everyday:
windows phone os is smooth and does not lag when a windows phone with ram 512 is smooth and does not lag unlike android which always lag,secondly android is open source and has security issues unlike windows phone which is a secured os

you're rite buh i still prefer android.i guess i'll get 1 soon.

$#EGXY:
tnx anyway abeg windows fone dy chop mb like android?

Yes oh....
Data consuming background apps/processes that alway run are:
Nokia Mail
Nokia Maps/ Nokia HERE
Bing Maps
Facebook (People/Account)
Bing QR & bar code scanner
Software update
GPS for geo tagging
Find my Phone
and third party apps available on install like; skype, my server, SkyDrive (from MS though),

others; drop box, Whatsapp, tango Video call e.t.c..