Microsoft Needs To Get Aggressive With Windows Phone Right Now

For the past few weeks, I have been experimenting with the Windows Phone 8.1 beta on a Lumia 1520.  For those that are unfamiliar with it, the Lumia 1520 is Nokia’s current flagship “phablet” that’s packing a massive 6” FullHD, ClearBlack IPS LCD, a 20MP PureView camera, and a 2.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 SoC. Unlike previous-gen Windows Phones, which have generally lagged behind competing Android-based devices in terms of their hardware specifications, the Nokia Lumia 1520 can hang with the best of them. The Lumia 1520 is fast, offers great battery life, the screen and camera are excellent, and the device is generally a pleasure to use, once you get used to the Windows Phone interface, of course.