var angularPromise = function (data) {
        var defered = $q.defer();
        var promise = defered.promise;
        var emptyvar = null;

        if (data == "fail") {
            //generate the exception
            console.log("code reaches this point");
            var fail = emptyvar.fakeproperty;
            console.log("code will never reach this point due to the exception");
            defered.reject("failed");//neither this...
        }

        return promise;
    }

    var standardPromise = function (data) {
        return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
            var emptyvar = null;

            if (data == "fail") {
                //generate the exception
                var fail = emptyvar.fakeproperty;
               //in this scenario this error is thrown 
               //and captured by the promise catch() 
               //just as if I would call reject() 
               //which is the expected behaviour
            }

        });
    }

    try {
        angularPromise("fail")
                .then(
                        function (success) {
                            console.log("angularPromise: oka", success)
                        }
                )
                .catch(
                        function (fail) {
                            console.log("angularPromise: fail", fail);
                        }
                ).finally(
                function (fail) {
                    console.log("angularPromise: 'finally' gets excecuted...");
                }
        );
    } catch (e) {
        console.log("angularPromise: exception catched with try/catch and not captured in promise 'catch'. Also 'finally' is never excecuted...");
    }

    try {
        standardPromise("fail")
                .then(
                        function (success) {
                            console.log(" standardPromise oka", success)
                        }
                )
                .catch(
                        function (fail) {
                            console.log("standardPromise: catched as expected", fail);
                        }
                ).finally(
                function () {
                    console.log("standardPromise: 'finally' gets excecuted...");
                }
        );
    } catch (e) {
        console.log("standardPromise exception catched outside promise", e);
    }