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Nokia Lumia 920

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  • #242
    youcancallmeal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,200 ✭✭✭youcancallmeal


    Unless its somehow possible to buy a grey sim free 920 before the Nexus 4 is available on Nov 13th then I think I'm going to stick with Android. Even some sort of communication explaining their distribution strategy or why the delay would help.

    I really wanted to give WP8 and Nokia a chance but they only have themselves to blame, I reckon a lot of other people will be in the same boat as me.


  • #243
    ShadowHearth
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    youcancallmeal wrote: »
    Unless its somehow possible to buy a grey sim free 920 before the Nexus 4 is available on Nov 13th then I think I'm going to stick with Android. Even some sort of communication explaining their distribution strategy or why the delay would help.

    I really wanted to give WP8 and Nokia a chance but they only have themselves to blame, I reckon a lot of other people will be in the same boat as me.

    I actually started to look in to androids again now. So far on the books s3 or note 2. What's the nexus 4? Never heard of it.


  • #244
    Francie Barrett
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,397 ✭✭✭✭Francie Barrett


    ShadowHearth wrote: »
    I actually started to look in to androids again now. So far on the books s3 or note 2. What's the nexus 4? Never heard of it.
    The Nexus 4 is a pure Android device made by LG. You can see the specs for the phone here - http://www.phonearena.com/phones/LG-Nexus-4_id7531

    Unlike the Lumia 920, it's quad-core and has 2GB of RAM. Apparently going to be released in Europe for €299 sim-free.


  • #245
    ShadowHearth
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    Francie Barrett wrote: »
    The Nexus 4 is a pure Android device made by LG. You can see the specs for the phone here - http://www.phonearena.com/phones/LG-Nexus-4_id7531

    Unlike the Lumia 920, it's quad-core and has 2GB of RAM. Apparently going to be released in Europe for €299 sim-free.

    i am looking at this and for 299eu it looks too good to be true... where will you be able to get one?


  • #246
    youcancallmeal
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    ShadowHearth wrote: »
    i am looking at this and for 299eu it looks too good to be true... where will you be able to get one?

    Still trying to figure that out at the moment, see thread here for more details. Expect to pay about the €349 or more for the 16gb version unless your going to in the US anytime soon?


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  • #247
    ShadowHearth
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    youcancallmeal wrote: »
    Still trying to figure that out at the moment, see thread here for more details. Expect to pay about the €349 or more for the 16gb version unless your going to in the US anytime soon?

    i know we are highjacking thread a bit here, but 349eu for 16gb version of that is cheap as chips.

    8gb version for 299eu has no micro sd slot, which is quite... weird...


  • #248
    Francie Barrett
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,397 ✭✭✭✭Francie Barrett


    ShadowHearth wrote: »
    i am looking at this and for 299eu it looks too good to be true... where will you be able to get one?
    The usual online outlets like Clove and Exspansys will sell it. The only issue I'm seeing is that you're only getting 8GB of storage if you buy the €299 version. If you're willing to manage your multimedia, then the Nexus 4 looks like the best value smartphone on the market.


  • #249
    Francie Barrett
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,397 ✭✭✭✭Francie Barrett


    ShadowHearth wrote: »
    i know we are highjacking thread a bit here, but 349eu for 16gb version of that is cheap as chips.

    8gb version for 299eu has no micro sd slot, which is quite... weird...
    Neither version has an SD card slot. Unfortunately, this practice is becoming commonplace with most flagship devices (Iphone, Lumia, etc.).


  • #250
    Griffinx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 526 ✭✭✭Griffinx


    youcancallmeal wrote: »
    Looks like buying sim free online from the UK will not be an option until after Christmas! http://www.wpcentral.com/uk-availability-dates-nokia-lumia-920-and-820
    Hopefully amazon.de starts selling it sooner than that?

    Read again

    "... and it will not be possible to buy the handsets offline (without a contract) while this is in place, apart from Phones4u where it'll be available for £459 (according to promotion material). "

    So Phones4u should have them before next year.


  • #251
    youcancallmeal
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    Griffinx wrote: »
    Read again

    "... and it will not be possible to buy the handsets offline (without a contract) while this is in place, apart from Phones4u where it'll be available for £459 (according to promotion material). "

    So Phones4u should have them before next year.

    As far as I understand they will not sell online to buyers from Ireland though. You would need to walk into a shop.


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  • #252
    Thirdfox
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    ShadowHearth wrote: »
    I actually started to look in to androids again now. So far on the books s3 or note 2. What's the nexus 4? Never heard of it.

    I got the note 2 after the delay by Nokia - you can even see me expressing my interest a few posts back in the 920 (and then expressing displeasure at the lack of a radio/memory card slot in a flagship phone...)


  • #253
    stevenmu
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,688 Mod ✭✭✭✭stevenmu


    It does have a radio doesn't it?

    I agree the lack of a memory card slot is a downer though.


  • #254
    Griffinx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 526 ✭✭✭Griffinx


    youcancallmeal wrote: »

    As far as I understand they will not sell online to buyers from Ireland though. You would need to walk into a shop.

    Are Phones4u in the North?


  • #255
    Thirdfox
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    stevenmu wrote: »
    It does have a radio doesn't it?

    I agree the lack of a memory card slot is a downer though.

    http://discussions.nokia.com/t5/Nokia-Lumia/Nokia-Lumia-920-FM-Radio/td-p/1565054

    http://www.nokia.com/global/products/phone/lumia920/specifications/

    "Nokia Mix Radio" is online radio as far as I know - not the real thing (FM radio).

    Interesting to see on the nokia discussion forum some people stating that a radio is a useless feature...whereas for me it was the single most missed feature of my old smartphone. I say I spend more time using the radio than the camera or even on phone calls. Time, if I was using 3g data, that costs me money for what would otherwise be free.

    I don't think it's a hardware limitation - they just don't want people to have this feature for some (financial?) reasons.

    Sorry to whinge but this is one issue that really gets my goat. I'm probably not going to buy a phone that doesn't have a FM radio any more (until FM radio is phased out by DAB or its successors).

    My girlfriend misses radio on her iPhone too!


  • #256
    evolutionqy7
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    Last time I used a radio on my phone was when phones had midi ring tones as standard and couldn't play anything else.


  • #257
    evolutionqy7
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    Last time I used a radio on my phone was when phones had midi ring tones as standard and couldn't play anything else.


  • #258
    stevenmu
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    Wow, didn't realise that it didn't have FM radio. I just assumed it would. I have a Lumia 710 at the moment and it's a great little radio player. That's something I'd really miss a lot, might have to rethink what phone to go for.


  • #259
    fits
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    Thirdfox wrote: »
    I don't think it's a hardware limitation - they just don't want people to have this feature for some (financial?) reasons.

    My guess is that it probably is a hardware limitation and a tradeoff with other potential users of the limited space available in a phone. Radio aerials will interfere with the other quite complicated receivers and sensors in a smartphone. Its probably not insurmountable from an engineering point of view, but probably not deemed a priority based on usage of phones.

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  • #260
    Blazer
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    Francie Barrett wrote: »

    Unlike the Lumia 920, it's quad-core


    remember that LTE phones are dual core only due to hardware limitations..
    So far only qualcomm processors are compatile with their own LTE modems.

    Nvidia and others etc are working on their own versions etc to enable quad-core and LTE.

    http://www.mobileburn.com/18806/news/qualcomms-lock-on-lte-or-why-we-dont-have-quad-core-lte-devices-yet


  • #261
    boc121
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    Is it just me or does it look like a good bit of the screen is taken up by the bottom buttons?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpCJwD5vhZk


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  • #262
    Blazer
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    boc121 wrote: »
    Is it just me or does it look like a good bit of the screen is taken up by the bottom buttons?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpCJwD5vhZk

    looks nearly an inch...wtf is it with these ridiculous large bezels??
    I'm happily take a hit on specs if the bezels were pretty non-existent.


  • #263
    evolutionqy7
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    Blazer wrote: »

    looks nearly an inch...wtf is it with these ridiculous large bezels??
    I'm happily take a hit on specs if the bezels were pretty non-existent.

    The bigger the bezel the smaller the chance of you constantly hitting the screen when you don't want to


  • #264
    Blazer
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    evolutionqy7 wrote: »
    The bigger the bezel the smaller the chance of you constantly hitting the screen when you don't want to

    prob explains why my s3 shattered with a 2 foot drop :D


  • #265
    fits
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    920 for sale in Finland now for 486 euro plus 23% VAT. (I.e. 600 euro)

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  • #266
    wheresmybeaver
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    fits wrote: »
    920 for sale in Finland now for 486 euro plus 23% VAT. (I.e. 600 euro)

    nice, any links to an online store? ;-)


  • #267
    fits
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    Elisa.fi and sonera.fi so but they don't have English language versions.

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  • #268
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,146 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    I just can't justify spending that 600+ on one of these. And I haven't been impressed by the form factor either, it looks odd in the hand.

    The Nexus 4 has me interested. Ah sure I'll wait and see how it pans out.


  • #269
    MJohnston
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    FWIW the HTC Windows Phone 8X has been getting excellent reviews and should be out this month (according to HTC's Facebook page) and it has a bit smaller of a form factor. Certainly a great phone and might be worth looking at if you can't wait for the 920.


  • #270
    Diddy Kong
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    MJohnston wrote: »
    FWIW the HTC Windows Phone 8X has been getting excellent reviews and should be out this month (according to HTC's Facebook page) and it has a bit smaller of a form factor. Certainly a great phone and might be worth looking at if you can't wait for the 920.

    The real question is: Has HTC learned anything from the Titan? For me (a Titan owner) I feel abandonded by HTC with regards to support! There are littles issues with the phone, related to signal strength, WiFi (and many more problems based on the other forums) and there has been no support from HTC with patching the issues. I look at sites who detail all of the Nokia patches they received since the start (900 & 800) and you can clearly see that Nokia are actually supporting the phones!

    HTC's support model for the Titan was to realease the Titan 2 but not in EU but that has similar issues.

    Its actually the main reason I will wait for the 920, I'd even consider the Ativ S before another HTC!


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  • #271
    evolutionqy7
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    Diddy Kong wrote: »

    The real question is: Has HTC learned anything from the Titan? For me (a Titan owner) I feel abandonded by HTC with regards to support! There are littles issues with the phone, related to signal strength, WiFi (and many more problems based on the other forums) and there has been no support from HTC with patching the issues. I look at sites who detail all of the Nokia patches they received since the start (900 & 800) and you can clearly see that Nokia are actually supporting the phones!

    HTC's support model for the Titan was to realease the Titan 2 but not in EU but that has similar issues.

    Its actually the main reason I will wait for the 920, I'd even consider the Ativ S before another HTC!

    That's where I was. There was quite a huge amount of issues with the titan and they did **** all about it. Even though 8X looks great Im scared to go near them now.

    Lumias screen looks a hell of a lot better than the 8X,


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