Nokia Lumia 920

Supply levels of this phone is turning into a joke now! My order from Cyberport had an estimated shipping date of today(29th), after being ordered over 2 weeks ago and being changed twice. The estimated time has now changed to the 13th of December, so no doubt that'll change again and I won't have it this side of Christmas....not happy to say the least!

Inquitus wrote: »

I like WP8 but despite its many good points, and innovative, zippy look and feel, MS and Nokia are collectively making a huge mess of grabbing mindshare and market.

I've no major commitment to any platform but I'm watching the recent developments with fascination. I think the fact that the Lumia 920s are sold out nearly everywhere and people are willing to pay €650+ to maybe get the phone in 2/3 weeks time you must be doing something right? Also there was a story recently that Nokia shares are climbing in value. Finally this is more hearsay than fact but from reading around forums it seems to me the majority of people switching to WP8 are coming from iPhone?

Don't get me wrong, I don't think Microsoft are going to overtake Apple or Google in smartphone market share in the next 3 years but I also don't think they are "making a huge mess of grabbing mindshare and market."

Just to confirm what was expected...

stevenmu wrote: »

The 920 does seem to be doing great, they've sold a ton of them, and it seems to sell out within a day or two if not a few hours anywhere it goes on sale.

But, without having seen the figures for both, I'd be willing to bet that it's still only a fraction of iPhone 5 sales.

They have a chance to turn the success of the 920 into a much bigger one. If they ramped up production and dropped the prices they could make much better in-roads into Apple and Androids lead and grab some real market share.

Very easy for it to look like it's doing good when it's showing up as sold out, but there has been no concrete numbers on how many were available in the first place! It really is looking like Nokia did not have enough devices ready for launch, or else they are having huge distribution issues!

pleasant Co. wrote: »

True, youll have to trust your gut on this one...although it might be worthwhile dropping Clove a line - I've found them very helpful to deal with so far.

Yeah I might just do that, have seen elsewhere people who got word from Cyberport that today was still the shipping date, so I'll wait until I get confirmation!

920 coverage of the 920 launch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCc4WgEVfwI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaKLVdgeN2M

can't wait even more now, this is better than my HD cam. Roll on 21 Jan

cambo_gueno wrote: »

I just had a hands-on with the Nokia 920, the HTC 8x and the Samsung Ativ.

• HTC feels the most svelte in the hand. It's also the smallest, possibly a tiny bit feminine compared to the other two. The screen was also inferior to the others when placed side-by-side.
• The Samsung is 10 times better looking in the flesh than in the photos. Screen is really nice with black blacks. Still a Samsung, meaning it feels plastic and cheap, but probably not something you'd notice if you didn't have the others to compare to.
• The Lumia 920 feels like a big, solid block compared to the other two. Physically slightly bigger than the HTC and about the same as the Samsung, although it is about 50% thicker. It was a prototype unit so had a lot of stickers and holes and the screen looked very dim when viewed sideways on (much more so than my Lumia 800 and the other two WP8 handsets). Doesn't feel any heavier than the 800, as compared by three people.

It was nice to see the three side-by-side, but I'm sticking with my decision to go with the Nokia, although I did change from white to black for a bit of a change.

How did you get a hands-on? Do you work in Microsoft? Was this in Dublin?

deco nate wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjF27nXTPw8

new video showing
Optical Image Stabilization.

just amazin stuff

That picture looks great, reminds me of gopro stuff but it seems to handle low light levels better than a go pro. It would be really cool if I could somehow use my go pro mounts with it.

Thinking of ordering the white one from clove. Has anyone got it or seen it in real life? I've never been a big fan of white iPhones but something about the white Lumia 920 seems right?

youcancallmeal wrote: »

Thinking of ordering the white one from clove. Has anyone got it or seen it in real life? I've never been a big fan of white iPhones but something about the white Lumia 920 seems right?

AT&T only seem to have the black and white on display near me (NY). I prefer the black myself, but the white is pretty nice all the same, good feel and colour from it, really stands out.

pleasant Co. wrote: »

Excellent, i'm hoping mine will get here on the friday too, would suck a bit to have to wait the whole weekend for it :pac:

Took the words out of my mouth.
I ordered the black one and I'm hoping I'll have it to play with at the weekend!

I got my free wireless charger today (from At&T).

Its really cool. Plug it in and leave it plugged and then you just lay the phone on it and it'll charge. I read that there was a 25% time penalty on a full charge but I didnt notice and sloth.

A small convenience that you could get really used to.

:cool:

youcancallmeal wrote: »

Great deal if you are in the UK, can get it unlocked then for another £54. Still cheaper than clove's £520

Interesting...just rang a few EE stores in Down and there are some Black 920s in stock. I wonder how kosher unlockfrog is

got my 920 from EXPANSYS US SITE.worket out 100 cheaper than the rest with delivery.
still dissapointed they killed the N9 much better phone with all swipe screen.