Share your experiences with Nokia Lumia phone...
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I've been using the Lumia 920 for a while. And I pretty much love it. It has everything you can ask from a smartphone. And once you get used to wireless charging, you'll never want to go back :)
That's sweet & short info :) So there are lot of Votes for 920 and some for 1320...... Thank you all. Now I'm 50/50 for 920/1320.
Mohammed Hameed.
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I have a 925 and love it. I wish it had more storage or an sd card slot, but i've never had a problem with lag or delays that couldnt be attributed to poor data connection where i was.
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Mohammed Hameed.
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I have a Nokia 1020. Very, very happy with it. The camera is freaking awesome, but if that is not of a concern I'd go for one of the cheaper models. It is freaking awesome though ;-)
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Thanks for the valuable information.
Mohammed Hameed.
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I've had a Lumia 920 for about a year and I love it, best I've ever owned. At first, there was a glitch with the firmware, but the Nokia Software Updater (now version 4.1.0) took care of it. The Amber update was rock solid, as was Black. I use the phone all the time (email, SMS, Kindle, and best of all navigation). Nokia's turn-by-turn navigation requires no connection of any kind (no WiFi, no cellular data) if you download the country map(s) when connected to WiFi ahead of time. It has too many features that I love to list here (Glance, the camera and the camera software, etc.)
Thanks John...
Mohammed Hameed.
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Mohammed Hameed.
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I'm planning to buy Nokia Lumia guys, any suggestions plz (Priority is good RAM & processor speed but cam & screen size doesn't matter much)...15k to 25k INR budget & Microsoft Windows Phone OS only :)
Mohammed Hameed.
Our whole company has 820's except for the directors who have 920's or higher, and I have a couple of friends with 520's. So far I haven't heard anyone complain about the 820's or higher models. The camera on the 520 is a bit slow according to my friend, but I haven't seen it to know if the 820 is different. The 820 which I personally use is very good - but I find the storage space restricting (it has SD card but OS limits what you can put on it, grrr) and the battery isn't wonderful. That is to say I charge it nightly, but then it seems anyone with a modern smartphone who actually uses it does that anyway. Also the surface is the 820 is slipperier than snot on a door knob - it will slide frictionless across virtually any surface. That can make for interesting experiences if you drop it, slide it to someone or have it leap out from your car dashboard because it wasn't bolted down. Overall, very good phone(s) though.
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Hi Mohammed I bought a lumia 800 using windows 7 and when the 2yr contract runs out I cant wait to dump it as the problems are too many. I cant speak for the new models and w8 version but I just wont be giving it a chance. some of the faults are: the font is tiny and cant be enlarged so anyone 50+ yo will struggle to read text's unless you remember your glasses, and I always have to give it to someone and ask them what it says. you cant read the screen in the open air coz of the glare, the battery life is crap, you cant Bluetooth photos to m8's phones that aint lumias, I haven't found an easy way to forward a contact phone number as standard, I wont go on. I have used nokia since the early/mid 90's but wont do so again after my experience with this piece of shtye. no doubt theres downloads and fixes to most of the issues (except the font size) but I want a phone to work out of the box and not spend hours looking for apps that fix what the designers should have done in the first place or waiting for upgrades that never come - rant over & GL
Most of these are fixed in WP8 (which sadly requires you buy another handset - can't upgrade WP7 devices to WP8). Most of these are 'fixed out of the box', or at least have built in OS settings. There is a font size setting which increases the text in a number of places, especially text messaging, though may not apply everywhere. There might also be some accessibility settings to help with this, I'm not sure. We have a nearly 60 year old director using a 1020 and he's fine with it, and another 50+ year old director using a 925 and he's fine too (those phones do have larger screens though). Many/most of the newer Lumia phones are much easier to read in direct sunlight and have reduced glare, increased contrast etc. Possibly depends on the screen used in the hardware, but all the ones I've seen are pretty good. Nokia have specifically included a contact sharing option in WP8 that works like their old one via SMS, or can use other sharing options (open the contact in people hub, then tap the app bar at the bottom of the screen to access that function). For those with a WP8 phone that isn't a Lumia who want a way to share contacts, I suggest my free app here; http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=4766ff33-7447-462b-84ee-8f3acb8742e0 :laugh: The newer phones support NFC and Bluetooth and I believe it is possible to share to other phones that aren't Lumia's, and even non-WP phones, though I haven't tried so I can't be sure. It might require a third party or downloaded Nokia app to this though. The battery life isn't what it used to be on the old Nokias (i.e a 3355 used to get a week, with usage), but you can't expect it to be because of the new hardware and different usage patterns, and in my experience so far the battery life on the WP phones is the same or better than a lot of Android and iPhones. My wife's Samsung Galaxy SII has much worse battery than my phone (though it is an older model now). The S3/S4's also seem to need nightly charging, and most iPhone owners I know say the same.
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I'm planning to buy Nokia Lumia guys, any suggestions plz (Priority is good RAM & processor speed but cam & screen size doesn't matter much)...15k to 25k INR budget & Microsoft Windows Phone OS only :)
Mohammed Hameed.
I'm surprised very few people recommend the 820, I own one and it's great, I have a few gripes with the Windows Phone OS, but overall it's very efficient; regarding the phone, it's very slippery on the default case, but if you can, try getting the rugged one (Nokia Protective or Active Shell CC-3040) or get at least a TPU protective case, the reason is that the LCD (or OLED screen to be precise) is very fragile, which is curious because the digitizer is damage resistant (not Gorilla Glass, but it resist pretty well).
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I'm planning to buy Nokia Lumia guys, any suggestions plz (Priority is good RAM & processor speed but cam & screen size doesn't matter much)...15k to 25k INR budget & Microsoft Windows Phone OS only :)
Mohammed Hameed.
Nokia Lumia 920. Very robust phone. I bought it just when the model was released. I have done soft reset couple times since then. Phone is very responsive and fast. Embedded Nokia navigation system that allows download all required maps locally and does not require cellular data to navigate. PureView camera cannot be compared to any phone cameras on the market. Good quality pictures. Plus XBox games, plus MS Office mobile, One Note.
SergoT
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Nokia Lumia 920. Very robust phone. I bought it just when the model was released. I have done soft reset couple times since then. Phone is very responsive and fast. Embedded Nokia navigation system that allows download all required maps locally and does not require cellular data to navigate. PureView camera cannot be compared to any phone cameras on the market. Good quality pictures. Plus XBox games, plus MS Office mobile, One Note.
SergoT
Thank you.
SSE @ Infor Global Solutions.
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I'm surprised very few people recommend the 820, I own one and it's great, I have a few gripes with the Windows Phone OS, but overall it's very efficient; regarding the phone, it's very slippery on the default case, but if you can, try getting the rugged one (Nokia Protective or Active Shell CC-3040) or get at least a TPU protective case, the reason is that the LCD (or OLED screen to be precise) is very fragile, which is curious because the digitizer is damage resistant (not Gorilla Glass, but it resist pretty well).
CEO at: - Rafaga Systems - Para Facturas - Modern Components for the moment...
Thanks for the valuable info.
SSE @ Infor Global Solutions.
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I'm planning to buy Nokia Lumia guys, any suggestions plz (Priority is good RAM & processor speed but cam & screen size doesn't matter much)...15k to 25k INR budget & Microsoft Windows Phone OS only :)
Mohammed Hameed.
I have a Lumia 900, overall its a decent phone. The camera is great at 8MP and a really useful feature for me is that it has a radio. There seems to be a bug, the screen goes black and i need to restart, it seems to happen very occasionally. not sure what the problem is. there is definately less apps available than in the android and ios stores. I only paid approx 1/5 of the price of an iphone, so i do think it is better value. If I were to ignore price, i'd say an iphone is better, but adding price into my decision, I would say lumia. I have not tried an android phone yet!
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I have a Nokia Lumia 800. It has a design fault! dirt somehow gets inside the phone and lodges its self around the proximity sensor and can blank the screen out when you are trying to make or end a call. That has been my only complaint in the handset.
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I don't think that fault has anything to do with dirt getting into the phone. From my experience it happens when you make a call and cover the sensor and/or lock the phone. You described exactly, the phone gets locked, stucked, frozen...it is REALLY annoying. Talking about Lumia 800, I'll not even comment the cover Nokia put on the charger (mini-USB) connection, it's a magnetic-plastic flappy thing stupid and pointless. Other than that, it's a good phone.
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I'm planning to buy Nokia Lumia guys, any suggestions plz (Priority is good RAM & processor speed but cam & screen size doesn't matter much)...15k to 25k INR budget & Microsoft Windows Phone OS only :)
Mohammed Hameed.
I had a 920 and it was great, no problems and I love the Windows Phone OS. I just upgraded to a 1520 and it is the best Windows Phone so far.
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Lumia 928. Best phone I've owned so far. I haven't had it long, so I cannot speak to longevity. It's designed well. It's fast and performs considerably better than the Android it replaced. Software is good and you can uninstall what you don't want. I'm very happy with the battery life. I charge it once a day, but I'm pretty sure I could go two. Location is on all the time and so is Wi-Fi. I couldn't go a work day with my Android if I had either on.
I bought a 928 one week after launch and about a month later the speaker started acting up during phone calls to the point I had to use speaker phone all the time. I got a replacement through Verizon (awesome customer support on this btw) and a couple months later the replacement started acting up. I think the problem is that it started shortly after I used the headphone jack on both phones. Apparently from what I've searched online, the headphone jack is low quality and in conjunction with the Sim tray design, they cause a bad connection at the speaker? Anyway, I just press lightly on the back of the phone between the camera and the headphone jack when it acts up and everything is fine. I'll swap it just before it goes out of warranty. All that being said, work wanted to get rid of all Blackberrys and their only options were Android phones and IPhones (neither of which I care to own) so I put in to be a test subject for the 928 last month. The sys admins got two in to test and 2 weeks later, a shiny new 928 shows up to replace my Blackberry, so now I carry two 928s. My battery lasts about 2 days for me with the Glance feature on all the time. The updated Glance with notifications is great for anyone that doesn't have this enabled. The only thing that's missing on these phones is VPN support. Maybe with the 8.1 update...
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I bought a 928 one week after launch and about a month later the speaker started acting up during phone calls to the point I had to use speaker phone all the time. I got a replacement through Verizon (awesome customer support on this btw) and a couple months later the replacement started acting up. I think the problem is that it started shortly after I used the headphone jack on both phones. Apparently from what I've searched online, the headphone jack is low quality and in conjunction with the Sim tray design, they cause a bad connection at the speaker? Anyway, I just press lightly on the back of the phone between the camera and the headphone jack when it acts up and everything is fine. I'll swap it just before it goes out of warranty. All that being said, work wanted to get rid of all Blackberrys and their only options were Android phones and IPhones (neither of which I care to own) so I put in to be a test subject for the 928 last month. The sys admins got two in to test and 2 weeks later, a shiny new 928 shows up to replace my Blackberry, so now I carry two 928s. My battery lasts about 2 days for me with the Glance feature on all the time. The updated Glance with notifications is great for anyone that doesn't have this enabled. The only thing that's missing on these phones is VPN support. Maybe with the 8.1 update...