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austinguy23

macrumors 6502a
Oct 8, 2008
625
72
The styling of those tiles looks absolutely cheesy. It's like they tried to make it appeal to little kids or something.

Awesome hardware. Positively corny OS.
 

hawk1410

macrumors 6502
Jul 5, 2011
253
0
Nokia has always been making great phones when it comes to build quality and finesse of the final product. Nokia have been the best built phones in market aside from Apple's. WP8 looks like a great OS and unlike previous WP flagships, the 920 actually has good hardware to go with the excellent WP software. The only thing lacking is a good app ecosystem which is a major deal killer, but I guess Metro will get more popular with the release of Win 8 later this month, so there's a good chance we'll see a lot more WP8 apps, but Nokia/Microsoft still have their work cut out for them if they want to compete with Apple or Samsung
 

GroundLoop

macrumors 68000
Mar 21, 2003
1,586
62
Grrrr.....

Well I guess I will not be getting the Lumia 920 as it is going to be an AT&T exclusive. I think that Nokia is making a big mistake not making this phone available on Verizon immediately.

GL
 

Technarchy

macrumors 604
May 21, 2012
6,753
4,927
Well I guess I will not be getting the Lumia 920 as it is going to be an AT&T exclusive. I think that Nokia is making a big mistake not making this phone available on Verizon immediately.

GL

Nokia has a spotty CDMA record so I'm not surprised. I think it's a mistake though
 

ChazUK

macrumors 603
Feb 3, 2008
5,393
25
Essex (UK)
Well I guess I will not be getting the Lumia 920 as it is going to be an AT&T exclusive. I think that Nokia is making a big mistake not making this phone available on Verizon immediately.

GL

Can Nokia really afford to play the exclusivity game in the U.S? They've left it wide open for HTC and Samsung to clean up on all other carriers when it comes to Windows Phone.
 

snow blind

macrumors regular
Mar 3, 2011
248
1
Can Nokia really afford to play the exclusivity game in the U.S? They've left it wide open for HTC and Samsung to clean up on all other carriers when it comes to Windows Phone.
Yeah, this seems like a terrible, terrible idea. I just don't understand how this could have happened? This is Nokia's last chance. If the 920/820 don't sell well... they're gone. Would have put money down that it wasn't going to be an exclusive. Oh well.
 

NT1440

macrumors Pentium
May 18, 2008
15,093
22,159
You realize Apple didn't engineer the screen, right? They just sourced a part before their competitors because of the industry pull they have.

No, apple has been working with its screen partners to bring the first in-cell multitiouch screens to the market. They've been developing the technology for years now, in the labs since 2007 at least:

http://www.patentlyapple.com/patent...h-display-gimballed-scroll-wheel-patents.html

Using the circuitry that is already there behind the screen (meaning those responsible for making the screen work) to detect multi-touch capacitive input? That's genius engineering.
 

four

macrumors newbie
Oct 4, 2012
8
0
The styling of those tiles looks absolutely cheesy. It's like they tried to make it appeal to little kids or something.

Awesome hardware. Positively corny OS.

I am not a fan of the tiles either, but the problem is if they copy anybody they'll end up getting sued. Nobody else has live tile.
 

Nabooly

macrumors 6502a
Aug 28, 2007
849
5
Wow, this is disappointing :( I hope we can get some real details about the whole exclusivity deal :/
 

b166er

macrumors 68020
Apr 17, 2010
2,062
18
Philly
I kinda like the tiles. I can see how they may get old though. Then again, iOS isn't looking all that fresh and neither is android. But I'm gonna give the tiles a shot once this thing drops.
 

entatlrg

macrumors 68040
Mar 2, 2009
3,385
6
Waterloo & Georgian Bay, Canada
The Nokia 900 I had was not a comfortable phone to hold onto or have in your pocket. It's wide, heavy, thick and clunky with sharp edges. For that reason alone I think a lot of people pass on it. The 920 doesn't solve any of that.
 

THE JUICEMAN

macrumors 68020
Oct 3, 2007
2,371
1,122
The Nokia 900 I had was not a comfortable phone to hold onto or have in your pocket. It's wide, heavy, thick and clunky with sharp edges. For that reason alone I think a lot of people pass on it. The 920 doesn't solve any of that.

Interesting. I thought the curved back would make it more comfortable to hold.
 

aaronchow

macrumors regular
Sep 29, 2007
164
9
Interesting. I thought the curved back would make it more comfortable to hold.

I have a big hand, so it fits my hand nicely, but the Lumia 900 is a little too tight for my jeans. But don't trust my words. You should go check it out when they release the 920 in November :)
 

Bkasm

macrumors member
Jul 27, 2010
65
2
Apparently AT&T will start pre-orders for Windows 8 phones October 21st, with release dates in early November. Exciting!
 

roxxette

macrumors 68000
Aug 9, 2011
1,507
0
These have probably been asked but do you guys think the unlocked version of the lumia 920 will be available on amazon ?
 

flameproof

macrumors 6502a
Jan 14, 2011
615
18
As a huge Lumia fan.....

Interesting. I thought the curved back would make it more comfortable to hold.

Maybe. But a flat back, like on on the iPhone 4 has one HUGE advantage:

I can put it on a table, type, and it doesn't wobble.

This advantage counts more then whatever feeling can get while holding it.
 

Bkasm

macrumors member
Jul 27, 2010
65
2
Rumor has it a possible Lumia 820 variant coming to Verizon. Good move, if true.
 

Prototypical

macrumors 6502
Apr 22, 2011
416
60
Nebraska
Rumor has it a possible Lumia 820 variant coming to Verizon. Good move, if true.

atlas.jpg


I'm not sure if this is the 820 variant (just leaked model codenamed "Atlas"), but I certainly hope not. If this is what Nokia thinks they can pass off on the Verizon masses as their return to the US market, they have already failed.
 

Bkasm

macrumors member
Jul 27, 2010
65
2
lumia-822.jpg


Supposedly the "Lumia 822" for Verizon. I feel bad for you guys, these alternate designs look terrible. Not sure why they don't let these other carriers have the 920 and 820, if they were just going to give you these ugly looking versions anyway.
 

Vegastouch

macrumors 603
Jul 12, 2008
6,185
992
Las Vegas, NV
Its the same BS with carriers wanting their own look and name and Nokia is caving. I loved it when Samsung told them no and made the GS3 the same for all.

T-Mobile is getting the 810 which is almost the same as the 820 but TMo has no LTE. The 810 at least looks good.
 

flameproof

macrumors 6502a
Jan 14, 2011
615
18
The Nokia 920 looks slick, but I find myself being drawn to the HTC 8X.

The HTC won't have the Nokia Drive car navigation included. A strong buy point for me.

The smaller screen and thinner design appeal to me.

Fair point. There are smaller Lumias too, Lumia 820 i.e.

thats verizone phone looks disgusting :eek:

Mhm, the 820 looks a little boring. The 822 looks ugly, wouldn't buy it. Pity they don't go on with the Lumia 800 design.
 
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