Nokia Lumia 920 & 820 - Thoughts?

[landzw]

Not sure , on my lumia 800 it says certain tiles run in the background but you can turn them off whenever you like. Though things always seem upto date

 

[bigboss]

Some praise for Lumia 920's screen:

http://www.gforgames.com/gadgets/nokia-lumia-920-101-high-brightness-mode-26391/

 

[bigboss]

Lumia 920 is enjoying greater popularity in Europe than the US, in terms of pre-orders:

UK:
Check out who is "Most popular" at the right side
http://bit.ly/T34JhA

Germany (you have to press the button "Top vorbestellung der Woche":
1:a Nokia Lumia 920 (Yellow)
2:a Nokia Lumia 920 (Black
http://bit.ly/T1FHea

France (same thing, press the button "Led plus attendus") .
1:a Nokia Lumia 920 (Yellow)
2:a Nokia Lumia 920 (Black)
http://bit.ly/T34JhD

USA.
Number 5 already (press the button "Top pre-order this week")
http://bit.ly/T1FF65
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Portugal (press button "Os mais esperados")
1:a Nokia Lumia 920 (Yellow)
2:a Nokia Lumia 920 (Black)
http://bit.ly/T34KC2

Holland (press "Beste pre-orders deze week")
1:a Nokia Lumia 920 (Yellow)
2:a Nokia Lumia 920 (Black)
http://bit.ly/T1FF6b

Spain (press "Top de los prepedidos")
1:a Nokia Lumia 920 (Yellow)
2:a Nokia Lumia 920 (Black)
http://bit.ly/T34JxV

 

[bigboss]

http://seekingalpha.com/article/931511-lumia-920-is-facing-solid-demand-in-europe

 

[bigboss]

Looks like Nokia UK website is getting ready to accept pre-orders from tomorrow:

http://www.nokia.com/gb-en/products/lumia/

The link for pre-order simply takes you to the product page for now.

 

[landzw]

My only concern with these phones are its battery life, after having experience with Windows phones they don't last long at all due to all the live tiles and your locations, not to mention the larger and more powerful screens and cpu of the 820 and 920

 

[bigboss]

Nokia claims more than 10 hours of talk time. We'll see what the initial reviews say.

 

[Anonymous]

I hope the 920 will run smoothly with those live tiles running. My Galaxy S3 can be a bit laggy when I'm using live wallpaper, on ICS.

 

[bigboss]

UK availability of the new Lumias now confirmed:

http://uk.hardware.info/news/31007/uk-availability-dates-for-nokia-lumia-920-and-820

Looks like Phones4U will be selling the Lumia 920 unlocked for £459.

 

[landzw]

i was in town this morning and i had a look at the phone model of the 820, 920 and HTC 8X , i really like the feel of the HTC with its textured back. I hope the nokia's are not as plasticy in real life

 

[bigboss]

Oh dear indeed ...........

With the shares dropping as much as 15 per cent following the glitzy New York unveiling it is obvious that the markets would have liked to see some more innovation, more of a wow factor. Ben Wood, head of research at CCS Insight said to Reuters “The Lumia 920 feels like more of an evolution of existing Lumia phones than the revolution we expected from the close collaboration between Nokia and Microsoft” he thinks that to compensate the two companies will “…have to spend eye-watering sums on marketing and offer the new phones at aggressively low prices.” ..............

I don't want to say I told you so but.......... :wave:

Confidence is gauged when the device actually launches.

http://themarketsareopen.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/nok-nokia-corporation-nysenok-jumps-10-as.html