Jose
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- Pros
- Build quality, camera, device ecosystem
- Cons
- Quality apps are still thin on the ground
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I can't speak for Oman (the other user reviewer) but this phone absolutely meets all my requirements. The camera is superb (the shots are a bit soft, but colour reproduction and night performance simply can't be beat). The screen literally made my iPhone using friends gasp - it is that big, bright, and beautiful. Having said that, some of them also had reservations about the size of it but that's personal preference - all agreed that it is an absolutely gorgeous phone. The red 920 that I got is bold and attracts attention, but it's never garish and is all-around a very classy device.
In terms of "device ecosystem" - let's be honest, Microsoft is the only game in town that has the whole "triple screen" thing going right now. Apple still treats AppleTV as a hobby, and the Google Q is DOA. But a Windows 8 tablet, plus a Windows Phone, and an Xbox is a multimedia powerhouse.
My only gripe is that quality apps are still thin on the ground. I keep an iPod Touch around the house for some of the speciality apps that just aren't available yet on WP8, but I've definitely noticed in the past month that developed interest is picking up. Especially with a unified Windows NT platform underlying Microsoft's mobile strategy, things are only going to get better.
Do yourself a favour, go to the shop and try it yourself, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
Robert
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Once I read the manual and found how easy it was to use. I recommend that you should read the how to use information as I though that having a Nokia Lumia 800 it would be easy but not so. Its like getting into a Rolls Royce and find the difference.
After setting up Nokia drive I wondered why when driving the phone would beep now and then. I suddenly reliesed that it happened when I exceeded the speed limit in the area and it changed at all the speed signs.
Still find out about all the phones fetchers.