The Windows Mobile Thread

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ajaymailed

In the zone
Re: The Windows Phone Thread

maverick786us said:
That is the reason Lumia 920 has to be priced competitively in order to take over Galaxy S3 in indian market. I've read numerous people who had Galaxy S3 and Lumia 920 and except for smaller screen they liked every aspect of Lumia 920 over galaxy S3

1) Camera (No one can match this camera in any department, whether its low light or motion sensor. There is one possible bug of softness in image under normal light condition and it WILL be resolved with next fireware release)
2) PureMotion HD Screen (best screen that any smartphone owns)
3) Speaker Quality (amazing over mono galaxy S3)
4) Wireless charging.
5) Better build quality
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not just S3 there are many phones that are competing with 920, Xperia S/SL/Ion, HTC One X+, Galaxy Note 2, Optimus G. wait for sometime there will be Google Nexus 4.

PureMotion HD- How is it best of all? compared to Retina, IPS LCD, Super AMOLED? its subjective
Camera - from what i read its excellent in low-light conditions but not that great in normal conditions.
Wireless Charging- I believe the charging pad still has the wire.
build quality - again subjective, sure S3 feels like cheap plastic but i dont think they would compromise on build quality.
 
maverick786us

maverick786us

Padawan
Re: The Windows Phone Thread

ajaymailed said:
not just S3 there are many phones that are competing with 920, Xperia S/SL/Ion, HTC One X+, Galaxy Note 2, Optimus G. wait for sometime there will be Google Nexus 4.

PureMotion HD- How is it best of all? compared to Retina, IPS LCD, Super AMOLED? its subjective --
Camera - from what i read its excellent in low-light conditions but not that great in normal conditions.
Wireless Charging- I believe the charging pad still has the wire.
build quality - again subjective, sure S3 feels like cheap plastic but i dont think they would compromise on build quality.
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1) With PureMotionHD the refresh rate is 60Hz twice compared to any other mobile display thus it eliminates the effect of blur. It has touch sensitve display in which you can use gloves to manipulate
2) Under normal light conditions there is mild softness which is a software bug which will be fixed with next firmware upgrade
3) Yes it has the best build quality. You should read some recent articles in which it was tested with knife, hammer and even mallet.
 
ico

ico

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Re: The Windows Phone Thread

pranav0091 said:
I am not sure of this, but I read recently that unlike android that lets OEMs put in apps that cannot be gotten rid of, in WP every app thats not part of the OS itself can be removed. Now that surely is a welcome feature, kind of partially addressing the 'I cannot root' problem.

And regarding ico's post. Its true that WP doesn't have the sheer number of apps that the others have, but it could be a rather personal take. I for one, still run my ray on gingerbread and hardly use 5 apps and that too say less than an hour a week in total I'd guess. While I realize that there are people that use apps a whole lot more than me, I cant help but feel a little disappointed that the this whole concept of apps has been taken a little bit too far. I haven't exactly checked out WP marketplace so will refrain from commenting on it. The fact that people are lost over the 'number' of apps and number of 'cores' rather than on getting things done with as little fuss as possible shows a rather disturbing trend.
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Obviously while talking about apps in WP8, I'm talking about the quality of apps and the number of useful apps. Nowhere close to Android/iOS in any of these. Still no IRC client? And guess what, the one which I tried once in WP7.x (friend's Lumia 800) can't idle properly in background. Multitasking? pfft. :(
 
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ssk_the_gr8

ssk_the_gr8

Make Way the LORD is Here
Re: The Windows Phone Thread

How many people use IRC out of the smartphone demographic? There you have your answer.
 
Krow

Krow

Crowman
I don't even use IRC on my Android. Irc is not meant for smartphones IMHO. Tablets maybe, too much text for smartphones though.
 
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ssk_the_gr8

ssk_the_gr8

Make Way the LORD is Here
Re: The Windows Phone Thread

has anybody got a new firmware update for the omnia w? the new firmware version is 2424.12.09.1
 
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ssk_the_gr8

ssk_the_gr8

Make Way the LORD is Here
Re: The Windows Phone Thread

ico said:
More people than people using a WP device. ;)

Next, WP has a lamearse web browser.
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I highly doubt that. None of my friends use IRC but 2 others have WP.
What's wrong with IE9? Its the first good IE
 
pranav0091

pranav0091

I am not an Owl
Re: The Windows Phone Thread

Actually IE on WP8 seems quite good. Benchmarks aren't everything, but they are currently the fastest in sunspider.
And my sample set might be very skewed, but I haven't seen anyone use or talk about using an IRC client in within my earshot.
 
Krazy_About_Technology

Krazy_About_Technology

Padawan
Re: The Windows Phone Thread

Does anybody know about how can I get a phone in US which was carrier subsidized and later unlocked legally/illegally? How much is the cost of unlocking such phones, both legal and illegal ways?

I am actually drooling over Nokia Lumia 920 but I cant spare that much cash right now so thinking of getting it through someone in US. But I want to get the knowledge about unlocking etc so that the person doesn't have to do that for me.

anybody?
 
pranav0091

pranav0091

I am not an Owl
Re: The Windows Phone Thread

Supposedly AT&T releases unlock codes for their phones usually after 3 months and since the 920 is a 6 month exclusive, in this case it might take 6 months for them to release an unlock code, IF THEY CHOOSE TO RELEASE IT AT ALL.

Some might find this a nice video.
*www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUOVJeOR77M&feature=watch-vrec
 
maverick786us

maverick786us

Padawan
Re: The Windows Phone Thread

I just came across this artical. Lumia 920 has already pre-ordered in a backward country like Nigeria and over here we are still waiting for announcement.

Yes I read that it was delayed to december and they are testing it with indian mobile carriers. But what is there to test with the carriers? If I buy a an unlocked Lumia 920 from UK or Dubai it will definately work with indian carriers.
 
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ssk_the_gr8

ssk_the_gr8

Make Way the LORD is Here
Re: The Windows Phone Thread

WP 7.8 detailed ( more than a start screen but not as much as some people wanted. But I'm happy)

New Boot Screen – Reflects Microsoft’s new Windows Phone logo and actually matches that of Windows Phone 8
New Start screen – The earlier confirmed 3-sizes for Tiles
New Core apps re-design – Xbox Games, Office and Store all get updated with new logos
20 Accent colors – We saw this with Windows Phone 8 and now 7 .8 too gets 10 new accent colors (plus one for OEMs or carriers to customize)
Live Lock screen Wallpaper – Users can now take advantage of Bing wallpaper, which dynamically updates every day. We’re not sure if this extendable to third party applications as in Windows Phone 8 but presumably it is possible.

look at the friggin amazing video quality of lumia 920. And esp. the audio quality. No distortion in a Concert! You dont see that happening.

 
Krow

Krow

Crowman
I've been using the iPhone 5, HTC 8X and One X+ for a few days now. Gotta say WP8 is good, but needs apps. Nothing beats iPhone ui and I'm not a huge fan of Android anymore (although I still like CyanogenMod and HTC Sense).
 
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ajaymailed

In the zone
Re: The Windows Phone Thread

Seems like Win Phones have finally started working in the market. Lumia 920 has seen strong sales in Europe, black friday with sold out in germany

Lumia Out Of Stocks Due to High Sales
Sold-out Nokia Lumia 920 hits 2.5 million sales
Nokia Lumia 920 is certainly exceeding all expectations after the first 20 days on the market. Although the Finnish company failed to achieve too much of a market share with its Lumia 800 handset, it looks like this year Nokia seriously improved its chances for survival.

There have been tons of articles praising the high demand for Lumia 920, but also quite a few that blame Nokia for the short supply of the smartphone in various regions.

Even Nokia is still mum on the number of Lumia 920 units it has supplied to main carriers and leading retailers, reports in the market claim there have been more than 2.5 million orders for the Finnish company’s flagship smartphone.

Yahoo China reports Nokia is now preparing for the launch of the Lumia 920 in China and it needs to redouble its efforts in order to release a customized version of the smartphone in early December at China Mobile.

The launch of the Lumia 920 in the Mainland will certainly drive the smartphone's sales passed the 3 million units by the end of the year. This will completely exceed any expectations Nokia might have had regarding the demand for Lumia 920.

In order to have a better idea of how well the Lumia 920 is selling these days, we only need look at Nokia’s last year financial results. Well, it looks like the Finnish company sold only 2.9 million Lumia smartphones in Q4 2011.

Given the fact that those 2.9 million include the full range of Lumia devices, this year’s Lumia 920 sales are really tremendous.

Nokia’s main problem is that Lumia 920 is now in short supply and things are not looking well for the next couple of weeks as the company plans to launch the smartphone in China.

According to the latest hearsay, the next batch of Lumia 920 units will arrive at main carriers and retailer starting early December. Stay tuned for more updates on the matter.
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Asha series are doing well to improve Nokias profitability figures. If Nokia can post a decent fourth quarter, it can well be the start of recovery. hopefully good times ahead for nokia.
 
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