having a 820 for 2 years, decided to 'upgrade' to the 830, and to be honest I feel a bit disappointed.
Firstly the build quality im not so sure on, it almost seems like Nokia/Microsoft have been cutting comers. The metal band around the edge has a painted feel to it apposed to a anodized finish which IMO feels cheap. The back shell has far to many gaps between the metal for my liking, coming from my 820 which had the tightest fitting shell that still had a ton of crap behind it so dunno how the 830 will fare. I also noticed at night you can see the captive button back lights showing through the gap between the glass and metal trim, to be fair the the metal frame doesn't really fit snug around the glass all that well.
The screen really angers me, horrid LCD dark grey blacks, coming from AMOLED which I loved with the clear black and vibrant colours, the detail its self is good being 720p but the 735 has the better screen. Suppose it wont be such an issue for me when W10 comes out. I feel like the lumias are based around the cameras, with each excelling in different areas is frustrating, 830 good camera but cheaped out on LCD, processor, poor front cam. Same with 735 not so good rear cam, good front, hd amoled, 930 great rear cam, poor front, no glance. See what i'm trying to say here? Seems like they are moving goal posts imo.
I thought the camera was supposed to be 10mp, in the settings I only have 8mp quality setting, but having said that the camera is rather good and is a upgrade to the 820.
Performance, not sure if ive got a faulty unit but the stuttering when going back to home screen really winds me up, my 820 runs a lot smoother running exactly the same apps. Some games are a bit laggy as well.
I had a weird thing going on with my speaker this morning when my alarm went off, it was making a crackling sound, almost distortion but it wasn't turned up to loud so im not sure if other people had this?
Is it supposed to make like a faint beeping sound when charging via Qi?
The glance doesn't work as good as my 820, used to be able to swipe my hand across the screen to see the time but 830 sometimes doesn't respond or be delayed, maybe a sensor sensitivity problem. Same with the back button can be non responsive sometimes.
I know it sounds like im moaning but my 820 has been sweet as a nut for 2 years, had my 830 for a few days and these things really are getting on my nerves, almost contemplating sending it back
Im just hoping other people can relate to this!
Firstly the build quality im not so sure on, it almost seems like Nokia/Microsoft have been cutting comers. The metal band around the edge has a painted feel to it apposed to a anodized finish which IMO feels cheap. The back shell has far to many gaps between the metal for my liking, coming from my 820 which had the tightest fitting shell that still had a ton of crap behind it so dunno how the 830 will fare. I also noticed at night you can see the captive button back lights showing through the gap between the glass and metal trim, to be fair the the metal frame doesn't really fit snug around the glass all that well.
The screen really angers me, horrid LCD dark grey blacks, coming from AMOLED which I loved with the clear black and vibrant colours, the detail its self is good being 720p but the 735 has the better screen. Suppose it wont be such an issue for me when W10 comes out. I feel like the lumias are based around the cameras, with each excelling in different areas is frustrating, 830 good camera but cheaped out on LCD, processor, poor front cam. Same with 735 not so good rear cam, good front, hd amoled, 930 great rear cam, poor front, no glance. See what i'm trying to say here? Seems like they are moving goal posts imo.
I thought the camera was supposed to be 10mp, in the settings I only have 8mp quality setting, but having said that the camera is rather good and is a upgrade to the 820.
Performance, not sure if ive got a faulty unit but the stuttering when going back to home screen really winds me up, my 820 runs a lot smoother running exactly the same apps. Some games are a bit laggy as well.
I had a weird thing going on with my speaker this morning when my alarm went off, it was making a crackling sound, almost distortion but it wasn't turned up to loud so im not sure if other people had this?
Is it supposed to make like a faint beeping sound when charging via Qi?
The glance doesn't work as good as my 820, used to be able to swipe my hand across the screen to see the time but 830 sometimes doesn't respond or be delayed, maybe a sensor sensitivity problem. Same with the back button can be non responsive sometimes.
I know it sounds like im moaning but my 820 has been sweet as a nut for 2 years, had my 830 for a few days and these things really are getting on my nerves, almost contemplating sending it back
Im just hoping other people can relate to this!