To me it just seem to be everyone posting negative thing about the Lumia 920, and maybe 5% positive.
This phone needs WAY better marketing and same for the OS. People have quite the negative view on windows phones and these ads I am see just are not doing it for MS. Nokia, MS, and ATT really need to pick this up, the 920 is seriously one of the best phones to hit the market, right up there with the iphone 5, note2, gs3. Did I mention it is only $100.
I love my Lumia 920. Maybe all the positive people are to busy playing with and enjoying their phones?
Why do they need WAY better marketing at this point? You spent the entire first part of your post complaining about issues related to low supply. So that makes a ton of sense.. Whip out your super cool marketing to drive folks to the shops to get a phone they can't get. Seems like the current marketing and word of mouth is working just fine. Sales and expected sales seem to be wayyyy above what most analysts thought would happen. So... I'll disagree with that particular point.
They (Nokia, and MS...and probably HTC) have some issues to work through. I'd say this initial release has been pretty dang good and will get better with time. To the folks that have had their deal broken... they'll be back I bet. Everyone just needs to relax and take a deep breath. This IS NOT the worst and most frustrating thing you will ever end up experiencing in your life. So might as well start practicing patience now.. it'll pay off later.
This IS NOT the worst and most frustrating thing you will ever end up experiencing in your life. So might as well start practicing patience now.. it'll pay off later.
By the way, I just visited MacRumors' iPhone forum, and it is not that different. Many complains about the iPhone 5: battery life, iOS having issues, build quality... sounds familiar, doesn't it?
I agree with most of what you said (I even threw you a like). But the thing with this final statement is this: Nobody thinks this is the most frustrating thing they will ever deal with. But when there are other options that are less frustrating, people tend to flock toward them. I don't think there are enough hardware and software issues to deem this launch a flop, by any means. But it could have, and should have, been way better.
I agree with most of what you said (I even threw you a like). But the thing with this final statement is this: Nobody thinks this is the most frustrating thing they will ever deal with. But when there are other options that are less frustrating, people tend to flock toward them. I don't think there are enough hardware and software issues to deem this launch a flop, by any means. But it could have, and should have, been way better.
A lot of design and engineering went into this phone as well as WP8. It's possible that things are going way better than either Elop or Balmer expected. They might all be high fiving each other thinking "Holy sh1t, we pulled that one out of our butts". A lot of folks were thinking that 1m 920 sold worldwide would have been satisfactory...Now I'm reading that 3 to 3.5 might be expected. Easy to sit on the sidelines and say it could have and should have gone better. All things considered, could it really have gone much better? Debatable since we aren't privy to any of the "inside" details. Either way, it seems like all the companies are bending over big time to do the right thing (free charger, free earphones, easy replacements, cheap price!, even cheaper price with a refund to previous purchasers). I agree with you that people will take the path of least resistance, but I still think they will be back.
I'm not so sure that some don't realize that this isn't the worse thing that will happen to them. For some, at this moment in time, whatever phone issue they are having sure seems like a pretty traumatic event. It's frustrating.. I get it but a little understanding of the bigger picture and realizing that being an early adopter carries certain risks will go a long towards lowering ones' stress level.