If at&t's 1520 doesnt have qi...

[inteller]

just hang on to it and be nice enough to put it here when they balk on GDR3/Black.....we know they will.

 

[jjag520]

"Don Mooers, Director, Device Product Marketing at AT&T responded to a question about the change, and confirmed it was due to AT&T being a member of the Power Matters Alliance, which is a rival wireless charging standard also supported by companies such as Starbucks and Duracell. Starbucks has in fact started rolling out charging pads in their restaurants in USA with PMA support."

AT&T Nokia Lumia 1520 will not have Qi because AT&T supports rival PMA | WMPoweruser

 

[pvcleave]

I am very pissed about this. First I want to have wireless charging built in. This is why I never upgraded to the other phones. I wanted this phone, but now I will not get it. However, this means all other phones will probably not have Qi built in.

Second I have a lot of Qi accessories and these will become useless if I get phones with PMA standard built in.

 

[jmshub]

This is so stupid. Qi is already out in the market. Most Nokia phones, several android phones are already using Qi. Hell, att sold me my first Qi charging plate. So so stupid. It is ever harder to stay with at&t...

 

[BryanLM]

Looks like I'll be holding onto my 920. This is very disappointing.

 

[inteller]

Bottom line, we need carrier free phone options in the US that give us the phone as THE MANUFACTURER intended, not a stupid carrier that does not have our interests in mind.

SELL INTERNATIONAL VARIANTS IN THE MICROSOFT STORE!

 

[TenTwelve]

Are there even PMA chargers available to the consumer?

 

[phirefly]

I too am annoyed by the lack of built in Qi but I am more pissed about the 16GB. I can't think of any excuse for the drop in storage and 16GB doesn't cut it for me. At least we can still add Qi or PMA with a nice cover.

 

[darth_furious]

Are there even PMA chargers available to the consumer?

http://www.amazon.com/Duracell-Powe...ag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=UUwpUvbUpU2192676
Lots of bad reviews from ppl with qi phones. Don't worry... Don said there will be phones and chargers in 2014 and apparently Starbucks has them installed already. I just can't find them

 

[TenTwelve]

I too am annoyed by the lack of built in Qi but I am more pissed about the 16GB. I can't think of any excuse for the drop in storage and 16GB doesn't cut it for me. At least we can still add Qi or PMA with a nice cover.

If they offer a Qi shell and not just a PMA one.

 

[jlzimmerman]

From what I've been reading, it's easier for companies to profit from PMA. Go figure. ANd I read an interesting tibit from News :: Qi vs PMA vs A4WP -. Take it with a grain of salt *shrug* I hope they're correct.

August 24, 2013

Each of these standards is approaching adoption of their format differently. Qi has been utilizing a push strategy and trying to get as many manufacturers to adopt their standard. Simply getting numerous devices in the market place will leader to greater adoption of the standard. They have been quite successful at this approach compared to the other two. If we had to place a bet on a single standard winning, we would choose Qi at this stage.

PMA on the other hand has been focusing on branding and developing a pull strategy by trying to build momentum through consumers. They recently gained significant traction when they partnered with Starbucks on launching a test for PMA chargers in numerous stores. With virtually no devices actually developed that will work on PMA chargers, we're not sure how successful this will be. There are some limited offerings of cell phone cases that work with PMA. In addition, most major manufacturers such as Samsung have joined all the standards boards to cover themselves. They have yet to launch product offering with PMA though. Starbucks also serves on the board so this relationship should likely grow.

We haven't ruled out A4WP yet but they are well behind Qi and PMA in terms of adoption. Intel recently joined which gives the organization body significant credibility and greater resources.

 

[MrMobile]

FWIW, Pocketnow stands with ya'll.

 

[jlzimmerman]

FWIW, Pocketnow stands with ya'll.

This article deserves its own thread. Thank you.

 

[jfdavis17]

Here is my email to att I hope more does similar.


Dear Sir,

I just want to let you know that as a customer I am very upset with you dumbing down the LUMIA 1520 to a lesser phone than it was intended by Nokia. Reducing the memory to 16gb on a phone of this caliber and replacing QI with something you just decided you could profit from is not acceptable. One day ATT will pay for not trying to provide good products for it's customers instead of trying to find 100 ways to steal from them. Please show some integrity and sell the phone in the state it is suppose to be and not a dumbed down version of it.

This is a great phone and could actually win you many new customers, why do you want to mess around and cause it to lose you customers?

 

[Moiz Mian]

Here is my email to att I hope more does similar.


Dear Sir,

I just want to let you know that as a customer I am very upset with you dumbing down the LUMIA 1520 to a lesser phone than it was intended by Nokia. Reducing the memory to 16gb on a phone of this caliber and replacing QI with something you just decided you could profit from is not acceptable. One day ATT will pay for not trying to provide good products for it's customers instead of trying to find 100 ways to steal from them. Please show some integrity and sell the phone in the state it is suppose to be and not a dumbed down version of it.

This is a great phone and could actually win you many new customers, why do you want to mess around and cause it to lose you customers?

I really wish they would pay for all the bull**** they do. But Q3 earnings shows otherwise for ATT. Record profits, Millions of new subscribers. The american subsidy system is horse ****. They can tack on all sorts of fees, and the end user knows nothing about it! I see people here saying they will buy the international unlocked version, but that doesn't punish ATT either because we already paid for the ATT version by using their service!

 

[paulxxwall]

"Don Mooers, Director, Device Product Marketing at AT&T responded to a question about the change, and confirmed it was due to AT&T being a member of the Power Matters Alliance, which is a rival wireless charging standard also supported by companies such as Starbucks and Duracell. Starbucks has in fact started rolling out charging pads in their restaurants in USA with PMA support."

AT&T Nokia Lumia 1520 will not have Qi because AT&T supports rival PMA | WMPoweruser

awesome so they would also want me to throw away my Nokia charging plate too and buy a new pma plate?...att does not care about wp8 customers looking to upgrade do they?

 

[boo516]

So according to the ATT page we won't even get a qi case? Are we just confined to getting a PMA case? That would seriously suck!

 

[Kevin Spring]

So according to the ATT page we won't even get a qi case? Are we just confined to getting a PMA case? That would seriously suck!

Yes, AT&T only supports PMA, and as such AT&T's variant will use a PMA charging shell

 

[Ruslan.al]

Post your comments on their forum:
Removing Features on New Phones - Lumia 1520 - AT&T Community Support

 

[psudotechzealot]

Do not forget about MSFT & Nokia. Maybe, the WPCcommunity can persuade them to sell the international/Global variant (RM-937) or the Latin America variant(RM-938) unlocked from there websites.

Just in case you didn't see this the first time!