At least it looks as though the 1520 could be quite affordable through AT&T.
AT&T to Sell Nokia Lumia 1520 Phablet for Under $200 - Mobile Magazine
AT&T to Sell Nokia Lumia 1520 Phablet for Under $200 - Mobile Magazine
I dont have any undue bias against ATT
I was actually planning on switching from Verizon just to get this device
I'll try to dig up the articles but they pretty much said that the display was changed from AMOLED to LCD (or the other way around, sorry can't remember)
and that the processor has been changed to one with a slower clock speed
what other differences exist between android and WP? Can you manually install custom apps without the need to root/jailbreak or preform some other unlocking method?
can you install apps to the SD card?
thanks
I don't think I would put much stock in the CPU thing. Its 2.2 instead of 2.3. First that would have no effect on cost. It would most likely be the same chip. The only reason to downclock it would be for thermal reasons. The thermals on the 1520 would not change due to no qi and half the ram. It was most certainly a typo.
I don't buy the screen either. One is not really cheaper then the other. It would probably cost more to retool for a totally different screen type then it would be worth. Either way, both screen types have their advantages and disadvantages.
it should be even cheaper than that given that they removed Qi, cut storage in half, and now I'm also seeing rumors that it will have a different processor and come filled to the brim with ATT bloat
this was going to be my first windows phone, I was going to jump ship from Android
But unless I figure out a way to install a custom clean OS like with Android then I don't think I'll be making the switch
The qi and storage issues are well documented
the different processor report can be seen in the article in the OP
So wouldn't that make the change from 32gb to 16gb even worse since you can't install apps on the sd card?
and yes, unsigned apps not in the store
well you can automatically save your photos and videos and music to your SD card or you can save onto Skydrive. I think the reason why they are cutting it in half is because they are pushing for their cloud storage app. most likely they will do the same for their other handsets
Also you can uninstall Bloatware from the device.
The qi and storage issues are well documented
the different processor report can be seen in the article in the OP
According to this video, the 16GB rumor is true.the article in the OP says it's a snapdragon 800. how is that a different processor than what they said at nokia world? it's 2.2ghz vs. the 2.3ghz that the processor can go at max. it is nothing different than what they said at nokia world. the lumia 1520 at&t version screen is the exact same as the international version. at&t took out QI charging but you should still be able to get a charging back plate to still do wireless charging. at&t brought the storage down to 16gb from 32gb but you still have a microsd card slot of up to 64gb. in order to take up 10gb of storage i would have to have an insane amount of games on my phone. i wouldnt even be able to play all of those games regularly. so basically i'd be putting games on my phone just to take up space. for music videos and pics i would just put them on the sd card so those wont even take up internal storage. and even all this at&t version news is still a rumor because noone really knows until at&t announces it themselves which they havent. and as someome else said you can uninstall all of the at&t apps that come on it. so that is a non-issue.
Where are you seeing rumors about a different processor? Sounds like AT&T hater rhetoric. And... anything a WP8 phone might come pre-installed with can be uninstalled simply. It's not like with Android where carriers put their own version of the OS on it resulting in the user needing to root to get rid of the BS.
These changes are okay by me if it means the subsidized cost will be $199. I'm talking about the bigger picture here when I say this would be a good move. MANY more people will buy this phone if it is priced at $199 as opposed to $299. In my opinion, that is more important for the ecosystem right now.