Arguable though we should be talking about 830 vs 820 and 930 vs 920, not 9 vs 8. And the 820 did have significant compromises - screen resolution, camera, battery, design was a bit lame etc, and these are the areas they've improved on with the 830. You could even go as far as to say the 920 had compromises if you consider no SD card support, fixed battery, bulk/weight to be such - none of these things really bothered me but they did some people. Again, you can't have everything - there's always a trade off. Even the true 'flagship' 930 had to sacrifice Glance for the sake of a 1080p AMOLED screen. Not a choice I would have made if it was up to me. Ideally you'd just be able to mix and match your own features and have your own bespoke device made to spec. How cool would that be?!