Where will you be getting your Lumia 920? (for those not on AT&T/Rogers)

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If you want to unlock it, at&t is not your best option. If they go the same route as with the 900 you'll have to wait 6 months to get it unlocked from them. Might be better to look at the Rogers version, their 900 version was easier to unlock and will work on at&t's LTE network.

I need an unlocked one since I am spending the winter in Russia. My question is, what if I buy the phone at full retail, how does AT&T handle that? I don't have an upgrade at the moment and have to buy it that way anyways.
 

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Sorry for not being more specific but that was for AT&T in the United States.

That's awesome to hear!! Because I'd really like White or maybe Red. Rogers for some fail reason is only carrying Black.. I mean wtf?

Curious though, did you specifically mention the L920 and they said yup, you pay full retail we will unlock it?
 

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I've heard a few comments from people regarding Rogers and how it was fairly easy to unlock their Lumia 900?

I live in Alberta on TELUS and along with everyone else, I am quite ticked with this carrier exclusive bullcrap. TELUS still hasn't announced any Windows Phone 8 devices, and I am trying to decide if I can pass on the L920 for the HTC 8x if TELUS picks that up, or maybe even the Samsung.

However, if I just can't pass on the L920, which is probably going to be true, is Rogers my best choice? Do they unlock the phone for you, who has experience in unlocking Rogers phones? Also will L920 Rogers phone work on TELUS LTE? I think TELUS is using LTE 700MHz, not 100% sure though.

The Rogers 900 was instantly unlockable through online sources. I'm also on Telus using the L900 and LTE does work. I live in downtown Toronto and find I get an LTE signal about 80% of the time. Strangely it took using the phone for about a week before LTE really started to show, before that it was only getting 4G. On LTE I hit almost 20mbs/sec which I thought was good until my friend showed me his speeds on Rogers LTE on his GS3 which were significantly faster. Not sure if it's the carrier or the fact I'm using a Rogers phone on Telus.
 

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That's awesome to hear!! Because I'd really like White or maybe Red. Rogers for some fail reason is only carrying Black.. I mean wtf?

Curious though, did you specifically mention the L920 and they said yup, you pay full retail we will unlock it?

As exciting to hear as that is I'll wait for proof of this before taking the chance. I got screwed over on the L900 from AT&T and it became a paper weight for 2 months before I said eff it and bought the Rogers cyan model so I could unlock it.

As well a ton of people including myself have been bombarding Rogers with complaints over their launch colors (or lack of) and I feel that there could be a small chance that they may launch a second color. They've responded to my complaints saying they've been escalating my feedback as well as others on this matter. So one things for sure is they are aware people are unhappy about black being the only color choice. And they claim to have more info to release on this matter closer launch.

I'll grab a yellow, cyan or white from AT&T (if unlockable) but would rather grab an unbranded Rogers model closer to home and save on the customs and shipping from Ebay.
 

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I need an unlocked one since I am spending the winter in Russia. My question is, what if I buy the phone at full retail, how does AT&T handle that? I don't have an upgrade at the moment and have to buy it that way anyways.

It will still be locked to at&t, same as buying on contract. Lots of info on this in the 900 forum.
 

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As well a ton of people including myself have been bombarding Rogers with complaints over their launch colors (or lack of) and I feel that there could be a small chance that they may launch a second color. They've responded to my complaints saying they've been escalating my feedback as well as others on this matter. So one things for sure is they are aware people are unhappy about black being the only color choice. And they claim to have more info to release on this matter closer launch.

Check the latest update on Rogers' colours here: http://forums.windowscentral.com/lumia-920/198464.htm
 

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I was on the Rogers Facebook site and ranted at them about the Lumia 920 not being available in any colour but black. It's not like Nokia hasn't been out there telling everyone that will listen about the fantastic colours the 920 comes in. Someone from Rogers actually posted a reply saying that they will pass the message on internally. Not sure what that means.

If AT&T will sell me a Cyan 920 at full price and unlock it same day, I'm in.
 

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I was on the Rogers Facebook site and ranted at them about the Lumia 920 not being available in any colour but black. It's not like Nokia hasn't been out there telling everyone that will listen about the fantastic colours the 920 comes in. Someone from Rogers actually posted a reply saying that they will pass the message on internally. Not sure what that means.

If AT&T will sell me a Cyan 920 at full price and unlock it same day, I'm in.

Yeah I found it ironic that one Nokia Canada's Facebook page they plaster their L920 videos and promo info like crazy and every picture of their phone is in any color EXCEPT black. Meanwhile they launch it in black. :straight:
 

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The whole "pentaband" and "international" version is a bit confused. There appear to be at least three versions of the 920: one for the U.S. and Canada, one for Australia, and the supposed "international" variety. Here's what I found on Nokia's website:

U.S.:
GSM (2G): quad-band (850, 900, 1800, 1900);
WCDMA (UMTS/HSPA/3G/fake 4G): quad-band (850, 900, 1900, 2100);
LTE (4G): penta-band (700, 800, 1700, 1900, 2100).
Nokia Lumia 920 Specifications - Nokia - USA

Australia:
GSM (2G): quad-band (850, 900, 1800, 1900);
WCDMA (UMTS/HSPA/3G/fake 4G): penta-band (850, 900, 1700, 1900, 2100);
LTE (4G): 6-band (700, 800, 900, 1800, 1900, 2600).
Nokia Lumia 920 Specifications - Nokia - Australia

Global:
GSM (2G): quad-band (850, 900, 1800, 1900);
WCDMA (UMTS/HSPA/3G/fake 4G): penta-band (850, 900, 1700, 1900, 2100);
LTE (4G): 9-band (700, 800, 850, 900, 1700, 1800, 1900, 2100, 2600).
Nokia Lumia 920 Specifications - Nokia
(The corresponding pages for France, Germany, the U.K., and other countries also show the 9-band LTE that the above "global" page shows. This is what I'm calling the "international" version.)

The U.S. version has 4 bands of WCDMA vs 5 bands elsewhere.

The U.S. version has 5 bands of LTE vs 9 bands on the "international" version vs 5 in Australia (with only 3 of the 5 in common with the U.S.).

So, is this "international" version a real product that end-users will be able to buy or does it simply show the range of frequencies that additional 920 sub-types could have if so chosen by carriers from a new market? If it's a real end-user product, can someone point to actual evidence that it wil be offered for sale?
 

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The whole "pentaband" and "international" version is a bit confused. There appear to be at least three versions of the 920: one for the U.S. and Canada, one for Australia, and the supposed "international" variety. Here's what I found on Nokia's website:

U.S.:
GSM (2G): quad-band (850, 900, 1800, 1900);
WCDMA (UMTS/HSPA/3G/fake 4G): quad-band (850, 900, 1900, 2100);
LTE (4G): penta-band (700, 800, 1700, 1900, 2100).
Nokia Lumia 920 Specifications - Nokia - USA

Australia:
GSM (2G): quad-band (850, 900, 1800, 1900);
WCDMA (UMTS/HSPA/3G/fake 4G): penta-band (850, 900, 1700, 1900, 2100);
LTE (4G): 6-band (700, 800, 900, 1800, 1900, 2600).
Nokia Lumia 920 Specifications - Nokia - Australia

Global:
GSM (2G): quad-band (850, 900, 1800, 1900);
WCDMA (UMTS/HSPA/3G/fake 4G): penta-band (850, 900, 1700, 1900, 2100);
LTE (4G): 9-band (700, 800, 850, 900, 1700, 1800, 1900, 2100, 2600).
Nokia Lumia 920 Specifications - Nokia
(The corresponding pages for France, Germany, the U.K., and other countries also show the 9-band LTE that the above "global" page shows. This is what I'm calling the "international" version.)

The U.S. version has 4 bands of WCDMA vs 5 bands elsewhere.

The U.S. version has 5 bands of LTE vs 9 bands on the "international" version vs 5 in Australia (with only 3 of the 5 in common with the U.S.).

So, is this "international" version a real product that end-users will be able to buy or does it simply show the range of frequencies that additional 920 sub-types could have if so chosen by carriers from a new market? If it's a real end-user product, can someone point to actual evidence that it wil be offered for sale?

Sure, right here: Nokia Lumia 920 (Factory Unlocked) PureView 8.7 MP camera ,Windows Phone 8 ,4.5" | eBay

But now based on this my question is say you carrier offers LTE on let's say 700/1700/2100 and the "international" version only has 2100 in common will I still be able to get LTE or am I required that all 3 LTE bands are there? That was my concern with the unlocked model. I'd hate to lose LTE.
 

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But now based on this my question is say you carrier offers LTE on let's say 700/1700/2100 and the "international" version only has 2100 in common will I still be able to get LTE or am I required that all 3 LTE bands are there? That was my concern with the unlocked model. I'd hate to lose LTE.

Only one band is required at a time.
 

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The whole "pentaband" and "international" version is a bit confused. There appear to be at least three versions of the 920: one for the U.S. and Canada, one for Australia, and the supposed "international" variety. Here's what I found on Nokia's website:

U.S.:
GSM (2G): quad-band (850, 900, 1800, 1900);
WCDMA (UMTS/HSPA/3G/fake 4G): quad-band (850, 900, 1900, 2100);
LTE (4G): penta-band (700, 800, 1700, 1900, 2100).
Nokia Lumia 920 Specifications - Nokia - USA

Australia:
GSM (2G): quad-band (850, 900, 1800, 1900);
WCDMA (UMTS/HSPA/3G/fake 4G): penta-band (850, 900, 1700, 1900, 2100);
LTE (4G): 6-band (700, 800, 900, 1800, 1900, 2600).
Nokia Lumia 920 Specifications - Nokia - Australia

Global:
GSM (2G): quad-band (850, 900, 1800, 1900);
WCDMA (UMTS/HSPA/3G/fake 4G): penta-band (850, 900, 1700, 1900, 2100);
LTE (4G): 9-band (700, 800, 850, 900, 1700, 1800, 1900, 2100, 2600).
Nokia Lumia 920 Specifications - Nokia
(The corresponding pages for France, Germany, the U.K., and other countries also show the 9-band LTE that the above "global" page shows. This is what I'm calling the "international" version.)

The U.S. version has 4 bands of WCDMA vs 5 bands elsewhere.

The U.S. version has 5 bands of LTE vs 9 bands on the "international" version vs 5 in Australia (with only 3 of the 5 in common with the U.S.).

So, is this "international" version a real product that end-users will be able to buy or does it simply show the range of frequencies that additional 920 sub-types could have if so chosen by carriers from a new market? If it's a real end-user product, can someone point to actual evidence that it wil be offered for sale?

It seems the Australian site shows the same LTE bands as the international version. I didn't see it originally, so maybe they changed it? I didn't think a phone could support so many bands.
 

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I am replying here because the Nokia 920 is a big $$ purchase and wanted you to know this is an honest seller.
I purchased my Nokia 920 from the eBay seller in your link (sellerid: never-msrp) but it is not my first purchase from her. I bought the Samsung Note (10 inch) several months ago and it had a problem so I returned it. She made the refund IMMEDIATELY. I trust her and her merchandise 100% ... I bought the Red one. Haven't been able to use it yet because T-Mobile is slow in getting me a micro-sim. If it wasn't for the fact that I am grandfathered into a no-slow down UNLIMITED data plan for $20 per phone I would leave T-Mobile. I hate them and I hate their phones. They have never been first with anything so I always have to pay big bucks for my phones etc ... BTW ... This is my first post here. I am Diane. I am a gadgetaholic !!!
 

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I received my unlocked International 920 last week. I am getting 3G in Orlando and ONLY Edge in Deltona, Florida. .... I don't know if 4G or LTE is available in either place on T-Mobile ...
 

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