After ready the posts in this forum, I will pass.
The uninspiring day light performance of the camera is simply unforgivable. It's the ONLY real thing Lumia 920 has going for it. Nokia made it sound like some second coming of the camera. After all that to release a camera that under performs, especially compared to iPhone 5 and Galaxy S III which are in no way proper camera phones, is simply unforgivable.
Where is the OTA update to solve this? It's clearly just a minor software issue so just bring the OTA out. I'm sure when they do, AT&T will take 6 months to approve it.
For me after reading almost all the reviews, now I'm also checking the forums to see the experiences of all who bought it. I was also kind of surprised to see the issues with their L920 and yes 2 days ago I changed my mind of not buying L920. But when I checked the market, there is no better phone right now. Iphone 5, S3, One X+, Nexus 4 & 8x are the only alternative and as much as I would like to go back to Droid I will pass and want to try out this Windows. And I don't like Apple.
So I will wait for Nokia to release their new monster here in Dubai.
You should have seen MacRumors after the iPhone 5 was released, tons of threads complaining about poor battery life and crappy photos and this and that. Does that mean its a bad phone? Of course not. Its simply a byproduct of the internet, every device has flaws, and places like this act as a magnifying glass and often make things appear to be worse than they are. I guarantee you for every person that has problem or doesn't like their 920 there's a hundred others that have no problem whatsoever and love their phones. Thing is those people don't go around posting threads on the internet talking about how perfect their phones are and how much they love them (for the most part), instead what you see is that vocal minority posting about various issues or this or that which makes it look like everyone is having problems all the sudden.
Thats not to say that the 920 doesn't have problems, it definitely does but its stupid to right it off just because of some forum posts on a website. If you're truly interested in the phone, and its doesn't seem like you are or you wouldn't have written it off so quickly, then I'd recommend exercising that 14 day return policy and deciding for yourself. Anything else is meaningless.
You have to remember again about "vocal minority". People who have no issues with their phones, unless they are regular forum users, won't come posting "HEY MY 920 IS PERFECT I LOVE IT". While people who have a defect/issues will far easier make a thread asking if there is anyone else with similar problems. This gives a misleading image how it looks like majority of Lumia 920s are faulty. The only real issue that effects every phone is the camera in daylight, which is a software problem and is being addressed. Anything else is a bad/defect unit that does not reflect the state of the actual device.
It's sorta like.. I knew this guy who worked at the same Nokia factory I did (although I worked as a security guard). Early on when the N8 came out he was telling people not to buy it cos they are like all broken and have tons of defects. This was cos he worked at the repair team, of which had the sole purpose of fixing the broken phones. All he saw every day was broken N8s, which gave him the image that N8 is an unreliable/bad phone, which is most certainly not the case. N8 was one of the more durable and reliable smartphones of 2010.
the phone is really good. Really fast and responsive. Feels good in the hand.
Yes, even though it pi55es me off but an update can fix the following issues that users have had:
1) Poor Daylight Camera Pictures - Not Sharp
2) Display seems a bit dim
3)Battery issues
For me if the above issues get resolved by Nokia then this without a shadow of doubt will be the best phone out there.
At the moment SGS3 and IPHONE 5 can produce sharper daylight images!