One week in, this is my experience with the 920.
Amazing night shots, even day shots came out good, dunno whats all the fuss about,
games scenario is pretty good, coming from s40 I can totally manage. I wish there were some running apps like temple run so my friends would just shut up for once.
Quality apps seem to be scarce around the store, but thats just my opinion,
Super sensitive touch is super !
Now only issues i've been facing is the heating up during charging and some random heating during idle.
And the main reason thats completely ruining my Lumia experience is the horrendous battery, I loose 20 % every hour with all major apps uninstalled and battery saver on if I browse some apps, lose 10 % per hour in idle, will wait for one more week before hard resetting it, if the problem still persists then will have it replaced.
Really sucks,to have a defective piece. :|
You are not with a defective piece...... All you have to do is Charge your Lumia 920 for 1 whole night, keep it charging full night. (No you dont have to worry about overcharging, the Phone shuts off charging after its up @100%, its a smartphone with Li-ion Battery so no worry there).
Then Completely drain out its battery once....... extensively use it (Play High Res Xbox Games, Stream Videos/Music), Run Apps, etc, Drain out the battery Completely once till your phone gets switched off automatically.
Then Charge your Phone to 100% without any interruption (Interruption means any sort of break time while charging). It will probably take you 3-4 Hours to get it charged to 100%.
I can bet your battery life will increase atleast 40% more than it is now........ I did this & now my Lumia 920's battery is very much better than it was at the time of purchase...
Also it is said that the battery Life of Lumia 920 keeps of getting better everyday, as the battery takes time to suit according to each person's usage.
Do this, wait for 1 more week & then report back....... Also, Close unnecessary Apps which are not in use, Use Bluetooth/NFC (Tap&Send) & WiFi only when necessary. Also KEEP THE BATTERY SAVER "ON" Always !
DON'T USE SKYPE...... thats a major Battery HOG as it is not yet optimized & fully developed for WP8. Also avoid using any facebook app & WhatsApp, they too drain battery as these apps are not yet fully optimized for WP8 usage & I recommend you to use People's Hub, Me Hub or IE 10 to get on with your social networking thing until these apps get updated or Fixed & properly Optimized for WP8..
My Yellow Lumia 920 works for 2 days straight without charge. My usage per day : 1 Hour Music + Video Playback, 1 Hour Calls, 1 Hour Web-Browsing & 30 Minutes Xbox Gaming
This is what an Average person does with his Smartphone.
Try the above method & Report back after a week.