I've been using a white NOKIA Lumia 920 for about a week now, and I thought I'd share my experience with other users who may be considering purchasing the phone. After determining my device has defects, I'll be sending it into NOKIA to have it replaced. There are some good and bad stuff I found with the 920, so let's start with the good.
Pros
- The screen on the phone is gorgeous
- The camera takes fantastic photos
- NOKIA's exclusive apps are useful
- For audio, the external speaker is plenty loud
- The phone ear piece is decent for phone calls
- Audio level for music is great with headphones
- Decent battery life
Cons
- My 920 has light leakage on the screen (some parts of the background aren't entirely black)
- On an angle, you can see light coming from under neath the screen
- The phone is fairly heavy compared to the competition
- The external speaker for phone calls is absolutely terrible
- My phone's display flickers on a daily basis, as if the refresh rate is slowing down
- There's light leakage between the phone's display and the unibody casing
- Whenever I open the phone's keyboard or phone dialer, there is a popping sound that comes from the speaker
- The phone's (plastic?) unibody casing feels cheap, and whenever I hold the phone or press down slightly on it I hear creaking and cracking
I've used the Lumia 710 as my old phone, and here's something that can't go un-noticed: Windows Phone 7.5 is faster than 8. I put my 710 and 920 side by side, and the 710 executes apps faster than my 920. Also, on the 920, I find that the animation of opening an app and switching between apps is fairly choppy/laggy every now and then. I've never had this issue on previous versions of Windows Phone. Also, when opening the camera settings/options, it's extremely slow and choppy.
I find it odd that a phone with a more powerful processor and an updated OS runs slower than a phone with a single core, outdated processor, and on Windows Phone 7.5. There are some nice additions with Windows Phone 8, but it doesn't feel as smooth as previous versions of Windows Phone, and kind of ruins the overall fluid expectations of the OS. Overall, I'm hoping a lot of the issues I faced are from my defected unit, so I'll keep you guys posted on my new phone. I've read a lot of threads where people talk about their phones rebooting, and I never had this issue on mine.
If you're a potential Lumia 920 owner and have any questions, feel free to ask. Also, if you're a current 920 owner, let's discuss your experience too. Do you think this phone saved NOKIA? I'm not too sure yet- I'm going to wait for my replacement unit. If it has the same issue, then NOKIA dropped the ball in their manufacturing process.
Pros
- The screen on the phone is gorgeous
- The camera takes fantastic photos
- NOKIA's exclusive apps are useful
- For audio, the external speaker is plenty loud
- The phone ear piece is decent for phone calls
- Audio level for music is great with headphones
- Decent battery life
Cons
- My 920 has light leakage on the screen (some parts of the background aren't entirely black)
- On an angle, you can see light coming from under neath the screen
- The phone is fairly heavy compared to the competition
- The external speaker for phone calls is absolutely terrible
- My phone's display flickers on a daily basis, as if the refresh rate is slowing down
- There's light leakage between the phone's display and the unibody casing
- Whenever I open the phone's keyboard or phone dialer, there is a popping sound that comes from the speaker
- The phone's (plastic?) unibody casing feels cheap, and whenever I hold the phone or press down slightly on it I hear creaking and cracking
I've used the Lumia 710 as my old phone, and here's something that can't go un-noticed: Windows Phone 7.5 is faster than 8. I put my 710 and 920 side by side, and the 710 executes apps faster than my 920. Also, on the 920, I find that the animation of opening an app and switching between apps is fairly choppy/laggy every now and then. I've never had this issue on previous versions of Windows Phone. Also, when opening the camera settings/options, it's extremely slow and choppy.
I find it odd that a phone with a more powerful processor and an updated OS runs slower than a phone with a single core, outdated processor, and on Windows Phone 7.5. There are some nice additions with Windows Phone 8, but it doesn't feel as smooth as previous versions of Windows Phone, and kind of ruins the overall fluid expectations of the OS. Overall, I'm hoping a lot of the issues I faced are from my defected unit, so I'll keep you guys posted on my new phone. I've read a lot of threads where people talk about their phones rebooting, and I never had this issue on mine.
If you're a potential Lumia 920 owner and have any questions, feel free to ask. Also, if you're a current 920 owner, let's discuss your experience too. Do you think this phone saved NOKIA? I'm not too sure yet- I'm going to wait for my replacement unit. If it has the same issue, then NOKIA dropped the ball in their manufacturing process.