Nokia Lumia 928 with PureView camera and aluminum body

[odin09]

I know that the designer of that render hasn't seen an actual production model but it was designed to the FCC specs. There is no reason that the phone cant be that sexy. Will it though? I will buy it either way but damn that phone would draw interest in Verizon showrooms!

 

[jleebiker]

JUST...TAKE...MY...MONEY...ALREADY!!!

If I don't hear something soon, I'll have to find another solution. :-(

 

[soaringthor]

The three things that will make me throw my money at them on launch day: wireless charging, ISIS-ready, and the same image stabilization tech as the 920. If it's a Verizon exclusive, I'm sure it will have wireless charging. If it's a 920 variant, I'm hoping for the same image tech as the 920. The ISIS is a toss-up though... Verizon has 9 ISIS-ready phones, of course all Android-based. Microsoft said they'd be ISIS compliant this year, and I'm hoping that the Microsoft store opening in Salt Lake City so close to the 928 release isn't coincidence (SLC is ISIS beta testing). I'd take any form of mobile payment... but I'd hope that if they're announcing mobile payments, they'll announce it in the form of ISIS.

 

[sullibr01]

I am a basic boring black phone type of guy but if the 928 looks anything like this creation I may have to consider the red!

http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/098/2/7/nokia_lumia_928_concept_by_jonas_daehnert-d60w9qn.jpg

I agree that's pretty nice looking. However, I have an 822 and the only thing I don't like about it is the glossy finish. Very slippery phone. I am older, and maybe my skin is drier than some, but it's definetly slippery. I would prefer a Matte finish.

 

[SomethingSomethingDarkSide]

I agree that's pretty nice looking. However, I have an 822 and the only thing I don't like about it is the glossy finish. Very slippery phone. I am older, and maybe my skin is drier than some, but it's definetly slippery. I would prefer a Matte finish.

Personally I've found the matte is slipperier than the glossy

 

[derek533]

Personally I've found the matte is slipperier than the glossy

Yep, same experience for me as well. Wife has a cyan, I have a red. For some reason, that gloss on the red just sticks better to your hand whether you have oily hands or not (I don't, mine are very, very dry).

 

[antsin3d]

I had the opposite experience - used a glossy white one that slid everywhere, and then a matte red one that was really great at staying put.

 

[odin09]

Being that I am still using a trophy I will take glossy or matte if I could just get the phone already!

 

[stwall]

I'm in the same boat of taking either glossy or matte. Sitting on Sprint with an expired contract and an HTC Arrive, just waiting for this phone to release.

 

[rmichael75]

Hopefully next we will find out about the specs. Does it have micro sd? Memory etc.

I feel for you buddy.. You really want that micro SD card .. lets wait and see. All the best. I hope it is there just for you.

 

[odin09]

I feel for you buddy.. You really want that micro SD card .. lets wait and see. All the best. I hope it is there just for you.

Actually micro sd isn't that much of an issue for me as long as it has 32 GB. I am just fanatically following this phone hoping for a little more news every day! Micro sd seems to be a must for many and I hope that they get it. Me.... I am buying day one unless Verizon really screws up this phone!

 

[Honestabebread]

The three things that will make me throw my money at them on launch day: wireless charging, ISIS-ready, and the same image stabilization tech as the 920. If it's a Verizon exclusive, I'm sure it will have wireless charging. If it's a 920 variant, I'm hoping for the same image tech as the 920. The ISIS is a toss-up though... Verizon has 9 ISIS-ready phones, of course all Android-based. Microsoft said they'd be ISIS compliant this year, and I'm hoping that the Microsoft store opening in Salt Lake City so close to the 928 release isn't coincidence (SLC is ISIS beta testing). I'd take any form of mobile payment... but I'd hope that if they're announcing mobile payments, they'll announce it in the form of ISIS.

I can confirm OIS and Qi for you

 

[chrisbash]

It would've been a huge stab in the back from Verizon/Nokia if the Lumia 928 didn't have those features.

 

[jleebiker]

I can confirm OIS and Qi for you

Annnd... the release date is.... ;-)

 

[paulsnyder90]

Annnd... the release date is.... ;-)

If only it were that easy :/

This has been the most agonizing wait I've ever had for a phone - and I've had tons of phones.

 

[rmichael75]

Annnd... the release date is.... ;-)

From what Honesta has told earlier. He comes to know of the phone one week before. So expect it next week.

 

[Honestabebread]

They're hyping up the camera quite a bit internally. Posting a lot of GS3 vs 928 lowlight images and the such. I can't imagine its too far off.

 

[jleebiker]

From what Honesta has told earlier. He comes to know of the phone one week before. So expect it next week.

Sorry rmichael75, but you shouldn't speak for Honestabebread. Let the man speak for himself.

 

[jleebiker]

They're hyping up the camera quite a bit internally. Posting a lot of GS3 vs 928 lowlight images and the such. I can't imagine its too far off.

Yer killing me!!! ;-)

 

[vlad0]

They're hyping up the camera quite a bit internally. Posting a lot of GS3 vs 928 lowlight images and the such. I can't imagine its too far off.

The camera package will become one of the main differentiators between devices. They are all pretty much maxing out the specs on their relative platforms, there isn't much to be gained from putting more cores and more RAM into them, considering that there is no software to take advantage of all that processing power.

There is the screen of course.. and I suspect they will have to move away from the PPI race and start paying attention to power consumption, sunlight legibility, etc.

So.. camera, sound recording, zoom, flash photography, optical stabilization, pixel sizes, stereo speakers, etc. In other words, more real world convergence, less spec hype.