The Lumia Icon is still an awesome phone. But honestly, if it was released way back when it was "supposed" to, I would have gotten it in a heartbeat. But now, I'm just not sure. Would it be wise to wait until the 8.1 hardware (if they quit it with the carrier exclusives and release the good stuff across the board)? I know that the device is obviously upgradable, but with 64 bit processors becoming popular, is it worth it to buy a phone without one?
For me, I guess the main factors come down to the price, how it feels in hand, and the battery life. I'm obviously assuming the performance is fantastic as it's a smaller 1520 and that rides up near the 5s as far as benchmarks go. I'm also assuming the camera is fantastic as usual and it appears that the speakers should be good too. But the battery life looks a little iffy. A device that powerful with that size battery...I would just be worried that I would end up with a phone with battery life like my Z10. And price, who knows? We will see.
So I'm curious how everyone else here feels about the device? Do you still plan on getting it and why or why not? Just your main thoughts in general.
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The truth is that under Android applications are rarely threaded well enough to take advantage of additional cores. Most run on one core, and system processes use another. After two cores the real world performance impact of additional cores is minimal. Motorola demonstrated this recently with their releases which performed in real world apps equivalently to quad core phones despite only having a dual core design.
iOS may or may not have a better threading model than Android, I could not say since its never been run on a quad core design. Its certainly a more efficient OS though, and in my opinion WP is even better as far as its kernel and utilizing the hardware goes.
Evidence please.
So is it Android's threading model that is deficient, or the way applications are typically coded? You seem to claim both.
That is also my opinion. I doubt there are many fundamental differences between Android, iOS and WP threading models, or differences in how they are used in practice. The post that I originally replied to suggested that there were - I'd be interested if that can be substantiated.
I have verizon. And chances are we wont see a better Lumia for a bit. But im willing to take my family plan to Tmobile.
The 1820 looks like everything the 929 should of been
Im waiting till Feb 25 for that mobile phone conference.
Also waiting on some actual user feedback and battery stats. Lisa from mobiletech does great reviews.
Lordy lord, the next chip set is going to be 805 and you wont see that till late 2014. There will be no other phone announcements from Microsoft or Nokia at MWC other than Nokia's Normandy. Microsoft will show off 8.1 but no hardware. Get the Icon for sure if you are on Verizon, you wont see another Lumia flagship until Q3.
I really think the 805 will come before late 2014, as probably all the new Android handsets, like the GS5, will get the S805...
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im just going off the statement Qualcomm made. I hope you're right, but either way, that wont give anything to Verizon.
We should resist the temptation just because is a damn Verizon phone and had bad experience with that crap of a carrier.
Not to mention that when 8.1 does roll out, this phone (and every other 8.0 phone) will get updated.
Please remember this is a promise that may or may not be fulfilled. I'm hanging on to my 920 until 8.1 is preloaded on my next device or i see how the 8.1 rollout actually unfolds. MS has a habit of changing their minds as do carriers so until it happens make no decisions based on promises.
Please remember this is a promise that may or may not be fulfilled. I'm hanging on to my 920 until 8.1 is preloaded on my next device or i see how the 8.1 rollout actually unfolds. MS has a habit of changing their minds as do carriers so until it happens make no decisions based on promises.
I can't tell you how many times Microsoft has said that all wp8 devices will get 8.1. Stop being ridiculous...