Icon to be RETIRED after less than 1 year?

[SteveNoza]

I just got this in the mail from Verizon. What? Does the left hand know what the right hand is doing?

 

[NancyAnnL]

They said they were going to sell the stock they have left- hence, the "limited time". Looks like they're trying to hurry it along.

 

[raqball]

I just got this in the mail from Verizon. What? Does the left hand know what the right hand is doing?
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LOL..

Verizon is pretty clueless, they always have been.. They do that same garbage with Android phones as well! The only phone to get any Verizon love is the iPhone!

I have one line on Verizon, 2 lines on AT&T and one line on T-Mobile.. I might be moving the Verizon line to AT&T once the Lumia 830 is released next month and wipe my paws clean of Verizon..

I had kept the Verizon line just for Windows Phone but I don't think they are a viable option any more..

 

[SteveNoza]

I guess "limited time" means a month ago

 

[NancyAnnL]

I guess "limited time" means a month ago

They still have Icons in stock at my local Verizon store. And they are still available at Microsoft.com and Amazon.

 

[puckrazy1]

Quick...for a limited time get the device we've never really embraced and probably won't support going forward. But we're Verizon...so it's cool.

 

[gapost]

They have a label for the Icon on a display at my local store. They even have a white Nokia above it. .... It's a 928, hahaha

 

[Broad and Market]

The silver lining in all this is that a lot of retailers are having fire sales on Icon cases and other accessories right now.

 

[gapost]

My Verizon business rep just told me the Icon is not available at all in their system. Just the 928.

 

[awilliams1701]

Oh by the way. Now that I have a 1520.3, I can confirm that 1080p on a 6" screen is still "retina". I can't see the pixels. It looks just as sharp and crisp as the Icon. However since its an LCD I like it better since it will never burn in. My Icon was just starting to get indications of burn in. It was minor, but that's after 6 months. My 928 had it bad after 1 year.

 

[salmanahmad]

Oh by the way. Now that I have a 1520.3, I can confirm that 1080p on a 6" screen is still "retina". I can't see the pixels. It looks just as sharp and crisp as the Icon. However since its an LCD I like it better since it will never burn in. My Icon was just starting to get indications of burn in. It was minor, but that's after 6 months. My 928 had it bad after 1 year.

Retina is just a term that Apple invented. Anything above 312(or to be safe 326 PPI) is good enough for the regular consumer.

 

[awilliams1701]

I know that. That's why I used quotes. My personal definition is if I can't see the pixels. On a 6" screen with 1080p I can't see the pixels. Therefore I see it as "Retina". Ironically many of the iphones by my definition aren't retina as they aren't even 720p and I know that isn't.

 

[tgp]

I know that. That's why I used quotes. My personal definition is if I can't see the pixels. On a 6" screen with 1080p I can't see the pixels. Therefore I see it as "Retina". Ironically many of the iphones by my definition aren't retina as they aren't even 720p and I know that isn't.

Somewhere around 325 dpi is where the human eye cannot see the pixels.

 

[anon(7901790)]

And yet "still" nothing "official" from either Microsoft or Verizon?

I was at the Microsoft Store here in Hawaii yesterday getting a glass screen protector for my SP3. I was talking to the manager about Windows Phones, and mentioned that Verizon retired the Icon. She told me that she talks to the corporate offices on a regular basis, and that this info was news to her. She was also rather perplexed as to why Verizon would retire the newer Icon instead of the older 928. She did state that as far as Microsoft was concerned the Icon was NOT retired, and that you can still get them through Microsoft stores and online. When it comes to info about Microsoft products, I will give more credence to comments from a Microsoft employee than from a Verizon or other third party rep.

 

[westex74]

Re: [Icon] "Rumored" to be RETIRED after less than 1 year?

As a Blackberry guy that just had to get the Z30, Verizon didn't even stock the phone in its stores. You had to order online. As if a BlackBerry device didn't have enough hurdles to overcome.

 

[jazz70]

Re: [Icon] "Rumored" to be RETIRED after less than 1 year?

As a Blackberry guy that just had to get the Z30, Verizon didn't even stock the phone in its stores. You had to order online. As if a BlackBerry device didn't have enough hurdles to overcome.

I have a friend that uses Blackberry on Verizon so I understand your situation

as a WP user I understand very well how abysmal Verizon treats WP on it's network and in it's stores but I feel sorry for him because Verizon treats Blackberry worse than WP

it's all about droid and iPhone for Verizon but they are more than happy to take Microsoft's and Blackberry's money while doing the bare minimum to honor contractual obligations to those two companies

 

[awilliams1701]

Oh by the way when I activated my AT&T service one of the things I noticed was that a 1520 was prominently displayed. The sales people mentioned that they noticed how much their windows phone customers love windows phone. I don't believe this was a corporate AT&T store but an authorized store. While I was there a woman came in with a nokia and had camera issues. Her kids did something to it, but its cool to actually see another windows phone in use by another person.

 

[JamesJonesWI]

Well, no 8.1 for us poor schucks with the Icon.... Saying goodbye to WP today. Note 4 should be here any minute now.

 

[jazz70]

Well, no 8.1 for us poor schucks with the Icon.... Saying goodbye to WP today. Note 4 should be here any minute now.

not exactly I have 8.1.1 DP running fine on my Icon now with some minor annoyances because of having to use black firmware, it remains to be seen if Verizon will ever release cyan/denim firmware or 8.1 officially though

Verizon is trying their best to get me to switch back to droid or slip over to the dark side and use an iPhone with the way they treat WP but I am not going to do it, I like the WP platform and as long as WP is around I will continue to use it

 

[awilliams1701]

Switch to AT&T if you can. They actually embrace it. I did and my new 1520 has Cyan and works very well.

not exactly I have 8.1.1 DP running fine on my Icon now with some minor annoyances because of having to use black firmware, it remains to be seen if Verizon will ever release cyan/denim firmware or 8.1 officially though

Verizon is trying their best to get me to switch back to droid or slip over to the dark side and use an iPhone with the way they treat WP but I am not going to do it, I like the WP platform and as long as WP is around I will continue to use it