Chris_Kez
Member
Trying to decide between the Lumia 920 and iphone 4s. Planning to buy off-contract.
Your input is appreciated.
Would be helpful to know a bit more about your situation. So far you've said:
- Call quality is important
- Will use for photos and videos of the kids
- Apps not especially important
- Undecided about LTE because web surfing is not critical
- Maybe concerned about build quality (referencing forum complaints about L920)
Surprisingly, that is not much to go on; but based on the above, I expect you'd be very happy with the L920. I've had the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and frequently use my wife's iPhone 5; now I have a Lumia 920. I've had no hardware issues with the Lumia, and call quality on AT&T seems identical to iPhone. Battery life doesn't seem as good as the iPhone 5 (nor as good as the 4 when it was new, though lately the 4 has had sub-par battery performance).
I prefer not only the photo/video experience but also the core phone/mail/messaging experience on the Lumia 920 (camera controls and the screen itself are huge pluses). One drawback to the video is the inability to quickly trim/edit videos on the phone and easily share them. WP8 lacks this capability so you'll need to offload videos to a computer for editing and sharing.
Assuming there are no other concerns about ecosystem or platform compatibility, I'd say go with the Lumia 920.