928 - Keeping it or trading it in?

[ChanceNC]

Having a change of heart from my mid-October reply. The Z3v has hit Verizon and it's "only" $599 off-contract.

I've readjusted my outlook on off-contract pricing, concluding that the savings on plan cost over a year sticking with my current, unlimited data plan will easily pay for a new device. If I were to upgrade and pay a subsidized price, my new plan cost would go up at least $40-60 per month, meaning a device in the $500-700 range would be "reasonable".

Therefore, I think my 928's days are numbered. In fact, I've recently reactivated my old Galaxy Nexus and thanks to a fine developer over on Rootzwiki it's now running KitKat and performing quite well for the elderly device it is.

I'm bummed that WP just can't keep up with the Joneses. I really like the 928 hardware but the OS situation is just getting ridiculous. I'd like to stick with WP but that would require going to another carrier, which brings me back to the plan price issue AND the mental block I have against contracts.

So, I'm shopping for an Android device and several of them are very appealing. One is the Kyocera Brigadier, which is a midrange phone purely by its internal specs, but brings some very cool hardware features into play like a rugged bomb-proof chassis, sapphire glass over the display, awesome built-in speakers and a tissue conductive earpiece. The Z3v is still calling out to me, but I'm a little bummed that it's more Z2 than Z3. And the Droid Turbo is pure hotness, though its styling is uninspired.

Ah well. These phones are going to be the death of me.

 

[NaytG]

I'm on my last week with the 928. I've had it since launch, and it really has performed admirably. I only have minor gripes about it taking a couple seconds longer to open/close/resume some things that are faster on the newer Windows Phone, and I always wished it had a larger screen. I went to play with the M8 this week and was not impressed. I've been in love with the yellow 1520 since it came out a year ago. I will be switching to AT&T next week. I've already bought a refurbished yellow 1520 on eBay. We'll see how long it lasts. I've been told AT&Ts coverage stinks around here.

 

[EspHack]

keeping it, I would take glance and xenon flash over a faster soc and more pixels any day, its just sad to see its a Verizon phone it should be the other way around 920 for Verizon 928 for the world, I just cant live with a led flash anymore, why is nokia always doing this? a freaking good camera tech crippled by the same flashes that the mainstream uses, how can you ruin a multi-aspec ratio sensor with OIS with a crappy led flash? jeez, and lets not talk about glance, its just sad

I will probably get whatever replacement they have for the 1520, I hope it has an amoled screen with glance and a xenon flash and metal build, good battery life is guaranteed at that size, and less probable that they consider removing features in such a phone