I thought I'd share my thoughts on this phone. First of all, I haven't had the phone lock up or reboot, so that's a very good thing. I have noticed the cell signal and data connection disappears sometimes like it did on my 822, so maybe that's a WP thing.
I like:
The screen. The 822 has a vivid screen, but after using the 8X for a week the crispness and clarity of the screen is by far better than the 822. My eyes aren't very good but I can really tell that the 8X has a better screen.
Camera. The 822 has a decent camera, but I found it hard to get quality pictures because the initial time to focus and take a picture is very long. It is much easier to get a good picture with the 8X. I wish the shutter time was a bit faster, but I haven't played with any settings to see if I can speed that up. Adjusting settings on my Rezound really brought the camera to life, so I'm hoping the same is true for the 8X. The front facing camera on the 8X is significantly better than the ffc on the 822. I really like the wide angle lens.
Design. The 8X feels wonderful in the hand. It's not really a thin phone, but the way it curves on the back makes it feel very thin. The 822 is a fat pig compared to the 8X. Also the 8X isn't slippery like the 822. I have a case on order, but it's mainly for protection, whereas I got a case for the 822 to keep from dropping it. I like the rectangle design a lot better than the rounded 822 design. In my opinion the 822 is a decent looking phone, but it is the worst looking Lumia WP8 phone.
Overall the 8X has a high quality feel that the 822 is missing. Between the feel of the phone combined with the screen and camera, the 8X feels like a top-end phone versus middle of the road like the 822.
Dislikes:
Buttons. I know the buttons are fitting in with the design of the phone, but I find them to be hard to press, especially the power button. The button placement on the 822 is much better, especially the power button.
Hit and miss back button operation. It seems like the back button doesn't always register my presses, This is a minor thing though, I'm not returning this phone over that.
Storage. The 822 has 16GB onboard and I added a 32GB sd card. 16 is probably plenty, but I wish I could add a memory card for the peace of mind. I'm looking into cloud storage for music, but haven't settled on anything yet.
What I miss from the 822.
Nokia's exclusive apps get a lot of headlines and rightfully so. However I find that overall I don't really miss most of them. What I really miss is Nokia Music, because I used that almost every day. Another one I miss is Creative Studio. That was very handy and easy to use to touch up pictures. Since Nokia Drive is available for all phones now I have it on the 8X. That's not really a big deal though, because I live in a smaller area and don't travel much. Likewise City Lens isn't much of a loss either for the same reasons. I miss the ESPN app, but hopefully that will be available for all WP devices soon.
Nokia support. I never used Nokia support, but I follow several Nokia accounts on twitter and I have always been impressed by the way Nokia stands by their phones.
Overall after my experience with the 822 and after using the 8X for a week, I would recommend any Verizon customers to get the 8X unless they really need the extra storage of the 822. The Verizon 8X has wireless charging built in, so it isn't necessary to spend the money to get another cover for charging. I know on AT&T the price difference between the 920 and the 8X make the 920 the no-brainer purchase, but if the AT&T 8X had wireless charging and it was the same price as the 920 a strong argument could be made for either phone.
Overall I'm quite pleased with the 8X and I am enthused about WP again. Before WP8 came out the two things I said I had to have in my next phone were a top camera and a high resolution screen. I feel like I went against what I really wanted and settled for the 822, but now I feel like I have a higher-end phone that can hold it's own in all aspects against the iphone and the high end androids like the Galaxy S3. Thanks for bearing with me during my griping phase. I was very frustrated with the 822 and the issues I was having, but I didn't want to post that stuff in the main forums and add any fuel to the negative fires that spring up so easily around here. Hopefully I'll have a good experience with the 8X until it's time to upgrade to WP9 or whatever Microsoft has out at the time.
I like:
The screen. The 822 has a vivid screen, but after using the 8X for a week the crispness and clarity of the screen is by far better than the 822. My eyes aren't very good but I can really tell that the 8X has a better screen.
Camera. The 822 has a decent camera, but I found it hard to get quality pictures because the initial time to focus and take a picture is very long. It is much easier to get a good picture with the 8X. I wish the shutter time was a bit faster, but I haven't played with any settings to see if I can speed that up. Adjusting settings on my Rezound really brought the camera to life, so I'm hoping the same is true for the 8X. The front facing camera on the 8X is significantly better than the ffc on the 822. I really like the wide angle lens.
Design. The 8X feels wonderful in the hand. It's not really a thin phone, but the way it curves on the back makes it feel very thin. The 822 is a fat pig compared to the 8X. Also the 8X isn't slippery like the 822. I have a case on order, but it's mainly for protection, whereas I got a case for the 822 to keep from dropping it. I like the rectangle design a lot better than the rounded 822 design. In my opinion the 822 is a decent looking phone, but it is the worst looking Lumia WP8 phone.
Overall the 8X has a high quality feel that the 822 is missing. Between the feel of the phone combined with the screen and camera, the 8X feels like a top-end phone versus middle of the road like the 822.
Dislikes:
Buttons. I know the buttons are fitting in with the design of the phone, but I find them to be hard to press, especially the power button. The button placement on the 822 is much better, especially the power button.
Hit and miss back button operation. It seems like the back button doesn't always register my presses, This is a minor thing though, I'm not returning this phone over that.
Storage. The 822 has 16GB onboard and I added a 32GB sd card. 16 is probably plenty, but I wish I could add a memory card for the peace of mind. I'm looking into cloud storage for music, but haven't settled on anything yet.
What I miss from the 822.
Nokia's exclusive apps get a lot of headlines and rightfully so. However I find that overall I don't really miss most of them. What I really miss is Nokia Music, because I used that almost every day. Another one I miss is Creative Studio. That was very handy and easy to use to touch up pictures. Since Nokia Drive is available for all phones now I have it on the 8X. That's not really a big deal though, because I live in a smaller area and don't travel much. Likewise City Lens isn't much of a loss either for the same reasons. I miss the ESPN app, but hopefully that will be available for all WP devices soon.
Nokia support. I never used Nokia support, but I follow several Nokia accounts on twitter and I have always been impressed by the way Nokia stands by their phones.
Overall after my experience with the 822 and after using the 8X for a week, I would recommend any Verizon customers to get the 8X unless they really need the extra storage of the 822. The Verizon 8X has wireless charging built in, so it isn't necessary to spend the money to get another cover for charging. I know on AT&T the price difference between the 920 and the 8X make the 920 the no-brainer purchase, but if the AT&T 8X had wireless charging and it was the same price as the 920 a strong argument could be made for either phone.
Overall I'm quite pleased with the 8X and I am enthused about WP again. Before WP8 came out the two things I said I had to have in my next phone were a top camera and a high resolution screen. I feel like I went against what I really wanted and settled for the 822, but now I feel like I have a higher-end phone that can hold it's own in all aspects against the iphone and the high end androids like the Galaxy S3. Thanks for bearing with me during my griping phase. I was very frustrated with the 822 and the issues I was having, but I didn't want to post that stuff in the main forums and add any fuel to the negative fires that spring up so easily around here. Hopefully I'll have a good experience with the 8X until it's time to upgrade to WP9 or whatever Microsoft has out at the time.
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