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Announcement: New Xperia Z2 Phone by Sony - YouTube
Carrier loyalty.
I'm a T-Mobile customer and have been since January 2007 and I have not had one bad experience with them yet. I was one of the first owners of the HTC HD2 and that was a good feeling to have one of the newest and hottest devices at the time. And then Windows Phone 7 debuted and I was intrigued. It wasn't until a ROM was made available for the HD2 that I was able to get a taste of the OS. I had been running Android on it until that time and then I fell in love with Windows. My first WP was the HTC Radar which I absolutely loved besides the limited memory and slightly reduced camera from it's bigger brother, HTC Titan.
Then Nokia came into the picture with the Lumia 800 which eventually made it's way over to the US as the Lumia 900. And I was envious that T-Mobile would be skipped as a carrier for it. And then I noticed another trend. All the devices I wanted were all going to AT&T. I went to AT&T and inquired about their plans and services and found the prices more than what I was willing to pay for the same thing or less with T-Mobile.
Fast forward to 2014 and not much has changed. The Lumia 1020 is still only available on AT&T. T-Mobile has been passed over time and time again and the only "flagship" device Nokia finally gave us came with only 16gb of internal storage with no SD card. Somehow they released the Lumia 1520 with 16gb and a SD expansion and recently released the same 1520 with 32gb and SD expansion. But you know what other trend I noticed? The Galaxy S4 is available right now as is the HTC One and the iPhone 5S. I now have an unlocked 920 I'm using and I'm really excited about the 8.1 update coming soon. But my decision in the end will be based on whether or not Nokia will deliver the goods to T-Mobile. By the time the update probably becomes available I could already be using another phone. The HTC One was the only device that had me thinking about switching but this new Sony Experia Z2 is everything I could ask for in a device. And then HTC will be unveiling their new HTC One phone(whatever they end up calling it). After watching this YouTube video about the phone I'm really excited about the Z2 whether I upgrade to it or not. I respect quality products.
What I'm saying is that I need a high end Windows Phone on my carrier that I don't have to unlock or jump through hoops to get. If Nokia continues this frustrating AT&T love affair and the Z2 ends up being available with my carrier(and no other OEMs release an upgrade worthy WP8.1 device), that will be the temporary if not permanent end to my time with my beloved OS. This needs to be the year for those not on AT&T to get the best of what Windows Phone has to offer as well. Shout out o Verizon on that gorgeous Icon by the way.
Carrier loyalty.
I'm a T-Mobile customer and have been since January 2007 and I have not had one bad experience with them yet. I was one of the first owners of the HTC HD2 and that was a good feeling to have one of the newest and hottest devices at the time. And then Windows Phone 7 debuted and I was intrigued. It wasn't until a ROM was made available for the HD2 that I was able to get a taste of the OS. I had been running Android on it until that time and then I fell in love with Windows. My first WP was the HTC Radar which I absolutely loved besides the limited memory and slightly reduced camera from it's bigger brother, HTC Titan.
Then Nokia came into the picture with the Lumia 800 which eventually made it's way over to the US as the Lumia 900. And I was envious that T-Mobile would be skipped as a carrier for it. And then I noticed another trend. All the devices I wanted were all going to AT&T. I went to AT&T and inquired about their plans and services and found the prices more than what I was willing to pay for the same thing or less with T-Mobile.
Fast forward to 2014 and not much has changed. The Lumia 1020 is still only available on AT&T. T-Mobile has been passed over time and time again and the only "flagship" device Nokia finally gave us came with only 16gb of internal storage with no SD card. Somehow they released the Lumia 1520 with 16gb and a SD expansion and recently released the same 1520 with 32gb and SD expansion. But you know what other trend I noticed? The Galaxy S4 is available right now as is the HTC One and the iPhone 5S. I now have an unlocked 920 I'm using and I'm really excited about the 8.1 update coming soon. But my decision in the end will be based on whether or not Nokia will deliver the goods to T-Mobile. By the time the update probably becomes available I could already be using another phone. The HTC One was the only device that had me thinking about switching but this new Sony Experia Z2 is everything I could ask for in a device. And then HTC will be unveiling their new HTC One phone(whatever they end up calling it). After watching this YouTube video about the phone I'm really excited about the Z2 whether I upgrade to it or not. I respect quality products.
What I'm saying is that I need a high end Windows Phone on my carrier that I don't have to unlock or jump through hoops to get. If Nokia continues this frustrating AT&T love affair and the Z2 ends up being available with my carrier(and no other OEMs release an upgrade worthy WP8.1 device), that will be the temporary if not permanent end to my time with my beloved OS. This needs to be the year for those not on AT&T to get the best of what Windows Phone has to offer as well. Shout out o Verizon on that gorgeous Icon by the way.
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