Hello,
There is lots of bad writing about 930 going on, but let me tell you this:
When 920 came out it was the same story and yet it still is the best selling FLAGSHIP Windows Phone to date.
As some of you remember 920 had issues, mostly first few batches where shipped with faulty FF camera that was getting "dusty" and also famous flickering screen. I remember people complaining about poor battery life and overheating, I was lucky enough to get my 920 on November 9th in the UK as one of the first EE phones available at all! No hardware issues and I got wireless charger for free. Over those nearly 2 years my 920 had some software issues and they were fixed with updates and I know at least 5 people that had problems with hardware but after exchange under warranty these were gone too. Last week I got 930 and again no issues other than grey being displayed in purple sometimes (next software update will fix that too). 930 is nearly as solid as 920 and I strongly believe that there won't be a better phone until 940" comes out (that unless Microsoft will change it all over again and will release some kind of Lumia ONE and mini/Max variants as a killer phone on all networks everywhere, but leaks indicates that it will be 1525 with just a better processor this year.)
Why not to wait for 935?
Because it will never exist. 925 came out as a new design (plastic + aluminium) which 930 already has too and therefore there is no point of making 935 just to have a slimmer version but with the same internals ( it was also slimmer because 925 didn't have wireless charging built-in and this time around it would be pointless to release the phone without it when Microsoft is pushing even more for this tech.) Also slimness made the phone less durable comparing to 920.
Why not to wait for 1030?
Microsoft Lumia 830 appears with Nokia branding in leaked pics | ITProPortal.com
They say it's 830 and I think this might be 1030. In my opinion since McLaren has been cancelled the next high end from Nokia will be above pictured phone. To me this looks like full aluminium bodied (to make it slimmer then 930 and probably no wireless charging too!) with improved and smaller (hence no Xenon flash )41 mpx camera (UPDATE :also I just noticed that the corners looks like those on Nokia X phones and as they will be moving some of the design language to Lumia it would make sense for this to be a "coming soon" WP device). It will most probably have the same Snapdragon 800 (since "hello" Microsoft uses 1 generation processors per year). Again this is niche phone that will possibly be less durable and at least $150/?100 more expensive compared to 930 ( and it won't be sold with so many freebies you can get now with 930!)
930 IS the flagship for the next 2 years, because despite not having Snapdragon 801 it will handle games that will come out easily until next year or so and because it's first flagship WP 8.1 it will be most hacked WP 8.1 device, most updated one, most loved by WP devs, simply it will be great! Or from the other point of view like Xbox ONE lots of hate in the beginning and now just months after, you are getting new features every month plus lots of free games and stuff!
So do not hesitate, do not wait. Everyday brings a new smartphone but you just got to now which one is that one and in my opinion 930 is!
There is lots of bad writing about 930 going on, but let me tell you this:
When 920 came out it was the same story and yet it still is the best selling FLAGSHIP Windows Phone to date.
As some of you remember 920 had issues, mostly first few batches where shipped with faulty FF camera that was getting "dusty" and also famous flickering screen. I remember people complaining about poor battery life and overheating, I was lucky enough to get my 920 on November 9th in the UK as one of the first EE phones available at all! No hardware issues and I got wireless charger for free. Over those nearly 2 years my 920 had some software issues and they were fixed with updates and I know at least 5 people that had problems with hardware but after exchange under warranty these were gone too. Last week I got 930 and again no issues other than grey being displayed in purple sometimes (next software update will fix that too). 930 is nearly as solid as 920 and I strongly believe that there won't be a better phone until 940" comes out (that unless Microsoft will change it all over again and will release some kind of Lumia ONE and mini/Max variants as a killer phone on all networks everywhere, but leaks indicates that it will be 1525 with just a better processor this year.)
Why not to wait for 935?
Because it will never exist. 925 came out as a new design (plastic + aluminium) which 930 already has too and therefore there is no point of making 935 just to have a slimmer version but with the same internals ( it was also slimmer because 925 didn't have wireless charging built-in and this time around it would be pointless to release the phone without it when Microsoft is pushing even more for this tech.) Also slimness made the phone less durable comparing to 920.
Why not to wait for 1030?
Microsoft Lumia 830 appears with Nokia branding in leaked pics | ITProPortal.com
They say it's 830 and I think this might be 1030. In my opinion since McLaren has been cancelled the next high end from Nokia will be above pictured phone. To me this looks like full aluminium bodied (to make it slimmer then 930 and probably no wireless charging too!) with improved and smaller (hence no Xenon flash )41 mpx camera (UPDATE :also I just noticed that the corners looks like those on Nokia X phones and as they will be moving some of the design language to Lumia it would make sense for this to be a "coming soon" WP device). It will most probably have the same Snapdragon 800 (since "hello" Microsoft uses 1 generation processors per year). Again this is niche phone that will possibly be less durable and at least $150/?100 more expensive compared to 930 ( and it won't be sold with so many freebies you can get now with 930!)
930 IS the flagship for the next 2 years, because despite not having Snapdragon 801 it will handle games that will come out easily until next year or so and because it's first flagship WP 8.1 it will be most hacked WP 8.1 device, most updated one, most loved by WP devs, simply it will be great! Or from the other point of view like Xbox ONE lots of hate in the beginning and now just months after, you are getting new features every month plus lots of free games and stuff!
So do not hesitate, do not wait. Everyday brings a new smartphone but you just got to now which one is that one and in my opinion 930 is!
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