Not that I would fault a single person who bought one, but except for the OLED display I'm not that attracted to it. One of the biggest annoyances I've had with Verizon's obvious influence in Nokia products as that they seem h#$$-bent on stripping away the "Lumia" look and making their Windows Phones look like clones of someone else's products. While all other 8xx series phones where almost immediately recognizable as part of the Lumia line, the 822 (and I own 2 of them) look remarkably like "generic android clone 2012". And the 928 and Icon? Metal band around the perimeter, white or black back, squared-off design. Sound familiar? Now even the name begins with an "i"
Hmmm.....
Don't get me wrong, I've no doubt that sales have the potential to be great (Samsung initially did great business making phones that looked suspiciously familiar to someone else's product until they had firmly established product recognition). But personally it leaves me a little cold.
For now I'm delighted with the 1520 (my personal phone) and the 1020 (my wife's personal phone). Both are unabashedly "Nokia Lumia" in character and in the case of the 1520, I've got the expandable storage option I so badly wanted as well as (soon) QI charging.
- Michael