Lumia 1020 or 930 ?

[KllR007]

So i tried to think about it a whole free time I have. And after day and night, I made another decicion :
I will wait till september /upgrade its not important now, so i can wait/ and after that will be 2 situation:
1. Lumia 930 will be cheaper than now
2. New phones, maybe 1020 succesor.

So I see in september what phone i take, but 1020 go out of choice because i dont take photos too much, and I want better HW compared to 41mpx camera.
Beside that, L930 had better camera than 920 so here will be some upgrade.

Thanks.

PS: sorry for my bad english, hope you understands

 

[Miska Hietala]

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[Brandorak]

I recently bought a 1020, almost two months ago, unlocked ATT version to use on T-Mobile. Only $400 unlocked, brand new off Amazon.

My first Windows Phone, updated the phone completely, installed the 8.1 developer preview, updated completely, then reset the phone to start fresh. Everything has worked really well, hardly ever any crashes and I think it crashed and rebooted on it's own once since I got it. More stable than my already very stable Nexus 4.

Pros:
+Camera, digital zoom that works, recropping, manual controls
+My first AMOLED screen and I actually prefer it over LCD, even with pentile pixel matrix it looks good, bright even in sunlight with Nokia's adjustments, Glance screen is wonderful
+Hardware design, quality you can feel in your hand, Camera button is great
+Battery for me has been pretty good! Taking pictures uses it pretty fast. If I don't take many pictures and use my phone moderately, I'm consistently at 50% or more walking out of work at 5pm, going since 7am. I have stuff I want turned on like push email, but put any apps I don't need disabled to run in the background. Like Facebook. Phone charges fast compared to Nexus 4
+Windows phone is wonderful, 8.1 is essential coming from Android for notifications and toggles, start screen is pretty fantastic
+In my area (Minneapolis, suburbs) LTE works fantastic on T-Mobile, generally 20mbps, highest I've seen is 40!

Cons:
-Camera is slow to load, slow picture-to-picture time, but it's worth it in my opinion for the quality.
-Huge camera hump on the back, I've gotten used to it but I'd prefer flat back

Mixed:
=Processor is outdated, but 8.1 still runs great and everything is fairly zippy, hopefully Cyan makes it even better
=Screen is a little small but the quality is great
=Double tap to wake is great, but the screen is so sensitive if I get a text while I'm biking once in a while it will start opening apps, etc. Even after I turned touch sensitivity to normal. I can probably just turn on do-not-disturb mode to help with this so I won't get texts.
=App quality and selection is definitely lacking after just coming from Android. But I'm not a huge app guy. I think the OS itself is much better and more polished than Android. Much leaner and more stable, even on 8.1, here's hoping Microsoft keeps up the pace with updates and improvements. They're finally at parity for the most part.

TLDR: The greatest pro and con of the 1020 is the camera, everything about the phone is built to support it. If you are into photography, the 1020 is a really fun, manual, pocket super-camera. The day-to-day smartphone usage compared to my Nexus 4 is better in most areas; I mainly miss the Google apps like maps (especially for biking). If you aren't into photography, definitely get the 930, it should have much better longevity and a better general-use smartphone experience.