UK buyers, will you be buying the 930 or wait for McLaren?

[MrWhiteman]

I think I'm going to get the 930. The old 920 is starting to get a bit old now and its being forgotten about with regards RAW support and other features. 4.5 inches is almost too big for one hand for me, but viewing websites on a ' small' screen is getting annoying. Another .5 inch would be nice. Def a 2 hand jobby though, even the woman in the advert had a hard time with it and she probably had banana hands.

 

[KKRLessey]

I think I may wait it out as I have a 920 on EE and my contract ends in November. If the McLaren came out then, I will get it!

 

[AndyGriff]

Ordered it from amazon.fr today as I got bored with waiting for a firm release date in the UK. It cost just over ?450 after exchange rate commission -- not bad, really. If the McLaren is that much of a step up, I'll think about trading the 930 in but I concluded there's no point waiting as that dynamic could go on for ever.

 

[meandu229]

Im waiting,, bought my 920 contract free a month after it came out for ?330 with 2 wireless chargers and a free set of headphones. Epic bargain. So Im waiting for a proper successor to the 920, e.g not the 930 which is basically the 925.

 

[KPAkiller]

Ordered from Amazon.fr. White version. ?450. Should be here Thursday/Friday this week.

 

[anon(5725119)]

I'll wait for McLaren so that I can (hopefully) get the 930 for cheaper. My contract is up in September and hopefully McLaren is released around that time (probably a month or two later is my guess).

 

[Paul Nicholas]

Why would anyone buy this over a ?350 Nokia 1520 on Amazon? Same phone apart from the 1520 being bigger with a bigger battery. 930 is a complete dud that should have come out at Christmas time.

I'll be waiting for the McLaren.

 

[Sebbak]

Why would anyone buy this over a ?350 Nokia 1520 on Amazon? Same phone apart from the 1520 being bigger with a bigger battery. 930 is a complete dud that should have come out at Christmas time.

I'll be waiting for the McLaren.

Because not everyone wants a massive phone?

930 will do me fine, anything is better than my HTC at the moment!

 

[David P2]

I'm going for a sim free 1520 in a couple of months.

 

[KHROMAsynthetik]

I was going to; my contract was up in March, so I have just been waiting for it to become available. They've just taken too long with it though, and I don't see much point in grabbing what is an almost six-month-old phone when I can just wait a few more months and see what the year-end flagship will be. My release day 920 is still trucking along nicely, even more so with 8.1 on it, so I can afford to be patient.

 

[6029KingStephen]

I am tempted by this but I'll wait to actually hold it in a shop before I decide. This week's rumours of a 1525 is making me a bit hesitant as I think I would end up preferring that.....

 

[davesannie]

Waiting for " Mc Claren "

 

[JimiDiGriz]

Why would anyone buy this over a ?350 Nokia 1520 on Amazon? Same phone apart from the 1520 being bigger with a bigger battery. 930 is a complete dud that should have come out at Christmas time.

I'll be waiting for the McLaren.

Are those 'cheap' 1520s on Amazon not grey imports though?

 

[Mars2003]

I'm stuck with this problem as well, I'm not really into the idea of a 6 inch phone but at ?350 it's more than a match for the 930, indeed it has a couple of advantages, ie micro SD and full RGB screen. I'll wait to see the UK price sans the "free" crap.

 

[Bizarro_Prime]

The 930 is tempting but I've got my 920 until Jan '15 so I'm hoping the McLaren will be available by then.

 

[N_LaRUE]

For me, L930 is a forgotten phone. It has really nothing of interest for me. It's too expensive for what it is. I see it's price dropping rapidly. I still won't buy it though.

No idea what phone I want. I'll wait and see what comes out.

 

[MrWhiteman]

Basically no one is getting one. Shame really, it's the only other Lumia to have wireless charging.

 

[sutt359]

Im Waiting for something better.... Im not willing to pay that much for a 6month old phone.

 

[N_LaRUE]

Basically no one is getting one. Shame really, it's the only other Lumia to have wireless charging.

Wireless charging is not a reason to get 6 month old technology in my opinion.

 

[Abdul Rahman Noor]

Basically no one is getting one. Shame really, it's the only other Lumia to have wireless charging.

This is part of the problem. As it stands, WP only gets a couple of new devices a year, and its frustrating when these devices miss out on features already available on older phones.
I need a new phone soon (my 820 cracked it's screen), but I don't like the 930 because of missing Glance and SD card support.
The 1520 seems to have it all in, but I want a phone, not phablet.
I almost looked at the 925 but it has no wireless charging (without a case)

If and when a "proper" flagship comes out (and not some hyped up international version of a phone existing in the US for over half a year) with *all* the features on previous phones, I'll think of getting that.

In the meanwhile, the Moto G 4G does look like a really nice phone...