Blue is better if you were painting a picture of a sky on a sunny clear mid morning day. See what I mean? It all depends on the situation. It's logical to think that most would want their MOBILE device to be lighter (not saying lightest) rather than heavier. Now if you were building an anchor then heavy would be better.
You can't be serious. Unless your arms are smaller than spaghetti noodles, or your legs and hips can't take the weight of something lighter than a belt, there should be no issue rather than just personal preference.
Again, it's all about the purpose.
It is PREFERENCE, not purpose. Unless your purpose is to win a Lighter Phone Contest. Or if you have the spaghetti arms mentioned above.
My nephew is 1 yr old. He plays with Fisher Price toy phones that are probably 3 or 4 times as heavy as the 920. But maybe he's just unusually strong? :lol:
It would not be unreasonable to say that in general, people want a lighter and thinner (not saying lightest and thinnest) mobile device. That is what the sales number would indicate as well. People don't care to have their phone built like a tank to last 10 years. Most people upgrade every 2 to 4 years max.
You said a key word there. WANT. That's preference.
Why the heck does anyone have a problem with a lot of us liking sturdier phones? Why do you feel it's necessary to have to convince us that we're wrong for having a different opinion?
I mean, really? REALLY?
Also, if you look at Windows Phone sales, Nokia has clearly dominated. It's not even close. This despite the fact that the 900 is a sturdy phone.
Most of us put cases on our phones, there's no disputing that. So if you bring a phone to market that is already thick and heavy, you have an even thicker and heavier phone when you put on the case.
And that's up the the preference of that individual. Why do you care what their preference is.
With a sturdy phone, I'd put a light case, or no case at all.
With a flimsy phone, I'd put a sturdier case.
It's great that we have choices.
When I discuss any of the new WP8 phones, I give my opinion on what I think the GENERAL BUYING PUBLIC would think based off current sales numbers of existing devices.
Then get an iPhone. That single phone is what the general buying public is getting in droves.
Some here seem to think just because they like a heavy phone, the general public will like one.
No. They think that there are a lot of people that like sturdy phones.
Most will also agree that there are a lot of people that like light phones.
It's one of the strengths of the ecosystem. People can choose the phone that suits them best.
And guess what? Up to this point, in this ecosystem, it's been Nokia.
Does that mean you have to choose Nokia? Of course not.
But geez. Stop hating.
If Samsung is successful, I'll be one of the people cheering them. If HTC is successful, I'll cheer them too even though I personally will not buy an HTC device ever again.
You just can't do that. Best thing is to look at what the market is doing. Then assess from there.
But you guys aren't "assessing." You're making emphatic statements that one preference is "better" than another. It doesn't work that way.
My preference is my preference. Your preference is your preference.
It's perfectly legitimate for you to say you hate the weight of the 920. More power to you.
But you don't speak for everybody. And I haven't heard of an election where you were chosen to represent the "majority".
Another example, people here go on about pureview, but guess what? The general buying public doesn't care about pureview because they don't even know what it is. They can't feel it or see it when they are looking at the phone on display. All they know is what they are holding in their hand and how it looks and feels.
So? That means we can't like PureView? That means that it's not a real benefit?
It's up to Nokia to market the **** out of it.
But if they don't... so? Then people will automatically flee to lighter phones because nobody wants a solid feeling phone?
I guess the Lumia 900 outsold the Focus S and HTC Titan II combined because of PureView, right?