Microsoft is behind, plain and simple. They aren't following the trends general consumers are moving towards. Instead they focus on business, and office applications and things of that nature. They don't understand what sells, that goes for their Windows Phone platform as a OS and their flagship devices. These latest "flagships" speak directly too that. Everyone, including Samsung for christ sake, has gone toward the more well designed, premium materials approach. That includes smaller market Chinese companies which tend to get ragged on (ZTE, Haweii, OnePlus,etc) And yet Microsoft decides to push out a flagship that looks like something that would have been popular back in 2010. They have the perfect evolution of design starting at the 920 (still one of the better devices I've ever seen in terms of design), moving towards the 925 (which many regard as the overall best lumia to date) And the latest well designed model imo the 930 and 830 respectively. Aluminum frames mixed with solid polycarbonate, and well built construction. Instead of continuing that evolution they go backwards and use the cheap mid-range flagship 640 and 640 XL as the template for it's latest 2015 flagships. And while yes, some will say the 640 was well reviewed for it's price point and performance, that means nothing. It's a mid-range flagship, enough said. The only downsides the 930 received were it's weight and thickness, both of which Nokia had worked on with the 830. It makes no sense whatsoever that a concept ends up looking better than the final product. Typically concepts are too outlandish, unrealistic. This one however, works towards continuing the evolution of both the 930 and 830. Making a truly incredible, flagship worthy device. A device with a 5.7" QHD Display, slim bezels on the sides making for a more narrow, comfortable device to hold in one hand. Keeping the thin profile of the 830, yet with the aluminum frame feeling solid in the hand.
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