Now that this phone has been out for a while, how is it holding up?

[jalb]

Do those of you that have had it a while now still like it? Feel like it will last you two years til you upgrade? They have it for 1 penny at AT&T right now, and I am considering it.

 

[titoyees]

well, not for me. In 1 year i have to change my phone. 2 years is too much

 

[troylytle]

Buy it. Pretty baller phone.

 

[Sanjay Chandra]

Hardware - Awesome
Software - Bugs and annoyances , Needs lot of fixes
Apps - Fantastic Quality
Games - Disappointment
Nokia Apps - Great

Most issues I have with my 820 are related to WP8 but not hardware.So , switching to any other Lumia wouldn't make a difference.

 

[phonohead]

I got mine off contract. And, I actually switched from a 920 to the 820. Expandable memory, a more convenient size and removable/replaceable charging shells were deal breakers to me. That said, I am passing it on to my fianc?e in a coupe of weeks.

 

[budney]

It's a very good phone, but with too small of a battery for the specs included. I just wish mine didn't have the noise cancelation problem.

 

[Omar Zak]

this phone is very good ...

i understand that im an "early adopter" for WP8 so i wont judge it
the hardware is something to be proud of "except for the battery, they could've make it bigger, but its fine that i need to charge the phone every night"

and nokia takes a good care about the customers, framework updates and exclusive software and apps.

its a very good phone

 

[syang87]

I have an addiction of replacing my phone every other month or so, but have not had the desire to replace my 820 anytime soon. I'm rocking the phone in yellow. Good luck with your decision

 

[phonohead]

The 4G and HD voice during phone calls are features worth mentioning for this phone.

 

[eastbayrae]

Hardware: seems okay other than a burn spot from the wireless charger.
Software: lots of crashing and locking up, reboots daily.
Apps: severe bugs and crashing
Nokia apps: same as the rest of the apps.

I finally got tired of the apps quality issues and the rebooting. These issues are persistent across oems and versions of WP from 7-8. I ended up buying an iPhone in early February after 2+ years of fighting the above issues.


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[troylytle]

Never seen any of these issues out of 2 820's, 3 920's, a Samsung focus flash(which is saying a lot) and 2 822's.

 

[topliner967]

Early on I had some problems with the phone rebooting, but since the 1308 update it's been rock solid (even before the update it was pretty good, meaning maybe one random reboot a month). Haven't experienced much problems with apps at all, a few games that crash on occasion, but that does not seem to be directly related to the phone. Only 8 gb of internal storage means that you'll have problems installing games that take up a lot of space, like the batman or spiderman games.

Overall I'm pleased with the phone (been using it for 5+ months now).