Every comment thread features a person or two who storm the 830 posts and demand that it should be priced lower. That it's a low end,phone and is the same,as a 635/Moto G.
Processor aside...exactly what is the same....if the processor was an SD 800 the 830 would be as good or better than the 930. However, this crowd would have us believe that the processor,overrides every single feature on the phone.
Please do tell, does adding an SD 800 into a 635/520/530/625 make it high end? (Excluding all other Lumias because they are all pretty good,mid rangers...even the 620)
Don't justify your entitlement by making stupid arguments and stop advertising your ignorance on WP Central with comments like "OMG.,it should be free otherwise DOA", "The market will" , "The masses will". Just STOP.
P.s (Did the WP comma key change places in 8.1. I'm always tapping ot accidentally now)
I have to start by laughing at the hilarity of this. You make a thread arguing a point, then instead of making any points yourself, you tell everyone who disagrees with you to provide reasons for THEIR opinions, something you couldn't be bothered to do yourself. That said, I'll go ahead and explain the wrong in your title.
2012: We get the 920 and the 820 (also released as the 810 and 822). The 820 ends up being a 920 with a lower-resolution screen, less internal storage (but with microSD support), a removable back (allowing for wireless charging), and without OIS (same camera resolution). The CPU/GPU/RAM (SoC) was the exact same in both the 920 and 820, making the difference between the two basically just being the display and camera (the storage was basically equal but different, IMO, and the wireless charging wasn't the biggest deal).
Meanwhile, a few months later, the Lumia 620 came out. It trailed the 820 (moving on from the 920 here) at the CPU, GPU, and RAM level, meaning the whole SoC was of a lower quality. The screen was smaller, but the same resolution as the 820, and the camera went from 8.7 MP on the 820 to 5.0 MP on the 620, still without OIS. Basically, the 620 trailed the 820 in everything but storage (both had 8 BG on-board storage with microSD support).
2014: The Icon/930 is in a class well beyond the 830. The cameras both carry OIS, but now the 930 has a resolution (20 MP) double that of the 830 (10 MP). Both have wireless charging now built in, but the resolution is still a gap (1080p vs 720p) between the devices, despite their identical sizes. The storage story is still the same (more on-board with the 930, but microSD support to make up for it on the 830). So, on the surface, the devices aren't THAT different. The resolution of the camera and display are higher on the 930, and while that's noticeable, it's not mind-blowing. The problem is at the SoC level. The 930-830 comparison is not like the 920-820 comparison from 2012, but more like the 820-620 one. The 930's CPU (2.2 GHz) is clocked almost twice as high as the 830's (1.2 GHz). The GPUs are miles apart, in terms of performance. The RAM on the 930 is double that of the 830. As a whole, the SoC on the 830 is a downgrade from that in the 820 (slightly better CPU, but horrendous GPU), leaving the 830's primary components (the CPU and GPU) at least 2 years behind the 930, in terms of raw power.
Now there's the Lumia 630. Internally, it carries the same CPU and GPU as the 830. The GPU that will likely drag on the 830 will power the 630 as well, but it's marketed and priced as a device deserving of that level of chip. For whatever reason, they cut the 630 to 512 MB or RAM again, but I honestly think that was just to keep the thing from being TOO close to the 830, from a performance standpoint (they can lock the 630 out of some high-end games and claim the 830 as a better device). Now, the 630 will lose out on display resolution and camera quality, like how the 820 trailed the 920 in 2012.
All of that is to say that while the 830 and 630 aren't the same, they're VERY close, like how the 820 and 920 were. The problem is that Microsoft is taking the 830, labeling it a flagship-level device, and throwing in low-end components. The 820 rivaled the 920 in 2012 because it had the same primary components at a lower price, while taking out the bells and whistles. Now, in 2014, Microsoft has murdered the 8xx line. The only reason the 830 won't be TOTALLY dead in the water is because the Icon/930 isn't widely available in the United States, meaning the less-informed WP users will get duped when the incompetent AT&T employees sell them the 830 as a step up from the 820, when its GPU is a significant downgrade, meaning all you get is screen pixels and a camera bump, at the expense of performance and wireless charging.
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