I'm new to Windows Phone but not to the forums. I have been viewing as a guest and finally decided to officially join after I purchased my first windows phone yesterday.
I've been following this platform as long as it has been in existence. My fiancee had one of the first Windows Phones, the HTC surround and has had many more like the focus, Radar, and mostly all the major lumia devices. At the time, I was curious but not enough to leave Android and now apple.
Until yesterday. My iPhone 5 glitched out on me and it was time for a new phone so I decided I'd give windows a try. Most apps I need are already here or there are wonderful alternatives, so I am not to bothered for missing a game or two. It'll mean I may become a bit more useful in my time besides playing candy crush lol. I go to the store to purchase the Icon and I immediately get pushed towards apple/android products by my customer service helper. I make it clear, I am there for the Icon. My Fiancee is a huge fan of Lumia and I am blown away by the quality of their hardware and excellent camera and I've heard spectacular things about Nokia products.
I discover that the Icon is no longer being sold. The store was out of stock and would not be getting anymore. He then tried to push me towards a few android devices, but I was dead set on Windows Phone. So i winded up leaving with the HTC One M8 for Windows.
Beautiful device, Excellent hardware, and I enjoyed the speakers. But about 6 hours later, I found myself frustrated. It is a bit hot to touch for various activities as simple as Skype Calls. I am not a fan of how it feels in my hand for long periods of time and this camera....makes me long for my iPhone 5.
We had a dinner to celebrate my fiancee's promotion and while the pictures are passable enough, it was annoying. Having to retake several photos because it was grainy or not enough light so the photos were dark. Maybe good enough for instagram, but not something I'd want to send to my friends and save to Flickr, tumblr and my other social networks where I am used to having a great camera phone.
My Fiancee pulled out his Lumia 928, and the pictures blew me away with the quality and I was left disappointed with my phone. Aside from amazing speakers, I am left underwhelmed by this phone. I read that HTC has shaky support with windows phone and having been burned by HTC in the past, it makes me wary.
It's not a bad phone but I am just not immediately amazed with it as I expected. This is such a wonderful Operating system but I really wanted an Icon and I am left settling for this phone to experience Windows Phone.
I'm considering returning it. Will there be any other Windows Phone from Nokia released soon? Is the Samsung phone a good device? If not, I am contemplating getting the new note.
This is a very nice looking phone with nice speakers but I am not impressed beyond that :/
I've been following this platform as long as it has been in existence. My fiancee had one of the first Windows Phones, the HTC surround and has had many more like the focus, Radar, and mostly all the major lumia devices. At the time, I was curious but not enough to leave Android and now apple.
Until yesterday. My iPhone 5 glitched out on me and it was time for a new phone so I decided I'd give windows a try. Most apps I need are already here or there are wonderful alternatives, so I am not to bothered for missing a game or two. It'll mean I may become a bit more useful in my time besides playing candy crush lol. I go to the store to purchase the Icon and I immediately get pushed towards apple/android products by my customer service helper. I make it clear, I am there for the Icon. My Fiancee is a huge fan of Lumia and I am blown away by the quality of their hardware and excellent camera and I've heard spectacular things about Nokia products.
I discover that the Icon is no longer being sold. The store was out of stock and would not be getting anymore. He then tried to push me towards a few android devices, but I was dead set on Windows Phone. So i winded up leaving with the HTC One M8 for Windows.
Beautiful device, Excellent hardware, and I enjoyed the speakers. But about 6 hours later, I found myself frustrated. It is a bit hot to touch for various activities as simple as Skype Calls. I am not a fan of how it feels in my hand for long periods of time and this camera....makes me long for my iPhone 5.
We had a dinner to celebrate my fiancee's promotion and while the pictures are passable enough, it was annoying. Having to retake several photos because it was grainy or not enough light so the photos were dark. Maybe good enough for instagram, but not something I'd want to send to my friends and save to Flickr, tumblr and my other social networks where I am used to having a great camera phone.
My Fiancee pulled out his Lumia 928, and the pictures blew me away with the quality and I was left disappointed with my phone. Aside from amazing speakers, I am left underwhelmed by this phone. I read that HTC has shaky support with windows phone and having been burned by HTC in the past, it makes me wary.
It's not a bad phone but I am just not immediately amazed with it as I expected. This is such a wonderful Operating system but I really wanted an Icon and I am left settling for this phone to experience Windows Phone.
I'm considering returning it. Will there be any other Windows Phone from Nokia released soon? Is the Samsung phone a good device? If not, I am contemplating getting the new note.
This is a very nice looking phone with nice speakers but I am not impressed beyond that :/