I went from a 930 to 830. I think I've mentioned in other threads that the primary driver for me was lack of LTE. I really didn't think that would be a big deal, but as it turned out, it was. Mostly it is because I travel for work, and tether my surface to my phone. I had an electronic submittal that almost didn't get in because of it took forever to do on 4G.
So, the LTE was the key driver for me.
As for what I miss: everything. I think the 930 was the best phone I've ever had, and I wish more than anything I didn't have to give it up.
I like the 830 just fine, but the 930 was a true flagship. IMHO, one of the best phones you can buy, on any OS.
With the 830, you get glance, an SD card, and LTE. Those are all very good things.
With the 930, you get a fantastic screen, great speeds, great camera (though the 830 is very good also), and a sense that you've arrived.
I really love my 830, honestly do. But I fell in love with a gold/white 930 I ordered and set-up for someone. Spent a few days with it and did NOT want to give it up. However, as you said, no LTE. But after doing plenty of speed tests, I find that H+ is often just as fast, if not often faster because the network is less congested (I'm on T-Mobile). Only upload speeds were consistently a bit faster on LTE by my tests.
I'm tempted to get a gold 930 of my own considering I probably won't miss LTE. But do I give up LTE AND Glance? I'm also tempted to get a gold 830, but I'd have no LTE with that either. Decisions...
(820 > 830 except camera). Hilarious.
The LTE or EDGE with no H+ inbetween issue is really a T-Mo phenomena. I wouldn't worry about it on Cricket.
Since you like the 930 more I guess you can cancel out the gold 830 right away, since you like 930>830, the 930 comes in gold also, and they both have no LTE...
but what I need to know is, how can you tell from coverage maps where I will get a H signal when traveling? I don't wanna travel to another state and find that that area drops people without LTE down to edge..That's what I'm afraid of. ( I'm on cricket/ AT&T btw) So on the map if an area is colored to have LTE, does that mean the area automatically has a good H+ signal too?
I don't think it is as simple as 820>830
The 820 has the deeper blacks due to AMOLED, but the 830 has a more modern sized display ( 5+ is now pretty much the norm for smartphones nowadays, for good ones at least), along with a higher resolution. Also the 830 has IMO a better build quality, and is aesthetically more appealing, but that is just my opinion. Also the 830 will have better battery life.
So I think the 820vs830 phone fight is very much subjective more than one phone single handedly beating the other one brutally. It's about what the user finds more important
Just my 2 cents
...920 vs 830 is a fairer fight...
830 just beat out 928 as my backup.
If only the 830 had an amoled display and an APU that was an upgrade to the 820's I may well have considered it. Thing is, the best it brought above the 820 would have been the increased resolution but they gave it an APU with weaker vid power, undermining the extra res. Not an attractive equation for me. The 820 has the same APU at the same speed as the 920. The only Lumia upgrade to the 820 I could find at upgrade time (phablets excluded) was the 930. It certainly has proven to be a good choice.
I think the display is a matter of opinion. With a little tweaking in the settings a LCD screen can look just as good as amoled. Also the the 830 has a faster processor, bigger screen, and more features than any of the the original W8 phones.
I don't think it is as simple as 820>830
The 820 has the deeper blacks due to AMOLED, but the 830 has a more modern sized display ( 5+ is now pretty much the norm for smartphones nowadays, for good ones at least), along with a higher resolution. Also the 830 has IMO a better build quality, and is aesthetically more appealing, but that is just my opinion. Also the 830 will have better battery life.
So I think the 820vs830 phone fight is very much subjective more than one phone single handedly beating the other one brutally. It's about what the user finds more important
Just my 2 cents