Lumia 900 Available at AT&T Starting April 8th

[N4g4rok]

Posted over at the Windows team blog. White version doesn't come out until the 22nd, supposedly.

Anyone else grabbing one of these? It will be nice if it stays under $100.

What's AT&T's LTE coverage looking like lately?

 

[Dominato3r]

Killer price: http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/26/2903028/nokia-lumia-900-att-april-8-99-99

 

[cronos]

They're selling it for $99.99
http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/26/2903028/nokia-lumia-900-att-april-8-99-99

I won't be getting a Windows Phone just yet, maybe the next iteration. I'm not interested in contract-price anyway though so this doesn't affect me personally, but I think this is a great price point.

edit: got beaten because I was typing too long.

 

[VashHT]

I'm thinking about getting one for my upgrade, I might get the One X instead or wait for the next iphone I haven't really decided yet.

If I do get it it definitely won't be the white one though, I prefer the matte look of the black/cyan over the glossy white.

 

[gsaldivar]

They're selling it for $99.99

With a 2-year contract.

 

[cronos]

With a 2-year contract.

Yup sadly enough people are always expecting all phone prices as 'with a 2-year contract' these days. As you can see above I'm not interested in contract pricing, so my next comment was going to be: Tell me about $300-$350 off contract price and maybe they'll get my attention.

 

[Red Storm]

Still no word of Verizon WP7 phones? Shame.

 

[dagamer34]

Still no word of Verizon WP7 phones? Shame.

AT&T has exclusivity on LTE phones until the middle of the year, and because Verizon is a bit PO-ed about that, they won't get any more Windows Phones until Windows Phone 8. This may end up being a good thing, since Nokia will likely be using the MSM8960, which should give much better LTE battery life.

Yup sadly enough people are always expecting all phone prices as 'with a 2-year contract' these days. As you can see above I'm not interested in contract pricing, so my next comment was going to be: Tell me about $300-$350 off contract price and maybe they'll get my attention.

Lumia 900 is $450 off contract. Source: http://www.wpcentral.com/contract-pricing-lumia-900-and-titan-ii

 

[Red Storm]

AT&T has exclusivity on LTE phones until the middle of the year, and because Verizon is a bit PO-ed about that, they won't get any more Windows Phones until Windows Phone 8. This may end up being a good thing, since Nokia will likely be using the MSM8960, which should give much better LTE battery life.

Wait you're telling me Microsoft - way down on the mobile OS totem pole - thought it was a good idea to give AT&T exclusivity and not have any new phones on the nation's largest carrier?

Why am I not surprised.

 

[Deeko]

Wait you're telling me Microsoft - way down on the mobile OS totem pole - thought it was a good idea to give AT&T exclusivity and not have any new phones on the nation's largest carrier?

Why am I not surprised.

Conversely, Verizon hasn't been very Windows Phone friendly, whereas AT&T has - so maybe AT&T said that the only way they'd make the Lumia 900 $99 is if they had that exclusive. Considering its very possible that even without the exclusivity, Verizon might not have released a phone anyway, it doesn't necessarily sound like a bad deal.

Anyway, $99 is a great deal. I'm still debating if I want to trade in my Lumia 800, though....

 

[cronos]

Lumia 900 is $450 off contract. Source: http://www.wpcentral.com/contract-pricing-lumia-900-and-titan-ii

Thanks. That's actually a really nice price point that would have gotten me in some kind of a dilemma if I'm actually looking for a new phone (a $350 wouldn't be a dilemma, as I would hit the submit order button really fast )

 

[Red Storm]

Conversely, Verizon hasn't been very Windows Phone friendly, whereas AT&T has - so maybe AT&T said that the only way they'd make the Lumia 900 $99 is if they had that exclusive. Considering its very possible that even without the exclusivity, Verizon might not have released a phone anyway, it doesn't necessarily sound like a bad deal.

Anyway, $99 is a great deal. I'm still debating if I want to trade in my Lumia 800, though....

Yeah I don't think Microsoft is entirely to blame, I'm sure Verizon is its usual un-cooperative self, but still, being in the position they are, MS should make it a priority to get their phones on every carrier.

 

[Oyeve]

Wait you're telling me Microsoft - way down on the mobile OS totem pole - thought it was a good idea to give AT&T exclusivity and not have any new phones on the nation's largest carrier?

Why am I not surprised.

Who the hell does MS think they are? Apple?


hehe.

 

[cronos]

Who the hell does MS think they are? Apple?


hehe.

Ooh you shouldn't have explained it

 

[gorcorps]

Huh... if I could get one cheap 2nd hand at some point I'd like to give WM7 a try.

 

[Cobalt]

Have had mine for about 5 days now. I like it a lot, my last Windows phone was the Surround and this one blows it out of the water. Battery life is pretty great though it doesn't get as much burn as my iPhone does.

 

[VashHT]

Have had mine for about 5 days now. I like it a lot, my last Windows phone was the Surround and this one blows it out of the water. Battery life is pretty great though it doesn't get as much burn as my iPhone does.

How'd you get yours early?

 

[N4g4rok]

Have had mine for about 5 days now. I like it a lot, my last Windows phone was the Surround and this one blows it out of the water. Battery life is pretty great though it doesn't get as much burn as my iPhone does.

I keep seeing mixed responses, does it support 32GB micro SD cards?

 

[Cobalt]

How'd you get yours early?

I'm an AT&T employee.

 

[Cobalt]

I keep seeing mixed responses, does it support 32GB micro SD cards?

No SD card support unfortunately. That's my only gripe, 16gb usually isn't enough for me but I've been using Spotify for my music more frequently which has been helping.

 

[QueBert]

$450 retail makes me interested, hopefully though if I wait until June or July I can get one off Craigslist for $200'ish.

 

[VashHT]

I'm an AT&T employee.

Oh that's cool, how does it compare to the iphone in terms of the camera and headphone quality?

 

[dagamer34]

I keep seeing mixed responses, does it support 32GB micro SD cards?

SD support should be coming in Windows Phone 8.

 

[Dominato3r]

Have had mine for about 5 days now. I like it a lot, my last Windows phone was the Surround and this one blows it out of the water. Battery life is pretty great though it doesn't get as much burn as my iPhone does.

How's the camera?

 

[Cobalt]

Oh that's cool, how does it compare to the iphone in terms of the camera and headphone quality?

Haven't used headphones in it yet. All of my music is on my iPhone and I only use headphones when I go to the gym. I'll sync some stuff on it tomorrow and use it and comment back. The camera is just decent IMO, the 4S camera is quite a bit better, especially in low light. It is very fast to take pictures though which is good.