Lumia 900 Available at AT&T Starting April 8th

[datalink7]

I've been considering looking into this phone. It seems like the overall impressions are good.

 

[swanysto]

Would this work with Tmobile if I got a tmobile sim card?

 

[VashHT]

Would this work with Tmobile if I got a tmobile sim card?

I don't think it comes unlocked but even if it was you could only get edge data on t-mobile.

 

[Bacstar]

If only 16gig storage and no options to add more, I guess I'll be skipping this phone. I was thinking of getting this to also double as my Zune player. Guess I'll have to wait til a Windows 8 phone gets released.

 

[Cheesemoo]

really want to upgrade my work phone to this, but the app prices are killing the idea of switching to WP7.

 

[Dominato3r]

Cool. I'm thinking about dumping my nexus s soon, WP7 looks like where i'm headed.

 

[quest55720]

If the 450 non contract price is true I will get one. The cheapest screen they could find to fix my focus s is 180 dollars plus repair costs. Might was well get a new phone for that kind of money. This time get a trade square warrenty.

 

[darkewaffle]

I'm stuck on Verizon but I'm really interested in getting a WP7 phone soon as they've got a decent one.

 

[dguy6789]

Thanks for that bit of blasting news

 

[Deeko]

Spam aside, I'm curious that a low end device would have 32GB, when the 800 and 900 only have 16.

 

[VashHT]

ATT is taking pre orders for it now, from what I've read if you pre-order it you'll get it on the 6th instead of the 8th.

 

[Deeko]

$50 at WalMart: http://www.wpcentral.com/pre-order-lumia-900-walmart-just-4999

 

[shortylickens]

I had the Lumia 800 and it was nice but nothing special.

EDIT: I sent it back and stuck with my HD7.

 

[kaerflog]

Man, if ATT can't sell tons of these, theres a problem.
Its even FREE for new customers.
Theres been report that the Lumia 710 for Tmo is selling really well so the 900 should also sell well.
I was just at the Tmobile store and I played with the Lumia 710 for a bit and the phone is super super snappy.
Just as quick as any dual core phone and not one bit of lag.
Its just that the METRO UI annoy the crap out of me.
Its just not aesthetically appealing to me.

 

[IamDavid]

I can't rave enough about WP7.5. I've never been a fanboy unit now lol.
I bought the Titan on release day and have since convinced at least 12 of my friends/coworkers to buy a windows phone.
I will be going with the 900 for sure, the titan is just to big.

 

[jcwagers]

Not sure if this would be helpful for anybody but I saw this a couple of minutes ago on Dailytech. It might be worth checking out for you folks who are looking into this phone.
My apologies if this has already been posted and this is a repost.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=24356

 

[QueBert]

Not sure if this would be helpful for anybody but I saw this a couple of minutes ago on Dailytech. It might be worth checking out for you folks who are looking into this phone.
My apologies if this has already been posted and this is a repost.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=24356

I have not seen this, the ETF is $325 so I could get this phone on Straighttalk for $325, that's too good to pass up.

Looking like I'll be ditching android.

 

[Xenon]

Free sounds like a good price point to me. This is very tempting. I've had a thunderbolt on Verizon on a 1 year contract since release and have held off on upgrading until the new round of phone releases.

Is it worth going from a thunderbolt to this or should I continue to wait for iphone 5/SGS3?

Or would I be better off with a galaxy nexus right now?

 

[PrayForDeath]

$450 off contract price is very impressive

 

[shabby]

$450 off contract price is very impressive

Not really seeing that its a single core and only has 512mb of ram, that's like galaxy s type of hardware which is over 1.5 years old.
If it was a dual core with 1gb of ram then that would be a nice price, but its not.

 

[shortylickens]

I can't rave enough about WP7.5. I've never been a fanboy unit now lol.
I bought the Titan on release day and have since convinced at least 12 of my friends/coworkers to buy a windows phone.
I will be going with the 900 for sure, the titan is just to big.

Fuck that.
TITAN 2!!!!

 

[kaerflog]

Not really seeing that its a single core and only has 512mb of ram, that's like galaxy s type of hardware which is over 1.5 years old.
If it was a dual core with 1gb of ram then that would be a nice price, but its not.

Maybe you should play with the phone first instead of playing specs.
WP7 need much less to be efficient.
The Lumia 900 has the same internals as the 710.
Go to a T-mobile store and play with it for a while and let us know if you experience any slowness.

 

[Deeko]

Not really seeing that its a single core and only has 512mb of ram, that's like galaxy s type of hardware which is over 1.5 years old.
If it was a dual core with 1gb of ram then that would be a nice price, but its not.

Well, the soc might be similar to that of the galaxy s, but there's more to a phones hardware than that. The 900 has a superior screen technology, LTE, a bigger battery, better built quality, likely better camera lenses...you're right, it is a single core processor, but there's really no point in getting into yet another "is it ok that windows phone isn't dual core" debates. The point is, much of the phone is very premium, and its been offered for a good price.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Not really seeing that its a single core and only has 512mb of ram, that's like galaxy s type of hardware which is over 1.5 years old.
If it was a dual core with 1gb of ram then that would be a nice price, but its not.

The problem is more recent Android phones have spurred this hardware war. To be honest, none of this really matters.

Probably very few of you remember, but back when people used to care about Nokia N-series phones and Sony Ericsson featurephones, we used to compare camera quality, and FM radio, Wifi availability, and all these features. No one cared if it had a dual core or a single core clocked at 200mhz. As long as the phone didn't lag 2 hours trying to check email, people were satisfied.

All that matters for these phones is that they're fast. The iPhone 4 feels ridiculously fast, and the 4s with its dual core 800mhz seems to smoke my 1.5ghz dual core TouchPad? Different OSes have different needs, and as long as this phone works fine then everyone is happy. The iPad 2 smokes everything already with its 512mb RAM for example. You *don't* need 1gb, but in the case of Android maybe.

 

[Puddle Jumper]

Fuck that.
TITAN 2!!!!

If anyone wanted a >4.5" phone with a 800x480 LCD and single core Snapdragon they probably bought a Dell Streak 2 years ago.

I can't believe they sold the Titan for the same price as the Galaxy S2, iPhone 4s and Lg Nitro that are all three literally several years more advanced. At least the Lumia 900 is priced in line with other mid range devices.