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This is a personal subjective review, so I won’t try to be objective 
Background for buying a smart phone
This is my first smartphone (and I’ve never been into cell phones) ever so I only have very limited experience with iOS and android, and therefore I don’t have any special apps I need. On the other hand I use office and Skydrive a lot in my work, so that’s some “apps” I really would like to keep. The reasons I finally decided to buy a smart phone are: My pocket camera got stolen last summer, so I needed a new one and my ipod nano ended up in my washing machine, so I also needed a new one, so my thought was now is the time to get a smart phone. While Apple makes some spectacular devices, I’ve never really liked company and hype around it, and the Android devices I’ve seen feels very bland. They have all the right specs, but they just feel “soulless”. I’ve been lurking on the windows phone, but for a long time the OS has gotten horrid reviews, so with the arrival of windows 8 + windows phone 8, I could finally see a mobile ecosystem that met my needs. Since it was going to replace my pocket camera I wanted the best camera, Lumia 920 soon was on my shortlist. The other phones I considered was the HTX 8X and Lumia 820. The Nokia apps swayed me to go for a Nokia phone and the best camera was the 920. The only concern was the weight but that was something I was willing to live with. So I bought the yellow 920 as I like colors.
Impressions
Looks and feel:
I think it’s a really good looking phone and it fits my hand fine, but it’s a bit heavy. While it’s made of polycarbonate (a fancy word for plastic), it feels really solid and well built.
Camera:
I’ve never been that impressed with mobile cameras, and I’m not blown away by the lumia 920 camera. It’s probably a really good mobile camera, but I’m spoiled by using a Nikon D5000/D5100 as primary camera for the last couple of years and they are just not in the same league. The good thing is of course that I have the Lumia 920 with me all the time. I haven’t really played that much with the camera, and there should be an update on the way that would increase sharpness of pictures. Maybe I just need to play with it some more.
Sample pics:
https://skydrive.live.com/embed?cid...91768BA63C166C2B!3537&authkey=AEd4z_bvN-Hk8U0
Music and podcasts:
It was very easy to transfer my mp3’s to my phone, and I always listen to albums, so I don’t need to make playlists. It works fine as a mp3 player. I didn’t like the ear phones shipping with the lumia, but I have my own I use so that’s no problem. I listen to a lot of podcasts from Danish Radio, and I used itunes to sync to my ipod nano. I tried different apps, and ended up buying podcatcher (my first bought app) as it would auto download new podcasts to the phone when they became available, and the phone is on a wi-fi network. For some reason the phone needs to be attached to an external power supply while doing so, which is a wp8 requirement I find pretty stupid. This should be optional.
Browsing:
I use UC browser as my primary and IE as secondary, but I would REALLY like firefox for wp8 . My biggest problem is learning to use a touch screen and hitting the correct letters and links. I’m really slow compared to using a PC…
Wp8:
After getting used to a new OS, the tiles and live tiles and how you arrange everything, multi task, I find that it is pretty logical and works really well is, and I don’t get any surprises. I haven’t experienced any crashes or freezing or similar.
Battery and connection:
Can’t really comment on, since I’ve been at home most of the weekend and never been far away from a charger. I use SHORTKUTS app to place a wi-fi on/off live tile on the front. It doesn’t always show correctly if wi-fi is on or off though.
Overall I’ve been really happy with the phone and I am pretty sure I made the right decision getting the Lumia 920.
Background for buying a smart phone
This is my first smartphone (and I’ve never been into cell phones) ever so I only have very limited experience with iOS and android, and therefore I don’t have any special apps I need. On the other hand I use office and Skydrive a lot in my work, so that’s some “apps” I really would like to keep. The reasons I finally decided to buy a smart phone are: My pocket camera got stolen last summer, so I needed a new one and my ipod nano ended up in my washing machine, so I also needed a new one, so my thought was now is the time to get a smart phone. While Apple makes some spectacular devices, I’ve never really liked company and hype around it, and the Android devices I’ve seen feels very bland. They have all the right specs, but they just feel “soulless”. I’ve been lurking on the windows phone, but for a long time the OS has gotten horrid reviews, so with the arrival of windows 8 + windows phone 8, I could finally see a mobile ecosystem that met my needs. Since it was going to replace my pocket camera I wanted the best camera, Lumia 920 soon was on my shortlist. The other phones I considered was the HTX 8X and Lumia 820. The Nokia apps swayed me to go for a Nokia phone and the best camera was the 920. The only concern was the weight but that was something I was willing to live with. So I bought the yellow 920 as I like colors.
Impressions
Looks and feel:
I think it’s a really good looking phone and it fits my hand fine, but it’s a bit heavy. While it’s made of polycarbonate (a fancy word for plastic), it feels really solid and well built.
Camera:
I’ve never been that impressed with mobile cameras, and I’m not blown away by the lumia 920 camera. It’s probably a really good mobile camera, but I’m spoiled by using a Nikon D5000/D5100 as primary camera for the last couple of years and they are just not in the same league. The good thing is of course that I have the Lumia 920 with me all the time. I haven’t really played that much with the camera, and there should be an update on the way that would increase sharpness of pictures. Maybe I just need to play with it some more.
Sample pics:
https://skydrive.live.com/embed?cid...91768BA63C166C2B!3537&authkey=AEd4z_bvN-Hk8U0
Music and podcasts:
It was very easy to transfer my mp3’s to my phone, and I always listen to albums, so I don’t need to make playlists. It works fine as a mp3 player. I didn’t like the ear phones shipping with the lumia, but I have my own I use so that’s no problem. I listen to a lot of podcasts from Danish Radio, and I used itunes to sync to my ipod nano. I tried different apps, and ended up buying podcatcher (my first bought app) as it would auto download new podcasts to the phone when they became available, and the phone is on a wi-fi network. For some reason the phone needs to be attached to an external power supply while doing so, which is a wp8 requirement I find pretty stupid. This should be optional.
Browsing:
I use UC browser as my primary and IE as secondary, but I would REALLY like firefox for wp8 . My biggest problem is learning to use a touch screen and hitting the correct letters and links. I’m really slow compared to using a PC…
Wp8:
After getting used to a new OS, the tiles and live tiles and how you arrange everything, multi task, I find that it is pretty logical and works really well is, and I don’t get any surprises. I haven’t experienced any crashes or freezing or similar.
Battery and connection:
Can’t really comment on, since I’ve been at home most of the weekend and never been far away from a charger. I use SHORTKUTS app to place a wi-fi on/off live tile on the front. It doesn’t always show correctly if wi-fi is on or off though.
Overall I’ve been really happy with the phone and I am pretty sure I made the right decision getting the Lumia 920.
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