So I've just picked up a Nokia Lumia 920 to try out for a few days with a view to possibly buying a WP8 phone as a personal upgrade in the next few weeks. I'm coming from a background of being an Android user for the last few years but have also tried/owned virtually every iPhone (and just dont like them).
The phone itself is ok but it's format is not for me. Too heavy, thick and not an ergonomic shape, so feels really big and awkward in the hand. My current phone is a Nexus 4 which is pretty similar in size but feels much better in the in hand.
My real issue though is the OS, what drew me to WP8 was the look of the tile based system and it's clean look but in practice it just doesn't work. Compared to Android it just takes to long to do anything or get the infomation you want. EG. So far I've not found a way to speed dial my favorite contacts or even access quickly my favorite contacts. When I unlock the phone I want to see the weather and news headlines but there's no one tile for this. In fact I've not found any tile that can display news headlines.
Then there is the woeful state of of the OS itself. Podcasts, I listen to podcasts virtually all day long and one of the features WP8 was the supposedly inbuilt support of podcasts so I was really looking forward to trying out. Except I cant really because the ability to search for podcasts on devices is not functioning if you live outside of the U.S.!!!! Ok the work around for this is to import them via iTunes on your PC (the irony of this is ridiculous). Except that the MS software to do this is so bloody bug ridden that it crashes every time you try & sync with iTunes. And apparently its been like this since Nov last year!!! The 3rd party app I'm forced to use can only find a fraction of the podcasts i listen too and if I import them directly then the phone sees them as music not podcasts so they're difficult to find.
I could keep going on about the annoyances of the phone and OS but I think you may get the idea. The only other down side I'd mention is the poor battery life when in standby.
On the plus side the WP8 GUI is very clean compared to Android and social network integration is very, very good. E.G. When you go to Photo, Albums not only does it show albums on the phone but also all the ones from Facebook, Drive, Sky Drive et all which is neat touch. The facebook and twitter clients are the best i've used but these pluses are let down by the buggy OS and real lack of a decent selection of apps.
I'll persevere with the phone for another couple of days but so far I dont think I'll be making the switch any time soon. And if I did I think I'd go for the Lumia 820 or Samsung Ativ S rather than the 920.


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