Baconsammy
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Finally got rid of my iPhone contract and have zero interest in Android. Can you Win 8 Phone users fill me in on what my options for turn-by-turn/maps are? Loving the look of the 920.
"attention walmart shoppers: feature rich Nokia Lumia for $129 off contract !!!"
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campfireweekend
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Nokia's Here map and Drive (which allow you to download maps so they can be used offline) are both excellent. iirc, they're based on navteq's maps which range from solid to excellent depending on your country.
Speedy Blue Dude
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Anyone know if I can get this to work with Sprint? OR when this offer ends? I don't get my next Paycheck till next Thursday.
it's t-mobile locked. offer doesn't even say it's a sale, could be the regular price at WalMart.
It's CSM, sprint is CDMA, so it won't work. This is also the normal price, HSN was selling it for $150 a few weeks ago.
And unofficial Google Maps app, Gmaps Pro. Online only though.
VanMardigan
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What do these apps do? $100 over 6 months is shit, seems like I could just wash a few cars on one weekend instead.
campfireweekend
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For what you're doing its quite a lot. Just install sponsored apps and get points which you can then redeem for gift cards. Numbles can probably explain it better. I barely used it back when I was still on my iPhone 4.
For FreeMyApps, I just download an app and play it for 30 seconds. They only have 2-3 apps a week, so I get $1 or $2 a week. For Viggle, you just let it listen to what TV shows you're watching. I follow the NBA, so it also gives me points for playing Fantasy Basketball. It's not shit because I don't really need to do anything special.
And since I also have other devices, or access to family members devices, I've been able to rack up a lot of credits:
Edit: Actually, it's more been like 3-4 months. I bought the phone in late-January or early-February.
It's equally well priced in the UK. £105 on PAYG including a £10 top-up or it starts on contract for free for £7.50 a month but for that money you're only getting 175mins, 5000 texts and 250mb of data.
HSN has them too but they're charging $150 for it http://www.hsn.com/products/nokia-l...98-_-z28QRrYvEeKTZc621S3TyQ0_GVSX3_8zM_0_0-NA
I think most people actually want a "Good enough for what I need phone". It's just that most people aren't tech-savvy enough to know how well any device fits their needs and where exactly the trade-offs are. Additionally, contracts contribute to obfuscating the costs of the phones. And carriers as well as marketing push people to high-end devices.
Over the long run this will change dramatically. Think about PCs. The average selling price for Windows PCs is somewhere around $400 and most people would never even consider a more expensive device (unless it has an Apple on it; Mac ASP is at $1000+). Those cheap machines won't be replaced after two years either, but people expect them to work for a long time.
If someone buys a high-end phone they are happy with and two years later even the cheap models are superior to that phone, at some point they might question whether they really want to spend $600+ for the next phone.
At some point, people won't continue to buy a new $600+ phone every two years.
The Abominable Snowman
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This needs a commercial.
A new cheap WP option is sure to at least turn a few heads.
A new cheap WP option is sure to at least turn a few heads.
I quite like the description of other Android phones by The Register at this price point being 'landfill Android' phones. Nokia and Microsoft should steal that for their marketing of the 520.
Yes. I had a Lumia 920 for 1 week, and got completely bored with the OS/apps. Live tiles are kind of a joke, and only being able to switch between tiles and all apps was too limited. Give me widgets, multiple home screens, launcher options, etc. any day. Even if it's on Gingerbread.
waze has announced a beta for windows phone, loved that app on ios, should hit WP soon. Nokia's stuff is really good too.
This is my third day using the 521 as my only phone.
Preliminary conclusion - the hardware is the best $130 - $200 GSM phone ever made. But...sadly Windows Phone is iOS without apps.
It's locked down, it's inefficient. Everything I want to do on a phone I can do the same speed or faster on Android. Sure the interface might be smoother on WP. But what takes time in using a modern smartphone is the number of taps or swipes it takes to do something, not how many FPS the interface runs at. And in WP I very often have to tap or swipe more to accomplish the same thing compared to Android.
It's too bad Android phones in this price range have garbage hardware and even more garbage software implementations and support. If you have to buy new, this could be your best choice. If not, just get a decent Android handset used.
Preliminary conclusion - the hardware is the best $130 - $200 GSM phone ever made. But...sadly Windows Phone is iOS without apps.
It's locked down, it's inefficient. Everything I want to do on a phone I can do the same speed or faster on Android. Sure the interface might be smoother on WP. But what takes time in using a modern smartphone is the number of taps or swipes it takes to do something, not how many FPS the interface runs at. And in WP I very often have to tap or swipe more to accomplish the same thing compared to Android.
It's too bad Android phones in this price range have garbage hardware and even more garbage software implementations and support. If you have to buy new, this could be your best choice. If not, just get a decent Android handset used.
rudieboy77
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I have a Zune HD is the UI on this phone like that? From the OPs pictures it looks similar.
If any of you out there bought the Lumia 521 there is an update for it now that enables WiFi calling
http://www.wpcentral.com/psa-update-your-nokia-lumia-521-today-get-wi-fi-calling
http://www.wpcentral.com/psa-update-your-nokia-lumia-521-today-get-wi-fi-calling
Cross posting from the WP8 thread, 520 is available for $80 for the next 90 mins 50 minutes
http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&linkCode=ur2&tag=alig0d0-20
http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&linkCode=ur2&tag=alig0d0-20
Only 52 minutes left!
Didn't take long for them to all sell out.
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