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Nokia Lumia |OT| Worth the Weight
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NeOak
Member
It's UK only.
The FUD around battery cycles is so silly.
All a fully discharge cycle does is recalibrate the phone's ability to estimate percentage. All it's doing is making the indicator read the charge more accurately.
SeaOfMadness
Member
Yes, but that's what is needed. Most people are freaking out about what the phone is telling them the battery is doing. If you read back, you'll see several people saying they had 0% left and still were able to use the phone. That's because it was probably more like 10% left and the calibration was off.
Most likely the battery is fine., You just have to ignore (or take with a heavy grain of salt) the percentage and time estimates for the first week or so.
Hell, when I reset the fuel economy estimate on my car, it'll tell me I can go 500 miles on a single tank. It gets more sane after I go through several tanks of gas.
Right.
You should probably calibrate your battery once, but doing it over and over again won't actually do anything. You're just being neurotic.
SnakeswithLasers
Member
Been using it for podcasts for the last hour. Now I'm down to 98% and 2 days remaining... There is definitely some fun calibration magic working at the moment.
Does anyone know how long the site will be up? I am planning on purchasing once the price drops and would like to claim a free charger!
SeaOfMadness
Member
I'd say twice is about right. I don't think anyone was suggesting it be done forever.
SeaOfMadness
Member
Mine lasted 28 hours from a full charge. This was after one calibration cycle. I just let it go till it died. I made sure I had a charger handy and it worked out that I was home for the evening when it died.
Castor Krieg
Banned
I'm on iPhone 3GS. as going to switch to Galaxy Note 2, but then I held it in my hand- yeah, not oing to happen. I see iPhone as being "faster, better, stronger", but similar experience. Same with Galaxy S3. Am I good for getting Lumia 920? Apps don't matter as much (I have an iPad for that), mainly looking for new experience with using phone + taking pictures and videos.
I think you would love the 920 then.
Anyone else noticing that the phone gets really hot on the top when web browsing for a while?
show me your skeleton
Member
guess that's where the processor is. mine got fairly hot yesterday whilst gaming but as an owner of a 2010 macbook pro, im used to a little heat
Sounds like it's exactly what you're looking for.
I also think Nokia should play up the low light capabilities even more. When I think about how many of my pictures were ruined/never taken because of darkness...
Good things happen at night, too.
brotkasten
Member
But think of all the secret features!
SnakeswithLasers
Member
I just joined the party from iPhone 4 (and I still have an iPad 2). I needed something new just for the hell of it and am enjoying this a lot.
From my impressions the Lumia/WP8 is a more solid communication device, while the iPhone is a more solid 'all-in-one' device. I'm really enjoying the integrated social networking stuff and the phone overall is some fun tech.
WP8 has some niggles though, but coming from a 3GS I don't think any of them will bother you for long. Your eyes will be joyfully blinded enough by the amazing display that you may forget whatever is bothering you.
Edit: Anyone else's Weather app acting stupid since the update? Mine isn't a 'Livetile' anymore at the smallest, which is a bummer.
There should be a Kid's Corner in the thread, too.
TheBryanJZX90
Member
Uh oh!
no idea if that picture worked or not (would be pretty cool if it did since I have only used my phone) but I went to bed with 80% battery and woke up with 16%!
no idea if that picture worked or not (would be pretty cool if it did since I have only used my phone) but I went to bed with 80% battery and woke up with 16%!
brotkasten
Member
Kid's Corner:
Bad at parenting?
Wanna shup up your ADD kids for 5 minutes?
Windows Phone is the right choice for you!
antiquegamer
Member
we can put all the freedom loving Android peeps in there, oh wait..
Anton Sugar
Member
Uh oh!
no idea if that picture worked or not (would be pretty cool if it did since I have only used my phone) but I went to bed with 80% battery and woke up with 16%!
Pic didn't work---try clicking "View original image" and then copy that URL.
Anton Sugar
Member
SUCCESS! I bought a no-commitment Lumia 920 and just scored a free wireless charger via ATT Chat Support.
Told them that I saw all pre-orders would get a wireless charger, and that the site still says they are being offered (eliminating possibility of "first-come-first-served/we're out of stock" arguments). After a short wait, the rep said it will be sent 30 days after the activation date of my phone, to ensure it's not returned.
Not as great as getting it with the pre-order, but I'll take it.
Told them that I saw all pre-orders would get a wireless charger, and that the site still says they are being offered (eliminating possibility of "first-come-first-served/we're out of stock" arguments). After a short wait, the rep said it will be sent 30 days after the activation date of my phone, to ensure it's not returned.
Not as great as getting it with the pre-order, but I'll take it.
I used one of these with my Evo and got some pretty great results! Nice to know I can still use them.
I have my Lumia 920 set to push email for both my corporate Exchange server and for gmail. I get quite a bit of email in both.
After browsing the web for a while and reading through some news feeds and twitter during my bus ride to work, a little bit of other stuff, and then having it sit otherwise unused for the ~5-6 hours since I woke up, my battery is now down to 80%. The phone estimates roughly 16-17 hours left.
After browsing the web for a while and reading through some news feeds and twitter during my bus ride to work, a little bit of other stuff, and then having it sit otherwise unused for the ~5-6 hours since I woke up, my battery is now down to 80%. The phone estimates roughly 16-17 hours left.
Wow any chance you could ask where he's getting a Cyan one from? I'm in the UK and as far as I was aware noones offering the Cyan one in the UK! I was thinking I'd have to settle with a black as I hate the glossy finish on the red/yellow (personally think it makes it look abit cheap and tacky).
Exchange 2010 SP1 - "As Items Arrive"
Gmail - "As Items Arrive"
Hotmail - "As Items Arrive"
NeOak
Member
3 Gmail accounts, 1 yahoo mail account, check every hour. I do have Skype set to available though.
Just beware that your first day using the Lumia might scare you from a battery perspective. For the most part though, it just takes a day or two and a couple full discharges/recharges for the battery meter to calibrate right.
Nokia Drive is a huge battery hog - if you use it, make sure to use Settings to outright kill it when you're done.
NFC is another culprit that can drain battery pretty significantly. Mines on and I haven't noticed anything terrible, but just something to keep in mind. If you don't need it, may as well keep it off.
Nokia Drive is a huge battery hog - if you use it, make sure to use Settings to outright kill it when you're done.
NFC is another culprit that can drain battery pretty significantly. Mines on and I haven't noticed anything terrible, but just something to keep in mind. If you don't need it, may as well keep it off.
SeaOfMadness
Member
FWIW, I've never turned mine off and have good battery life.
Really? He told me, that he is getting it with his new contract with one of the providers.
Strange. So there is no Cyan Lumia 920 in the UK?
The only providers in the UK selling it are EE, tmobile and orange - all of which are the same parent company (bloody exclusivity deal). None of them have Cyan
brotkasten
Member
It's only red, yellow, black and white in Europe for now.
SnakeswithLasers
Member
They need to patch that ish.
Time to upgrade to Whatsapp!!
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