Anton Sugar
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Prototype factory parts.
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Windows Phone 8.1 |OT| Update 1
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Prototype factory parts.
Anton Sugar
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Checking teh pixels for shoops.
Definitely not a 1520 from the holes. Right now I want a phone so bad. I only keep the 1520 because of the speed, battery life, and sqreen. I'd kill for a 5-5.5 inch 1030 with Snapdragon 805, WP8.1 and Denim firmware.
theDeeDubs
Member
Got my Icon in earlier than expected. Loving this phone so far. Apparently I bought the first WP that had been sold by my Verizon store according to their manager lol. I've gone Blackberry>Android>iPhone>WP on my last four phones so it's been an interesting change each upgrade.
Anton Sugar
Member
brotkasten
Member
How hard was it to explain that you wanted a Windows Phone?
brotkasten
Member
I'm using my Lumia again and still no Cyan for me. Meh.
theDeeDubs
Member
I made the mistake of asking if they had any screen guards that fit as I was leaving. It started it all back up I think.
Camera definitely seems like an upgrade so far. Loving the phone. Verizon just needs to get 8.1 out now.
Aww
My battery got better with cyan
I'm gonna have to settle for an 830 until next year
? 930 is closer than that. 930/icon is basically a 1520 in a smaller body. 5" 1080p, 20MP OIS camera with raw support, will have denim, supports miracast etc.
n64coder
Member
I just tried and have no issues with Explorer. I'm running 8.1 DP on the phone and 8.1 desktop. I was able browse all of the folders (documents, photos, ringtones, etc) just fine.
Same here.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
Xbox Music still won't recognize my new albums. ModernMusic did the trick. It works sooo much better, even if it fails to recognize some cover art.
Which format? It takes a while for music in AAC to show up on Xbox Music but it does eventually.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
Plain ol MP3.
Live folders are a Update 1 thing, so to get them back you'd probably have to restore again after installing DP for Update 1 to retrieve your backup (without overwriting it when doing WP8/8.1)
Anton Sugar
Member
ATT. Thanks for kicking me while I'm down.
I have been drooling over the 930 for months now
To not overwrite the backup, is that where it is advisable to sign in with a different account until you have updated all the way to 8.1 Update 1, and then reset the phone and sign in with the correct MS account?
No idea if that is necessary, it seems like itd be a sure fire way to prevent it though
ATT. Thanks for kicking me while I'm down.
I have been drooling over the 930 for months now
can't live without LTE?
ATT. Thanks for kicking me while I'm down.
I have been drooling over the 930 for months now
Yup
Wish o had some cash so I could just buy it outright from this place in Canada.
Well, it won't run on Telus' LTE so that kills that idea. Back to hoping for an 830 release.
Opus Angelorum
Member
Has anyone bought a 930 that has came from a 920?
brotkasten
Member
You don't announce good things on a Friday.
Anton Sugar
Member
Wait, are you saying there's a way to get a 930 that works on ATT, just sans LTE?
brotkasten
Member
GTA V launch date?
PC version delayed to January 27.
Random suggestion time:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DGJJNVO/?tag=neogaf0e-20
This is an awesome little portable charger. Enough capacity to fully recharge my phone twice, and it's portable enough that it fits in a bag without you realizing it's there. Also charges fairly fast at 1A output. Super cheap too.
Pretty much saved me during PAX when the signal was terrible all day draining my battery very fast. And it works with any USB device.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DGJJNVO/?tag=neogaf0e-20
This is an awesome little portable charger. Enough capacity to fully recharge my phone twice, and it's portable enough that it fits in a bag without you realizing it's there. Also charges fairly fast at 1A output. Super cheap too.
Pretty much saved me during PAX when the signal was terrible all day draining my battery very fast. And it works with any USB device.
Anton Sugar
Member
Cheers, just ordered one.
Thinking more about it. I could probably live with 4G HSPA+ which is supposed to reach 21mbps
The 930 is $630 on expansys
A nice detail about it for me is that it comes with a really short USB cable that's micro on one side and full-sized on the other. So the same cable can be used to charge my phone as can be used to charge the device itself - just reverse the cable.
n64coder
Member
How long does the battery last if you don't use it? I mean, if you charge it, does it have enough juice to charge the phone twice 2 weeks from now?
Steelyuhas
Member
Yeah I've noticed some friends and coworkers with these recently. I'm not in huge need thanks to the large 1520 battery, but at that price I'll probably get one anyway.
I can't really say yet. Most I've gone is 4-5 days in which it didn't lose capacity at all.
It should work on 3G I think. You'd need to double check the bands but I think it works. Wouldn't a Canadian one work with 4G (North America should all be the same bands)
Yes. What do you want to know?
On the latest software, if you swipe down for the notifications, it shows you the percentage. Otherwise I use the 'battery' app which lets you have a live tile with percentage (tucked away in a live folder if you want it small)
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
I thought about it a lot and ultimately decided against it. I have LTE just about everywhere I go, I don't want to give that up just because ms are being dicks and won't put out a compatible NA version.
Opus Angelorum
Member
Worth moving too? Specifically the screen and camera.
I'd say yes with caveats. The combination of 8.1 and the 930 feels more 'right' than it did with the 920, but that is hard to put a finger on.
The screen is better but not massively so. The larger size is good (the phone feels about the same size - I should out them together to compare). Sunlight readability is still good (great feature). It has double tap to wake but not glance model which I definitely miss but I'm managing. 1080p plus the slightly larger screen helps with three column layouts, but be aware that you're forced to use three columns - of the 920 I could choose but not on the higher res screen.
Camera is great but I haven't used it in anger yet. The living images are interesting (takes about a second of video before you press the shutter so it's like a wired Harry potter photo) but you can't view them in the gallery, only in the camera app.
Overall it feels a solid step up from the 920.
Opus Angelorum
Member
Cheers, I really like the 3 column layout but found some of the live tile text to be too small for the resolution.
What colour did you go for? And how is the battery life, similar?
What colour did you go for? And how is the battery life, similar?
And just like that all my fears of refurbished purchases just came true. The 1520 arrived but the OIS was not happy with the journey. If I could get any decent pictures of the thing is consider dealing with it. Now to figure out the eBay seller's convoluted return/exchange process.
Sigh...
I do know that for me the size of the 1520 is perfect. Love it, want a working one so so bad.
Sigh...
I do know that for me the size of the 1520 is perfect. Love it, want a working one so so bad.