The most hilarious part about this is that att is the most flexible carrier, b/c of their network bands. Still a sad situation
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The most hilarious part about this is that att is the most flexible carrier, b/c of their network bands. Still a sad situation
yes I meant Ativ S
He also did a sit-down with Wired. He's been everywhere today. That's what happens when a once proud company has to fight for its life. Remember when MS/Nokia where the complacent bullies and Apple was the one pushing the envelope on tech and software? What a difference 5 years make.
Also, my wife wants me to get a Cyan Lumia so that we have matching color on our phones......
Do it, I think she's crazy and insane. I can see it in the eyes.
HollovVpo1nt
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Don't do it. It's an excuse to browse your phone and find out about all your bitches. "Sorry I thought it was my phone, wait who is this and what is she do.. where's she gonna put th... OH MY GOD"
yeah no
yeah no
The 920 is ATT exclusive? I do not, in any way understand why? Is there any word on HTC phones? If HTC/Samsung's phone/s are on all carriers then HTC and Samsung will probably end up with the lions share of device sales. I don't fucking understand anything Nokia does anymore.
brotkasten
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European carriers subsidize and lock phones down just like anyone else. The difference is that they all use the same bands, so when you buy a phone unlocked, it works pretty much on every carrier.
I think it only was half of Nokia's choice, they needed a carrier, so to say.
Australian carriers are sometimes different, but the 920 will work on all of them. My last three phones have all been off contract - a little more expensive but it means I get to go on cheaper plans and can switch carriers on a whim.
I'll probably import from England like I did my GS2.
SpoonyBard
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Hmm, this Xpress browser (beta) is pretty sluggish in rendering compared to IE, but it's nice to have options. It would also be nice if the browsers shared their bookmarks...
brotkasten
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Buting phones off contract is always an option, from what I can tell.
Damon Bennet
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dont you have the choice to do both? I think you can buy subsidized phones in most of europe, but the handsets are all available without contract.
Funky Papa
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Subsidized phones are common, Unknown Soldier is talking crazy.
Yup hes smoking something, subsidized phones are the norm here
It was expected, but since I'm on Rogers it doesn't matter to me.
brotkasten
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Please don't destroy his illusion of the open and free Europe.
antiquegamer
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I assume Rogers is just as hated in Canada as At&t?
Frustrated_me
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Talk about being disappointed.
I'm willing to bet there is a good number of people who are buying these phones not just because the hardware is awesome, but because of the colors as well. So someone please explain to me why is the CYAN & the YELLOW models are online exclusive? Why not have them present at the retail stores to promote the different colors?
I'm not even going to venture into the whole carrier exclusivity stuff, at&t pushed the 900 but clearly wasn't enough. Why not just release the damn thing on as much carriers as possible? Why let your bread & butter be in the hands of a carrier that doesn't really care. You take the marketing hit, Nokia is clearly capable of being really creative anyways.
Rogers just announced they will have the black color. Great! Rogers has the black color. Why not mention anything about the other colors? Le sigh.. I waited months to get the Cyan 900 with Rogers, they never had it in stock after the initial launch week, and now they dont even announce different 920 colors?
It's the whole 900 launch all over again, remember them launching on a holiday? When every store was closed? All that hype, build-up, momentum and poof - stores are closed. This launch is kinda reminiscent, all this hype and poof bad news after bad news as launch nears.
Bone for tuna Nokia.
I'm willing to bet there is a good number of people who are buying these phones not just because the hardware is awesome, but because of the colors as well. So someone please explain to me why is the CYAN & the YELLOW models are online exclusive? Why not have them present at the retail stores to promote the different colors?
I'm not even going to venture into the whole carrier exclusivity stuff, at&t pushed the 900 but clearly wasn't enough. Why not just release the damn thing on as much carriers as possible? Why let your bread & butter be in the hands of a carrier that doesn't really care. You take the marketing hit, Nokia is clearly capable of being really creative anyways.
Rogers just announced they will have the black color. Great! Rogers has the black color. Why not mention anything about the other colors? Le sigh.. I waited months to get the Cyan 900 with Rogers, they never had it in stock after the initial launch week, and now they dont even announce different 920 colors?
It's the whole 900 launch all over again, remember them launching on a holiday? When every store was closed? All that hype, build-up, momentum and poof - stores are closed. This launch is kinda reminiscent, all this hype and poof bad news after bad news as launch nears.
Bone for tuna Nokia.
brotkasten
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Regarding the exclusivity:
http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/23/3177064/nokia-windows-phone-8-carrier-exclusives-rumor
Cute Dragon Here
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Do you think it's Nokia or other carriers? Or AT&T not allowing it (unless a versioning loophole is used, if the rumoured "*22" phones do exist)?
Frustrated_me
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It's Microsoft's biggest month in like the past 10-15 years, Microsoft hopes they have the discussion.
jossueinacoma
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OKtobersoft Fest!
Beaten but no.
In France a carrier is required by law to unlock a phone for free after six months, or for a fee anytime during the first six months (but they an't refuse to unlock it). So it is a bit more open and free than the US. I love this country but our infrastructure especially in terms of internet and cell phone service providers is so fucked up
Dammit, why didn't I think of that one.
edit: yeah I though the same, but it's just the lighting, look at the edge on the right, it's glossy.
Microctobersoft.
Cute Dragon Here
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this att yellow does not look glossy
The more I look at these phones, the more I wonder, "why did colourful phones went out of style?".
It's simple. Because of the iPhone.
My first mobile phone was a Nokia, and it was blue. And awesome.
NeOak
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this att yellow does not look glossy
Is the AT&T red 920 glossy?
Cute Dragon Here
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My Lumia 900 is actually black. >.< I needed colours, though, but carriers >.< I went with a cover to compensate for it.
Both the yellow and the red 920s are glossy, as well as the white one. Black, gray, and cyan aren't.
NeOak
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I know, but that yellow one in the pic doesn't look glossy.
lastflowers
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I believe so.
Glossy sticks to your hand more than the matte, which seems pretty useful during long usage or phone calls.
HollovVpo1nt
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this att yellow does not look glossy
But it is glossy. Look at the right side of the phone. You can clearly see the shine. The angle and clean'ness makes it look matte.
Anton Sugar
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Sorry to burst your bubble, but if you look along the right side of the yellow 920, you can see a glare from the gloss coat
EDIT: Beaten.
HollovVpo1nt
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Ask me about the GAF Notebook
To be fair everyone else already released their stuff last month. Now that Amazon, Apple, Barnes etc... all had their events with product releases the only thing left to really talk about is MS especially with all quiet on the Google front Nexus wise. Meanwhile MS has a ton of shit incoming.
Going to have to decide how important colour is to me. I was pretty disappointed the 900 came Rogers only in black with cyan to come months later as an afterthought. Rogers really pisses me off. They couldn't at least get red?? It is colour of your fucking logo.
I may switch to Telus if they get the 8x in other colours.
I may switch to Telus if they get the 8x in other colours.
I dont know if this is the right thread for this, but I've had an issue with the chat functionality with my Lumia 800 all day, it won't connect. I still get the peoples feed from Facebook fine and everything, but I can't get online on Facebook/MSN chat.
I've tried all the tips I could find. Resets, power saving on/off, connecting accounts in live.com.. You name it. Tried it.
Is this a wider issue or is something fubar with my phone?
I've tried all the tips I could find. Resets, power saving on/off, connecting accounts in live.com.. You name it. Tried it.
Is this a wider issue or is something fubar with my phone?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?annota...&feature=iv&src_vid=D7N6YcthFaI&v=Cj-1bHcuFvg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=D7N6YcthFaI
do we have any french people in here?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=D7N6YcthFaI
do we have any french people in here?
Cute Dragon Here
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Have you checked whether it's actually a network issue? Try using some other connection than your usual. Be it Wi-Fi or borrowing someone else's SIM...
That happened to me too sometimes. Today I haven't had any problems, though.
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