I dont think Xbox Music handles anything dwvice related. There will be a Metro WP8 companion app that might handle that. We haven't seen much other than some linked screens though.
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I dont think Xbox Music handles anything dwvice related. There will be a Metro WP8 companion app that might handle that. We haven't seen much other than some linked screens though.
brotkasten
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AT&T pre-orders up at Best Buy.
Lumia 920:
$149.00 w/new contract
$599.00 unactivated
HTC Windows Phone 8X
$99.99 w/new contract
$599.00 unactivated
No shipping date yet.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchp...050001##0##1&list=y&usc=All+Categories&nrp=15
Lumia 920:
$149.00 w/new contract
$599.00 unactivated
HTC Windows Phone 8X
$99.99 w/new contract
$599.00 unactivated
No shipping date yet.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchp...050001##0##1&list=y&usc=All+Categories&nrp=15
Wait so Nokia is an exclusive yet receives less subsidy than HTC? /cynical
Hmm. To wait for AT&T or go with this now???
LukasTaves
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Unactivated means off contract?
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Yikes, $600 is too rich for my blood. 
How is it less subsidy? The Lumia 920 is worth at least $100 (and probably closer to $150) more than the 8X but there is only a $50 difference in price.
Edit: My bad, i should keep off NeoGAF while on the treadmill
Both are $600 unsubsidized.
Haha, you're right. Don't know how I missed that. I'd still argue that there is some degree of subsidy built into the off-contract price though. These devices are pretty much locked to the carrier after all.
Ugh, and WTF at that being the 8 gig version of the 8X, not the 16. Something definitely weird here.
Yikes, $600 is too rich for my blood.
Dunno, what did you guys expect after these international prices?
brotkasten
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I'd say so, yes.
Yikes, $600 is too rich for my blood.
What did you expect? Can't you just save up for another month?
Which makes the 8X more expensive than expected.
more pricing revealed here
http://negrielectronics.com/phones/windows-phone-7.html#p=1&gan_data=true
ativ s $689 unlocked 32gb, $589 unlocked 16gb
htc 8S unlocked $312
htc 8X unlocked $554
nokia 820 unlocked $598
nokia 920 unlocked $698
nothing really surprising except the extremely low price of the 8S. it should be a very popular phone and most likely free on a new contract.
edit: looks like the 8S unlocked version doesn't have t-mobile usa 3g bands.
http://negrielectronics.com/phones/windows-phone-7.html#p=1&gan_data=true
ativ s $689 unlocked 32gb, $589 unlocked 16gb
htc 8S unlocked $312
htc 8X unlocked $554
nokia 820 unlocked $598
nokia 920 unlocked $698
nothing really surprising except the extremely low price of the 8S. it should be a very popular phone and most likely free on a new contract.
edit: looks like the 8S unlocked version doesn't have t-mobile usa 3g bands.
820 and Ativ S both seem overly pricey to me.
they're adding about a $100 mark up for all phones for being unlocked. hmmm, which makes the 8S pricing even more attractive considering it could be priced even less for the carrier locked version. seriously thinking about the 8S as a "temp" phone until t-mobile refarms some 1900mhz towers in my area.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Man, I need a plan B in a hurry. $600 for a phone is hard to justify, $500 was my cap. I think my upgrade is next May or so. ugh.
You'll make it up when you sell your old phone. Wait for AT&T it's possible it'll be cheaper. I told you to expect $650
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
You'll make it up when you sell your old phone. Wait for AT&T it's possible it'll be cheaper. I told you to expect $650
Yeah, I have a $200 offer for my phone, plus $300 cash that I saved. Can I just sell some crap or save another $100? Sure? Should I? I don't know, I have to really think about that.
I may just flip my phone for a 900 or a Galaxy Nexus, then use the cash I saved for a laptop or something.
Yikes, $600 is too rich for my blood.
Thats a bargain compared to what it costs in Norway. I say go for it!
No way I'd get rid of my 900 for a Nexus
I got through the entire checkout process for a cyan 920 at Best Buy except for the very last step where it said I wasn't eligible for an upgrade even though it said I was very early in the process. It kicked me back saying that I could only replace my phone for the 600.
Took about 2 mins to scroll through the bullshit tiny window they had for the agreement on my iPad and had my payment and address info entered too. Will wait for AT&T now.
Took about 2 mins to scroll through the bullshit tiny window they had for the agreement on my iPad and had my payment and address info entered too. Will wait for AT&T now.
Yes
No clue
It is, as in you have to purchase those two colors online. They aren't putting a restriction on which websites from the looks of it.
brotkasten
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It's not like anything of value was lost. Some of the free apps in the first 2 months were nice, but that's all they ever had. The rest was just crap.
Yeah there wasn't really anything in it that I used bar occasionally the panorama app for the camera. Wonder if this signals their complete pull-out from Windows Phone if they've removed their own section of the marketplace.
It's still up on the Canadian marketplace but there's nothing worth downloading
Cheers, weird that it's gone over here in the UK.
Wow. I'm not paying over $600 for a cell phone only for it to be locked and have ugly carrier branding. What the fuck Nokia.
Is there any unlocked option in the US? Or am I SOL?
Unknown Soldier
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There are online stores which sell imported International phones. You can probably look on Amazon for a third-party seller too. If the 920 really is penta-band it won't be a problem on AT&T. You don't get LTE that way though, not that AT&T actually has an LTE network most people can use. /snicker
Those are pretty typical unsubsidized phone prices. I just wonder how much Verizon is going to try and rape me for an unsubsidized Galaxy Note II when it finally launches.
Yikes, $600 is too rich for my blood.
Those are pretty typical unsubsidized phone prices. I just wonder how much Verizon is going to try and rape me for an unsubsidized Galaxy Note II when it finally launches.
They brought LTE to pretty much every city I travel to so I'm satisfied.
Hmm BB took out the Lumia preorders and now only the 8X is showing.
Hopefully this is a good sign and not bad. And/or, not Best Buy screwing things up again.
All I know is that I better wake up and it's up on AT&T
Go with the 920. Nokia needs you more
Well, if desperation of the company is the deciding factor maybe we should be talking him into a BB10 device.
Unknown Soldier
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Go with the 920. Nokia needs you more
Contrary to popular opinion, big multinational corporations don't 'need' any of us.
save my country's economyWell, if desperation of the company is the deciding factor maybe we should be talking him into a BB10 device.
buy blackberry
fuck nokia they're closing down their canadian office anyway
Should be in the op of every thread on GAF.
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