The Official Nokia Lumia 920 Thread

Glaucus · 30 Oct 2012 at 21:26

[RXP]Andy;23068751 said:
God knows..... Who's every idea it was needs to loose there job.

I can't believe how much bad press EE are getting over there new network.

Really?
No 3G contracts, all 4g despite most people not having a chance of connecting to it and even if they live in the area then as soon as they leave the city they can't get 4g, advertised it for streaming video, but then don't have the limits to do it.

Seem to be forcing or at least bullying people off orange/t-mobile and on to EE contracts.

Glaucus · 30 Oct 2012 at 21:27

gilesjuk said:
It is going to be SIM free in stores (although anything can be changed). I will phone my local store and call in to get one reserved tomorrow if I can.

Seems p4u new "official" stance is sim free but locked to EE. But most phones are easy and cheap to unlock.

RSR · 30 Oct 2012 at 21:27

dasyad said:
Very very odd situation. That pic I got earlier shows they are or at least were looking at selling it SIM free, either that other whoever gets the in store material organised and printed has massively ****** up.

I am pretty sure it will be the same as CPW, as they will only sell some phones on some network but there PAYG options are all sim free hands. I will make sure I test this before leaving the store.

RSR · 30 Oct 2012 at 21:30

Glaucus said:
No 3G contracts, all 4g despite most people not having a chance of connecting to it and even if they live in the area then as soon as they leave the city they can't get 4g, advertised it for streaming video, but then don't have the limits to do it.

Seem to be forcing or at least bullying people off orange/t-mobile and on to EE contracts.

Yup, its all very wrong. IMO

Hopefully someone at Nokia can soon see sense and break the "exclusive" contract.

gilesjuk · 30 Oct 2012 at 21:33

Glaucus said:
Seems p4u new "official" stance is sim free but locked to EE. But most phones are easy and cheap to unlock.

True. But what I would do is ask in the store. If it is locked then refuse to buy it. I'm sure the loss of a sale will focus minds. Especially if they're on commission.

The picture earlier showed a PAYG and SIM free option, so perhaps the PAYG option is the one that is locked?

cu3ed · 30 Oct 2012 at 21:33

I was surprised that the average press would really lay into them, but have only read up til now about EE here, so the overal backlash of poor tariffs must have been massive, as said, even teh BBC jsut reported all day about how poor the network seemed to be. This then would reflect directly on a phone that has locked itself to it in such a manner.

kbc · 30 Oct 2012 at 21:33

I for one am not going to sign up for a new contract. I live in London and 3G sux, let alone 4G! :mad:

I'm going to hit the town one of these days and try and find one of these sim free and can be used on Voda.

RSR · 30 Oct 2012 at 21:36

kbc said:
I for one am not going to sign up for a new contract. I live in London and 3G sux, let alone 4G!

I'm going to hit the town one of these days and try and find one of these sim free and can be used on Voda.

That's my plan, ill report back once I get the call from P4U to see If it works or not.

dabotsonline · 30 Oct 2012 at 21:38

So, when Liz @ Phone4U said on Twitter, "unfortunately this won't be unlocked no", do we think she was referring to the white and black models, and that the "SIM free price" described here ( http://s1051.photobucket.com/albums/s421/DasYad/?action=view&current=20121030_173917_zps82ea6b77.jpg ) refers solely to the the "EE exclusive" red and yellow colours?

What will be interesting is to see if a) EE will sell the white and black on prepay or SIM-free, and b) if prepay, will it be SIM-locked?

kbc · 30 Oct 2012 at 21:42

[RXP]Andy;23068898 said:
That's my plan, ill report back once I get the call from P4U to see If it works or not.

Did you say you'll be getting yours by Friday, a Yellow one? You ordered it without a contract, just the device?

Did they let you choose any colour??

Tottenham Court Road branch?

dabotsonline said:
So, when Liz @ Phone4U said on Twitter, "unfortunately this won't be unlocked no", do we think she was referring to the white and black models, and that the "SIM free price" described here ( http://s1051.photobucket.com/albums/s421/DasYad/?action=view&current=20121030_173917_zps82ea6b77.jpg ) refers solely to the the "EE exclusive" red and yellow colours?

What will be interesting is to see if a) EE will sell the white and black on prepay or SIM-free, and b) if prepay, will it be SIM-locked?

Yellow or White for me...! That is all and must be sim-free!

Fallen god · 30 Oct 2012 at 21:42

Those low light shots do look amazing

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cu3ed · 30 Oct 2012 at 21:46

[RXP]Andy;23068828 said:
Yup, its all very wrong. IMO

Hopefully someone at Nokia can soon see sense and break the "exclusive" contract.

Yea....two months of bugger all sales in teh Uk should help that notion.

RSR · 30 Oct 2012 at 21:53

kbc said:
Did you say you'll be getting yours by Friday, a Yellow one? You ordered it without a contract, just the device?

Did they let you choose any colour?? Tottenham Court Road branch?

Yellow or White for me...! That is all and must be sim-free!

Yes, I have ordered a Yellow one from Tottenham Court. I can scan the receipt if required.

The thing that I find confusing and maybe where the confusion lays. Black and White handsets are being sold by EE, so these may be locked. However, the rest of the colour range surely as they are not provided by EE how can they be locked? This is my thinking behind it.

RSR · 30 Oct 2012 at 21:54

cu3ed said:
Yea....two months of bugger all sales in teh Uk should help that notion.

Agreed! Hopefully they seen sense soon. However, I remember the Nokia Lumia 800 Cyan release was some what of a hassle and then a few months later it blew over.

dasyad · 30 Oct 2012 at 22:03

[RXP]Andy;23069051 said:
Yes, I have ordered a Yellow one from Tottenham Court. I can scan the receipt if required.

The thing that I find confusing and maybe where the confusion lays. Black and White handsets are being sold by EE, so these may be locked. However, the rest of the colour range surely as they are not provided by EE how can they be locked? This is my thinking behind it.

I think you could be right on that. Only display unit I saw was that yellow one, couldn't see anything else

gilesjuk · 30 Oct 2012 at 22:05

I want red and so if those are unlocked then that's handy.

Talk about a FUD situation, the last thing you want when people are considering buying your product is uncertainty and doubt (not so much the fear).

kbc · 30 Oct 2012 at 22:11

[RXP]Andy;23069051 said:
Yes, I have ordered a Yellow one from Tottenham Court. I can scan the receipt if required.

Yeps, receipt, the handshake and the unboxing video just to prove you have it.

... just kidding... I believe you, please keep us updated in this thread if P4U have honoured the delivery of it.

Don't they have a store in Stratford Westfield, may look there?

POB · 30 Oct 2012 at 22:13

One place that has been good in the past is Amazon.de might be possible to import a SIM free one from Europe. (if they start stocking them)

photoshop · 30 Oct 2012 at 22:40

WTF!!

I want a white one sim-free and unlocked!! Why cant some one just sell me it damn it!!!!

gilesjuk · 30 Oct 2012 at 23:09

News is spreading fast.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/nokia-lumia-920-sim-free-459-95-instore-phones4u-1349115

This image is more proof:

http://cdn.wpcentral.com/sites/wpce.../field/image/2012/10/phones4ulumia920head.jpg

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