***The Official Nokia Lumia 920 Thread***

[Evilpaul]

I am going to be testing the handset before I walk away from the store, otherwise I will be getting a refund (deposit) on it.

A quick check would be to power up the phone without a SIM inserted.
For a locked phone you should get 3 boot screens (network provider -> phone manufacturer -> windows phone logo), but for an unlocked phone it should just be 2 boot screens (phone manufacturer -> windows phone logo).

 

[Izi]

Only EE cashback I can see on Quidco is for the broadband?

Just found for Phones4U cashback - £50 quid

 

[ShortWarning]

What a balls up. This was Nokias chance to get out of poo and they have completely messed up.

I'm now considering not getting a 920 now (as awesome as it looks) because I don't know how long Nokia will be around, what will happen to win 8 and warranty etc? Maybe I'm being overly dramatic?

Also, regarding these 4g contracts (not that I would get one). Do you get unlimited 3/2g with that? Or is it the 500mb and you're done?

 

[gilesjuk]

You can look at the box to see if it is locked, it will say something like "UK CV" on it. Look where the IMEI etc is printed.

 

[Goksly]

Just to sum up the confusion over the colours.

Matte:- Black, Grey
Glossy:- White, Red, Yellow

Are you 100% on the Grey? We had a Nokia guy in the other week who said the grey wasn't going to be available in Europe?

 

[dasyad]

What a balls up. This was Nokias chance to get out of poo and they have completely messed up.

I'm now considering not getting a 920 now (as awesome as it looks) because I don't know how long Nokia will be around, what will happen to win 8 and warranty etc? Maybe I'm being overly dramatic?

Also, regarding these 4g contracts (not that I would get one). Do you get unlimited 3/2g with that? Or is it the 500mb and you're done?

500mb and you're done is what it looks like

 

[ShortWarning]

500mb and you're done is what it looks like

Insane.

 

[RSR]

A quick check would be to power up the phone without a SIM inserted.
For a locked phone you should get 3 boot screens (network provider -> phone manufacturer -> windows phone logo), but for an unlocked phone it should just be 2 boot screens (phone manufacturer -> windows phone logo).

Yup. I know that one.

 

[RSR]

You can look at the box to see if it is locked, it will say something like "UK CV" on it. Look where the IMEI etc is printed.

Yup, My currently Lumia 800 has "CV UK SW ..... " on it.

 

[cathain]

What a balls up. This was Nokias chance to get out of poo and they have completely messed up.

I'm now considering not getting a 920 now (as awesome as it looks) because I don't know how long Nokia will be around, what will happen to win 8 and warranty etc? Maybe I'm being overly dramatic?

Same, the Nexus 4 is looking mighty tempting now.

 

[Skilid]

Are you 100% on the Grey? We had a Nokia guy in the other week who said the grey wasn't going to be available in Europe?

I'm not 100% sure on which ones are actually going to be sold, I was merely clearing up which ones would be matte/gloss.

 

[broo]

What a balls up. This was Nokias chance to get out of poo and they have completely messed up.

I'm now considering not getting a 920 now (as awesome as it looks) because I don't know how long Nokia will be around, what will happen to win 8 and warranty etc? Maybe I'm being overly dramatic?

Haha I was the same but remember that we are but one small island on Nokia's sales figures

 

[cu3ed]

We just happen to be in the past their strongest market.

 

[gilesjuk]

We just happen to be in the past their strongest market.

But then Android and the iPhone appeared. Italy is their strongest market post-symbian?

 

[cu3ed]

Im not sure what they would call a "strong" market right now, but this kind of utter balls up isnt helping.

So far we have:
No confirmed dates of any kind, I was happy to wait, but theirs been NOTHING from Nokia about it, NOTHING.
Worst "Exclusive" tied to network deal ever, terrible tariffs, and eye-watering prices for a 4G service not even close to half rolled out across the UK.

Now it seems we MIGHT not even be able to properly obtain a Sim Free version of the device.

Also, again,. colour availability is a huge bust, with only Black or White on the tariffs with only select colours coming to the UK?....with the possibility of no Grey version..where Cyan?..where Nokia giving us confirmed details?

Relax Apple and Google, you are under no kind of threat from these clowns.

 

[gilesjuk]

Relax Apple and Google, you are under no kind of threat from these clowns.

Indeed. Sales will be poor and then the press will say this is a wholesale rejection of Windows Phone by the public, when in reality they just don't want to pay £45 or so a month for a phone when their gas, fuel, mortgage and food bills have all risen and their pay hasn't.

On Facebook right now Nokia UK are answering questions, but they're skipping SIM free questions or posting generic answers like check with Phones 4 U. Very poor (as Vic Reeves used to say).

 

[McPhee]

A quick check would be to power up the phone without a SIM inserted.
For a locked phone you should get 3 boot screens (network provider -> phone manufacturer -> windows phone logo), but for an unlocked phone it should just be 2 boot screens (phone manufacturer -> windows phone logo).

Not necessarily. That just indicates that the phone is network branded. It can be branded and unlocked - my HTC Trophy was, as was my Xperia X1. Then again, that's Vodafone. AFAIK they don't lock their handsets at all.

 

[cu3ed]

Exactly, people will want this phone, people I think would really love WP8 if they got it in their hand for 5 mins when compared to a Droid device.
All of this will have driven a HUGE push from MS and other OEMs to ride this wave and push people away.
And it wasnt a "rejection" from people, it was the lack of availability to the phone from the get go, esp coming up to chrimbo.

 

[McPhee]

I'd just like the see the 8X in stores now to be honest. At the right price, I'll have one. The dummy unit I handled was very nice

My preference was for the 920, but with the exclusivity it's now dependent on 8X and 820 availability and pricing. I'm not changing network and paying massively more for the 920 - it's good, but it's not THAT good.

 

[spinstorm]

So I phoned EE to change my order from Black to White and their systems are down.

I was told they will have stock on 14th November.

Phones4u now have black and white on their site (before they had no lumia 920s at all).

I know that stock should officially be with them on 9th November.

I hope like you guys that stores have stock first in which case I will cancel my online order and pick one up but it seems up in the air right now.

Gummobile who sell SIM free phones have just announced that as an exclusive no one will have unlocked 920s in the UK on their Facebook.

This does agree with what Nokia said but I guess until it is in stores we just cant be sure. Just because the price tag says its available SIM free DOES NOT mean they will be selling it that way - they do those in advance and the situation can and does change.