[Nokia Lumia 900] momin16:
College Student

Hey everybody,

great insight here on XDA. I just registered to post this as this has been a very controversial topic.

So Ill outline everything.

I am a university student. For the last 3 years, I used a Nokia e63. It was a symbian phone. I bought it in 2009 and I was an expressmusic customer before then. As you can see I am a long time Nokia fan/customer.

For the last 6 months or so I needed a new phone. I had an old symbian smartphone (blackberry ripoff ish) and I used my iPod Touch for smartphone purposes.

So I used my iPod for 3+ years and was very satisfied. I love iOS. Its amazing. The apps are amazing and so is the user interface and animations and what not. But after 3 years of using my iPod, I got bored. I also needed a new phone and then I started to "phone hunt".

The first thing I looked at was the latest flagship devices iPhone 4S, Galaxy Nexus HTC One X. They are all great phones but to me they are boring. iPhone 4S has the same core that the first iOS has and it doesn't entice me anymore. Android has lots of features but I have heard reports of lagginess and browser issues and fragmentation and most importantly, lack of updates.

So after deciding that I didn't want an iOS or Android phone, I looked towards Windows Phone. I tried it out. It worked great. No lag. Great social intergration. A very young OS yes, but I felt like it worked really well and had amazing potential.

So I decided to buy a Windows Phone. But which one? and the first phone that came to mind was the Nokia Lumia 900. To start, it was a gorgeous phone. It looked beautiful. The screen size was perfect. Very nice design and felt great in the hand. It was also heavily advertised. After using it at an At&T store in the US, I decided that I would buy the Lumia 900. Unfortunately I couldn't buy it in the US off contract (I am a canadian customer) since I needed an existing account so I decided, OK, Ill buy it in Canada.

The thing about Canada is though that its expensive. The Lumia 900 came to one carrier in Canada in one color (black). I went to the Rogers store and realized that the price off contract would be 593$ after taxes. The reason I wanted a phone without contract was because Canada has 3 year plans. Yes 3 year plans. If you want to terminate a plan it would cost 500$. Furthermore, the monthly plans average up to 60$ after taxes. SO I decided to get the Lumia 900 off contract. I also did not consider buying it off eBay as I had heard of some quality control issues (buttons and what not) so I didn't want to risk it.

So April 28th I go and buy a brand new Lumia 900 in black paying 600$ upfront. And I love it. It works great. Terrific social intergration. Beautiful browser. No lag and I havent had a single crash to date (iOS had a ton of crashes). So 2 months in, I love my phone. There were some downsides ofcourse (using Zune, No orientation lock, battery percentage in task bar, notifications, apps etc) but I set that aside and enjoyed my phone.

Then the WP8 rumours pop up. I was excited. A brand new OS. More features, and new tweaks and what not. I heard about some rumours that my device won't get an update but I ignored them because I knew that my device was a flagship and I believed Nokia wouldn't leave me in the cold. I knew my phone has bad specs but I still believed Nokia and Microsoft would find a way to make WP8 work.

Fast forward to 20th June and I open up my Lumia only to find out that none of the wp7 devices are getting Windows 8. Instead we were getting 7.8. I was OK with 7.8 on inital reaction but as I dove into the details my reaction changed. All Microsoft and Nokia promised was a start screen. No mention of multitasking or Skype integration or anything. And by my guess WP 7.8 devices will only stay supported for what? 1 year? 6 months?

So look at my situation. I shell out 600$ trusting Nokia with my device and 3 months later I realize that my device is outdated? Something Nokia put so much money into marketing? (Nicki Minaj concert)

Its total b.s. One of the main reasons I went with Windows Phone and not Android was because of updates.

People bring up the fact that my phone doesn't have the hardware. Or that I should've known? This is a phone 2 months old. Atleast setup some kind of rebate program.

So yeah that's my story. I love my Lumia 900 and I'll continue to use it in the near future. But it won't get all of Windows 8. It won't get all the new Windows 8 apps. All that is promised is the start screen.

I gave Nokia a chance. I hated my e63 but I still supported Nokia in a tough time because I felt that they cared about their customers. Sure app support is great but it doesn't make up for the fact that my phone will be obsolete in 6 months time. Anyway this is a long post but I am done with Nokia and Microsoft. I gave them a chance but they failed.

I already have an iPad and plan to get a Macbook Air this fall. No longer will I be buying a Windows Phone in the future. Probably an iPhone or an Android. Time to save up money again.

/Sigh

tl;dr long time nokia fan. spent 600 on lumia 900 only to find that i wont be updated to windows phone 8. done with nokia.