[Nokia Lumia 920] whistler-nl:
I'm not a "fanboy" of anything but i do think Hunter is right, it comes down to personal choice and likings.

My current phone is a lumia 900 and before that one i had a HTC HD2 with WP7 on it.

When i had to renew my contract i had to choose between the Lumia 900 and the Titan, obviously i chose the Lumia 900 mostly because of the hyped reviews the phone had at that time.

The reviews did mention some problems with the phone but these would be solved through updates. The reviewers where all so very positive about the build and screen quality and finally i decided to get the Nokia instead of HTC this time.

After using the phone for a while i really do find some downsides that where'nt mentioned anywhere. Like the corners of the phone are'nt that comfortable in my hand but that is a personal opinion as my hand is'nt exactly the same as yours. Allso it takes 10 seconds for the light sensor to set the screens brightness when the phone gets out of sleep mode (still not fixed by Nokia's updates). When the Lumia gets out of sleep it the home screen lags a lot for the first few seconds allso and i have had the phone shutting down with an almost full battery a few times.

Why am i refering to the Lumia 900? Some things of the Lumia 920 are sounding just like my Lumia 900 so i'm just putting down the up and downsides of both the HTC and Nokia phone without a real preference.

First thing i do like about the HTC phones are the notification led's... By just having a look at my phone i can tell if it needs my attention for something or not. No need to pick the phone up and have a look at the screen. Nokia should have figured out something similar for their phones because it's functional and usefull.

The good thing about the Nokia is the screen. It's colors may not be as natural but the screen does have more up then downsides i think.

The rounded corners on the HTC's body are more suitable for my hand then the sharp corners of the Nokia as it's about the same as my Lumia 900 as far as i can tell. Allso the texture of the HTC's body gives you more grip on the phone.

Memory... well... It's really like in the pc area i think. Some people think they really NEED 8Gb of memory when they only use the pc for e-mail and office but nothing really heavy? We all know it's not going to help at all to have large amounts of memory when you run Outlook.

Back to the phones, the more memory (storage) the phone has the better but it all depends on how you use your phone. I have'nt managed to fill the 16Gb of my Lumia 900 yet and to be honest i know i never will (personal again).

Camera... to me it starts to look like people are getting a phone to use it as a photocamera. I'm not looking for a Nikon to make calls with neither so why would i expect it to be different when we talk about a phone. The camera is good enough for me if it can make a decent shot in most conditions but thats personal again.

The extra apps. I´m not impressed by Nokia drive. I´m living in the Netherlands and one of the main roads here, the A2, has been expanded to a 5 lane road and it has been completed about a year ago but Nokia drive still is´nt aware of that as it starts to send me everywhere i cant go to... Thats while using the downloaded map. Worst i have seen ever really.

Some apps might be usefull but they are´nt going to rule out a device.

Things i´m not reading alot about are call quality and reception so i cant tell if there´s any difference between the two but these are things i do care about a lot and could let one device stand out over the other.

To sum things up for me it looks like i need to get both phones and put the nokia screen into the HTC 8X or get the notification leds into the Nokia :)

Last but not least is the price tag.

I´ve took the prices from the same store that is one of the cheapest i know.

The Lumia 920 costs € 588,00.

The X8 costs € 501,00.

Looking around i have found a store that sells the X8 for a lot less but the Lumia 920 is more expensive there... I dont know why but here are the figures.

Lumia 920 € 645,00

8X € 439,00

So i can get the Lumia 920 for € 588,00 and the X8 for € 439,00.

Thats about € 149,00 (something like 30%) more for a better screen and 16Gb memory. I'm not sure if that kind of money is worth it yet.