Official Windows Phone 8 Discussion Thread! V3, Manually Flash your Lumia 920 with Amber
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 Sep 18 2013, 09:57 PM
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Why don't people buy the much cheaper but bigger screen/better screen/battery Samsung Ativ S instead of Lumia 720? Especially now you can also have Nokia Here navigation on the Samsung. They even cost the same.
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Sep 19 2013, 05:57 AM
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QUOTE(mahjeen @ Sep 19 2013, 12:32 AM) is it??? I'm not so sure about it. Because I just want to change into windows phone so I've been doing research about Nokia Lumia 720, 625 and Samsung Ativ S as the price of these 3 phone are similar. Samsung Ativ S has been much more better in those spec if compare to Nokia. If Samsung Ativ S can be upgradable into GDR 2, then i think i should go for samsung ativ S. because GDR 3 is coming soon as they claimed that Nokia lumia 520 wont be upgrade into GDR 3 due to the low spec. Perhaps here got any Ativ S users that already receive the upgrade can be update here? My No.1 concern is battery life. A dumb phone with battery still beat a smartphone with no battery. L720 is reported to significantly better My No.2 concern is, Lumia 720 does not have double tap to wake feature due to hardware limitation. Not sure whether Ativ S amber updates got or not. My must have apps would be Nokia HERE navigation and it's now also available on the ATIV S. And some reviews say ATiV's camera is better. This post has been edited by Optiplex330: Sep 19 2013, 06:04 AM |
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Sep 19 2013, 10:11 AM
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QUOTE(s7ran9er @ Sep 19 2013, 09:10 AM) Some corrections for you ah, Samsung Ativ S should have Amber also.Amber, Nokia only. Glance screen, Nokia only. ZEISS lens superiority. http://mobilesyrup.com/2013/07/12/microsof...indows-phone-8/ One thing for sure, 720 does not have Double Tap to Wake feature because of hardware limitation. Since ATIV S has better hardware, just not sure whether it has DTTW or not. Having used Zeiss len, I would agree with you. Those Zeiss has to be used to believe. This post has been edited by Optiplex330: Sep 19 2013, 10:20 AM |
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Sep 19 2013, 11:30 AM
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QUOTE(s7ran9er @ Sep 19 2013, 10:49 AM) Hmm... AFAIK, the "amber" update has always been a slice of nokia's touchup on GDR2's update. Perhaps I am wrong? This is how I understood it.WPcentral's #amber tag doesn't show anything on Samsung ATIV S and Samsung ATIV S's tag didn't show anything about amber either. You may read these links for your references: http://www.wpcentral.com/tag/amber http://www.nokia.com/global/windows-phone-amber-update/ WP8 and Amber are provided by Microsoft so it's not a Nokia exclusive. So all WP8 should have Amber. |
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Sep 29 2013, 01:24 PM
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QUOTE(s7ran9er @ Sep 29 2013, 11:45 AM) About not getting WiFi detected: 1. WiFi is on different channel 2. Your phone can only detect certain WiFi channels. |
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Oct 3 2013, 10:35 AM
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Since 8.1 is just around the corner, may as well wait.
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Oct 4 2013, 08:32 PM
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QUOTE(ahnien @ Oct 4 2013, 07:02 PM) rich man's toy. Why did you say on your sales list that the 720 has been discontinued?but will have to see how long the pricing last |
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Oct 22 2013, 09:40 AM
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QUOTE(Zeuss1220 @ Oct 22 2013, 08:00 AM) Any notorious background apps i should look for? I have a few running, and my battery drops 15% from full in a couple of hours in standby. If you have activated HERE DRIVE doing navigation, all smartphone's battery should be flat in 3 or 4 hours. No way it only drop by merely 15%What I have now: App Highlights Battery HERE Drive Nokia Care Tasks |
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Oct 22 2013, 11:04 PM
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Let me see good is WP8 is for office work.
1. Transfer lots of MS documents to phone. Of course, like any good secretary, place them into different folders 2. Open up Office Mobile. Couldn't find the files. Wanting to email a document residing in phone. 1. Go to email. 2. Attach the document. Couldn't find the file. What? Can only attach photos? As a business tools, WP8 is 100% useless piece of junk. |
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Oct 24 2013, 01:22 PM
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QUOTE(yummydummy @ Oct 24 2013, 12:10 PM) Hi Sifus, WP8 handles storage/transfer etc of Excels and Words etc very differently. You best go understand how Skydrive works first. Or you may ended up pulling your hairsNeed help/suggestion.. I thinking of selling my laptop and go for Windows 8 Phone (Lumia 925/1520) or Tablet (Acer W3/Toshiba Encore). I only use for Email, Office, Excel and Notes only, No Gaming. Will I face any issues or problems with phone/tablet windows version? I mean while doing work using MOffice (such as attach pic/document/table) or edit/viewing other documents? I never use any Windows 8 Phone or Tablet before. What do you guys think? Anything else I should know? Thanks |
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