Nokia Lumia: first impression - hmm mixed feelings

14:44 mareku 0 Comments

I got my Nokia Lumia 920 WP8 last week. Yes it is heavier then an iPhone5, but it feels nicer, rounder, warmer. The screen is much larger and brighter. The response is super quick and I am impressed with the lay-out of WP8. It all works very intuitive and much better then any android system I have. It also looks and feels much more modern then the outdated iOS interface. The live tile function is really handy and immediately feels like something which is hard to miss day-2-day.
Nokia maps, Nokia music the camera (with several "lenses" ) are great and yes all my heavy usage apps are available in WP8 or you can reach the services via API's with other apps.
The typography of WP8 is also a cute feature which looks rather nice.
I am hooked to wireless charging (Fatboy!) and battery life is two days or longer - so much better then iOS and much much better then android.
The build quality of the Lumia 920 is excellent - it feels solid. The buttons, the body, the screen - they are foolproof. If only... My first Lumia 920 just stopped working each time when I charged it. I had to hard reset it to bring it back to life. Nokia Care is trying to recover it. It seems to be a known issue for the Lumia 920. Strange that 5 months after its introduction these kind of issues still exists - I never encountered something like this with Apple products and did not expects such thing to happen with Nokia. On the other hand Nokia was so kind to sent me a replace (red) Lumia 920 for the time of the repair. That phone is doing ok.